News & Updates

An investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has led to the arrest of a Crestview area resident for Lewd and Lascivious Molestation of a Child Under the Age of 12. 45-year old Joseph Feliccia was arrested Sunday and booked into the Okaloosa County Jail....

In the early hours of March 11th, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) Criminal Investigation Division executed a residential search warrant at the home of Claudio Solano-Olascoaga, a suspect connected to an extensive organized retail theft operation...

An aggravated battery suspect who initially refused to come out of his Destin home despite orders from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies was eventually tased and taken into custody. 53-year old Alexander Ratikan of Sibert Avenue is charged with aggravated...

A recent search of micro-SD cards seized during a search warrant at a Crestview man’s house led to the discovery of more than 30 child pornography files. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies executed the search warrant February 19th after locating incriminating...

A Pensacola man faces multiple felony charges after witnesses say he pointed a firearm at a group of people outside a Beal Parkway motorcycle shop near Fort Walton Beach Saturday, then tossed an explosive device as he drove away. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

A Pensacola man has been detained following an incident that involved a small explosive device outside a Fort Walton Beach area restaurant this afternoon. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to 788 Beal Parkway around 2:30pm in response to a call of...

Great teamwork by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies led to the weekend arrests of two men involved in shooting into an occupied vehicle in the Fort Walton Beach area. It started over a verbal altercation involving money between the two teenage suspects and the...

In December 2024, our OCSO Internet Crimes Against Children Unit was notified via the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding a user uploading sexual images believed to contain children as young as five years old. An OCSO investigation of...

On 01/24/2025, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, with the assistance of the Special Response Team, executed a narcotics search warrant at 51 6th Street in Shalimar. During the execution of the search warrant, investigators...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a Navarre man early Friday morning after he ran off the road, crashed down an embankment, and collided with several parked vehicles outside a Destin hotel. Deputies say the driver of the black Dodge...

A Shalimar resident who serves as Friar of a Shalimar church has been charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.64-year old Frank Gough II was taken into custody January 9th on 30 counts of possession of...

On 12/20/2024 members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force, along with members of the Florida Highway Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit, arrested 36-year-old Richard Earl Larkins Jr at 893 Hiawatha St., in Holt. Larkins Jr. had active...

On 12/18/2024 members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 8 3rd St., Apt 7, in Shalimar. During the execution of the search warrant, investigators located fentanyl and methamphetamine. • 60...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach man with negligent homicide/manslaughter in the death of a 17-month-old toddler in June of 2023. 24-year-old Charles LIttle of Colonial Drive was arrested December 18th. He had taken the toddler, who...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force executed a narcotics search warrant at 353 West James Lee Blvd. in Crestview on December 13th. During the execution of the search warrant, investigators located MDMA, marijuana and a handgun....

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged an Okaloosa Online Student with making an electronic threat of a mass shooting/terrorist act. 13-year old Vaida Jasmine McDougald was taken into custody Monday afternoon at her home in Crestview. The OCSO received...

UPDATE: We are heartbroken to report that the deceased individual has been identified as 17-year old Brandon Bailey. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Brandon's family. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating after the body of a young male was...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies and investigators identified and located a man following a convenience store armed robbery yesterday afternoon in Mary Esther. 51-year old David Michael Stephens, no known address, was taken into custody yesterday following a...

The OCSO received notification of a bomb threat referencing former Congressman Matt Gaetz's supposed mailbox at a home in the Niceville area around 9 a.m. this morning. A family member resides at the address but former Congressman Gaetz is NOT a resident. The mailbox...

During the month of November, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section conducted an undercover operation targeting adults looking to meet minors online for sexual encounters. “Operation Cold Turkey” is part of an on-going effort...