NEWS
RELEASE
For Immediate Release
September 8, 2006
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
ARMED
ROBBERY SUSPECT NABBED IN CRESTVIEW
A Crestview man suspected of an armed robbery in Covington County Alabama early
Friday morning is now in custody. 22-year old Johnny Harold King was apprehended
by the Okaloosa County Sheriffs Office and Crestview Police Department after
a pursuit by
Covington
County
deputies along back roads in
North
Okaloosa
County
and parts of
Walton
County
. At least five Okaloosa deputies aided in the search, along with the Crestview
Police Department, Walton County Sheriffs Office and Florida Highway Patrol.
Laurel
Hill
School
was in lockdown for about an hour due to reports King was driving around
nearby. He was eventually tracked down to
101 Lakeview Drive
in Crestview around 11:15 a.m.. Officers surrounded the house, knocked on the
door, and when a resident answered, they found King asleep inside. He was taken
into custody without incident.
Charges are pending in
Covington
County
. King is also wanted on violation of probation warrants and a grand theft auto
charge in
Okaloosa
County
, as well as for grand theft of a vehicle in Crestview. A pick-up truck King is
accused of stealing Thursday night in Crestview has been recovered.
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