Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office

TAYLOR ARREST REPORT A student at the Okaloosa Academy charter school is charged with attacking a 64-year old school official by hitting him with a closed fist. The incident was captured by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s body cam. 15-year old D’Aaron...

Retired FBI agent Steve Harker has come on board as the new Undersheriff at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, replacing former Undersheriff Don Adams. Harker joins the OCSO after 24 years with the FBI, serving as a Special Agent in multiple capacities ranging from...

On Tuesday, September 20th, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Patrol deputies responded to a stabbing incident at 1599 Hunt Club St (Heather Glen Apartments). 19 year old Aaron Rodriguez was found to be the victim of a stabbing. Rodriguez advised that Lequalisha Markee...

LEWIS ARREST REPORT A suspect is now in custody in connection with a stabbing over what the victim claims was a dispute over an unpaid drug debt. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the suspect, 36-year old Lequalisha Lewis of 404 Shirley Drive in Fort...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a Fort Walton Beach area apartment complex this morning after receiving a 9-1-1 call that a young man had been stabbed. The victim was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center with two stab wounds, one to the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a bank robbery that took place around 10:30 AM this morning at the Hancock Bank located at 14075 Emerald Coast Parkway in Destin. Investigators say a black male, approximately 5’6″ tall, with a thin...

ARREST REPORTS A Mary Esther teen says he paid a man $40 worth of crack for a stolen car that he crashed in Fort Walton Beach Thursday night. 15-year old Jaurice Williams of Shrewsbury Road, and 18-year old Andrew Smedley of Lovejoy Road, were in a black Nissan Xterra...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office is investigating multiple car thefts this week that all involved keys left inside the vehicles. A white Chevy Suburban was taken September 12th from a home on Solimar Way in Mary Esther. The owner says the keys were either in the...

A Fort Walton Beach resident is out nearly $700 dollars after she responded to a phone caller who claimed she had just won a million dollars from Publishers Clearing House. The 57-year old got a call on her cell phone September 8th with no caller i.d. number. The...

REEVES ARREST REPORT A Laurel Hill resident faces multiple felony charges after he reportedly stabbed another man he was attempting to sexually assault. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 21-year old Michael Landis Reeves of 7901 County Road 393 with...