News & Updates

ARREST REPORT A Milton man captured Monday after stealing a car from Santa Rosa Mall, leading deputies on a low speed pursuit, and crashing into a yard faces nine separate charges. 58 year old Lewis Van Hudson, no known address, is charged with leaving the scene of an...

A man suspected of stealing a car this afternoon tried to evade Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies but was in handcuffs within about 15 minutes. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call around 3:13 p.m. in reference to a 2016 black Hyundai...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is reviewing the circumstances which led one Crestview area man to shoot his neighbor Monday morning. A call in reference to a "neighbor problem" was received this morning around 9:38 a.m. from 87 year old man Bobby Sullivan, who...

One person is being detained and another is being treated for gunshot wounds following a shooting in the Crestview area this morning. A 9-1-1 call in reference to the shooting was received around 9:43 a.m. from a residence on Golden Acres Circle. One person has been...

ARREST REPORT A Pensacola man is being held in the Escambia County Jail on an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office warrant for first degree premeditated murder. 24-year old Jordan Phillips was wanted by the OCSO in connection with a Fort Walton Beach area fatal shooting...

ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach woman is charged with having a sexual relationship with a teenage boy who says it started when he was sixteen years old and lasted nearly two years. 32-year old Stephany Sanchez Starks is charged with a felony count of unlawful sexual...

ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Meigs Middle School teacher with two felonies after an investigation which began on December 11, 2019. Joseph Michael Sparks, 48, was arrested for Failure to Report Suspected Child Neglect and Unlawful...

ARREST REPORT The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Cantonment woman with accessory after the fact in the shooting death of a Fort Walton Beach area man November 19th. 27-year old Carissa Lynn Parker shares a child with the victim, 35-year old Edgar...

ARREST REPORT A Fort Walton Beach woman whose blood alcohol level tested at more than four times the legal limit is charged with DUI and two counts of child neglect after Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies determined she was driving under the influence on...

ARREST REPORT A Mary Esther man has been charged with child abuse after the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office discovered the victim was required to spend up to fourteen hours monitoring an incapacitated individual in lieu of attending school. 47-year old Joseph Matey...

ARREST REPORT A Santa Rosa County man is charged with attempted robbery after he wrote a note to a Destin store clerk saying “All I need is the timer on safe” and “you give false description”. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy walked into the Circle K at 701...

ARREST REPORT A call in reference to a reckless driver ultimately led to charges of DUI and child neglect against a Fort Walton Beach woman. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy responding to North Beal Parkway and Carmel Drive around 5 p.m. November 30th...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a residence and vehicles on Fenwick Drive near Fort Walton Beach were hit by bullets Sunday night. Deputies responded to the area following a call of shots fired around 9:30 p.m. Someone had fired multiple...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a teenage girl reported that a man was trying to lure her younger sister into a van at a Racetrack Road convenience store today. The teen was at the Circle K near Pryor Middle School to pick up her 12 year...

A Culp Avenue resident killed last night after someone tried to force their way into his residence has been identified as 35-year old Edgar Jennings III. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators responded to 888 Culp Avenue, #4 after receiving a 911 call of a...

One person is dead following an apparent home invasion robbery attempt at a residence on Culp Avenue near Fort Walton Beach. A 9-1-1 call came in around 11:50 last night of someone trying to enter a home. Callers reported hearing gunfire and a man’s body was found a...

ARREST REPORT An employee at a Mary Esther restaurant was charged today with making a threat of violence with a firearm after co-workers reported he made multiple statements Thursday about bringing a gun to work and shooting up the business. One individual says...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a student located a school threat written on a boys’ bathroom wall at Choctawhatchee High today. The threat was general in nature and not directed towards any specific individual. Standard additional...

ARREST REPORT A 30 year old Crestview area resident is charged with two counts of premeditated murder in the deaths of his mother and father early Wednesday morning. 30-year old Jacob Daniel Price entered the Crestview Police Department lobby shortly after four a.m....

ARREST REPORT A 30-year old Niceville man is charged with thirty counts of possession of child pornography. Tyler Cleere was arrested by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on November7th following the execution of a search warrant at his home. Investigators say they...