News & Updates

ARREST REPORTS After a rash of Destin car burglaries, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office last night arrested one suspect on burglary and grand theft charges and another man on drug charges. Numerous car burglaries took place in the city of Destin December 20th and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after someone shattered the front window at the Corner Food Mart located at 100 Bob Sikes Boulevard near Fort Walton Beach. The business’s alarm was activated around 3 a.m. this morning. Deputies say...

Multiple car burglaries were reported in the Indian Trail area of Destin Tuesday as thieves rummaged through numerous vehicles looking for anything of value. Car break-ins were reported on Mesa Road and Lauren Court. Victims of the car burglaries reported losing items...

An effort by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, its School Resource Officers, and its Chaplain Unit to ensure students in need have a Merry Christmas has resulted in approximately $14,000 worth of gifts for nearly 100 students this year. The OCSO Star Charities...

ALLEN ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant who spotted an erratic driver says the man took off running during a traffic stop December 10th, leaving behind a loaded gun and bags of cocaine, marijuana and prescription drugs. Responding deputies...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged two Pensacola women with armed robbery after they pulled a knife on two individuals early Sunday morning who say they had declined the women’s offer for sex. The victims say 26-year old Shelly Adair and 26-year old...

KOESTLER ARREST REPORT A woman in a booking facility at the Okaloosa County Extension building is charged with arson after she lit a roll of toilet paper on fire with a lighter she had hidden in a fold of body fat. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year...

Two murder suspects wanted in connection with two separate out-of-state slayings were taken into custody December 6th by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service. Tuesday afternoon the OCSO Fugitive Warrants Unit, working with the U.S. Marshals...

Captain Jay Jones & Lieutenant Mark Raiche TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation of 32 senior executives from the 19th Senior Leadership Program at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The group...

FLETCHER WARRANT A Fort Walton Beach man was fatally wounded Friday after trying to take a deputy’s gun during a struggle at a townhome on Gap Creek Drive near Fort Walton Beach. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were attempting to serve the individual a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office along with other area first responders are going to be conducting a large scale training exercise Thursday, November 17th, at and around the Emerald Coast Convention Center at 1250 Miracle Strip Pkwy on Okaloosa Island.  The...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is now partnering with a private social network to create safer, stronger neighborhoods through a virtual neighborhood watch of sorts. The joint effort with Nextdoor allows the OCSO to communicate with specific neighborhoods to...

A Georgia couple suspected in a retail theft crime spree across South Alabama and Northwest Florida is currently being held in the Walton County jail on arrest warrants from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and more charges are in the works. 37-year old Dino Marks...

MCCUISTON ARREST REPORT A Crestview man has been charged with four felonies by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit following an investigation into the illegal distribution of controlled substances which began last September. The OCSO investigation led...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office continues interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence as investigators try to determine the sequence of events that led to two people being shot today at Oakdale Village Mobile Home Park off Gibson Road. Witnesses reported...

Two people were injured in an early morning shooting today at Oakdale Village Mobile Home Park off Gibson Road. Their wounds are not considered life-threatening. Around 5:30 a.m. the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received at least three calls of people reporting...

ARREST REPORTS Three men have been arrested after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section launched a probe into the suspected distribution of methamphetamine via the online classified advertisements website Craigslist. The ad portrayed “ice...

BURNETT ARREST REPORT A domestic violence incident at a home in Baker led to two women being injured and the arrest of a third on charges of felony domestic battery and battery on a person 65 years of age or older. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year...

An arrest warrant has been issued for a man suspected of shooting three people following an altercation at the Red Rose Gentleman’s Club on Okaloosa Island around 4 a.m. on May 15th, 2016. 21-year old Nkosi Albertie-Chamberlain faces three counts of aggravated battery...

Surveillance cameras captured video of the suspect in Thursday’s robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, 101 Mary Esther Boulevard. Investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office say the tall, skinny black male came into the bank around 1 p.m., passed the teller a...