Nov 15, 2024 | News Releases
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy who made a traffic stop near Crestview early this morning charged a Georgia man with human smuggling. The deputy spotted MIchael Frost of Columbus Georgia driving northbound in the southbound lanes of State Road 85 near Airport Road...
Nov 8, 2024 | News Releases
A Crestview middle school student tried to talk a friend out of bringing weapons to school, then made sure to tell an adult after his upset friend said he planned to use the weapons to kill two students who had been bullying him. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...
Nov 7, 2024 | News Releases
A man pulled over on Highway 98 in Mary Esther November 4th called the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office to report a possible police impersonator. Responding deputies found the citizen had been pulled over by 69-year old Salvatore Gruny of Shalimar. Gruny was in his...
Nov 1, 2024 | News Releases
A Texas man has been charged with putting a knife to a woman’s neck and threatening her life while she sat on a bench at 300 Mountain Drive in Destin October 31st. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 58-year old Paul Besinger of San Antonio Texas with...
Oct 26, 2024 | News Releases
On Friday evening, October 25, 2024, shortly before 6:30 p.m., a gray 2023 Dodge Charger, occupied by four teens, was traveling west on Emerald Coast Parkway in Destin from the Walton County line. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of...
