May 15, 2024 | News Releases
We have received the NAACP Okaloosa Branch’s list of demands and understand their concerns. Sheriff Eric Aden has been in regular, close communication with the NAACP Okaloosa Branch in addition to U.S. Air Force leadership at Hurlburt Field, elected officials,...
May 7, 2024 | News Releases
All of us at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office are saddened about the fatal officer involved shooting over the weekend.Late Friday afternoon, our deputy responded to a call of a disturbance in progress where he encountered an armed man. The deputy shot the man, who...
Apr 3, 2024 | News Releases
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....
Apr 2, 2024 | News Releases
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...
Mar 29, 2024 | News Releases
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...
