News & Updates

Hundreds gathered tonight at Northwest Florida State College’s Department of Public Safety tonight to remember slain Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Myers and to show support for law enforcement and other first responders. The Public Safety Department organized...

The U.S. Honor Flag arrived in Okaloosa County Saturday night to pay tribute to slain Deputy Bill Myers. It will remain with him until the conclusion of his Memorial Service scheduled for Monday at Northwest Florida State College. The flag is part of The Honor...

A large crowd is expected for this event. Please plan accordingly if you plan to attend and allow yourself adequate time to get the venue at Northwest Florida State College’s Raider Arena in Niceville. The Arena will open for public seating to begin at 10 a.m. The...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a student at Fort Walton Beach High School with possession of a weapon on school grounds. School Resource Officer Deputy James Reeves says he received a call from a school administrator today informing him a student on...

ARREST REPORTS Three area teens face robbery charges after taking two smart-drifting scooters from a 12-year old. 18-year olds Jahmelle Jones and Bryanna Brazzell, both of Fort Walton Beach, and 17- year old Keyandrea Fuller of Niceville, are each charged with one...

HONOR VIGIL: The OCSO Honor Guard is overseeing a round the clock Honor Vigil for slain Deputy Bill Myers until the funeral services are completed. The vigil has included staying with him at the hospital, Medical Examiner’s Office, and funeral home. Volunteers from...

LIVESTREAMING OF MEMORIAL SERVICE: The Memorial Service for Deputy Myers on Monday, September 28th at 11 a.m. will be livestreamed courtesy of both Emerald Coast TV and WEAR-TV. You can simply go to either website (emeraldcoasttv.com or weartv.com) and will be able to...

A motor vehicle procession will take place immediately following the conclusion of the September 28th Memorial Service for slain Deputy Bill Myers at Northwest Florida State College’s Raider Arena in Niceville. The Memorial service begins at eleven a.m. and is open to...

A Memorial Service in honor of slain Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy Bill Myers has been scheduled for Monday, September 28th at 11 a.m. inside the Raider Arena at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. The service will be open to the public and members of the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is overwhelmed by the magnitude of the community’s outpouring of support in the aftermath of yesterday’s shooting death of 64-year old Deputy Bill Myers. In response to numerous requests on ways to contribute to assist the family...

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE UNEDITED NEWS CONFERENCE A longtime veteran of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office who rejoined the agency to serve part-time after retiring in 2013 has died at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center following an early morning shooting in Shalimar....

A suspect in the morning shooting of an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy is in custody. Deputies with the OCSO Special Response Team exchanged gunfire with the suspect at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Niceville and he was taken into custody at 10:21 a.m. He is being...

A suspect in the shooting of an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy has barricaded himself inside a room at the Comfort Inn and Suites at 148 John Sims Parkway in Niceville. The OCSO and assisting agencies have shut down roadways in that area and are asking the public...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy was shot this morning outside an attorney’s office on Plew Avenue in Shalimar. He was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. A call of shots fired came into the OCSO Communications Center around 8:20 a.m. this morning. Plew...

CAMERON MAY ARREST REPORT Investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section today arrested a Mississippi man wanted in connection with the brutal beating and rape of a single mother September 10th in Ocean Springs Mississippi....

Two men were arrested Sunday after placing two children on their kayaks at Crab Island Sunday afternoon and refusing to give them back to their mothers. 54-year old Daniel Maria Hernandez of Philadelphia Pennsylvania and 55-year old Gabriel Bobavilla Gonzalez of...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has issued a murder warrant for a former Crestview resident in connection with the shooting death of a Fort Walton Beach man August 9th. 23-year old Jordan Christopher Reeves last known address was 673 Brunson Street. The OCSO is...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has been emphasizing school zone traffic safety as part of an initiative created by the Florida Sheriff’s Association called "Operation Safe Schools." In the fourth week of operation, the OCSO tracked 57 related events in school...

KODY COOK ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy caught a burglar in the act last night while the suspect was trying to push a riding lawn mower away from a home in Holt. 23-year old Kody Laron Cook, address unknown, is charged with burglary and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in trying to locate a missing Crestview teenager. 16-year old David Brian Kelley was last seen around 9 a.m. August 26 at his home, 5847 Flamingo Road. He was wearing dark colored shorts, a t-shirt and...