News & Updates

ARREST REPORT Deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit seized approximately 2,000 grams of methamphetamine and 87 grams of heroin during the execution of a search warrant Monday afternoon at a Destin condominium. 29-year old Stephannie Nicole...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the drowning of a nine-month old infant in a bathtub Wednesday. Deputies were called to a home on Corvet Street near Fort Walton Beach around 5:30 last night in reference to a child not breathing. The infant had...

ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested a second individual in connection with a drive-by shooting near Fort Walton Beach August 31st. 18-year old Trevone Fitzgerald was taken into custody late last night on charges of being an...

ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a driver spotted racing across Okaloosa Island at 111 miles an hour in a 55 mph zone. A patrolling deputy saw two cars who appeared to be racing eastbound on Highway 98 around 11 p.m. last night. The...

ARREST REPORT Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Deputies responding to a welfare check say the man found passed out near a Destin bank yesterday provided them the identification of Patrick Pearson and in fact, that’s who deputies believed him to be. The individual...

ARREST REPORT A homeless man who went on a vandalism spree on Okaloosa Island was later found by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies passed out nearby. 30-year old Justin James Wilson faces fourteen counts of felony criminal mischief and six counts misdemeanor...

ARREST REPORT A Crestview man is now in custody following a stand-off with Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies who went to his home this morning to serve him with a felony warrant for attempted murder. 27-year old Stephen Cordova of 131 Cabana Way initially...

ARREST REPORT A Walton County resident who drives a school bus in Okaloosa County was arrested today on a count of child abuse, accused of forcefully shaking the arms of a wheelchair bound non-verbal child who has a condition that causes weak bones. 56-year old Evelyn...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate a drive-by shooting that took place Saturday outside 28 Miller Street off Racetrack Road. One individual is being treated at a local hospital. Deputies say the drive-by took place around 4:15 p.m. while a...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a drive-by shooting that took place this afternoon in the area of 28 Miller Street. One person suffered a very significant injury and was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The OCSO received a 9-1-1 call from...

Four teens face multiple felonies in connection with a string of car break-ins August 26th. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a call of someone observing four males burglarizing vehicles in the parking lot of Norwood Court apartments around 3:38 a.m. One...

ARREST REPORT A Destin couple who awoke to the sound of breaking glass in the middle of the night found a barefoot man standing in a room of their house, tangled in drapes with a window frame wrapped around his waist. Deputies from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office...

A tourist who died after falling from a fourth floor balcony at an Okaloosa Island hotel last night has been identified as 25-year old Allie Cooper of Eva Alabama. Deputies were called to 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway shortly after 11 p.m. Wednesday. The victim landed on...

ARREST REPORT A 15-year old Niceville teen accused of threatening to shoot a classmate at Niceville High School is now charged with false reporting concerning the use of a firearm in a violent manner, a second degree felony. An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office School...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 25-year old woman fell from a fourth floor balcony at the Holiday Inn Resort at 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway on Okaloosa Island. Deputies were called to the scene shortly after 11 p.m. last night. The female...

Excellent teamwork by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, and Fort Walton Beach Police Department led to five arrests in connection with more than sixty smash and grab car burglaries stretching from across Destin through the City...

ARREST REPORTS A joint narcotics investigation by the Fort Walton Beach Police Department, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, and Crestview Police Department led to two arrests and a seizure of  codeine, marijuana, and multiple firearms. Following a six week undercover...

ARREST REPORT A call for Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputies to check on a man asleep in a car at a Mary Esther restaurant ended with the driver facing trafficking charges for fentanyl, oxycodone, and methamphetamine. A man later identified as 29-year old Stephen Scott...

ARREST REPORTS A narcotics search warrant at a Crestview area home Thursday turned up methamphetamine that led to two arrests on drug charges, but deputies also discovered a home in deplorable condition with five young children inside. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s...

Three teenagers arrested by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office July 29th for carrying a concealed firearm, loitering and prowling now face additional charges connected to the theft of that gun from a car. 18-year old Mario Lee Jr., 14-year old Marquette Lewis, and...