News & Updates

Update: The individual shot has been identified as 27-year old Eddie Moore of Chestnut Avenue in Crestview.  Injuries were not expected to be life-threatening An investigation is underway into a shooting that took place at an apartment on Okaloosa Island around 7:15...

Update: Victim identified as 22-year old Jacob Montague of 203 Dominica Circle. A Niceville area man says he was shot in the foot during a home invasion robbery Friday. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was called to Twin Cities Hospital around 3:15 p.m. after the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that deputies believe took place at a nightspot on West James Lee Boulevard in Crestview earlier this morning. Deputies were called to the Split Oaks Saloon around 2:30 a.m. in reference to calls of...

A man armed with a revolver demanded money from the clerk at the Shell Gas Station on Green Acres Road and ordered the clerk onto the floor before he fled after being interrupted by the arrival of a newspaper delivery woman. The incident took place around 4 a.m. at...

Summer is the season most associated with the use of fireworks, and it is important to use caution and to remember that fireworks can be dangerous when used improperly. In fact, Florida firefighters responded to nearly 200 fireworks-related incidents in 2014 and...

JOHNSON ARREST REPORT A Georgia man who thought it would be funny to push a four year old and an eight year old into a swimming pool at a Destin resort is now charged with two counts of child abuse. 58-year old Bruce Johnson of Macon was at the Pelican Beach Resort,...

COLEMAN ARREST REPORT A man receiving medical treatment at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center ended up in handcuffs after he battered two staff members trying to help him. 32-year old Keith William Coleman of 101 Water Street, Fort Walton Beach, is charged with...

A Texas woman who says she hired a man she found in a Craigslist ad to fix her car but instead of getting her back on the road, he deliberately disabled it. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Destin Walmart Wednesday evening in reference to a...

The woman struck by a car and killed while trying to cross Highway 98 in Destin has been identified as 40-year old Margaret Beck of Lake Charles Louisiana. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal accident which took place shortly after 3 a.m....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal pedestrian accident that took place around 3:10 a.m. on Highway 98 in Destin. A 40-year old female was unresponsive when deputies arrived at the scene near the intersection with Stahlman Avenue. Eastbound...

JAMES ARREST REPORT A woman driving south on Beal Parkway around noon yesterday was forced to slam on her brakes to avoid hitting an unsupervised three year old who ran out in front of her on the roadway. Another driver who saw what happened quickly stopped in the...

A Destin man struck by a car on Harbor Boulevard Saturday evening remains in critical condition at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. 60-year old William Trekell of Calhoun Avenue was crossing near 1063 East Highway 98 when he was hit by a woman driving westbound in a...

An undercover investigation dubbed “Operation Shady Lane has resulted in at least 36 arrest warrants and the seizure of nearly $120,000 worth of primarily heroin, along with some cocaine in Okaloosa County. “Operation Shady Lane” began in February 2016 with a...

HOSS ARREST REPORT An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Deputy doing a security check near Santa Rosa Mall around 2:30 this morning spotted a car pulled up to a strip mall on Page Bacon Road in Mary Esther. Inside the car was a man holding a screwdriver in his hand. It turned...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are looking for the public’s assistance in their efforts to identify a man who battered a woman in the parking lot of Santa Rosa Mall during an attempted carjacking April 7th. Deputies were called to the mall around 10:30 a.m....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is looking for additional information in an accident that took place near the intersection of Highway 98 and Palmetto Drive in Destin around 3:45 a.m. May 7th. Deputies initially believed the injuries suffered by 22 year old Tyler...

As motorists take to the roads this Memorial Day holiday, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is urging everyone to buckle up. Beginning May 22nd, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2017 national Click It or Ticket seat belt...

A man wanted as a fugitive from justice in connection with a murder warrant issued by the New York Police Department is now behind bars in Okaloosa County. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted 32-year old Audley Wilson walking south on Airport Road in...

A Crestview man shot multiple times at a home off Racetrack Road earlier this month died from his injuries over the weekend. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, which has been pursuing multiple leads in the case, has upgraded the case to a murder investigation....

Heroic actions by employees at Destin’s Holiday Beach Resort this morning saved the life of a five year old child. The boy had been found floating face down in the pool around 10:30 a.m. He was not breathing when he was first spotted, however two employees who began...