News & Updates

A Fort Walton Beach area woman has been arrested following an incident involving a young child on Circle Drive. Our deputies resonded last night around 6:30 to a disturbance in the 500 block of Circle Drive. The investigation revealed Carolyn Miller was involved in an...

Earlier today, first responders were dispatched to the north end of Long Branch Farm Road near Baker following the crash of a small aircraft. A two-person Cub aircraft had taken off from the Sky Ranch airstrip in Baker with two male occupants. The pilot reported...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Crestview woman following a disturbing animal cruelty investigation involving dozens of neglected animals. 62 year old Karen Kroll is charged with 22 counts of Aggravated Animal Cruelty and 42 counts of Animal...

On March 10, 2026, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force and US Drug Enforcement Administration executed a search warrant at a residence in Crestview. During a search of the residence, law enforcement located approximately...

Today members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Homeland Security Unit, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (HSI) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, executed a search warrant at a residence on Boulevard De La Parisienne in Mary...

An armed man who temporarily held his ex-girlfriend hostage at her home in Holt last night was later found dead inside the residence. Warrants for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal mischief were already in hand to be served against the 47-year old...

A Baker man is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill following an incident last night involving a juvenile in the Baker area. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a report of shots fired near Skeeter Lane around...

An investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of a registered sex offender wanted out of Virginia on multiple extraditable warrants. OCSO deputies initially located a disabled vehicle registered to 26-year old Andrew Bradly Shoemaker...

What began as a simple traffic stop in Crestview last month quickly turned into something much bigger. A white Toyota Tacoma rolled through a stop sign at the intersection of Shoffner Boulevard and Highway 90 East February 17th. The violation was minor, but it was...

In less than 12 hours Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators were able to develop and track a suspect in the shooting death Wednesday of a Mary Esther man. The suspect, 20-year old Kavari McQueen of Crestview, is currently being held in the Leon County Jail on...

Update: A suspect is in custody at this time in another jurisdiction. More information to be released at a later time. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating a fatal shooting that took place early this morning in north Okaloosa County. A...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is increasing transparency and public accountability by launching a Flock Safety Transparency Portal on its agency website. The public-facing portal provides detailed information about how the Sheriff’s Office uses Flock Safety...

In December 2025, members from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received a tip from the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children regarding child sexual abuse material. The investigation identified Colby Sanders of...

A 14-year-old Crestview student is charged with writing a threat to commit a school shooting. An investigation was immediately launched after a threat to shoot up Crestview High School was found written in red marker on the bathroom wall of a girls’ restroom the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 15-year-old Fort Walton Beach area resident for making threats to carry out a school shooting. In addition to a charge of issuing a written/electronic threat to commit a mass shooting, Joel Bravo-Jaramillo is also...

An investigation into a Crestview area shooting has led to charges against 54-year-old Reginald Bradshaw of 881 West James Lee Boulevard for possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon. Investigators say during a disturbance at the home January 15th, a woman...

OCSO investigators are working a Thursday night shooting that injured a Shalimar man outside his Oak Lane home. The victim suffered multiple gunshots and was taken to a local hospital for treatment where at last word he was in stable condition. The OCSO utilized the...

A Fort Walton Beach man who made sexually inappropriate remarks to several juvenile girls also committed a lewd and lascivious act in front of them near David Street and was taken into custody by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 23-year old Marco Lanza Turicios...

How many cameras are deployed in the field by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office? The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has deployed 79 Flock Safety Cameras throughout the county. These automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are a proven, important tool...

A stolen car. An attempted carjacking. A suspect running through neighborhoods trying to hide. Quick coordination between OCSO and netted a suspect connected to an attempted carjacking, stolen vehicle, and residential burglary. 30-year old Matthew Teems of Fort Walton...