News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Bluewater Bay area man with domestic violence related murder in connection with the stabbing death of his three year old son. 61-year old Frederick Franken of 1476 Rawlins Court was arrested at Fort Walton Beach...

A Destin visitor who died after falling overnight from a condominium balcony onto a pool deck has been identified as a 27-year old man from Missouri. A security guard at the condos, located at 1002 East Highway 98, discovered the body of Justin Michael Trepanier of...

A three year old Bluewater Bay child found dead in his home March 15th died as a result of multiple stab wounds. An autopsy was conducted today by the Medical Examiner’s Office. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say Frederick Franken Jr. was discovered on...

SOWELL ARREST REPORT A man wanted by the Fort Walton Beach Police Department on charges of sexual battery and battery by strangulation was taken into custody on Okaloosa Island Friday, but not before he tried to make a getaway. The FWBPD gathered information that the...

The Medical Examiner’s Office has scheduled an autopsy for Monday in connection with the murder of a three year old Bluewater Bay area child. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say Frederick Franken, Jr. was killed Friday at the home he shared with his...

An out-of-state visitor died after a fall from a balcony on an upper floor Destin condominium complex early this morning. The adult male’s body was discovered at 1002 East Highway 98 shortly after five a.m. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call...

A three year old boy was killed in an apparent domestic violence related murder followed by an attempted suicide at a Bluewater Bay area home Friday. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to 1476 Rawlins Court around 4:30 p.m. after receiving a 9-1-1...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a murder and apparent attempted suicide. Deputies were called to a home in the Bluewater Bay area around 4:30 this afternoon in reference to a disturbance. One person had been killed and another is...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators are asking any witnesses to Sunday morning’s shooting at Bric A Brac on Highway 98 in Destin to share information. Two people were shot at the establishment approximately 4:15 a.m. after a fight erupted outside around...

(Christian Pickett charged as Fugitive from Covington, Co. Alabama) Investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office are working to piece together an early morning shooting that injured two people outside Bric a Brac nightspot in Destin. Deputies were called to...

Two people are currently hospitalized and one person is detained in connection with an early morning disturbance that resulted in gunfire this morning at a Destin nightspot. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to Bric A Brac at 824 Highway 98 around 4:18...

South Okaloosa Car Burglaries Reported Since January 1, 2019 We need your help! Please take a look at this rundown from March 5th in Destin alone of car burglaries and a stolen car - and notice the common theme. All were unlocked. Cars had keys inside the vehicles....

BRADLEY ARREST REPORT An Orange Beach Alabama man is charged with scamming an 86-year old Shalimar woman out of more than $14,000 last year in connection with home repairs that were never completed. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 44-year old Bradley...

An OCSO K9 narcotics bust earned Deputy Jonathan Duenas and K9 "Axel" the U.S. Police Canine Association’s "Top Detector Case of the 2nd Quarter" for Region One. Deputy Jonathan Duenas and K9 "Axel" were working as part of the OCSO Street Crimes Unit, assisting with a...

New Orleans Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 41-year-old Honduras man Feb. 28 in Okaloosa County, Fla., who had previously been wanted for assault of a Border Patrol agent. Edwin Edgardo Tercero and five other occupants of his vehicle were apprehended by...

A Nevada woman who told a Fort Walton Beach man she was going to keep his child overnight instead took the four year old to Henderson Nevada without the father’s consent and refused to answer his phone calls. 43-year old Jenny Thurston now has an active warrant from...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were able to locate a missing man with Alzheimer’s within approximately four minutes this morning, thanks to the fact he was a "Project Lifesaver" client. Deputies responded to a home on Brian Circle in Mary Esther around 11...

Change of Address Notification for Michael McLean - New address of 5554 Highway 393 in Crestview

SMITH ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy was battered Saturday night while trying to detain a woman refusing to leave a Fort Walton Beach area convenience store at the clerk’s request. 33-year old Tayanna Smith is charged with battery on an officer,...

A 12- year old girl says a man in a black two door sport vehicle with black rims approached her after she got off her school bus north of Crestview around 3:15 Friday, asking "Can you help me find my kids?" The girl says she ignored the man and continued walking on...