News & Updates

A Shalimar man was arrested today after a 15-year old girl reported he followed her around in his car as she was walking, and at one point, pulled up to her, took off his seat belt, reached towards her and told her to "come here". Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office...

An Okaloosa judge has signed an arrest warrant for a Fort Walton Beach man in connection with a fatal shooting that took place on Vincent Lane the evening of March 17th 2021. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators are now hoping the public can help in the...

A traffic violation led to a Niceville area man's arrest for grand theft of a motor vehicle and trafficking in heroin. An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy pulled over 41-year old Robert Hoffman around 5 p.m. January 10th near Valparaiso Boulevard. An OCSO K9...

A habitual traffic offender with a revoked drivers license is charged with his fourth DUI since 2005 after fleeing the scene of a hit and run off Racetrack Road. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 49-year old Jason Lowery with hit and run involving...

A 14-year old Fort Walton Beach area teen was taken into custody Sunday after admitting he put soap and rat poison in a man's orange juice. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged the teen with poisoning food or water with the intent to injure or kill. The...

On January 6th, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Special Response Team, executed a narcotics and firearms-related search warrant at the residence of 201 Spruce Street in Mary Esther. This search warrant resulted in the...

A Crestview area murder suspect is in custody after Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies found him in the victim's car last night in a Fort Walton Beach neighborhood. The OCSO has charged 41-year old Joshua Nunn with first degree premeditated murder. Deputies...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a man was found dead in a trash pile at a Jackson County landfill Saturday. The body had been in trash collected around 9:30 a.m. at the Baker landfill on Charlie Day Road by a garbage transportation company....

A Niceville man is charged with possession of child pornography following the execution of a search warrant today at his residence. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators received information in September regarding a Kik user who had uploaded files believed to...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Destin businessman with two counts of fraud in obtaining property over $50,000. 57-year old Timothy Henderson was arrested January 5th. The victim reported to investigators he and Henderson entered into an arrangement...

A Georgia resident who demanded a local woman pay him $1500 to stop him from sending nude pictures of her to people on Instagram has been charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office with extortion, a second degree felony, and using a two way communication device...

A Fort Walton Beach man stopped by an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy due to an expired vehicle registration tag is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm/ammo by a convicted...

A Crestview man is being held without bond in the Okaloosa County Jail after the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office charged him yesterday with multiple domestic-violence related felonies - including assault with intent to commit a felony, battery, aggravated battery,...

This is a photo of the missing van of a homicide victim who was found on Highway 98 on Okaloosa Island Wednesday night around 11 p.m. The Florida tag is Y365RP. Anyone who spots this van or has information on its whereabouts or the shooting is asked to call 9-1-1 or...

***UPDATE*** The victim of an apparent shooting who was discovered on Highway 98 on Okaloosa Island near Princess Beach around 11 p.m. last night is a 26-year old local resident.OCSO investigators are searching for a gray, 2008 Honda Odyssey van with Florida license...

A Niceville teenage boy has been arrested following an investigation into lewd behavior that occurred at a Ruckel Middle School dance on December 10th. A School Resource Office on duty at the dance was informed by several female students that they were inappropriately...

Quick action by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Patrol deputies led to the capture of a murder suspect in Destin early this morning within minutes of the crime. Deputies were called to Lucky's Rotten Apple at 205 Mountain Drive before one a.m. in reference to a...

A Fort Walton Beach man is charged with stepping on a woman's new kitten and killing it because he "was unhappy with it." The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 40-year old James Thomas Miller of Emerald Lane with felony animal cruelty. The woman says the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Campbellton Florida man with fleeing and eluding lights and sirens, and resisting arrest without violence after a series of hit and run accidents in the Baker area around 7:15 this morning. 57-year old James Sullivan...

Attempts to make a getaway after grabbing items from a Destin business Sunday failed for three Pensacola residents after Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies made a traffic stop on the trio and recovered the stolen merchandise. Deputies received a call around 4...