News & Updates

A Fort Walton Beach man says someone forced him into his townhome on Villa Palm Circle Friday night, rummaged through the family’s belongings, and stole cash. The 57-year old victim says he was in his garage around 6:30 p.m. when he was approached by a man dressed in...

STILLIONS ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach teacher is charged with four counts of child abuse in connection with treatment of an autistic child while she was employed at Kenwood Elementary School. The former principal and a school district employee also face charges...

A Baker family says two men came into their Hilton Road home Sunday morning and stole a car and cash. One of the victims says two white males entered the house around 10:30 a.m. and took a wallet with cash, then stole a 2005a black Lincoln Town Car containing a...

LASSALLE ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office captured and arrested a Texas man last night following an unprovoked knife attack on a stranger at a Destin business. 24-year old Francis Paul Lassalle of Spring Texas is charged with aggravated battery with...

YAWN ARREST REPORT A 17-year old Destin teen has been charged with shooting a passenger in another car August 21st around midnight near Airport Road and Twin Lakes Drive. The victim, 19- year old Tyjuan Lee, was struck in the head, but the bullet was removed his scalp...

HEBERT ARREST REPORT A half dozen citizens alarmed by a reckless driver on Highway 98 Saturday afternoon wasted no time calling to report the dangerous motorist to law enforcement. A witness says the driver even hit a guardrail near Hurlburt Field. An Okaloosa County...

REZZARDAY ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office today charged an OCSO civilian employee with grand theft of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. 40-year old Deidra Rezzarday, a Property Room Technician,...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office will be conducting a Safety/DUI Check Point at 749 Beal Parkway in Fort Walton Beach this Friday, September 1st, between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 1:00 A.M.  Motorists traveling in this area may be stopped and checked for...

PULLEY ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what appears to be an accidental shooting at a home in Mary Esther last night. While at the scene a resident was arrested on felony drug charges. Deputies responded to a home at 841 Blvd De...

FUNDERBURG ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a shots fired call at the Red Rose Gentleman’s Club on Okaloosa Island around 4:15 this morning. The victim stated that a white male in a black truck with an Alabama tag pointed a gun at...

The travel week leading up to Labor Day and the Labor Day weekend are typically among the deadliest travel times on U.S. roadways. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is taking part in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign, which runs through September...

MOORE ARREST REPORT A Crestview man who was shot twice after forcing his way into an Okaloosa Island apartment last month has been charged with burglary and battery by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 27-year old Eddie Ray Moore of 1244 East Chestnut Avenue was...

SNELL ARREST REPORT A suspect in a Mary Esther armed home invasion robbery involving multiple victims is now behind bars. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 22-year old Tevan Jaymes Snell of 7 Deal Avenue in Fort Walton Beach on Saturday. Snell is accused...

A Fort Walton Beach woman reports she was sexually assaulted by two men as she was walking on James Lee Road early Sunday morning. The victim, in her thirties, says she was jumped near the intersection with Falcon Ridge Road around 5:30 a.m. while she was heading to a...

RODRIGUEZ ARREST REPORT A Panama City man who has an active domestic violence injunction against him is now charged with aggravated stalking. The Crestview victim says she heard someone at her door, then spotted her ex-boyfriend, 30 year old Michael Joseph Rodriguez,...

Two car burglary suspects were caught on a homeowner’s surveillance video rummaging through two cars August 14thThe Blue Springs Cove resident says his neighbor contacted him to let him know he’d seen a vehicle pull up around midnight, heard talking, and then saw two...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported home invasion robbery which took place around midnight last night in Mary Esther. The victims at 841 Blvd De L Orleans reported that three men with guns entered the garage and forced the victims inside...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office wants to alert the public in reference to what could be potentially deadly fentanyl being sold in the local area in a blue pill form that appears to be oxycodone. When you look up the markings on Drugs.com, the pills would be...

ARREST REPORTS An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy who spotted a car swerving on Lewis Turner Boulevard early this morning made a traffic stop which led to the discovery of drugs, cash, and a weapon. Two of the five teenagers inside the car now face felony...

***UPDATE*** - A woman who drowned Monday while swimming in the Gulf at Henderson Beach State Recreation area has been identified as Nori Bracho of Rogers Arkansas. Efforts to revive a 70 year old Arkansas tourist who got into difficulty while swimming with family...