News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested a Niceville area man on a charge of domestic violence related aggravated battery causing bodily harm.Deputies were called to the Baywind Drive home of 47-year old suspect Ian Weisberg around 6:20 a.m. on July 3rd. They...

A Holt man is in custody on charges he stabbed another individual in a dispute over a female on the 4th of July. 51-year old Robert Dean Parker of Lyons Place is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Communications...

Update: We have confirmation of next of kin notification. The victim is identified as 35-year old Ryan Mallett of Arkansas. We send our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and loved ones in his tragic passing. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies tracked down two people suspected of stealing a Destin woman's electric scooter, making a traffic stop on the pair yesterday in Niceville which revealed they were in a truck reported stolen out of Mississippi. Inside the truck...

Felony warrants have been served on two Alabama man in connection with an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office undercover operation last summer utilizing the Internet to identify people who attempt to sexually exploit children. 28-year old Stephen Williamson of Saraland...

A Niceville man is in custody and facing multiple charges following a nine-hour standoff today with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to a home on 23rd Street around 8:30 a.m. in reference to a domestic battery call. The suspect, Michael...

A Niceville man is charged with entering a truck where a woman was sleeping on Okaloosa Island and sexually assaulting her. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 23-year old Taylor Copeland of Farrah Avenue with sexual battery and burglary with battery. The...

On May 11th, investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section executed simultaneous search warrants at 130 and 136 Noblat Drive in Mary Esther. The investigation began in 2022, after the OCSO Internet Crimes Against Children...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Crestview man on thirty counts of possession of child pornography and other charges following a detailed investigation. In July 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a cybertip...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies say a Fort Walton Beach man who hit a Beal Parkway store owner revealed after being taken into custody that he left a three year old autistic child at his home unattended. The store owner says 39 year old Ryan Williamson of...

A Shalimar man wearing upper body armor while carrying a semi-automatic rifle and pistol early this morning in his neighborhood faces multiple felony charges including aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and firing into a moving vehicle. Okaloosa County...

A Texas tourist who had just arrived in town drowned this afternoon after being caught in an apparent rip tide in the Gulf of Mexico. The tragic situation unfolded around 1:15 p.m. near the Shirah Beach Access in Destin. A lifeguard noticed the 39-year old in distress...

A Destin business owner who spotted someone breaking into her business on the Destin Harbor via her surveillance cameras Thursday night called the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office immediately, and deputies were on scene within seconds, detaining a 17-year old caught...

During the month of April, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Section conducted an undercover operation targeting adults looking to meet minors online for sexual encounters. "Operation April's Fools" is part of an going OCSO effort...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office was conducting enforcement operations on Interstate 10 around 9 a.m. this morning when a stop was conducted for a traffic violation. The driver, 44-year old Jose Figueroa of Beaufort, South Carolina was transporting two illegal...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the tragic drowning of a 13-year old tourist from Kentucky in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Deputies were called to 3690 Scenic Highway 98 around 11:30 for a distressed swimmer. Surfers had helped rescue several...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal balcony fall that took place at a Destin condominium early this morning. A person staying at a neighboring condo noticed a body on the ground near an entry way outside a building at 500 Gulf Shore Drive,...

An Illinois man is charged with attempted murder after an Okaloosa Island condominium security guard says the man tried to drown him in the property's swimming pool. 33-year old Seth Beavers of Sterling Illinois, a former Naval rescue swimmer, is currently being held...

24 years after a woman reported being sexually assaulted in the Poquito Bayou area near Shalimar, the suspect, now aged 60 and living under an alias, is behind bars in Okaloosa County. Charles Craig Senior was recently transferred to the Okaloosa County Jail from the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Street Crimes Unit (SCU) attempted to pull over a man with active felony warrants driving on State Road 85 last night, but the suspect decided to try to make a getaway instead. A traffic stop was attempted around 11:30 Tuesday...