Aug 12, 2014 | News Releases
Scam Alert! Con artists strike Gulf Power customers again Gulf Power customers in Okaloosa County have reported new cases of credit card fraud. Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees. The scenario plays out like...
Aug 9, 2014 | News Releases
A Crestview man suffered burns to his upper body this morning while trying to burn debris. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other first responders were called to 3400 Melissa Lane around 7:30 this morning. They found 35-year old Kyle Cox alert and...
Aug 8, 2014 | News Releases
There is a new IRS scam circulating in Okaloosa County. The con-artists calls or emails someone saying they owe money to the IRS and gives them directions on paying by getting a “Green Dot Card. ” Then then con-artist informs the citizens if they do not pay the money...
Aug 5, 2014 | News Releases
Two suspects in the 1998 homicide of Jewel Summerlin Melvin are being charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with first degree murder and burglary with assault or battery but the investigation is not over. On May 15, 1998 the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...
Aug 4, 2014 | News Releases
Car burglaries are up 28% the second quarter of 2014 in Okaloosa County over the same timeframe last year, and more than two-dozen firearms have been stolen during those crimes. In an estimated 85 percent of the total car break-ins during the three month period from...
