News & Updates

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...

A Crestview area resident who sold fentanyl to a man who later died from an overdose is now charged with homicide resulting from the unlawful distribution of fentanyl. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested 58-year old William "Dean" Lively of Cavalier Drive...

North District deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office recovered two separate stolen vehicles within less than two hours of each other on Sunday. 32-year old Odon Garza of Quincy was heading east on Highway 90 around 6:45 p.m. May 1st when a Flock license...

Five people were arrested after the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office executed a narcotics search warrant early this morning at a home near Niceville that's been the subject of complaints and is associated with narcotics overdoses, including an overdose-related death....

The discovery of a three year old child asleep on a concrete sidewalk at one in the morning led to three counts of child neglect without great bodily harm for a Fort Walton Beach area woman. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office was called to Gibson Street around one...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested two suspects in connection to a shooting on Newcastle Drive near Fort Walton Beach April 13th. 21-year old Shea Jones of Fort Walton Beach and 16-year old Natorian Hinson-Brown of Navarre are now charged with attempted...

Two masked men robbed a Crestview area convenience store at gunpoint overnight and the suspects later were spotted by Santa Rosa County deputies near Milton but bailed from the car and managed to escape. The clerk says the pair walked in about thirty minutes after...

The body of a man found in trees along the Shoal River off Highway 393 near Dorcas April 11th has been identified as 27-year old Colby Wilcher. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating Wilcher's death as suspicious after an autopsy revealed he had...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators says an examination of the partially decomposed body of a man found tangled in a tree on the Shoal River near Dorcas Monday afternoon shows the victim suffered a single gunshot wound. A positive identification has been...

A suspect driving a stolen car who fled from Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies Monday in Mary Esther also deliberately rammed a deputy's patrol car in an effort to get away. 20-year old Chad Ebanks of Destin is charged with fleeing and eluding, grand theft of...

Fishermen out on the Shoal River east of Crestview off Highway 393 discovered a partially decomposed human body in the water, tangled in a tree south of the bridge Monday afternoon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office received a 9-1-1 call around 3 p.m. and deputies...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is trying to identify this vehicle reference shootings that occurred at two separate locations within about a twelve minute time frame Monday afternoon (03/21/2022). One report of gunfire on Shirley Drive off Lovejoy Road took...

A team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will arrive April 19, 2022, to examine all aspects of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services. The Okaloosa...

A 17-year old Defuniak Springs resident with an active felony warrant by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office and a separate hold by the Niceville Police Department was arrested Saturday amid brand new charges. Darius Wingate, a passenger in a car, gave an OCSO deputy...

Two Destin residents were taken into custody following the execution of a search warrant this morning by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force at an apartment on Indian Trail. Investigators says the residence was not only the site of a...

The third and final suspect in a February 2021 shooting death near Fort Walton Beach turned himself in at the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview Monday. 19-year old Jacob Gabany of Crestview was wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office on active warrants for...