News & Updates

SCARVER ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach registered sexual predator for a violation of sexual predator registration requirements and felony aggravated stalking. On October 24th the OCSO received a complaint that...

ARREST REPORTS The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested five men following Operation Nightstalker over the weekend. Operation Nightstalker targeted suspects communicating with who they believed to be a minor for sex. The following individuals were arrested:...

MUELLER ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach teen is the first suspect charged in connection with a rash of weekend BB gun attacks and vandalism. 18-year old Thomas Mueller was arrested today by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on a charge of being a principal to...

There Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has received a dozen new reports of windows being shot out of vehicles, as it continues to investigate a rash of felony criminal mischief and aggravated battery incidents involving someone with a BB gun. Initial reports that came...

GANEY ARREST REPORT A Baker man faces multiple charges after leading Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies on an early morning pursuit that saw him drive into oncoming traffic on Highway 98, and ended when he struck three cars at a pedestrian crossing light. An...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a spate of apparently random BB gun attacks that took place between around 9:30 to 11 p.m. Friday night, targeting a car, a business, a bicyclist, and a pedestrian. A vehicle parked at 656 North Beal Parkway had...

BULLOCK ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a call of a car burglary in progress found the suspect hiding behind a nearby building and a vehicle left with thousands of dollars in damage as a result of the crime. Deputies have charged...

MITCHELL ARREST REPORT A Crestview man on felony probation for aggravated battery on a pregnant victim is now charged with beating a former girlfriend as well as a young child under the age of five. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 35-year old Marcus...

  NELSON ARREST REPORT A longtime former employee of Okaloosa County’s Water and Sewer Department is charged with grand theft and aggravated white collar crime in connection with a scheme to exchange water taps for cash. Investigators say the defendant deprived...

CLICK HERE FOR ARREST REPORTS Two detainees at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility in Crestview have been charged with attacking another teen who says he was stabbed in the face with a chicken bone. The 17 year old victim suffered several broken ribs in the...

A Destin Subway restaurant was robbed Saturday night by an armed woman the victim described as "smelly" and wearing a brown wig. The robber came into the Subway at 1253 Airport Road around 10 p.m. several times and on the third entry, she demanded money and opened her...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a young man whose body was found yesterday floating by a boat slip on the Santa Rosa Sound around 2:30 p.m. The victim has tentatively been identified as 25-year old Oregon resident Vaughan Heppe, who...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a man’s body was discovered in the Santa Rosa Sound off Okaloosa Island Wednesday afternoon. The body was spotted around 2:35 p.m. OCSO investigators say the person’s identity and the...

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office internal investigation revealed that a former School Resource Officer neglected his duties in actively participating with the Department of Children and Families in ongoing child abuse investigations. The issue...

LEVINS ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a homeless man in connection with an attack that badly injured a homeless woman yesterday in a makeshift shelter near 843 N Eglin Parkway. Deputies say due to the beating, the 57-year old victim’s...

A Ruckel Middle School student was taken into protective custody today after he attacked and choked his School Resource Officer (SRO) around 11 a.m. Wednesday morning. The 14 year old Exceptional Education student reportedly became angry in the cafeteria and ran out...

An autopsy will be conducted in connection with the apparent suicide of a Destin teenager Tuesday evening. (See prior news releases) Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say there are no initial indications of foul play. The 14 year old’s body was found in a...

Update: Tragically the body of a missing and endangered Destin teenager who was the subject of a massive search earlier today was located in a beach area west of the Destin jetties around 6:30 this evening. The OCSO is conducting a death investigation and asks that...

09/26/2017 - Update: The individual has been identified as 53-year old Charles Farrar of Denham Springs, Louisiana. The Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy. A tourist in his fifties was pronounced dead at the Destin Emergency Room this afternoon...

A 30 year old man died today after being ejected from his scooter on Scenic Highway 98 in Destin. The individual’s specific address is not yet available but his next-of-kin was located in Shreveport Louisiana. The driver reportedly hit an embankment and struck a fixed...