News & Updates

MCDONALD ARREST REPORT A burglary suspect who tried to hide in two feet of tall grass found that wasn’t going to work when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 is on your track. 43-year old Robert McDonald of 286 Anderson Street in Crestview is now charged with...

Sheriff Larry Ashley today presented an award for Exemplary Performance to the entire Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division. Four months ago the OCSO lost co-worker and friend Deputy Bill Myers when he was killed in the line of duty....

BOYD ARREST REPORT SCRUGGS ARREST REPORT Two Georgia residents suspected of shopping with credit card numbers stolen from members of Eglin Federal Credit Union are behind bars after an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Investigator working the crimes spotted them in a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in a battery that critically injured a Fort Walton Beach man. The victim, 56-year old Alan Keith Haller, was attacked sometime late December 19th or in the early morning hours...

JACOBS ARREST REPORT Two Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies who found a driver had struck a light pole, power box and tree on Hilary Street in Crestview last night say the man then struggled with them and hit one in the face during attempts to put him in handcuffs....

New temporary address for Robert Cuthbertson of 1091 N. Ferdon Blvd., Crestview Search: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/home.jsf

HELLEN ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man charged December 19 with molesting a teenage girl is now facing an additional charge in connection with another juvenile. 59-year old Michael Joseph Hellen was taken into custody last night on a warrant charging him with...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received two reports within three hours of a man in a ski mask roaming in the dark in the Shalimar area. The first call came in December 27th just before midnight from a home on 7th Avenue where a woman reported seeing a light...

If someone claiming to be from a power company shows up at your door make sure you check their credentials and call the company for verification! An elderly Crestview resident says someone claiming to be from a local power company came to her door over the weekend...

A body believed to be a missing paddle boarder was located today on Okaloosa Island. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly before 8 a.m. from someone who spotted a body washed ashore behind a condominium at 670 Nautilus Court. 51-year old John...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to do checks of the shoreline along Okaloosa Island in hopes of finding a Fort Walton Beach man who disappeared while paddleboarding yesterday morning behind the Boardwalk on Okaloosa Island. The paddleboard washed...

A search is underway in the Gulf of Mexico and along the shoreline of Okaloosa Island after witnesses reported a man paddleboarding behind The Boardwalk this morning disappeared in heavy waves. The paddleboard washed ashore and a woman who had seen a man on it moments...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is ramping up efforts to crackdown on drunk and impaired drivers this holiday season. The time period from around Christmas to New Year's is one of the highest rates of impaired driving fatalities according to the National Highway...

An award-winning OCSO K9 was seriously injured this morning during a search for a burglary suspect in Destin. Deputies were called to a house on Bambi Drive after the home’s alarm was activated around 3:45 a.m. Deputies interrupted a burglary in progress as one...

HELLEN ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach man with molesting a teenage girl. 59-year old Michael Joseph Hellen of 1000 Lukes Way is charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim older than twelve but younger...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report that two women were sexually battered early Friday morning at a residence near Crestview. Deputies were called to the scene around 7:04 a.m. The victims say three white males came into the residence on Jim...

Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit have arrested a former Fort Walton Beach resident on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Investigators developed information that led to the controlled delivery of a parcel to...

Henry Allan Erickson to 952 John Wayne Circle, Fort Walton Beach Search: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/home.jsf

Timothy Bodie to 294 Anderson Street, Crestview Search: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/sops/home.jsf  

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Michael Card is one of the country’s newest graduates of the FBI’s prestigious National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia. Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy Program offers ten weeks of...