News & Updates

TARVER ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is charged in connection with a Tuesday morning shooting on Susan Drive. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 37-year old Tyshaun Tarver of 2358 Susan Drive for shooting his girlfriend’s brother in the leg after a dispute...

One person has been detained as the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigates a shooting that took place this morning near Crestview. Deputies were called to Susan Drive around eleven a.m. this morning after a witness reporting hearing a disturbance and gunshots...

O'MARA ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach area man wanted on a felony domestic violence warrant for chocking his girlfriend tried to get away from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office but was captured after a brief pursuit. O’Mara is wanted on charges of kidnapping and...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that took place at a Destin apartment complex early this morning. Deputies were called to the Destin Emergency room after the victim, 23 year old Cavante Gale of 734 Legion Drive, was driven there by his...

A 49-year old Georgia man who tried to help his daughter and her friend struggling in rough surf in the Gulf of Mexico this morning was unable to get back to shore safely. James Forsythe was pronounced dead at the Destin Emergency Room, a victim of an apparent...

A woman pulled over for speeding in Destin Monday night refused to get out of her car and was ultimately tased after refusing to cooperate with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy. 27-year old Morgan-Elyse Revell of Niceville was spotted driving 66 miles an...

HYDE ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responding to a complaint of a naked man making lewd movements outside his home found him standing in the driveway with a bottle of wine nearby. There were no clothes in the immediate area. 60-year old Bobby...

A 17-year old tourist from Louisville Kentucky suffered six puncture wounds from a shark bite, but was able to punch the shark as it was biting her to try to drive it away. Caitlyn Taylor suffered a bite wound to her leg yesterday while swimming the in the Gulf of...

A 17-year old tourist from Kentucky suffered a bite wound to her leg today while swimming the in the Gulf of Mexico behind a condominium at 1040 East Highway 98 in Destin. Witnesses say a five foot shark bit the girl while she was near the second sandbar around 3:39...

Business is booming at the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport, and starting April 1st, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office will be taking over its law enforcement services and security. Okaloosa County Commissioners gave unanimous approval to the transition earlier...

PADILLA-APONTE ARREST REPORT A suspect on the run from multiple crimes in Puerto Rico has been taken into custody near Fort Walton Beach by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Warrants Unit and federal agents. Investigators got information that 28-year old...

MARTIN ARREST REPORT A woman who tried to sell candies laced with the marijuana extract THC was arrested today by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies after she tried to sell edibles to a beachgoer. 26-year old Kayla Margaret Martin of Miles Martin Road in...

STARK ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man has been arrested on charges he sexually battered a young girl on multiple occasions during the 2012 and 2013 time frame. 41-year old Daniel Stephen Stark of Green Acres Boulevard is charged with sexual battery on a victim...

BROWN ARREST REPORT A man who ran away after deputies responded to a fight outside a Destin nightspot then tried to escape by swimming across Destin Harbor, but it didn’t work. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 27-year old Stephen Brown of Greenbriar,...

ARREST REPORTS Two Crestview residents are charged with a felony after they were involved in pointing a laser light at other drivers on Highway 98 in Destin just before midnight Sunday night. 24-year old Charles Haggart of King Street admitted to shining the laser at...

ARREST REPORTS Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies tracked down a car to a Destin convenience store after receiving a call concerning a woman being held against her will in a red Jeep. The car and its four occupants was found at the Texaco at 201 Harbor...

JONES ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man wanted on a charge of failure to appear in court for felony battery tried to exit his apartment around midnight with a rifle and pistol when Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies knocked on his door. After being...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man with DUI with property damage, four counts of hit and run - leaving a scene with property damage, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Witnesses say 36-year old Eric John Gifford, address unknown, was involved in...

ARREST REPORTS A security check on a boat anchored at Destin’s Norriego Point Wednesday ended with two University of Alabama students in handcuffs facing felony charges. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy spotted a boat with two males and two females pulled up...

HUFF ARREST REPORT A Pensacola man who expected to meet a 13-year old female for sex when he traveled to Okaloosa County this week was met by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators instead. 31-year old William Charles Huff of East Avenue in Pensacola is...