SHALIMAR — The investigator whose hard work led to an arrest in a 1985 unsolved murder has been named the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office 2012 Investigator of the Year.
Category: crime
Sheriff's deputies arrest Laurel Hill burglary suspect: UPDATE
LAUREL HILL — An Alabama man who hid in a Laurel Hill home Thursday faces a number of felony charges. Burglary of an unoccupied dwelling and larceny theft of goods valued at more than $300 but less t…
Man looking for place to sleep is arrested on active warrant
CRESTVIEW — A man found sleeping in bushes next to a fast-food restaurant was taken to jail after lawmen learned he had an active warrant for his arrest.
Drunk woman goes on cursing, kicking rampage
CRESTVIEW – A 22-year-old Crestview woman was arrested after going on a cursing, kicking rampage at a local hospital.
Distracted driving results in five-vehicle crash
Traffic was temporarily being redirected on North State Road 85 earlier today, around the scene of a five-vehicle traffic incident that occurred this afternoon.
Man charged with theft after ambulance ride
CRESTVIEW — A man faces a theft charge after he apparently stole a black bag and a stethoscope from an emergency medical technician who was transporting his girlfriend to a hospital.
Update: Missing Crestview man located
CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Alex Skrmetta, 69, a missing/endangered adult who left a secure assisted living facility in Crestview on N…
Incapacitated officer hands case to other officers; meth bust results
A Crestview police officer who became incapacitated during a traffic stop handed his case to other officers, who found methamphetamines and chemicals in the stopped car.
Investigator voted Officer of the Year: CORRECTION
CRESTVIEW — Investigator David Henry’s peers named him Crestview Police Department’s Officer of the Year. Mayor David Cadle and Police Chief Tony Taylor recognized Henry and his accomplishments durin…
ARREST REPORT: Nov. 28, 2012
The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office provided the following crime reports for publication.