News & Updates

ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy who attempted to stop a man for several traffic offenses around 4 a.m. had to give chase after the driver took off instead of pulling over. When the deputy put on his emergency lights on Martin Luther King Jr....

ARREST REPORT A Destin resident who is a convicted felon is being held on multiple charges after a traffic stop for speeding early this morning turned up a loaded gun, drugs, and thousands in cash in his car. A back-up deputy who arrived after the 1:39 a.m. traffic...

Billy Morrison to 564 W James Lee Boulevard, Crestview

ARREST REPORT A Shalimar man released from federal prison last October after serving time for narcotic trafficking offenses is back in jail, held without bond on drug and weapons charges. Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the U.S...

A family of four is safe after their single engine plane was forced to land in an open field short of a runway at Bob Sikes Airport near Crestview this afternoon due to an engine problem. The incident happened around 4 p.m. and no one was injured. Additional details...

A teen wanted in connection with a shooting that injured a Panama City man has been located in Georgia and is being detained on an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office active warrant for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The OCSO has been searching for 16-year old...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting that injured a Panama City man Saturday afternoon east of Niceville. 16-year old Richard Grice of 1489 Cat Mar Road has an active OCSO warrant for aggravated battery with a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that injured one person this afternoon on Cat Mar Road east of Niceville. The OCSO received a 9-1-1 call around 2:41 p.m. in reference to shots being fired. One person is currently undergoing treatment...

ARREST REPORT A Shalimar man is charged with trying to attack another man with a hatchet after using the weapon and his feet to bust down a bathroom door. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39-year old Jason Godwin Christmas Day for aggravated assault with...

Henry Erickson to 107 Harding Rod #D in Niceville & Scott L Erickson to 1564 Percy Coleman Rd. in Fort Walton Beach

Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley and Fort Walton Beach Police Chief Robert Bage held a joint news conference today to provide additional information on a FWB PD homicide case and the OCSO’s subsequent officer-involved fatal shooting of the suspect December 17th....

A suspect in a Fort Walton Beach murder located by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies died Tuesday afternoon in an officer-involved shooting. Deputies say the suspect, 27-year old Clyde Jacob Sullivan, pulled a gun after they boxed him in with their vehicles....

ARREST REPORT A Milton man captured Monday after stealing a car from Santa Rosa Mall, leading deputies on a low speed pursuit, and crashing into a yard faces nine separate charges. 58 year old Lewis Van Hudson, no known address, is charged with leaving the scene of an...

A man suspected of stealing a car this afternoon tried to evade Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies but was in handcuffs within about 15 minutes. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call around 3:13 p.m. in reference to a 2016 black Hyundai...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is reviewing the circumstances which led one Crestview area man to shoot his neighbor Monday morning. A call in reference to a "neighbor problem" was received this morning around 9:38 a.m. from 87 year old man Bobby Sullivan, who...

One person is being detained and another is being treated for gunshot wounds following a shooting in the Crestview area this morning. A 9-1-1 call in reference to the shooting was received around 9:43 a.m. from a residence on Golden Acres Circle. One person has been...

ARREST REPORT A Pensacola man is being held in the Escambia County Jail on an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office warrant for first degree premeditated murder. 24-year old Jordan Phillips was wanted by the OCSO in connection with a Fort Walton Beach area fatal shooting...

ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach woman is charged with having a sexual relationship with a teenage boy who says it started when he was sixteen years old and lasted nearly two years. 32-year old Stephany Sanchez Starks is charged with a felony count of unlawful sexual...

ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Meigs Middle School teacher with two felonies after an investigation which began on December 11, 2019. Joseph Michael Sparks, 48, was arrested for Failure to Report Suspected Child Neglect and Unlawful...

ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Cantonment woman with accessory after the fact in the shooting death of a Fort Walton Beach area man November 19th. 27-year old Carissa Lynn Parker shares a child with the victim, 35-year old Edgar...