News & Updates

A Texas man has been charged with putting a knife to a woman’s neck and threatening her life while she sat on a bench at 300 Mountain Drive in Destin October 31st. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 58-year old Paul Besinger of San Antonio Texas with...

On Friday evening, October 25, 2024, shortly before 6:30 p.m., a gray 2023 Dodge Charger, occupied by four teens, was traveling west on Emerald Coast Parkway in Destin from the Walton County line. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested 38-year old David Johnson of Holt Wednesday for domestic violence battery and other charges. The victim says she and Johnson live in a vehicle at a campground at Wilderness Landing Road. She told deputies during an...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigation into the drug overdose death of a Fort Walton Beach teenager has led to the arrest of the suspect who supplied the illegal narcotics. 21-year old Quion Cortez Purnell was charged with homicide caused by the unlawful...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a teen says she was sexually assaulted inside a storage unit in Fort Walton Beach. The teen says she left a Mountain Dew on the curb outside a convenience store at 1209 Miracle Strip Parkway September 30th...

Three people have been arrested following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at 663 Lee Avenue in Crestview September 26th by members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force. During the execution of the search warrant,...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for firing two shots into an occupied FedEx delivery van Thursday in Cinco Bayou, nearly striking the driver. 27-year-old Brian Quinones, address unknown, is now charged with two counts of attempted second degree...

Following an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigation, a Fort Walton Beach area teen is now charged with making electronic threats to kill or do bodily harm. 15-year old Aubrey Scherf was taken into custody on an active warrant September 13th. The 12 year old...

The discovery of a young child running nude in the area of Green Acres Road and Green Acres Boulevard around 9 a.m. yesterday morning ultimately led to the arrest of two people on five counts of child neglect. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies spotted the boy...

On 09/04/2024 members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 301 Goldenrod Ct. in Niceville. During the execution of the search warrant, investigators located fentanyl, cocaine, and narcotics...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Tallahassee man with soliciting a juvenile online for sex. 35-year old David Christopher Roberts of Teal Lane was arrested yesterday. OCSO investigators say in April 2023 they set up and conducted an online chatting...

Quick actions by deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrests yesterday of two New York residents believed to be part of a nationwide scheme involving stolen and fraudulent returns at businesses. Following a traffic stop in Destin around 2:30...

We continue to wish Mr. Fortson’s family comfort and peace, as the former deputy’s criminal case proceeds. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) has been fully accountable and transparent in its compliance with statutory requirements, providing numerous public...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 32-year old Jeremy Logan Ehlers of Panama City with Sexual Battery/ Suspect over 18 with the victim under the age of 12 or younger. On July 26th it was discovered a female juvenile living in Bay County had been the...

17-year-old Sa Qualen Grant of Fort Walton Beach has been charged with Homicide-Aggravated Manslaughter of a Child, in violation of F.S.S. 782.07(3), after providing narcotics that led to the death of a 16-year old victim. Grant was arrested by the Okaloosa County...

On August 14, 2024, Larry Stidam was arrested by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Warrants Unit for 20 counts of possession of child pornography and use of two communication device. During the month of May 2023, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, with the assistance of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Crestview Police Department and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency...

Okaloosa County Sherif’f’s Office Deputies today stopped a 2021 Chevrolet Colorado for a traffic violation on Cedar Ave. near the intersection of Evergreen Ave. in Niceville. During the stop, probable cause to search the vehicle was established. The search revealed an...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Special Response Team, executed a narcotics search warrant at 26 Laurie Dr. in Fort Walton Beach July 31st. During the execution of the search warrant,...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, with the assistance of the Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, today executed a residential search warrant at a home on Fir Avenue in Niceville. It was obtained after investigators...