News & Updates

BALDWIN ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man is being charged in connection with the overdose death of a 25-year old woman in September 2017. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Drug today charged 38-year old Thomas Baldwin III of Green Acres Avenue with sale of a...

Witnesses who spotted two young children in an emergency lane of Interstate 10 yesterday say two dogs with them were pushing the children back against the guardrail when they’d move towards the highway. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Highway Patrol...

Three days after a student at the Okaloosa Academy Charter School was arrested for threatening to shoot a School Resource Office, a student at Elliott Point Elementary is now charged with threatening to shoot a teacher and a classmate. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s...

ARREST REPORTS A warrant service conducted Wednesday evening at a Fort Walton Beach area apartment led to the arrest of two people and confiscation of methamphetamine, fentanyl, marijuana, and cash. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit went to Apartment...

A student at the Okaloosa Academy Charter School near Fort Walton Beach was arrested today after twice telling the School Resource Officer he would shoot him. The 13-year old was wandering around campus, refusing to listen to school officials or the SRO. He beat on a...

A fifth grade student at Shalimar Elementary School was arrested today by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after multiple classmates reported he was asking where a third grader lived because he planned to get his father’s shotgun and kill her. The students went to...

ARREST REPORT After responding to a complaint of a man following juveniles in the Lovejoy Road area, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged the suspicious individual with loitering and prowling. 67-year old Donald Anderson of Warner Robins Georgia told an OCSO...

A new scam has surfaced and this time the scam artists are targeting sexual offenders. Two local individuals have already contacted the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in reference to the scheme. They say they received calls today informing them they had a warrant...

A 13-year old student at Ruckel Middle School in Niceville was arrested today after saying she wanted to shoot up the school and I'm going to kill you in front of several classmates. Following an investigation, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged the teen...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office wants to make you aware of a scam that has been reported in our area. The victim recently received a phone call and the caller indicated he worked with AT&T. He advised he was calling to inform him of an expected service...

ARREST REPORTS A teacher and two aides at a Fort Walton Beach school for children with disabilities are being charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated child abuse in connection with incidents which took place between September first and November...

Deputy Sheriff Langer began his law enforcement career with the OCSO in 2017 and upon completion of his Field Training was assigned to the Central Patrol District, Delta Shift. Deputy Langer immediately began to demonstrate his willingness to learn by studying agency...

During the week of January 14th deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Fort Walton Beach Police Department pulled together and organized a volunteer project within the Sylvania Heights community. This effort was to support "The...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce it has received a $30,000 grant from the Florida Department of Transportation to help address speeding and aggressive driving. Sgt. Jason Fulghum says the money will be used to supplement traffic enforcement...

ARREST REPORTS A traffic stop in Destin led to the arrests of all four occupants in the car on charges ranging from trafficking in methamphetamine to possession of drug paraphernalia. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy checking a license plate on a gold Buick...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged three Fort Walton Beach teens in connection with a robbery last night. The 19-year old victim says he was walking down McFarland Avenue around 8 p.m. when 16-year old Ny Riaun Dykes approached him on a bicycle and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report that a woman was sexually battered at a home on Denton Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. yesterday. The victim says she was in a bedroom of her home when a tall, very thin, black man with a goatee grabbed her by...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies executing a search warrant found two young children home alone in a house on Oak Street which had multiple drugs and two firearms inside. Deputies say the guns and narcotics, located in a master bedroom nightstand and closet,...

Smash and grab car burglars have been targeting parking lots at area apartment complexes off Racetrack Road near Fort Walton Beach and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office wants to remind everyone to lock your car, take your keys, and remove your valuables. OCSO...

A Fort Walton Beach man who went inside a Tom Thumb to pay for his gas then watched as someone climbed into his vehicle and sped away. It happened at the Tom Thumb on Highway 98 west of Mary Esther around 6:30 a.m. Saturday. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is...