News & Updates

Click Here to View OCSO Internal Investigation Documents An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy has resigned in connection with an officer involved shooting that took place November 12th, 2023 near Fort Walton Beach involving the deputy and a supervisor.Deputy...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a call of a possible shooting on Hardie Lane near Fort Walton Beach last night found numerous shell casings in front of a home. A female walking up the driveway around 7:30 p.m. was grazed by a bullet fragment....

A Fort Walton Beach man who ditched his Mercedes and ran following a high speed pursuit near Fort Walton Beach on December 31st has been located and is now charged with multiple felonies. 30-year old Roderick McKinnon fled when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

A Wisconsin man who spent time in Okaloosa County two years ago is now charged with molesting a young boy under the age of twelve during the month of August in 2022. 60-year old James Prellwitz of Milwaukee has been charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office with...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to assist at the scene of a fire near Crestview last night left with a suspect who had an active warrant for attempted murder. The fire started on the second floor of a home at 3042 Quaser Road shortly before...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division received information Thursday from the Cobb County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia that wanted fugitive Charles Franklin Cook was possibly in Crestview. Cook had an active arrest warrant from the Cobb...

On January 17, 2024, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section apprehended 57-year old fugitive Jeffrey Todd Wagner in Crestview. Wagner was wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office for numerous outstanding warrants, to...

The OCSO Traffic Homicide Investigation Team is investigating a traffic crash which led to the death of a motorcyclist last night in Destin. At around 11:51 p.m. on Thursday night, January 11, 2024, OCSO deputies responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and SUV at...

On Christmas Day 2023, a 13-year old girl disclosed 36-year old Esau Matul Hernandez of Fort Walton Beach had been sexually abusing her since she was 11 years old. An investigation was immediately launched. A forensic interview with the victim took place December 27th...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to an armed domestic related incident at a Wright area townhome around 6:30 a.m. Monday morning encountered the suspect inside the residence. After refusing to cooperate, the man ran to a bedroom to retrieve a...

Two people took themselves to a local hospital early this morning after they say another car pulled up to them and shot at them while they were driving down Racetrack Road. Both men were struck by gunfire but were conscious and alert when Okaloosa County Sheriff's...

A search warrant executed by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office early Thursday morning at an apartment on Alder Avenue led to the seizure of multiple weapons, bags of counterfeit pills with suspected fentanyl, and cash. 17-year old Montrez Ray Glover of 27 Alder...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force attempted a traffic stop on a red 2021 Jeep Wrangler in Fort Walton Beach October 4th. In an attempt to get away 23 -year old Tyrese DAVIS used the Jeep to ram an OCSO vehicle. Investigators...

On September 20th, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Section executed a residential search warrant at 966 Scenic Oak Lane near Fort Walton Beach. The search warrant was obtained and executed, following the Internet Crimes Against...

In February 1996, Keith Jesperson, the serial killer known nationally as the Happy Face killer, admitted to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigator he was responsible for killing a “Jane Doe” in August 1994, and dumping her body near the Holt exit on...

A call for suspected counterfeit bills being passed at an Okaloosa Island nightclub Thursday ultimately led to the arrests of four Texas men believed connected to a string of counterfeit cash cases across Okaloosa County and beyond. Last night, management at Sammys...

A Mary Esther man faces numerous charges after he fled from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies trying to make a traffic stop due to his erratic driving, ultimately driving through a yard and taking out a mailbox at a home in Mary Esther. 54-year old Vernon...

One teen is in custody and warrants are pending against another following a pursuit of a stolen car that crashed into a Crestview business during the early morning hours of August 26th. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies learned a 2012 Nissan Altima reported...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy who had a conversation with a man walking on Gap Creek Drive wearing a bulletproof vest overnight arrested the individual after finding sixty grams of narcotics in his possession. The deputy had a consensual encounter with...

A woman who left a baby in an unattended vehicle for nearly two and a half hours Wednesday is charged with child neglect without great bodily harm by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. The OCSO received a 9-1-1 call around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon from a witness...