News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious death following an incident at a home on Blackstone Road in Mary Esther. Deputies were called to the scene shortly before 5 a.m. this morning. Additional information will be released later today as the...

For the second time in just five years, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office SRO Program has been named tops in the state of Florida by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers. And in another major accomplishment, OCSO School Resource Officer Deputy Cullen...

Thanks to bystanders, two nurses, the Okaloosa Island Fire Department, EMS, and Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, a 17-year old near drowning victim is expected to make a full recovery! Jhian Belen of Enterprise Alabama was swimming in the water behind the Eglin NCO...

ARREST REPORT A Crestview teenager suspected of stealing a car from a Fort Walton Beach home was captured today, several hours after fleeing from deputies and crashing in a backyard. The suspect, 16-year old Cam'ron Lewis was driving a stolen vehicle in Crestview when...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies say a 17-year old was swimming in the water behind the Eglin NCO Beach Club on Okaloosa Island Saturday afternoon and was observed struggling. His father went into the water to rescue him. The juvenile was pulled to the shore...

ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies tracked down a suspect Sunday in the armed robbery of a man on Hardie Lane near Fort Walton Beach. The 64-year old victim says a man approached him and asked him if he wanted to buy drugs and he refused. He says...

ARREST REPORT A suspect on the run from authorities in Connecticut has been taken into custody in Fort Walton Beach by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies and the Fugitive Warrants Unit. Investigators got information that 24-year old Daquan Dangerfield was...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was awarded Reaccreditation yesterday by the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) – evidence of the agency’s continuous pursuit of excellence. The agency goes through accreditation inspection every three years...

An autopsy today revealed a Baker man found dead at a mobile home on 1775 Dad’s Road near Baker died from a stab wound. The victim, 54-year old Christopher Broxson of that same address, was found just before 6 p.m. Sunday. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies are working to determine who is responsible for the murder of a Baker resident Sunday. The victim, found at a mobile home at 1775 Dad's Road, has been identified as 54-year old Christopher Broxson of that address....

ARREST REPORT A Niceville man’s decision to try to outrun an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy ended with him facing eight charges ranging from hit and run to DUI to aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. The chase started around 2 a.m. when a deputy...

A 49 year old tourist from Tennessee has drowned in the Gulf of Mexico at Henderson Beach Park in Destin. First responders were called to the scene around 12:18. p.m. The man was not breathing when they arrived and although CPR was undertaken, he did not survive....

Sexual Predator Change of Address Notification for Timothy Simmons New Permanent Address: 391 Dove Run Road, Lot 9, Holt  

ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been terminated from employment as a result of multiple felony charges by both the Okaloosa and Polk County Sheriff’s Office. The OCSO today charged 41-year old Cansas Sadler Jr with using a computer to...

ARREST REPORTS Two suspects in a rash of vacation property burglaries are now in custody after crashing a stolen car while being pursued by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies Wednesday. Charges are pending in multiple burglary and fraud related cases. The...

DEMONS ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect who pulled a gun on a Good Samaritan giving him a ride to a restaurant last month. The victim told OCSO deputies he was approached by a man at the Shalimar Tom Thumb May 24th. He says the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is working to track down two men who tried to use a blow torch to get into an ATM machine on the second floor of the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. A worker who came to service the machine the next morning found burn marks on the...

CHAMBERLAIN ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Fort Walton Beach man in connection with the false imprisonment and battery of his girlfriend. 28-year old Blaise Khamisi Albertie Chamberlain was arrested yesterday at Fort Walton Beach...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has identified a suspect in connection to the robbery of a motorist in Shalimar last Friday. 23-year old Marqus Ladon Demons is being sought after he robbed a man at gunpoint after the man gave him a ride. The victim told Okaloosa...

Update: The man who drowned Friday in the Gulf of Mexico has been identified as 63-year old Rogelio Moreno Gaitan of Lawrenceville, Georgia. Family member say he had been swimming by himself. Less than a week after a 65 year old Jackson Mississippi man drowned in the...