News & Updates

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’ Office has added new charges against a Mary Esther man arrested earlier this week in connection with sexual battery on a child under the age of 12 and possession of child pornography. 32-year old Kevin Foy of Argyle Court was arrested...

ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach man has been arrested in connection with a reported sexual assault and aggravated battery in Destin last year. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged 31-year old Alesi Castillo with aggravated battery causing bodily harm and...

ARREST REPORT Three people have currently been charged in connection with a rash of car burglaries early this morning at a Destin Condominium Complex that included theft of a firearm. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to Islanders Condominiums at 502...

ARREST REPORTS For the third time in the past week the Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force has made arrests in connection with suspected drug houses. In the latest search warrant, executed Monday at 5 Moroni Court near Fort Walton Beach, 38-year old David...

An investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has resulted in the arrest of a Mary Esther man on charges of sexual battery on a child under the age of 12 and possession of child pornography. 32-year old Kevin Foy of Argyle Court was taken into custody...

ARREST REPORTS The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force today executed a search warrant at a residence in Crestview, charging multiple people with operating a public nuisance structure for drug activity and more. Working with information with the Crestview...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an apparent drowning after a 2-year old boy died in his family’s pool Wednesday afternoon near Crestview. A parent working at his home on Brown Place with his two children inside says he was not aware they had gone...

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jerry Hooks has been named Florida's SRO of the Year by the Florida Association of School Resource Officers. The Choctawhatchee H.S. SRO received the award via a virtual presentation Monday from the FASRO Conference in Orlando....

ARREST REPORTS A mobile home where first responders handled multiple opioid overdoses the past three months was the subject today of a search warrant by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force. Overdoses were reported at 110 Bob Sikes Boulevard May 14th,...

Multiple motorists trying to avoid a head-on collision say they were forced off State Road 85 last night by a man heading south who repeatedly drove into the northbound lanes. It happened south of Laurel Hill around 6:30 p.m. After a traffic stop on the reckless...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in a parking lot of a convenience store on Racetrack Road last evening. Deputies were called to the Parade Express Gas Station at 117 Racetrack Road around 6:15 Tuesday night after witnesses heard...

ARREST REPORT A Baker man who spit on a car, punched random people, then kicked a car door where a three year old child was sitting in a car seat has been arrested on multiple charges. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged 31-year old Jake Bell with battery,...

ARREST REPORT A Florosa woman is being held at the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview, charged with stabbing her husband multiple times following an argument at their home early Sunday morning. 29-year old Kereng Naburn was arrested on one count of domestic violence...

  Update: A bicyclist who died after being struck by two vehicles on Highway 98 in Destin around midnight has been identified as 35-year old David Raphael Abrahams. The driver of the first car to hit Abrahams then lost control of the car and hit a tree. He...

***UPDATE*** An autopsy has not turned up any evidence of foul play in connection with the discovery of an adult male who was found on fire at an abandoned mobile home yesterday. There were no signs of trauma to the man’s body other than the burns, and investigators...

ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a homeless man in connection with the beating death of his homeless girlfriend in Mary Esther July 5th. 38-year old Daniel Ray Godwin is charged with one count of felony murder. He and the victim, 41-year...

Update: The woman whose body was located yesterday in a small wooded area off Hollywood Boulevard has been identified as 41-year old Charlene Begay, no known address. An autopsy is scheduled for later today. We will release additional information as warranted. The...

A Georgia man was pulled from the water unconscious after diving off a pontoon boat and hitting his head on the bottom of Crab Island near Destin around 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon, June 27th. Two men on the boat with the 40-year old pulled him quickly from the water...

ARREST REPORT A Navarre man already on felony probation who was pulled over Thursday night for an expired tag tried to get his passenger to switch seats during the traffic stop, but now faces four felony and four misdemeanor charges. 35-year old Kevin McLaren was...

ARREST REPORTS A traffic stop in Niceville Thursday evening led to the arrests of two people and seizure of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and ammunition. An OCSO K9 that arrived on the scene alerted on the truck as it was parked near a restaurant at 1348 John Sims...