News & Updates

Investigators are on the scene of an apparent homicide at Shoal River Wayside Park, aka as Duggan Park, off Highway 85 south of Crestview. A 9-1-1 call came in around 1:30 after an individual spotted a man on the ground with what appeared to be blood. OCSO...

A shooting outside a Destin nightspot that claimed the life of a Crestview man in May has been closed, deemed justifiable homicide by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The State Attorney's Office reviewed and approved the findings. A 26-year old died from a single...

A North Carolina man has been charged with stealing the proceeds from a Destin real estate transaction designed to pay off a property on Okeechobee Cove. 57-year old Donald Washington III was arrested July 5th by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office on a charge of...

***Update: The apparent drowning victim found in the Gulf near Destin Tuesday is identified as a 47-year old St. Martinsville Louisiana man. Family members say he dove under the water and never resurfaced. Lifeguards found him approximately 75 yards from the beach. A...

The victim of a shooting last night at a residence on Reeves Drive near Fort Walton Beach later died at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center.The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 30-year old Haley Haire of 690 Reeves Drive Unit A with domestic violence related...

If you live anywhere near a school - don’t be surprised if you hear a tone and message coming over loudspeakers tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. That’s when the first official test of the new Okaloosa County Mass Notification System will take place!Okaloosa County, in...

A Crestview man wanted on two counts of aggravated battery and armed burglary was taken into custody at his home off John King Road last night after a four hour standoff with Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies.When OCSO deputies arrived at the home of 37-year...

If you see something - say something = Two stolen guns and ammo recovered!A citizen in Destin who noticed two males dressed in black walking around a condominium complex on Gulf Shore Drive around 3 a.m. this morning called the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office to...

Enhanced Reward Offered for Information in Fatal Shooting -And NEW images showing sedan driven by individuals who may have knowledge about the crime.The Florida Sheriff's Association Criminal Apprehension Assistance Program (FSA CAAP) and Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers...

The victim of a fatal shooting outside his home on Bennett's End near Fort Walton Beach today has been identified as 28-year old Stoney Mathis.Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies found his body in a wooded island directly in front of his address after responding...

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...