News & Updates

Great teamwork by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Patrol and K9 deputies led to the arrest this morning of a Fort Walton Beach man who had been caught in the act of burglarizing a car on the victim's home surveillance video. 20-year old Craig Pierce is charged with...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation following a fatal fall from a balcony at an Okaloosa Island condominium complex Monday night. The Communications Unit received a 9-1-1 call from someone at 520 Santa Rosa Boulevard shortly after...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Cybercrimes investigators have charged a Crestview man with 30 counts of possession of child pornography as well as possession of bestiality. 26-year old Zeplinn Burrow was arrested July 21st following an investigation that began in...

A narcotics search warrant executed July 13th at a home in Crestview resulted in one arrest and the seizure of methamphetamine, fentanyl, crack cocaine and cash. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force and Special Response Team went to 821...

A Holt man who ran from deputies investigating a domestic violence case Friday morning didn't stay on the loose for long. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Street Crimes Unit and a K9 team located 29-year old John Fleming Saturday hiding under a couch at his home...

A Niceville area man is charged with sexually assaulting a girl under the age of 13 multiple times over a four year period. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 43-year old Dennis Luke Rethmeyer with sexual battery. Rethmeyer was arrested last night and...

A man who waved a gun at several people inside a Fort Walton Beach area business and then fled from Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies is now charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a firearm and obstruction of justice. Witnesses say Rasheen Miller...

On March 1st and 2nd 2023 the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), conducted a sting operation focusing on unlicensed contractor activity. DBPR researched unlicensed contractors...

A thirteen month old Niceville toddler is in critical condition with a grim prognosis following a drowning at a home near Niceville Monday afternoon. Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies and other first responders rushed to a home on Calloway Drive after...

A nurse taking a work break near an employee parking lot at HCA Fort Walton Beach - Destin Hospital on Mar Walt Drive was blitz-attacked by a man with a tire iron this morning. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 27-year old Raul Milla Jr. of Anderson...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office arrested a Niceville area man on a charge of domestic violence related aggravated battery causing bodily harm.Deputies were called to the Baywind Drive home of 47-year old suspect Ian Weisberg around 6:20 a.m. on July 3rd. They...

A Holt man is in custody on charges he stabbed another individual in a dispute over a female on the 4th of July. 51-year old Robert Dean Parker of Lyons Place is charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Communications...

Update: We have confirmation of next of kin notification. The victim is identified as 35-year old Ryan Mallett of Arkansas. We send our heartfelt sympathies to his family, friends, and loved ones in his tragic passing. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies tracked down two people suspected of stealing a Destin woman's electric scooter, making a traffic stop on the pair yesterday in Niceville which revealed they were in a truck reported stolen out of Mississippi. Inside the truck...

Felony warrants have been served on two Alabama man in connection with an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office undercover operation last summer utilizing the Internet to identify people who attempt to sexually exploit children. 28-year old Stephen Williamson of Saraland...

A Niceville man is in custody and facing multiple charges following a nine-hour standoff today with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Deputies were called to a home on 23rd Street around 8:30 a.m. in reference to a domestic battery call. The suspect, Michael...

A Niceville man is charged with entering a truck where a woman was sleeping on Okaloosa Island and sexually assaulting her. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged 23-year old Taylor Copeland of Farrah Avenue with sexual battery and burglary with battery. The...

On May 11th, investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Section executed simultaneous search warrants at 130 and 136 Noblat Drive in Mary Esther. The investigation began in 2022, after the OCSO Internet Crimes Against Children...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Crestview man on thirty counts of possession of child pornography and other charges following a detailed investigation. In July 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received a cybertip...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies say a Fort Walton Beach man who hit a Beal Parkway store owner revealed after being taken into custody that he left a three year old autistic child at his home unattended. The store owner says 39 year old Ryan Williamson of...