News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident that began with an armed carjacking in Baker and ended with the suspect crashing the stolen car near Fort Walton Beach and fleeing on foot. The initial report indicates a man took a cream-colored Kia...

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William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today that Lloyd Dale Shannon, Jr. was sentenced to 20 years in the Department of Corrections. Shannon was arrested in October, 2013 and charged with 10 counts of Possessing Child Pornography. An...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating two armed robberies Sunday evening (February 16th) that could be the work of the same two individuals. The first took place around 9:20 p.m. as a pizza delivery person for Hungry Howie’s attempted to deliver food...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has received another report of a burglary to a church in North Okaloosa County. The most recent target is Antioch Baptist Church at 4796 Antioch Road in Crestview. A church member found evidence of a break-in that took place...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged two Fort Walton Beach residents in connection with a counterfeiting operation targeting multiple retailers and restaurants throughout Okaloosa County since January 1st. The OCSO has received nearly two dozen counterfeit...

Recently, the North District of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has experienced church criminal mischief, burglaries and break-ins. During investigation, it has become apparent that not all churches have updated emergency contact information. The OCSO Chaplains...

A man wanted in connection with breaking into a Tanager Road home and raping a female resident February 5th is now in custody. 28-year old Marcus Thomas Wooley of 814 Tanager Road, Apartment B, was located around 9:15 last night at a home on Lark Street by the...

A burglary suspect in a stolen car led Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies on a chase through a Fort Walton Beach neighborhood Thursday morning before an OCSO K9 team tracked him to his hiding place in a garbage can. The hunt for 36-year old Daniel Charles Kelly of...

A 23-year old Eglin airman has been identified as the victim of Monday’s early morning traffic accident on Highway 98. The deadly crash is still under investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say Ignacio Arostegui of Indian Trail Boulevard...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly motorcycle accident that took place around three a.m. this morning, February 3rd, in Destin. A motorcycle driver was killed when he collided with a pick-up truck in the westbound lanes at 635 Harbor...

On January 2nd of this year, Deputies Tim Patterson and Jonathan Duenas were called to provide K-9 support to the Crestview Police Department SWAT team. The C-P-D was serving a felony search warrant on at least two suspects who had been involved in an earlier shooting...

In less than two years with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Jonathan Schlager has already made a tremendous impact on the agency’s busiest district, the Central District which covers the Shalimar, Fort Walton Beach, and Mary Esther areas. Today Deputy...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office continues to urge residents to stay off area roads. Hazardous conditions continue across roads and bridges and both the Brooks Bridge and Mid-Bay Bridge remain closed at this time. OCSO deputies and other first responders are being...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a break-in at a Destin store early Sunday morning, January 26th which resulted in up to $75,000 in stolen merchandise. An alarm went off around 5:40am yesterday at LuxExchange, located at 36150 Emerald Coast...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Mary Esther teenager with aggravated battery after he struck a man in the head with a baseball bat during an altercation. 18-year old Darrell Wayne Hopkins of 499 Cypress Street is accused of getting into an argument...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a second  reported church burglary in north Okaloosa County. Deputies were called to First United Methodist Church of Baker on North State Road 189 after a church member arriving at the church yesterday discovered...

A man wanted in connection with an attempted murder and armed robbery in the Fort Walton Beach area last month has been located in Charleston South Carolina by a U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force. 19-year old Michael Conrad Venning Junior of 40-B Wright...

Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today that Lawrence Allen Wright, 46, of Niceville, Florida, was sentenced by Senior Federal District Court Judge Lacey A. Collier to 75 months in prison and ordered to pay over...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fight that led to a Fort Walton Beach man being attacked with a baseball bat. 36-year old Luke McEwan of 114 Northern Pine Boulevard was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Saturday night. At last report...