Dec 26, 2022 | News Releases
A Fort Walton Beach area man is in the Okaloosa County jail tonight, charged with first degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy. The OCSO had obtained a warrant for 43-year old Timothy Price-Williams on a...
Dec 26, 2022 | News Releases
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy lost his life Saturday December 24th when a domestic violence suspect opened fire on responding deputies from inside his residence. Five year OCSO veteran Corporal Ray Hamilton, a member of the OCSO Special Response...
Dec 22, 2022 | News Releases
A road rage incident in Destin that escalated into a driver pointing a gun at another driver led to a Georgia man’s arrest Wednesday by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 23-year old Daniel Schmidt is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. The...
Dec 20, 2022 | News Releases
A Choctawhatchee High School student is charged with possession of a weapon on school property after he was found in possession of a knife in his classroom Tuesday morning. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer retrieved it from 16 year old...
Dec 2, 2022 | News Releases
A school health technician at Destin Middle School was charged December 1st with stealing prescription medication from several students and in some instances, replacing their medications with aspirin or Aleve. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged...