News & Updates

A narcotics search warrant executed October 8th by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task force led to the arrests of two Fort Walton Beach men on charges of operating a public nuisance structure for drug activity and more.Four other individuals...

The sister of a Defuniak Springs teen arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two Illinois tourists on Okaloosa Island July 15th is now charged in the same crime.17-year old Akira Thomas of Fort Walton Beach was served a warrant October 2nd for aggravated...

Efforts by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the Layton Utah Police Department have led to the closure of two cold case sexual battery cases, perpetrated by the same man. He died in South Carolina in 2015.The Okaloosa victim was 26 when robbed and attacked on...

33-year old Robert James Nelson, Jr of Crestview was taken into custody last night at the Holiday Inn Resort at 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigation Section, Street Crimes Unit, and Special response Team executed a...

An 18-year old Defuniak Springs resident has been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two Illinois tourists on Okaloosa Island last July.The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged Shakeem Thomas with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, robbery...

An Okaloosa Island man shot during a drug deal gone bad last week now faces multiple charges after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at his apartment.22-year old John Wade was arrested September 25th for possession of marijuana with intent...

A Valparaiso woman who worked for a local law firm approximately ten years has been arrested oncharges she stole more than $700,000 from her former employer.The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41 year old Janice Porter September 23rd for Fraud - more than...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a home invasion robbery that took place early this morning at a home in Holt, west of Crestview.The victim went outside his residence on Belgium Run around 5 a.m. to investigate a noise and was confronted by an...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is one of the first agencies in the country to implement a newMotorola Solutions 9-1-1 pilot program that allows citizens to send video, photographs, and recordingsdirectly to dispatchers in the Communications Unit via their cell...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that injured an Okaloosa Island man around 8:15 Tuesday night outside his apartment.The 22-year old victim called 9-1-1 to say he’s been shot in the abdomen.Deputies arrived at his Bonita Avenue...

A 21-year old man is dead and his 19-year old friend is charged with manslaughter after the suspect said they were playing around with an AK-47 and he pulled the trigger thinking it was unloaded. Matthew Gunn of 1650 Highway 98 in Florosa was arrested this morning by...

A traffic crash investigation has led to the arrest of a Niceville man on a charge of DUI manslaughter in the death of a pedestrian on Highway 98 in Destin Sunday night.A witness told deputies 26-year old Dakota Theriot was speeding westbound on Harbor Boulevard...

Home surveillance video and quick action by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and Fort Walton Beach Police Department led to the capture of three suspects Sunday in an armed burglary that injured one person.17-year old Nigel Fryer of Fort Walton Beach, 23-year old...

The latest efforts by the Multi-Agency Drug Task Force to put local drug dealers out of business resulted in two people being charged with operating a nuisance structure for drug activity, a third degree felony.DTF members executed a narcotics search warrant September...

A Mississippi woman faces felony charges after Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies caught her inside a Crestview business, starting up and moving multiple off road vehicles.25-year old Haley Bowen is charged with burglary of a structure and grand theft of a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Crestview man with sexually battering a child under the age of twelve between 2009 and 2013.55-year old Larry Miller, who denies the allegations, was arrested August 31stThe victim says she was molested on multiple...

A man on felony probation for trafficking in heroin is back in jail today as the Okaloosa County Multi- Agency Drug Task Force executed its latest search warrant in the ongoing effort to put area drug dealers behind bars.38-year old Karl Domino Jr. and 35-year old...

A man who kicked in an acquaintance’s front door, choked her unconscious, and stole her purse tried to make an escape, but is now in the Okaloosa County jail on multiple charges.The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 32-year old Brandon Miree, no known...

A Destin man reportedly doing swimming and breathing exercises at a Destin pool drowned Monday.First responders were called to a pool at 4111 Commons Drive around 3:30 p.m. after 29-year old Brennan May of that address was found limp on the pool bottom.Witnesses say...

Undercover investigations into the sale and distribution of illegal narcotics continue via the Okaloosa County Multi- Agency Drug Task Force (DTF), as the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Crestview Police Department, and Fort Walton Beach Police Department work to...