News & Updates

A Niceville man has been charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with operating a public nuisance structure for drug activity. The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 195 College Cove in Niceville March 27th....

A man held a knife to a store clerk’s stomach during an armed robbery this morning at a convenience store at 656 Beal Parkway near Fort Walton Beach. Luckily the clerk was not injured. He says two young Hispanic males entered the 24/7 Quickmart around 5:30 a.m. and...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies tracked down a man wanted for a March 25th convenience store armed robbery in which he pointed a gun at the store clerk. 37-year-old Jermaine Lee was located by the OCSO at a home on Audrey Drive Thursday and taken into...

A Crestview man charged at Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies with a knife during a felony warrant service around midnight in Baker, resulting in an officer-involved shooting. The suspect, 38-year old Daniel Wesson, had active warrants for violation of...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that took place Monday night at a convenience store on Newcastle Drive near Fort Walton Beach. The clerk reported a man came in around 11:15 p.m. and selected some items before approaching the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office made two separate, unrelated arrests for trafficking in fentanyl over the weekend. 31-year-old Antonio Tyus of Freeport ran through a stop sign at the intersection of Commercial Drive and Vucovich Drive near Niceville Saturday....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Baker School teacher with child neglect. 57-year old Peggy Rambosk of Pensacola was arrested Thursday and booked at the Escambia County Jail. OCSO investigators say Rambosk had a series of text conversations between...

A Crestview area man with numerous felony warrants who has fled from law enforcement multiple times in recent weeks was apprehended Sunday outside a home on Griffith Cemetery Road in Baker after being unable to outrun an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9. Deputies...

Click Here to View OCSO Internal Investigation Documents An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy has resigned in connection with an officer involved shooting that took place November 12th, 2023 near Fort Walton Beach involving the deputy and a supervisor.Deputy...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a call of a possible shooting on Hardie Lane near Fort Walton Beach last night found numerous shell casings in front of a home. A female walking up the driveway around 7:30 p.m. was grazed by a bullet fragment....

A Fort Walton Beach man who ditched his Mercedes and ran following a high speed pursuit near Fort Walton Beach on December 31st has been located and is now charged with multiple felonies. 30-year old Roderick McKinnon fled when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

A Wisconsin man who spent time in Okaloosa County two years ago is now charged with molesting a young boy under the age of twelve during the month of August in 2022. 60-year old James Prellwitz of Milwaukee has been charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office with...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to assist at the scene of a fire near Crestview last night left with a suspect who had an active warrant for attempted murder. The fire started on the second floor of a home at 3042 Quaser Road shortly before...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division received information Thursday from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia that wanted fugitive Charles Franklin Cook was possibly in Crestview. Cook had an active arrest warrant from the Cobb...

On January 17, 2024, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section apprehended 57-year old fugitive Jeffrey Todd Wagner in Crestview. Wagner was wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office for numerous outstanding warrants, to...

The OCSO Traffic Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a traffic crash which led to the death of a motorcyclist last night in Destin. At around 11:51 p.m. on Thursday night, January 11, 2024, OCSO deputies responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and SUV at...

On Christmas Day 2023, a 13-year old girl disclosed 36-year old Esau Matul Hernandez of Fort Walton Beach had been sexually abusing her since she was 11 years old. An investigation was immediately launched. A forensic interview with the victim took place December 27th...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to an armed domestic related incident at a Wright area townhome around 6:30 a.m. Monday morning encountered the suspect inside the residence. After refusing to cooperate, the man ran to a bedroom to retrieve a...

Two people took themselves to a local hospital early this morning after they say another car pulled up to them and shot at them while they were driving down Racetrack Road. Both men were struck by gunfire but were conscious and alert when Okaloosa County Sheriff's...

A search warrant executed by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office early Thursday morning at an apartment on Alder Avenue led to the seizure of multiple weapons, bags of counterfeit pills with suspected fentanyl, and cash. 17-year old Montrez Ray Glover of 27 Alder...