News & Updates

PERSON OF INTEREST The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office looking for a person of interest in connection with an early morning shooting death of an Uber driver on Okaloosa Island. 29-year old Filip L. Kirilov, believed to be a Destin resident, suffered a gunshot wound...

A man used a firearm to commit suicide this morning in a parking lot outside the Angler’s restaurant. Okaloosa Island and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office personnel are on the scene. Deputies responded to a call of an armed person at 1030 Miracle Strip Parkway around...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting death on Okaloosa Island this morning. A man was found dead inside a vehicle at 656 Santa Rosa Boulevard around 6:30 a.m. Sunday. Investigators are currently at the scene and additional details will be...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help identifying a man seen outside Islanders Coastal Outfitters at the Okaloosa Island BoardWalk on June 9th just prior to a burglary that took place at the store. Surveillance video shows the man, who was...

A former Fort Walton Beach resident pled guilty to manslaughter this week in connection with her role in a 2015 fatal overdose of a Shalimar military veteran. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office had charged 25-year old Darian Caldwell with homicide resulting from...

A group of local teens ranging in age from 14 to 17, along with one adult, face felony charges in connection with vandalism inside a closed Destin movie theater in November 2017. The owners of Destin Cinema at 759 Harbor Boulevard says the damage exceeds $118,000. It...

KESAIAN ARREST REPORT A Panama City man faces multiple felony charges after using fake credit cards to withdraw cash from an ATM machine in Destin early this morning. 57-year old Gagik Kesaian is charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with grand theft,...

ARREST REPORTS An early morning traffic stop by an Okaloosa County Deputy on Mattie M Kelly Blvd. Saturday led to the arrests of three people and the seizure of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Upon identifying two back seat passengers, deputies determined 28...

COOPER ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies responding to complaints about lots of activity at a Destin hotel room found drugs in a bucket and a sock full of cash in the room. 56-year old Robert Cooper of Miami is charged with possession of cocaine with...

MYRES ARREST REPORT A tip to Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers Monday led to the arrest of a Fort Walton Beach woman on a charge of sexual battery by a custodian with a victim under the age of 18. 25-year old Lauren Myres admitted to having a sexual relationship with a...

ARREST REPORTS Calling it the largest seizure of heroin and fentanyl in Okaloosa County’s history, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office today outlined a ten month undercover investigation dubbed “Operation PayDirt” that led to fifteen arrests on charges ranging from...

MURPHY ARREST REPORT A Crestview area teenager today admitted to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators that he was involved in the murder of a 69-year old woman during a burglary at her home May 26th. 17-year old Jeremiah Murphy is now charged with felony...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after the body of a Crestview area woman was discovered in her detached garage during a welfare check last night. 69-year old Nancy Kirk Williams of 4189 Painter Branch Road was reported missing May 28th by her...

SACHSE ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office peacefully resolved a six hour stand-off with a barricaded suspect inside a Destin hotel early this morning. Deputies were called to the Home2 Suites on Emerald Coast Parkway around 5:30 a.m. in response to a...

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BREEDEN ARREST REPORT A student at Crestview High School was arrested today after making threats to “shoot-up” the school. 14-year old Connor Breeden is charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with making threats of violence. Two classmates say Breeden was...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body was found at his home on Auburn Road today by a family friend who had stopped in to check on him. Deputies were called to 3418 Auburn Road north of Crestview around 3:15 p.m. and discovered a man...

***UPDATE*** CHERLY FORD HAS BEEN LOCATED The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing Texas woman who was had no contact with her family since leaving Fort Walton Beach Medical Center March 1st following an accident in...

LYNCH ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man suspected of donning a mask and using a gun to rob a Fort Walton Beach business in April. 25-year old James Lee Lynch of Marnan Drive is charged with armed robbery and petty theft in...

ARREST REPORT Excellent work by security employees at Eglin Federal Credit Union and an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy led to the capture of two Romanians believed to be traveling state to state installing skimming devices on ATM machines. The devices capture...