News & Updates

A man wanted in connection with several recent car thefts and burglaries is still on the run today after a widespread search by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, Okaloosa Correctional Institution K9s and Florida Fish...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is actively searching in the Laurel Hill area for a suspect in several recent area car thefts and burglaries who has been on the run since ditching a stolen truck near Baker May 7th. 31-year old Eric Dewayne Russell, no known...

KNAUSS ARREST REPORT At least two cars were damaged Tuesday by a man throwing rocks at vehicles heading down Highway 98 near Mary Esther. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 43-year old Kevin Knauss, no known address, with throwing a missile into a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a safety DUI Checkpoint this Friday, May 12th, in Crestview. It will take place at 5155 S. Ferdon Boulevard from 10 p.m. to one a.m. Short traffic delays are possible. We regret any inconvenience the Check Point...

An autopsy was conducted today by the Medical Examiner’s Office in connection with the May 6th death of a seven year old Baker child. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the evidence points to her death being the result of a tragic accident. The seven...

SANDERS ARREST REPORT Last month the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a report of grand theft involving an Altec backyard bucket lift, and 20’ utility trailer from Buford’s Tree Service. Buford’s is a tree service contracted by Gulf Power to conduct tree...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the apparent accidental death of a Baker child Saturday evening. Deputies were called to a home in north Baker around 6 p.m. in response to a 9-1-1 call of a child not breathing. The girl’s father says he arrived...

A three hour search for the driver of a stolen truck started after officers with the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission reported they were involved in a chase with a man they had attempted to pull over for a traffic stop. The incident began around 2:15 Saturday...

A Destin resident who was recently charged by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office with numerous counts of forging checks is believed to have stolen some of the checks from mailboxes. The checks were then altered to gain access to cash. 36-year old Neil Annon Mathews...

ARREST REPORTS Attempts by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office to stop a speeding car on Interstate 10 Thursday ultimately led to the arrest of two Orlando residents in possession of more than thirty jeweler’s bags containing suspected heroin or heroin residue as...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office says the motive has not yet been determined in a late night shooting off Racetrack Road that left a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies received a call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday of shots being fired in the vicinity of 317...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office made 508 arrests during Spring Break 2017, up from 393 in 2016. The vast majority of the arrests were for underage possession of alcohol but there were also 22 narcotics arrests, one open house party arrest, two DUI’s, and two...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting at a residence off Racetrack Road that left a man with multiple gunshot wounds. Deputies received a call around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday of a shooting in the vicinity of 317 Racetrack Road. They arrived to...

MATHEWS ARREST REPORT A Destin resident is accused of forging and cashing a check that the owner believes was stolen out of her mailbox. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 36-year old Neil Annon Mathews of 610 Sea Oats Drive with defrauding a financial...

A Destin man arrested for sexual battery on a six year old girl says the child “came on to him”. The victim’s mother told the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office she left the girl in the care of 57-year old Dale Alan Julio of Jade Loop Drive in Destin on April 29th. She...

DREADING ARREST REPORT A Crestview man wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl last month is now in custody. 29-year old Christopher Allen Dreading, no known address, was arrested yesterday as he got into a car in...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for sexually assaulting a teenage girl in a wooded lot off Panagra Lane near Crestview during the April 22nd/23rd  timeframe. 29-year old Christopher Allen Dreading, no known...

BLACKMAN ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is in critical condition today after being stabbed in the buttocks outside Robert’s Mobile Home Park on East James Lee Boulevard. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested 42-year old Demone Blackman in...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the theft of nearly three-dozen high end racing and tri-athlete bicycles from a storage facility on Racetrack Road. The owners of Dragon Sports say on April 22nd they went to check on the inventory they had...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to calls of "shots fired" last night on Wedgewood Lane near Crestview and found blood in a home’s driveway. Witnesses report hearing two gunshots around 6:30 p.m. and seeing two cars heading away from the area. A short...