News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the early morning robbery of a convenience store located on Highway 98 in West Okaloosa County. The Tom Thumb at Parish Point was held up around 3:30 a.m. The clerk believed the individual had a weapon but says he...

A Destin man wanted by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on charges of Lewd and Lascivious Molestation on a Juvenile and Battery is currently being held in Anchorage Alaska as a Fugitive from Justice. Investigators with the OCSO say 39-year old Eli Long Malave of...

A Destin man picked up in Anchorage Alaska has been extradited back to Okaloosa County on charges of battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a juvenile. 39 year old Eli Long Malave was brought back to the Okaloosa County Jail December 6th and has been released...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies caught a car burglar in the act early this morning but the suspect tried to make a quick getaway. A witness called the OCSO after spotting a suspicious man trying to get into parked cars at Chez Elan apartments on Racetrack Road...

A Crestview man is charged with trespassing within a school safety zone following an investigation by School Resource Officers into a report of a suspicious person near a Crestview Elementary School Thursday morning. A staff member had spotted a man standing in the...

A fight between two Crestview men just before midnight last night has left one of the participants unconscious and unresponsive in a Pensacola hospital. 32- year old Doug Dockery was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital with head injuries. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s...

A Crestview man accused of shooting his firearm during a road rage incident on the Mid-Bay Bridge Connector Road is charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. 77-year old Ted Simmons of 429 Mara Drive was arrested today by the Okaloosa County...

Four teens ranging in age from thirteen to seventeen face numerous charges following a disturbance at a facility on Mar Walt Drive. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the Gulf Coast Treatment Center shortly before midnight September 14th. They...

On September 11th, members of the Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, along with State Probation and Parole Officers, conducted an investigation at 160 Kit Drive in Crestview. The investigation, prompted by a tip to Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers, led to the...

A Niceville man has been charged with eighty counts of possession of child pornography following an undercover investigation initiated by the Pensacola Police Department. 26-year old Jonathan Arn Bryant of 518 22nd Street was arrested September 6th by the Okaloosa...

A two-year old Fort Walton Beach boy remains in critical condition following a near drowning Monday evening near the Marler Bridge in Destin. Jayden Cartagena of 20 Moriarity Street was pulled from the water on the bridge’s western end, near where bridge pilings start...

Two Chicago men believed to be part of a large scale theft ring were arrested August 25th in Destin by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. An active multi-jurisdictional investigation into the scheme is underway. 18-year old Kristopher Charles Leake and 25-year old...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing endangered adult. 39-year old Marvin Guy Guarin was last seen around 6:20 p.m. August 25th at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was wearing blue jeans and a brown T-shirt...

The Okaloosa-Walton Medical Examiner’s Office says a forensic autopsy will be needed to positively identify the remains of a pilot who died in a single engine plane crash near Laurel Hill Saturday. The FAA is investigating the cause of the crash that took place around...

SEXUAL PREDATOR CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION: Michael Banks to 1402 Beverly St. Apt. 2-B Fort Walton Beach. View Full Press Release

An 8-year old rescued Labrador Retriever is now serving as a narcotics detection K9 for the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office award-winning Youth Services Division. K9 “Kilo”, who’s been with the OCSO about six years, was most recently putting his skills to work with...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a recent report by a sixth grade student in Crestview who says a man asked her to get into his car August 19th. The girl reported the incident to her School Resource Officer yesterday, saying she had been playing...

William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced that on August 14, 2014, Jesse Eugene Morris was sentenced to 22.2 months in State Prison followed by three years of probation following his plea of no contest to Cruelty to Animals and Tampering...

An 11-year old Crestview girl says a woman tried to coerce her into a pick-up truck outside a shopping complex at 417 Mary Esther Cut-off around two p.m. today. Two witnesses confirmed the suspicious activity. They told deputies who were called to the scene that a...

The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force conducted a prostitution sting on August 14th, leading to six arrests on various charges. The operation was aimed at females posting solicitation advertisements on Backpage.com. Utilizing an undercover officer, females...