News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a recent report by a sixth grade student in Crestview who says a man asked her to get into his car August 19th. The girl reported the incident to her School Resource Officer yesterday, saying she had been playing...

William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced that on August 14, 2014, Jesse Eugene Morris was sentenced to 22.2 months in State Prison followed by three years of probation following his plea of no contest to Cruelty to Animals and Tampering...

An 11-year old Crestview girl says a woman tried to coerce her into a pick-up truck outside a shopping complex at 417 Mary Esther Cut-off around two p.m. today. Two witnesses confirmed the suspicious activity. They told deputies who were called to the scene that a...

The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force conducted a prostitution sting on August 14th, leading to six arrests on various charges. The operation was aimed at females posting solicitation advertisements on Backpage.com. Utilizing an undercover officer, females...

A Crestview man who robbed a couple at knifepoint Tuesday night is now charged with armed robbery and violation of probation. The victims told Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies they were giving acquaintance 46-year old William John Beatty of 345 Brett Street a ride...

A missing swimmer whose body was located this morning in Choctawhatchee Bay has been identified as William James Ector of 100 Shell Avenue in Fort Walton Beach. Search and rescue crews discovered Ector’s body around 10:30 this morning in approximately twelve feet of...

William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today that Tonisha Lache Crowell was indicted Monday by the Okaloosa County Grand Jury on the charges of First Degree Premeditated Murder and/or First Degree Felony Murder and Aggravated Child...

Scam Alert! Con artists strike Gulf Power customers again Gulf Power customers in Okaloosa County have reported new cases of credit card fraud. Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees. The scenario plays out like...

A Crestview man suffered burns to his upper body this morning while trying to burn debris. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other first responders were called to 3400 Melissa Lane around 7:30 this morning. They found 35-year old Kyle Cox alert and...

There is a new IRS scam circulating in Okaloosa County. The con-artists calls or emails someone saying they owe money to the IRS and gives them directions on paying by getting a “Green Dot Card. ” Then then con-artist informs the citizens if they do not pay the money...

Two suspects in the 1998 homicide of Jewel Summerlin Melvin are being charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with first degree murder and burglary with assault or battery but the investigation is not over. On May 15, 1998 the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

Car burglaries are up 28% the second quarter of 2014 in Okaloosa County over the same timeframe last year, and more than two-dozen firearms have been stolen during those crimes. In an estimated 85 percent of the total car break-ins during the three month period from...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy who found a teenager standing outside a burning home at 3 Eglin Street around 11:30 last night said the teen told him he had called 9-1-1 and that he had a friend still inside. As the deputy tried to get in the front door to check,...

A Louisiana man is charged with two counts of aggravated child abuse after he attacked two juvenile girls at an Okaloosa Island condominium complex Sunday. 35-year old Kendrick Cordell Boxie of Sunset Louisiana was taken into custody after deputies responded to a call...

A Crestview man pulled over for driving 75 miles an hour in a 55 mile an hour zone in Baker ended up with more than a traffic ticket. 37-year old Michael Anthony Chessher of Tilley Road is charged with driving with a suspended license (habitual offender) and...

OCSO Judicial Services today put up a weeklong static display at the Okaloosa Courthouse Annex Extension (1940 Lewis Turner Blvd). The Static Display is designed to bring public awareness to the dangers of leaving children and pets in hot cars. Temperatures can climb...

Two teens who escaped from the Okaloosa Youth Academy Tuesday night were tracked down several hours later north of the facility. 14-year old Kurtis Lee Canning and 15-year old Joseph Timothy Enfinger, both of Santa Rosa County, are now charged with escape from a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has opened an active investigation into a shooting incident that took place early Wednesday morning in the Mary Esther area. Deputies were called to 500 Channel Marker Street #6 shortly before one a.m. in reference to a shooting...

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The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a Saturday evening shooting that caused a minor injury to a Shalimar resident. 23-year old Shacori Smith says he was sitting on a car outside his home at 56 3rd Street around ten p.m. when someone drove up...