News & Updates

A woman at a Destin restaurant was arrested Monday afternoon after she passed out on the deck while a one-year old child was in her care. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 27-year old Ariel Hope of Miramar with child neglect, without great bodily harm....

A Destin man stole a woman's rental car from the parking lot of the Emerald Grande in Destin around 11 p.m. Thursday night while she was moving items from the rental car to another vehicle. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies began to track the victim's cell...

A Fort Walton Beach man involved in a road rage incident that injured a 59-year old Baker resident last month is now charged with aggravated battery causing physical harm. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested 27-year old Devin Robbins today. Robbins and the...

A Shalimar area homeowner spotted a young man dressed all in black trying to break into her Masters Boulevard home with a crowbar this morning. She startled him and he ran from the scene carrying two large bags. A short time later, another homeowner on Country Club...

A Niceville man is facing numerous charges after fleeing from Okaloosa County deputies last night. Deputies attempted a traffic stop on a truck driven by 27-year old Tommy Daniel Lucas around 11:00 p.m. for multiple moving violations in the area of SR 293 and Highway...

A man being detained this morning by three Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies sprayed pepper spray in their faces and swung at one of them before being tased and taken into custody. Deputies were responding to a complaint in reference to 32-year old Sean...

A Fort Walton Beach man being sought on active warrants is now in the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview after members of the U.S. Marshals Office Regional Fugitive Task Force and the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office took him into custody on Okaloosa Island Thursday...

Lt. Demeika McClendon has earned The International Association of Police Chiefs “40 under Forty” award, recognizing forty law enforcement professionals under the age of 40 around the globe who demonstrate leadership, exemplify commitment to their profession, and have...

A 16-year old Fort Walton Beach area teen is now in stable condition after being stabbed last night outside a unit on Skipper Avenue, and a search is underway for the suspect. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to 114 Skipper Avenue around 6:20 p.m....

A Crestview man who shoved a woman and teen down wooden steps is charged with domestic violence related battery (second or subsequent offense) and child abuse. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested 43-year old Herman Newton October 7th after an argument at a...

A traffic stop Friday night by an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy led to the discovery of 112 grams of Xanax bars, MDMA, marijuana and more than $12,000 in cash. 20-year old Kevon Prince-Robinson of Mary Esther was pulled over near Denton and Bob Sikes...

A Florosa man is now in custody in the Pasco County Florida jail on Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office active warrants for attempted homicide, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and possession of a weapon or ammo by a convicted felon. 25-year old Tyran Claybrone...

The final two of four suspects wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office in connection with a cold case homicide from 2005 are now in custody. Suspected trigger man 44-year old Victor Stanton of Fairhope Alabama is being held in the Dallas Jail in Dallas Texas on...

A road rage incident near Niceville Wednesday led to one vehicle ramming another and shots being fired from a handgun in response. 22-year old Taylor Sylvester of Niceville is charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office with aggravated battery with a deadly...

National, state, and regional representatives of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers joined forces with Sheriff Eric Aden and local MADD representative Amy Jamieson to recognize the outstanding work of OCSO Marine Unit Supervisor Sgt. Kyle Corbitt. Sgt. Corbitt and his team...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy responding to a welfare check at the intersection of John King Road and Oak Terrace Drive near Crestview yesterday found an individual at the scene with four active OCSO felony warrants. While taking 40-year old Ricky Lett...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a burglary in progress at a home on First Avenue in Laurel Hill last night became involved in pursuit after a car was spotted leaving the scene at high speed. When a deputy attempted a traffic stop on the car, it...

A Baker man awaiting trial on a 2019 murder charge attacked a corrections officer early this morning at the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview. The officer had unshackled 25-year old Emanuel Colley after leading him back to his cell. He told Colley to go into his cell...

A visitor from Indiana who said he was going to swim to the beach from Crab Island near Destin was later found floating in the water by boaters. The 46-year old man and others rented a pontoon boat at 9 a.m. and anchored at Crab Island about twenty minutes later. They...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies rushed to respond to reports of a Destin man shooting through his bedroom window with a semi-automatic rifle this morning. They went to 702 Whippoorwill Lane around 9:16 a.m. and took 51-year old Orlando Burleigh into custody...