News & Updates

A suspect in a home invasion robbery near Crestview is now behind bars after an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy spotted him walking down the street Sunday. 27-year old Matthew Gafford was walking in the area of Beal Parkway and Manring Drive when the deputy...

A Walton County man wanted on an active warrant for attempted first degree homicide by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is now in custody in Geneva County Alabama. 32-year old Cristian "Alex" Douglas, last known to live in Mossy Head, was picked up by authorities...

We're excited to announce that outstanding Deputy Eric Swain has been named our 2021 DEPUTY OF THE YEAR! After being hired in 2016, Deputy Eric Swain began working patrol and instantly became “that deputy” on shift, a solid officer and significant resource for...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office today arrested a former Niceville High School student found to have a handgun with a loaded magazine on school grounds in the outside area between Niceville High and Ruckel Middle School. An OCSO School Resource Officer took...

A Crestview man wanted in connection with a Fort Walton Beach homicide is now in custody after the U.S. Marshals Service captured him today in Opp, Alabama. Tyauvion Morris had an active warrant by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in connection with the shooting...

During the last two weeks members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit have been conducting undercover operations with the purpose of identifying and arresting online child predators. These predators commonly seek out...

Sheriff Aden's excited to announce the release of a smartphone application for the OCSO. This app will serve as a new way for us to connect with our residents and visitors, providing information quickly and efficiently to anyone with a smartphone. The Okaloosa County...

A traffic stop on a car speeding across Marler Bridge in Destin led to the arrests of two individuals on drug trafficking charges Thursday night. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies spotted a white pickup truck with Illinois tags speeding in the westbound lanes...

Seventy percent of crime involves a vehicle and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is joining its counterparts across the region and country to utilize a system that allows law enforcement to track vehicles involved in anything from a child abduction to a murder...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a Crestview man was apparently struck with birdshot while driving his pickup truck Friday evening. Deputies were called to the area of Clint Mason Road and Grady Johnson Road around 6:45 p.m. in response to a...

A traffic stop for illegal window tint turned up trafficking amounts of oxycodone and some methamphetamine in a child's diaper bag, along with a loaded firearm with an extended magazine holding 27 rounds of ammunition. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office charged...

You can't outsmart a K9: An attempt to hide cocaine in a magnetic pouch underneath a pickup truck didn't work against the nose of an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office K9. An OCSO deputy made a traffic stop on Legion Drive near Beach Drive in Destin February 5th. A K9...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a shots fired complaint on 6th Street in Shalimar Wednesday heard multiple additional gun shots being fired while on scene talking to the reporting person. A deputy walking towards the shots noticed a man go into...

A man wanted for questioning in a domestic-violence related double homicide near Fort Walton Beach January 31st was located dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound February 2nd inside a vehicle in Indiana. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators had...

Autopsies have been scheduled for the victims of a double homicide discovered inside a home near Fort Walton Beach February 1st. The bodies of 52-year old Annastacia Merrell and her co-worker, 51-year old Patrick Tymoch, were discovered at Merrell's Bentwood Lane home...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is working to locate a person of interest in the homicide of two individuals found inside a home at 2908 Bentwood Lane near Fort Walton Beach. Deputies were called to the house in the Willow Bend neighborhood Tuesday to do a...

A traffic stop by an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy who spotted a traffic violation Sunday led to a Crestview area man facing four felony and two misdemeanor charges. 36-year old Craig Golden was pulled over on South Avenue near Fort Walton Beach and told the...

A traffic stop for faulty equipment on a pickup truck Tuesday evening led to two arrests and the confiscation of baggies of cocaine and methamphetamine. After the stop John Sims Parkway by an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy, an OCSO K9 alerted to the presence...

Three people have been arrested on various charges after deputies responding to a shots fired call near Fort Walton Beach were led on a high speed chase north to Crestview. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office received a call of shots being actively fired involving...

A woman says a former boyfriend entered her car Monday on Tanager Road near Fort Walton Beach and held a large knife to her throat. He then ordered her to drive out of the area while choking her and threatening her life. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has...