News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting that took the life of a 28- year old Fort Walton Beach man today around 2 p.m. in the Willow Bend area of Wright.Deputies responded to a home on Bennett's End after Communications received a 9-1-1 call...

A Walton County man appointed in 2018 as a plenary guardian to a totally incapacitated individual is now accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from him.64-year old Ray Anthony Hughes of Defuniak Springs is being held in the Walton County Jail on an Okaloosa...

An Okaloosa Island carjacking suspect who ditched the stolen SUV in Destin was plucked out of the Gulf of Mexico about eight hours later after deputies responded to a couple criminal mischief complaints June 6th.37-year old Donald Douglass, no known address, is now...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office wants to thank all the citizens who have recently donated their old electronic devices! Those devices are sent to non-profit 911 Cellphone Bank to be recycled, removing all personal information. The recycled devices then make their...

The OCSO Communications Unit once again has implemented another program designed to boost efficiency and save lives.No more trying to plug in long GPS coordinates!With the What3Words app, the earth is divided into 10 by 10 foot grids and each grid is assigned three...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach man with murder in connection with a 2007 stabbing death at an Okaloosa Island nightspot.39-year old Cornelius Lee was taken into custody Wednesday evening.He's accused of stabbing Eric Roberts after...

A verbal dispute outside a Beal Parkway convenience store Tuesday night led to a 50-year old Fort Walton Beach man being stabbed in the torso and suffering a collapsed lung.The victim says 29-year old David Pardo, also of Fort Walton Beach, lunged at him a couple...

Surveillance video shows individuals in a black Camaro sought by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting of a Crestview man outside a Destin nightspot May 21st.The car, along with an SUV believed to be part of the...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two men suspected in a drive-by shooting near Fort Walton Beach Friday, who then tried to make a getaway before ditching the car and taking off on foot. One of the men had been seen pointing a firearm towards a house...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies and investigators are on the scene of a fatal shooting that took place around 3:30 this morning outside the Coyote Ugly nightclub on Harbor Boulevard in Destin.Calls were received in reference to multiple shots fired.Deputies...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies caught a burglar in the act around 4:30 yesterday morning after responding to a call of a break-in in progress on Amhurst Circle in Destin. The homeowners were alerted by their growling dog and movement on the first floor of...

An armed carjacking and stolen car incident that sparked a law enforcement pursuit from Walton County to Fort Walton Beach ended with two suspects in custody for a total of ten felony counts and three misdemeanor charges by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office between...

A Crestview man who was the subject of four and a half hour search today after violating a domestic violence injunction and resisting arrest was ultimately taken into custody on numerous charges.25-year old Zachary Packard violated a Domestic Violence Injunction by...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Shalimar man with an open count of murder in connection with the stabbing death of his wife at their home this afternoon.51-year old Randal Ebbighausen was in his garage, covered with blood, when OCSO deputies and the...

One person was killed and another is in custody following a domestic violence related stabbing at a home in Shalimar.OSCO deputies, the Shalimar PoliceDepartment, and other first responders went to a home on Mande Court around 2 pm this afternoon.OCSO Investigators...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigation into the drug overdose death of a Fort Walton Beach woman has led to the arrest of the suspect who supplied the illegal narcotics.36-year old Jacqueline Ennis of Fort Walton Beach was taken into custody today, charged...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Special Investigations Section apprehended Lawrence Wayne Dumas today during a warrant service in the 300 Block of N. Booker St. in the city of Crestview. Dumas had outstanding felony warrants from the Florida Highway...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office today arrested a Niceville man in connection with the death of his girlfriend at their Pine Street mobile home earlier this year.57-year old Bret Steven Bay is now charged with second degree murder.OCSO Investigators say Bay...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Section served a search warrant today at 938 Ibis way in Fort Walton Beach. The search warrant was in reference to possession and transmission of child pornography.An investigation was initiated by...

A Crestview man is charged with trafficking heroin and more following the execution of a search warrant by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force.The search took place April 22nd at the McDonald Street home of 41- year old Chadreck...