News & Updates

ARREST REPORTS Patrols by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Street Crimes Unit resulted in the arrest of three Crestview residents in connection with an armed burglary to an occupied home. A Deputy spotted three individuals in dark clothing walking through yards on...

ARREST REPORTS The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two Fort Walton Beach men in connection with a home invasion robbery that took place in Shalimar last August. 24-year old Dominic Dyett of Green Acres Road and 23-year old Anthony Jackson of Beach Drive...

ARREST REPORTS A call in reference to suspicious activity on Poverty Creek Road in north Okaloosa County led to the arrest of four Crestview residents suspected of stealing packages off a front porch. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies say an alert neighbor...

ARREST REPORT An investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has led to multiple charges of possession of child pornography against a Mary Esther man. 22-year old William Milano of Magnolia Drive was arrested January 5th at his home following the execution...

ARREST REPORTS A Fort Walton Beach man who traveled to a predetermined location thinking he was going to hook up with a thirteen year old girl January 3rd was met by an undercover Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Investigator instead. 23-year old James Youmans of 921...

The victims of a murder/suicide in North Okaloosa County have been tentatively identified as a married couple in their mid-sixties. The Medical Examiner’s Office has tentatively identified the victims as 64-year old William Rust and his 64-year old wife Gretchen....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent domestic violence related murder/suicide at a home north of Baker. Deputies were called to 2121 Winners Circle after a family member discovered the man and woman deceased inside their home around 1:30...

ARREST REPORTS A traffic stop for a faulty headlight led to the discovery of methamphetamine, THC extract, and a counterfeit driver’s license. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy noticed a car on Navy Street with a faulty headlight. During a traffic stop, an OCSO K9...

A Pensacola woman on probation in Escambia County for aggravated assault with a weapon is in trouble again, this time after being charged with grand theft by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 27-year old Lashamonique Moore of Muldoo Drive was spotted grabbing...

ARREST REPORTS An investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of two Crestview men in connection with a sex trafficking operation that prostituted young females in Okaloosa County, including a juvenile. Some of the victims say the pair...

An OCSO K9 Handler and a pizza delivery worker were attacked and seriously injured by a pit bull outside a home in Mary Esther last night. Both victims required surgery for their injuries. Deputies responded to 560 Brian circle around 8 p.m. Sunday night in response...

Proactive police work by Bravo Platoon East during their last two shifts led to the seizure of nearly 300 grams of marijuana during two separate traffic stops in Destin. In the early morning hours of December 6th, a vehicle driven by 26-year old Aaron McAfee of Destin...

FALLON ARREST REPORT A call of a suspicious vehicle outside a Self-Storage business near Fort Walton Beach early Thursday morning led to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies interrupting and stopping a burglary in progress. Deputies confronted the masked burglar inside...

SOLIS ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has recovered much of the $20,000 in stolen property taken from a Crestview business around Thanksgiving. 28-year old Roberto Luis Solis, address unknown, was initially charged November 29th with armed burglary,...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after the body of a missing mentally challenged Laurel Hill man was found in a retention pond behind a Destin apartment complex this morning. A resident at 4231 West Commons Drive contacted law...

Emmett Eugene Giddiens to 6215 Sunburst Drive South, Crestview https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/home.jsf

BLANKENSHIP ARREST REPORT A Crestview woman charged Wednesday with child neglect was arrested the next day at the jail on a count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 33-year old Danielle Blankenship for failing to...

Terry Want Frazier to 397 W. Oakdale Avenue, Crestview https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/home.jsf

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the armed robbery of the Sonny’s BBQ restaurant at 925 Beal Parkway last night. Employees say two men entered the business around 9:30 p.m. and got away with cash. No one was injured. Investigators say there is no...

MILLER ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is charged with punching and chocking his estranged wife, breaking her jaw in the process. When Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at 5269 Four Lake Road around 7 p.m. last night they saw 33-year old Jonathan Miller...