News & Updates

We're investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a bicyclist in Destin early this morning. Deputies say the man was heading east on Highway 98 near the intersection with Crystal Beach Drive when he was hit by a vehicle heading the same direction. He was pronounced...

In it's third operation targeting on-line sexual predators in the last eleven months, the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has already arrested six suspects and has warrants pending on multiple others. It's the result of a four day operation dubbed "Operation Safe...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating an apparent domestic-violence related murder/suicide after finding the bodies of a young couple in their home off Lewis Turner Boulevard near Fort Walton Beach Monday afternoon. Deputies responded to a welfare...

A Holt man who jumped into a swamp to avoid Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies trying to serve him warrants last January was not as successful yesterday when he put a John Deere riding lawnmower into high gear and tried to outrun pursuing deputies. 40-year old...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery involving three victims behind a Destin convenience store overnight. The victims, ranging in age from 18 to 36, say they were hanging out behind a Circle K convenience store on Harbor Boulevard...

A Navarrre woman has been arrested after an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigation revealed she defrauded a woman in her 90s out of more than half a million dollars over an 18 month period. 45-year old Sheena Russell of Burton Circle is charged with theft over...

It may have been a bit of a bust weather-wise part of the time, but the 4th of July weekend was certainly a virtually non-stop period of being on the go for Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies. The OCSO Marine Unit made 255 vessel stops, issued 48 citations, and...

Six people were taken into custody following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at a Niceville area home that's been associated with narcotics overdoses and suspected narcotics distribution. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit arrived at the...

A suspect's attempts to hide fentanyl, cocaine, oxycodone, and marijuana in a toilet didn't pan out when Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies were executing a narcotics search warrant at a home on Crescent Circle near Fort Walton Beach. It started when members of...

A disturbance at a Destin nightspot Saturday night/Sunday morning resulted in a stabbing outside the business and at least one arrest so far. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to Coyote Ugly for a large scale disturbance around 12:30 a.m. say when...

A Mary Esther man was arrested on possession of child pornography charges following the execution of a search warrant at his home on Bryn Mawr Boulevard. 22-year old Phillip Dahn faces 20 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of use of a two way...

A Mississippi man who fled from an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy following a traffic stop then threw crushed methamphetamine into his chest and face, causing an exposure that sent the deputy to a local hospital. The deputy was pulling over 35-year old Todd...

A suspect in a Walton County armed robbery who repeatedly shot at deputies and troopers chasing him across Interstate 10 was captured in Okaloosa County when his getaway car was disabled by spike strips west of Crestview. Multiple law enforcement agency vehicles were...

A store employee in Destin is charged with video voyeurism, a third degree felony, after a woman found his cell phone recording her using the business's bathroom yesterday afternoon. He told the victim she could use the restroom if she needed to, although it is not...

A homeless man armed with a machete slashed another individual in an unprovoked attack near a pavilion at the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island shortly after 8 this morning. Deputies responding to multiple 911 calls arrived on scene quickly. The suspect then ignored their...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a car burglary call in progress on North Avenue in the Ocean City area last night ended ended up chasing one of the suspects after trying to make contact with him near the scene. 38 year old Terry Stone of Fort...

Three Mobile Alabama suspects in the theft of more than $3000 in merchandise from a Destin retail store Tuesday tried to make a getaway, but Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies blocked in their car at a restaurant parking lot and took them into custody. An...

Community Resource Deputy Brian Muhlbach says multiple citizen complaints and Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers tips helped lead Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies to a Fort Walton Beach man trafficking narcotics out of his Vermont Avenue residence. 34-year old...

A Fort Walton Beach man is in custody in connection with shots fired in the parking lot of a Mary Esther night spot Monday. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 21-year old Christian Seymore of Burnette Avenue with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office recovered more than two dozen shell casings from the parking lot of a Mary Esther night spot after responding to a shots fired call shortly after midnight. Witnesses say someone pulled into the parking lot of Cash's Sports Page...