News & Updates

A Shalimar man wearing upper body armor while carrying a semi-automatic rifle and pistol early this morning in his neighborhood faces multiple felony charges including aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and firing into a moving vehicle. Okaloosa County...

A Texas tourist who had just arrived in town drowned this afternoon after being caught in an apparent rip tide in the Gulf of Mexico. The tragic situation unfolded around 1:15 p.m. near the Shirah Beach Access in Destin. A lifeguard noticed the 39-year old in distress...

A Destin business owner who spotted someone breaking into her business on the Destin Harbor via her surveillance cameras Thursday night called the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office immediately, and deputies were on scene within seconds, detaining a 17-year old caught...

During the month of April, members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Special Investigations Section conducted an undercover operation targeting adults looking to meet minors online for sexual encounters. "Operation April's Fools" is part of an going OCSO effort...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office was conducting enforcement operations on Interstate 10 around 9 a.m. this morning when a stop was conducted for a traffic violation. The driver, 44-year old Jose Figueroa of Beaufort, South Carolina was transporting two illegal...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the tragic drowning of a 13-year old tourist from Kentucky in the Gulf of Mexico this morning. Deputies were called to 3690 Scenic Highway 98 around 11:30 for a distressed swimmer. Surfers had helped rescue several...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal balcony fall that took place at a Destin condominium early this morning. A person staying at a neighboring condo noticed a body on the ground near an entry way outside a building at 500 Gulf Shore Drive,...

An Illinois man is charged with attempted murder after an Okaloosa Island condominium security guard says the man tried to drown him in the property's swimming pool. 33-year old Seth Beavers of Sterling Illinois, a former Naval rescue swimmer, is currently being held...

24 years after a woman reported being sexually assaulted in the Poquito Bayou area near Shalimar, the suspect, now aged 60 and living under an alias, is behind bars in Okaloosa County. Charles Craig Senior was recently transferred to the Okaloosa County Jail from the...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Street Crimes Unit (SCU) attempted to pull over a man with active felony warrants driving on State Road 85 last night, but the suspect decided to try to make a getaway instead. A traffic stop was attempted around 11:30 Tuesday...

A Holt resident wanted on charges of aggravated assault, firing missiles into an occupied conveyance, and discharging a firearm in public tried to run from an attempted warrant service today but was ultimately captured. 21-year old Hunter Carmichael was taken into...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach man with sexually assaulting a 12-year old girl in Destin. 58-year old Jack Colton of Beal Parkway is charged with sexual assault with a victim between the ages of twelve and eighteen. OCSO deputies...

A Baker woman who intentionally drove westbound in the eastbound lanes on Highway 98 near Hurlburt Field is charged with aggravated battery. Multiple witnesses told the Okaloosa County Sherifif's Office 20-year old Anessia Jines was traveling at a high rate of speed...

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call overnight of a man pointing a gun at another man's head at Brown's Grocery Store near Holt. Deputies say 39-year old David Rodriguez of Destin was standing next to a white car when they arrived and got into...

Four teens ranging in age from 13 to 16 were arrested by Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies in Crestview this morning after deputies responded to reports of suspicious activity around 5 a.m. A homeowner on Richburg Lane says he noticed a flashlight outside his...

A 16-year old burglary suspect near Crestview was captured Tuesday morning after stealing a car and fleeing from Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies. Jerry Bankhead of Olin Merritt Street is accused of burgarlizing a business trailer on Live Oak Church Road,...

Thirty-Five year old Tremayne Drake has been charged with Trafficking in fentanyl, Trafficking in Methamphetamine, Trafficking in Oxycodone, Possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, Trafficking in Phenethylamines, Possession of cocaine with intent...

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Crestview man, following the execution of a narcotics search warrant at a residence on Wingard Street in Crestview. Forty-nine year old Timothy Holt was charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamines after...

A school bus aide is accused of child abuse without great bodily harm after an investigation by the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office revealed he used inappropriate force in dealing with a six year old autistic student from Silver Sands School. OCSO deputies arrested...

A Crestview woman with outstanding warrants in both Okaloosa and Santa Rosa County slammed a door on deputies this morning when they went to serve those warrants at a home on Sugartown Road. 33-year old Heather Sutton then tried to climb out a window before being...