News & Updates

A fourth individual is now charged in connection with the January shooting death of a Crestview teenager. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Investigators tracked down 37-year old suspect Marvin Wilkins Sunday morning (today) near the Brooks Bridge on Okaloosa Island. Wilkins...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has taken 37-year old Marvin Wilkins into custody. Wilkins was located by members of the Fugitive Warrants Unit around 9:15 a.m. this morning near the Brooks Bridge on Okaloosa Island. Wilkins had active warrants for racketeering...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged three people with first degree murder and racketeering in connection with the shooting death of a Crestview teenager. A fourth individual is being sought on an active warrant for racketeering relating to homicide and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a two car crash in Destin early this morning that critically injured a Freeport man. The rear-end collision took place around 3:15 a.m. near 34884 Emerald Coast Parkway. The 21-year old driver of a Honda Civic had...

McGrew Arrest Report A 17-year old Fort Walton Beach resident faces multiple weapons charges after a Shalimar resident says he came to his apartment yesterday and threatened him with a military style rifle loaded with nearly 100 rounds of ammunition. The Okaloosa...

Arrest Reports of Juvenile Car Burglary Defendants An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy who spotted something suspicious in Mary Esther conducted a traffic stop that led to the recovery of thousands of dollars in stolen property. It also led to felony car burglary...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit now has a new training facility at its disposal thanks to a joint use agreement with the Okaloosa County School district. Sheriff Larry Ashley and School Superintendent Mary Beth Jackson today conducted a ribbon-cutting at...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit will debut its new K9 training facility tomorrow morning, thanks to a partnership with the Okaloosa County School District. The agency’s K9 handlers and their dogs will be using approximately five acres of land near the...

Martinez Arrest Report A joint investigation between the FBI and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office ended today in the arrest of RICARDO MARTINEZ in Coral Gables, Florida. MARTINEZ was charged with multiple felony counts which included a scheme to defraud, mortgage...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the Ft Walton Beach Police Department and other local law enforcement entities is aggressively investigating a rash of recent shootings. All evidence and information collected to date indicates none of these...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says a man injured today in a drive-by shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is in stable condition at a Pensacola hospital. The victim, a passenger in a car heading north on the road, says the car was shot at by a passenger...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Fort Walton Beach man says someone shot at the car he was riding in on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near Fort Walton Beach, causing him to suffer a head injury. The victim was walking around while...

Adams & King Arrest Reports Two Holt residents have been charged with burglary and two thefts in the Laurel Hill area of north Okaloosa County. Investigators say 25-year old Travis Monroe Adams of 220 West Highway 90 and 21-year old Myra Ellen King first went to a...

Update: The 24-year old man who apparently drowned at Crab Island in Destin Thursday has been identified as James Duncan of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ### The search for a missing swimmer near Crab Island in Destin today ended when a boat from Florida Fish and Wildlife...

The OCSO, Coast Guard, and Florida Fish & Wildlife personnel are actively searching the waters around Crab Island near Destin this afternoon for a swimmer who reportedly went under and did not resurface. A 9-1-1 call came in around 2:30 this afternoon. Two...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at the Junk Yard Dog, a fundraising thrift store that uses its proceeds to support the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelter. Deputies were called to 179 N.E. Eglin Parkway around 11:30 last...

VIEW OCSO YOUTH SERVICES DIVISION BROCHURE The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer Unit was honored today as one of the top programs in the country. The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) named the OCSO SRO Unit a "Model...

MURPHY ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man is charged with three separate robberies after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy noticed he resembled the man shown in a surveillance photo from one of the crimes. 43-year old Javonne Terrell Murphy of 908 Squirrel Court...

A nearly two month long investigation conducted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit led to a warrant round-up titled, Operation "Still Watching". This investigation began after the OCSO received numerous citizen complaints about the street side sale...

Gibson Arrest Report During the month of March 2015 members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit initiated an investigation into a drug distribution network allegedly operated by 29-year old Kim Denord Gibson of Miami. Information had been developed...