Sep 29, 2025 | News Releases
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit, alongside Okaloosa and Walton Correctional Institution teams, tirelessly tracked a fugitive through a swamp Saturday for several hours before taking him into custody off Bill Lundy Road. K9 Beau and Deputy Tim Patterson, as...
Sep 17, 2025 | News Releases
Beginning in 2019, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) launched an investigation into a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO) operating in Okaloosa County, Florida. The DTO was responsible for the...
Aug 22, 2025 | News Releases
A Fort Walton Beach man is charged with murder following a shooting which resulted from an argument Wednesday outside Choctaw Village on Gibson Street near Fort Walton Beach. The 35-year old victim, no known address, died at the scene from a gunshot wound to the...
Aug 19, 2025 | News Releases
A Georgia tourist was arrested after shooting a man in the leg August 17th in Destin. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 42-year old Crissy Wilburn of Stone Mountain with domestic violence related aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to...
Jul 17, 2025 | News Releases
Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 103 Terrell Dr, Crestview July 11th. The search warrant resulted in the recovery of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, a firearm, and associated...