News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says the motive has not yet been determined in a late night shooting off Racetrack Road that left a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies received a call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday of shots being fired in the vicinity of 317...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office made 508 arrests during Spring Break 2017, up from 393 in 2016. The vast majority of the arrests were for underage possession of alcohol but there were also 22 narcotics arrests, one open house party arrest, two DUI’s, and two...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at a residence off Racetrack Road that left a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies received a call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday of a shooting in the vicinity of 317 Racetrack Road. They arrived to...

MATHEWS ARREST REPORT A Destin resident is accused of forging and cashing a check that the owner believes was stolen out of her mailbox. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 36-year old Neil Annon Mathews of 610 Sea Oats Drive with defrauding a financial...

A Destin man arrested for sexual battery on a six year old girl says the child “came on to him”. The victim’s mother told the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office she left the girl in the care of 57-year old Dale Alan Julio of Jade Loop Drive in Destin on April 29th. She...

DREADING ARREST REPORT A Crestview man wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl last month is now in custody. 29-year old Christopher Allen Dreading, no known address, was arrested yesterday as he got into a car in...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a wooded lot off Panagra Lane near Crestview during the April 22nd/23rd  timeframe. 29-year old Christopher Allen Dreading, no known...

BLACKMAN ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is in critical condition today after being stabbed in the buttocks outside Robert’s Mobile Home Park on East James Lee Boulevard. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested 42-year old Demone Blackman in...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of nearly three-dozen high end racing and tri-athlete bicycles from a storage facility on Racetrack Road. The owners of Dragon Sports say on April 22nd they went to check on the inventory they had...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls of "shots fired" last night on Wedgewood Lane near Crestview and found blood in a home’s driveway. Witnesses report hearing two gunshots around 6:30 p.m. and seeing two cars heading away from the area. A short...

TARVER ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is charged in connection with a Tuesday morning shooting on Susan Drive. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year old Tyshaun Tarver of 2358 Susan Drive for shooting his girlfriend’s brother in the leg after a dispute...

One person has been detained as the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigates a shooting that took place this morning near Crestview. Deputies were called to Susan Drive around eleven a.m. this morning after a witness reporting hearing a disturbance and gunshots...

O'MARA ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach area man wanted on a felony domestic violence warrant for chocking his girlfriend tried to get away from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office but was captured after a brief pursuit. O’Mara is wanted on charges of kidnapping and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that took place at a Destin apartment complex early this morning. Deputies were called to the Destin Emergency room after the victim, 23 year old Cavante Gale of 734 Legion Drive, was driven there by his...

A 49-year old Georgia man who tried to help his daughter and her friend struggling in rough surf in the Gulf of Mexico this morning was unable to get back to shore safely. James Forsythe was pronounced dead at the Destin Emergency Room, a victim of an apparent...

A woman pulled over for speeding in Destin Monday night refused to get out of her car and was ultimately tased after refusing to cooperate with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy. 27-year old Morgan-Elyse Revell of Niceville was spotted driving 66 miles an...

HYDE ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a complaint of a naked man making lewd movements outside his home found him standing in the driveway with a bottle of wine nearby. There were no clothes in the immediate area. 60-year old Bobby...

A 17-year old tourist from Louisville Kentucky suffered six puncture wounds from a shark bite, but was able to punch the shark as it was biting her to try to drive it away. Caitlyn Taylor suffered a bite wound to her leg yesterday while swimming the in the Gulf of...

A 17-year old tourist from Kentucky suffered a bite wound to her leg today while swimming the in the Gulf of Mexico behind a condominium at 1040 East Highway 98 in Destin. Witnesses say a five foot shark bit the girl while she was near the second sandbar around 3:39...

Business is booming at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, and starting April 1st, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office will be taking over its law enforcement services and security. Okaloosa County Commissioners gave unanimous approval to the transition earlier...