Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office

CRAWFORD ARREST REPORT A Mississippi man considered a suspect in the murder of his grandmother in Picayune was arrested as a fugitive from justice Thursday by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after being located at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. 30-year old...

LOTT ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a former Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce President with stealing more than $77,000 in Chamber funds while serving as both Chamber President and Office Manager. 45-year old Valerie Lott of Crestview...

Twelve people ranging in age from 16 to 66 are in custody after the execution of multiple search warrants early this morning on Hickory Street off Lovejoy Road near Fort Walton Beach. The undercover operation, conducted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, along...

BOWES ARREST REPORT A Shalimar man is charged with burglary, grand theft, and criminal mischief after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigator linked him to the theft of more than $12,000 in sunglasses from an Okaloosa Island business. 48-year old Jeffrey Todd...

ARREST REPORTS Two Mobile Alabama residents are charged with going on a shoplifting spree that hit multiple businesses. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Investigators say the case is ongoing. 21-year old Tyra Booker is accused of grand theft in connection with...

A 50 year old Texas man drowned in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday while attempting to rescue his children, who were struggling in the water off Scenic Highway 98 in Destin around 3 p.m. Alejandro Velazquez of Little Elm was pulled to shore by Destin Beach Safety...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent drowning of a Mississippi teenager last night off Okaloosa Island. The 19-year old Sara Sebren from Pearl Mississippi was swimming with friends near the Seventh Beach Access off Santa Rosa Boulevard...

GRAPPY ARREST REPORT It’s tough to steal an ice cream truck and make a getaway that no one notices. But Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies say 30-year old William Grappy made an attempt anyway, taking a pink and white ice cream truck from outside 216 Angler...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at a Baker automotive shop on State Road 4 Tuesday. A deputy responding to 5445 State Road 4 around 9 p.m. spotted four males run from the south rollup door of the business and take off in separate...

RUIZ ARREST REPORT Work that began last April culminated in May with the arrest of a suspected Fort Walton Beach drug dealer on a long list of charges ranging from fleeing and eluding with disregard for the safety of others and possession of a firearm by a convicted...