News & Updates

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies rushed to respond to reports of a Destin man shooting through his bedroom window with a semi-automatic rifle this morning. They went to 702 Whippoorwill Lane around 9:16 a.m. and took 51-year old Orlando Burleigh into custody...

A man spotted driving without headlights or tail lights Sunday night near Mary Esther was pulled over by an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy and ultimately charged with trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, along with...

A domestic violence suspect committed suicide this morning after his wife escaped from the home with a young child and ran to neighbors for help. The victim went to a neighbors home on Lloyd Street near Fort Walton Beach around 3 a.m. saying her husband had battered...

A verbal altercation outside an Okaloosa Island nightspot turned violent early this morning when a man pulled out a handgun and fired shots at two people, hitting a female in the leg. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to The Red Rose on Okaloosa...

Two people were found unconscious in a car in a Mary Esther parking lot yesterday. A five month unrestrained child was in the back seat and within reach of drug paraphernalia. The male and female, parked off Page Bacon Road, appeared to be suffering overdoses and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a double stabbing that took place around 11:30 last night outside a home on Cat Mar Road near Niceville. Investigators say the incident started with a domestic violence related physical disturbance involving a man...

A group of swimmers got caught in a rip current off Henderson Beach State Park in Destin around 6:15 p.m. Saturday and one man was not able to make it back to shore. After being pulled from the water, the 58-year old male from Oakdale Louisiana was transported by EMS...

Sixteen years after a Fort Walton Beach man died following a home invasion robbery at his Monahan Drive apartment, two people are in custody for the murder and two others are being sought. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators have charged 44-year old Adrian...

***UPDATE*** The body of a missing teen who disappeared in the rough waters of the Gulf of Mexico near Destin Thursday evening was spotted by a beachgoer this afternoon in Miramar Beach (Walton County). The body of the 14-year old Louisiana resident was recovered...

A Holt resident is charged with driving a pickup truck towards an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy in the roadway after a traffic stop near Baker yesterday. 18-year old River Harper was arrested for assault on a law enforcement officer, making a false report of...

An attempted traffic stop near Baker led to an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy firing his weapon for self-protection early this morning. The driver of the pickup truck jumped out and fled into the woods off Old River Road around 3:45 a.m. As the deputy gave...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach area man with second degree murder in connection with a shooting death last November. 39-year old Tavares Gainer is accused of shooting Deshaun Frazier November 20th, 2020 inside a mobile home at 107...

A Holt man is charged with negligent manslaughter following an incident at his home Wednesday night. Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies were called to a residence on Wilkerson Bluff Road around 7:30 p.m. 61-year old Ronald Norris says he was alone in his home when he...

A Texas visitor is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after he pulled a gun and pointed it at another person during a road rage incident on Okaloosa Island Sunday night. The victim says 31-year old Billy Steward Jr. was in a white Dodge Charger...

Less than three months after a Crestview man led Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies on a high speed chase that ended with his arrest, he faces several of the same charges in connection with an incident yesterday in Crestview that ended when he crashed his car....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach area woman with kidnapping/false imprisonment of a child. 29-year old Alyssandra Eytzen, no known address, was spotted with the six-year old Thursday in Pinecrest Mobile Home Park Thursday afternoon....

Two Fort Walton Beach area residents died in a traffic accident that took place around 2:20 p.m. on Highway 98 in Destin Thursday. A 2009 Nissan Altima was making a left turn onto Henderson Beach Rd. from U.S. 98 and crossed into the path of a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado...

A five day operation this month targeting the on-line solicitation of children by sexual predators has already netted a dozen arrests and counting, with charges pending against numerous other individuals and more suspects to be identified. Undercover law enforcement...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Dive Team today recovered the body of a missing free diver off the coast of Destin. The experienced free diver was spearfishing on a dive site called Mack's Reef, about two miles southwest of the Destin Pass Wednesday...

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