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Fatal Motorcycle Accident in Destin

  ***UPDATE*** - The victim has been identified as 51-year old Robert Joseph Meyer of Santa Rosa Beach in Walton County. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal motorcycle accident in Destin early this morning. The 51-year old man was...

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OCSO Seeking Suspected Purse Snatcher in Destin

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is working to identify a suspect who snatched a woman’s purse from a grocery store in Destin. Deputies were called to the Winn-Dixie at 981 Highway 98 around noon today. The victim says she went through a self-checkout register and...

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OCSO Seeking Pair who Went on Wild Ride in Stolen Car

Two individuals in a stolen car led deputies on a chase through areas near Fort Walton Beach Wednesday afternoon, hitting a Sergeant’s vehicle, crashing into another car, and blowing two front tires before eventually crashing into a telephone pole on Anderson Drive...

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OCSO Located Missing Elderly Patient with Dementia

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office was successful Tuesday night in locating an 86 year old resident who suffers from dementia who had wandered off from her house near Laurel Hill, just south of the Alabama state Line. The woman was missing a little over three hours,...

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Burglars Target Crestview Gun Shop

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a break-in at a Crestview area gun shop early Friday morning. The OCSO responded to an audible alarm at the business at 5155 South Ferdon Boulevard around 6:12 a.m. A back door was open and a glass display case had...

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OCSO Thwarts Mary Esther Man’s Craiglist Scam Attempt

BAKER ARREST REPORT A Mary Esther man faces numerous charges after posting a Craig’s List ad to sell a metal storage building on Lakeview Drive that he didn’t own. 33-year old Devon Robert Baker of 415 West Pine Avenue is charged with dealing in stolen property,...

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OCSO Achieves National Accreditation

The OCSO is now the first and only law enforcement agency in Northwest Florida to be awarded National Accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. In fact, fewer than five percent of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the nation...

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Homicide Victim Positive Identification Made

The body of a man found on a parcel of private property off Old River Road near Baker November 24th has been identified as 58-year old Daniel Joseph Flynn, 602 McDonald Street in Crestview. The OCSO is conducting an active murder investigation in connection with the...

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Investigation Continuing into Baker Area Homicide

WINSTEAD ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has developed a person of interest in connection with a murder investigation launched by the discovery of the body of a white male on a parcel of private property off Old River Road near Baker Monday. During...

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OCSO Investigating Murder After Body Found Near Baker

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent homicide after discovering the body of a white male on a parcel of private property off Old River Road near Baker today. The OCSO was working a joint investigation with the Crestview Police Department...

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Gunshot Victim Checks Himself in to Hospital

A Shalimar man checked himself in to the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the right leg yesterday, prompting an investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. 23-year old Jonathan Bowman of 74 5th Street in Shalimar...

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OCSO Investigating Drive-By Shooting In Shalimar

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive-by shooting that took place around 9:30 Monday night near the intersection of 3rd Street and 9th Avenue in Shalimar. 25-year old Shacori Smith was struck once in the left leg and taken to Fort Walton Beach...

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Destin Man Accused of Stabbing Co-Worker

CRUZ-DIAZ ARREST REPORT Two Destin roommates who are also co-workers at a Destin restaurant got into a fight that left one of the men with multiple stab wounds today. 28-year old German Cruz-Diaz of 4 Court Drive is charged with aggravated battery and carrying a...

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Joint Operation Targets Unlicensed Contractors

OFFENSE AND ARREST REPORTS On November 18th and 19th , members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division, along with members of Okaloosa County Code Enforcement, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Florida...

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