News & Updates

WHITE ARREST REPORT A Crestview man considered armed and dangerous and wanted in connection with multiple felonies in multiple jurisdictions is now off the streets thanks to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. OCSO deputies were on the trail of 31-year old Jon...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Fort Walton Beach area man says he was pistol whipped during a robbery attempt at his home on Opal Court Monday night. The 24 year old victim suffered a laceration to the head. Zachary Willis says a man and...

MCFARLAND ARREST REPORT A Kentucky man is charged with pointing a gun at a Texas couple during a road rage incident on the Marler Bridge in Destin. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 19-year old Kendall McFarland of Russell Springs with aggravated...

ARREST REPORTS A Crestview man suspected in numerous car burglaries tried to run from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies Wednesday but had a change of heart when confronted by an OCSO K9. 21-year old Richard Benjamin Jones of 560 West James Lee Boulevard is now...

Deputies responded to the Extended Stay America on Opa-Locka Lane in Destin today around 11:00 a.m. reference shots fired. Deputies say Ezekial Belcher (DOB: 4/20/93) approached his co-worker and friend (DeeCee Smith DOB: 7/10/86), both from Andalusia, Alabama, and...

More than fifteen unlocked cars were burglarized in the Bluewater Bay area late Tuesday night or early Tuesday morning but nothing of significant monetary value was inside the vehicles. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies say the break-ins took place on Meadow...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man involved in passing counterfeit bills in Destin August 5th. In one incident, he paid for items at Mojo Sports, 4324 Legendary Drive, with four fake $20 bills. Earlier in the day,...

TAYLOR ARREST REPORT A student at the Okaloosa Academy charter school is charged with attacking a 64-year old school official by hitting him with a closed fist. The incident was captured by an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s body cam. 15-year old D’Aaron...

Retired FBI agent Steve Harker has come on board as the new Undersheriff at the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, replacing former Undersheriff Don Adams. Harker joins the OCSO after 24 years with the FBI, serving as a Special Agent in multiple capacities ranging from...

On Tuesday, September 20th, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Patrol deputies responded to a stabbing incident at 1599 Hunt Club St (Heather Glen Apartments). 19 year old Aaron Rodriguez was found to be the victim of a stabbing. Rodriguez advised that Lequalisha Markee...

September 25th, 2016 marks 32 years since the disappearance of 24-year old Linda Kay Carroll of Crestview. The young mother of two who was last seen at her home on Kingston Road the night of September 25 1984. Investigators found the bedsheets missing on her bed and...

LEWIS ARREST REPORT A suspect is now in custody in connection with a stabbing over what the victim claims was a dispute over an unpaid drug debt. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the suspect, 36-year old Lequalisha Lewis of 404 Shirley Drive in Fort...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a Fort Walton Beach area apartment complex this morning after receiving a 9-1-1 call that a young man had been stabbed. The victim was taken to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center with two stab wounds, one to the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a bank robbery that took place around 10:30 AM this morning at the Hancock Bank located at 14075 Emerald Coast Parkway in Destin. Investigators say a black male, approximately 5’6" tall, with a thin build and...

ARREST REPORTS A Mary Esther teen says he paid a man $40 worth of crack for a stolen car that he crashed in Fort Walton Beach Thursday night. 15-year old Jaurice Williams of Shrewsbury Road, and 18-year old Andrew Smedley of Lovejoy Road, were in a black Nissan Xterra...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s office is investigating multiple car thefts this week that all involved keys left inside the vehicles. A white Chevy Suburban was taken September 12th from a home on Solimar Way in Mary Esther. The owner says the keys were either in the...

A Fort Walton Beach resident is out nearly $700 dollars after she responded to a phone caller who claimed she had just won a million dollars from Publishers Clearing House. The 57-year old got a call on her cell phone September 8th with no caller i.d. number. The...

REEVES ARREST REPORT A Laurel Hill resident faces multiple felony charges after he reportedly stabbed another man he was attempting to sexually assault. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 21-year old Michael Landis Reeves of 7901 County Road 393 with...

A tip to Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers helped end nearly a year on the lam by a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting August 9th, 2015 at the New Green Frog on Okaloosa Island. In September 2015, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office had issued a murder warrant...

CARNLEY ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman on charges of aggravated child abuse in connection with injuries suffered by a five month old baby. Investigators say 25-year old Ashley Carnley was high on heroin when she violently shook...