News & Updates

A school bus aide is accused of child abuse without great bodily harm after an investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office revealed he used inappropriate force in dealing with a six year old autistic student from Silver Sands School. OCSO deputies arrested...

A Crestview woman with outstanding warrants in both Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County slammed a door on deputies this morning when they went to serve those warrants at a home on Sugartown Road. 33-year old Heather Sutton then tried to climb out a window before being...

A pedestrian walking north across Highway 98 near Vinings Way Boulevard in Destin was struck by a car and killed Thursday night shortly after 6:30 p.m. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Investigators are working to determine the hometown of the 27-year old Hispanic...

Deputy Javonnia Peak and Sgt. Joe Milonas were working enforcement on Interstate 10 around 9:30 this morning when a stop was conducted for a traffic offense involving 47-year old Carolyn Satterfield of Crestview. During a consensual search of her vehicle, Sgt Milonas...

An 18-year old Fort Walton Beach resident was taken into custody last night at a high school basketball game after deputies learned he had a concealed firearm at the game. Treyvion Braxton was escorted outside the building, where Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is putting in place a program geared towards boosting the odds of better communication and emergency responses between deputies and citizens with special needs.The “SAFE” program focuses on families providing enhanced information...

A Crestview area man who was the subject of an intense search Sunday was tracked today to a home on Clover Street in the Auburn community and taken into custody on multiple felony charges and prior active warrants. OCSO deputies began looking for 29-year old Joshua...

The active search using multiple OCSO specialized units for an armed domestic violence suspect in the region northeast of Crestview has been suspended at this time due to a lack of leads, however we ask residents to take safety precautions, remain vigilant, and report...

A Crestview man out of jail on bond on burglary charges accidentally shot himself in the leg with a firearm stolen from one vehicle while in the act of breaking into a car at another home January 4th. 28-year old Justin McCall was arrested by the Okaloosa County...

A Fort Walton Beach area man is in the Okaloosa County jail tonight, charged with first degree premeditated murder in the fatal shooting of an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy. The OCSO had obtained a warrant for 43-year old Timothy Price-Williams on a domestic...

An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy lost his life Saturday December 24th when a domestic violence suspect opened fire on responding deputies from inside his residence. Five year OCSO veteran Corporal Ray Hamilton, a member of the OCSO Special Response Team,...

A road rage incident in Destin that escalated into a driver pointing a gun at another driver led to a Georgia man's arrest Wednesday by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. 23-year old Daniel Schmidt is charged with aggravated assault with a firearm. The victim says...

A Choctawhatchee High School student is charged with possession of a weapon on school property after he was found in possession of a knife in his classroom Tuesday morning. An Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officer retrieved it from 16 year old Ethan...

A school health technician at Destin Middle School was charged December 1st with stealing prescription medication from several students and in some instances, replacing their medications with aspirin or Aleve. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 27-year...

A Niceville area woman has been charged with felony murder following a fatal shooting at her home on Adams Street Saturday evening. 58-year old Susan Cole called 9-1-1 around 8:30 p.m. to report she shot someone in a domestic violence related incident. Okaloosa County...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a stabbing that left an area hiker with life-threatening injuries Tuesday evening. The victim and his wife had befriended a homeless man when they arrived in Crestview and set up a camp on the Florida Natural...

Six people were arrested on various charges after the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Section executed a search warrant October 28th at a residence at 1966 Chesapeake Ridge near Fort Walton Beach. On the scene deputies found a total of: 121...

A former Shalimar area tennis coach on the run from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office since 2007 has finally been tracked down and is behind bars awaiting extradition. 70-year old Mark Burns has OCSO warrants for unlawful sexual activity with a minor and more....

A student at Crestview High School is charged with two felonies after an investigation revealed he had armed himself with a razor blade in preparation for a planned off-campus after-school fight today. Information was obtained that 16-year old Tyler Mahler had a...