Apr 19, 2022 | News Releases
Two masked men robbed a Crestview area convenience store at gunpoint overnight and the suspects later were spotted by Santa Rosa County deputies near Milton but bailed from the car and managed to escape. The clerk says the pair walked in about thirty minutes after...
Apr 15, 2022 | News Releases
The body of a man found in trees along the Shoal River off Highway 393 near Dorcas April 11th has been identified as 27-year old Colby Wilcher. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating Wilcher’s death as suspicious after an autopsy revealed he...
Apr 13, 2022 | News Releases
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators says an examination of the partially decomposed body of a man found tangled in a tree on the Shoal River near Dorcas Monday afternoon shows the victim suffered a single gunshot wound. A positive identification has...
Apr 12, 2022 | News Releases
A suspect driving a stolen car who fled from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies Monday in Mary Esther also deliberately rammed a deputy’s patrol car in an effort to get away. 20-year old Chad Ebanks of Destin is charged with fleeing and eluding,...
Apr 11, 2022 | News Releases
Fishermen out on the Shoal River east of Crestview off Highway 393 discovered a partially decomposed human body in the water, tangled in a tree south of the bridge Monday afternoon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call around 3 p.m. and...
