News & Updates

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...

A cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and subsequent investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, has led to the arrest of a Niceville man on fifteen counts of possession of child pornography.31-year old Brian Cowan of...

Two Crestview teens have been arrested in connection with an April 12th car burglary near Crestview that resulted in a stolen gun and the use of the victim's credit card at four separate locations.17-year old Elijah Westbrooks is charged with armed burglary, theft of...

A report of a possible kidnapping sparked a pursuit with OCSO deputies that ended with the arrest oftwo individuals in Mary Esther Saturday afternoon.The driver, 29-year old Marcquies Jashun Key, and a passenger,17-year old Brashawn LamarAlexander, both face felony...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Mississippi man for multiple felony chargesincluding kidnapping.40-year old Quinton Oneal Barnes is charged with kidnapping, child abuse, child neglect, resisting anofficer and obstructing justice. Shortly before...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, acting upon a tip, has arrested a felony fugitive for an incident that occurred yesterday on Mare Creek Road. 39-year old Ronald Wayne Allen was arrested today and charged with Assault with Intent to Commit a Felony, Weapons...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is working to determine who is responsible for the fatal shooting of aFort Walton Beach teen Monday night.Deputies were called to the area of Earl Street and Poplar Avenue around 11:30 in response to reports ofgunfire.Callers...

A narcotics search warrant executed Monday at two Pelham Road apartments by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office turned up large amounts of cocaine and heroin, as well as a stolen firearm.The renter of the units, 36-year old Travaess Mclemore, is now charged with...

A 71-year old visitor from Missouri who was pulled from the Gulf of Mexico off Okaloosa Island was later pronounced dead at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Sunday evening, the victim of an apparent drowning.The visitor from Pickering had gone for a swim near Eglin's...

A hit and run suspect from Georgia arrested by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office for driving under the influence Tuesday was also charged with child neglect after a deputy found a three year old child in her damaged car during the traffic stop.24 year old Taylor...

A San Antonio man driving erratically on Interstate 10 near Crestview Thursday was taken into custody after Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputies used spike strips to stop his fleeing car.32-year old James Rodriguez told deputies he has never had a drivers...