News & Updates

  NELSON ARREST REPORT A longtime former employee of Okaloosa County’s Water and Sewer Department is charged with grand theft and aggravated white collar crime in connection with a scheme to exchange water taps for cash. Investigators say the defendant deprived...

CLICK HERE FOR ARREST REPORTS Two detainees at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Crestview have been charged with attacking another teen who says he was stabbed in the face with a chicken bone. The 17 year old victim suffered several broken ribs in the...

A Destin Subway restaurant was robbed Saturday night by an armed woman the victim described as "smelly" and wearing a brown wig. The robber came into the Subway at 1253 Airport Road around 10 p.m. several times and on the third entry, she demanded money and opened her...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a young man whose body was found yesterday floating by a boat slip on the Santa Rosa Sound around 2:30 p.m. The victim has tentatively been identified as 25-year old Oregon resident Vaughan Heppe, who...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a man’s body was discovered in the Santa Rosa Sound off Okaloosa Island Wednesday afternoon. The body was spotted around 2:35 p.m. OCSO investigators say the person’s identity and the...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office internal investigation revealed that a former School Resource Officer neglected his duties in actively participating with the Department of Children and Families in ongoing child abuse investigations. The issue...

LEVINS ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a homeless man in connection with an attack that badly injured a homeless woman yesterday in a makeshift shelter near 843 N Eglin Parkway. Deputies say due to the beating, the 57-year old victim’s...

A Ruckel Middle School student was taken into protective custody today after he attacked and choked his School Resource Officer (SRO) around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. The 14 year old Exceptional Education student reportedly became angry in the cafeteria and ran out...

An autopsy will be conducted in connection with the apparent suicide of a Destin teenager Tuesday evening. (See prior news releases) Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say there are no initial indications of foul play. The 14 year old’s body was found in a...

Update: Tragically the body of a missing and endangered Destin teenager who was the subject of a massive search earlier today was located in a beach area west of the Destin jetties around 6:30 this evening. The OCSO is conducting a death investigation and asks that...

09/26/2017 - Update: The individual has been identified as 53-year old Charles Farrar of Denham Springs, Louisiana. The Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy. A tourist in his fifties was pronounced dead at the Destin Emergency Room this afternoon...

A 30 year old man died today after being ejected from his scooter on Scenic Highway 98 in Destin. The individual’s specific address is not yet available but his next-of-kin was located in Shreveport Louisiana. The driver reportedly hit an embankment and struck a fixed...

A Fort Walton Beach man says someone forced him into his townhome on Villa Palm Circle Friday night, rummaged through the family’s belongings, and stole cash. The 57-year old victim says he was in his garage around 6:30 p.m. when he was approached by a man dressed in...

STILLIONS ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach teacher is charged with four counts of child abuse in connection with treatment of an autistic child while she was employed at Kenwood Elementary School. The former principal and a school district employee also face charges...

A Baker family says two men came into their Hilton Road home Sunday morning and stole a car and cash. One of the victims says two white males entered the house around 10:30 a.m. and took a wallet with cash, then stole a 2005a black Lincoln Town Car containing a...

LASSALLE ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office captured and arrested a Texas man last night following an unprovoked knife attack on a stranger at a Destin business. 24-year old Francis Paul Lassalle of Spring Texas is charged with aggravated battery with...

YAWN ARREST REPORT A 17-year old Destin teen has been charged with shooting a passenger in another car August 21st around midnight near Airport Road and Twin Lakes Drive. The victim, 19- year old Tyjuan Lee, was struck in the head, but the bullet was removed his scalp...

HEBERT ARREST REPORT A half dozen citizens alarmed by a reckless driver on Highway 98 Saturday afternoon wasted no time calling to report the dangerous motorist to law enforcement. A witness says the driver even hit a guardrail near Hurlburt Field. An Okaloosa County...

REZZARDAY ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office today charged an OCSO civilian employee with grand theft of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. 40-year old Deidra Rezzarday, a Property Room Technician,...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office will be conducting a Safety/DUI Check Point at 749 Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach this Friday, September 1st, between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 1:00 A.M.  Motorists traveling in this area may be stopped and checked for...