Category: crime

CRESTVIEW — Like law enforcement agencies throughout the country and close to home, the Crestview Police Department faces a major recruitment hurdle: Being a police officer just isn't sexy these days…

CRESTVIEW—The Crestview Police Department sent its SWAT unit Thursday morning to 215 Cobb Ave. W., an abandoned building.
The presence was an “abundance of precaution," CPD spokesman Brian Hughes s…

CRESTVIEW — Police officers need thick skin, especially these days.
The occasional insult, snarky Facebook post and belligerent drunk are just part of the job. Therefore, the casual observer might …

CRESTVIEW — Like law enforcement agencies throughout the country and close to home, the Crestview Police Department faces a major recruitment hurdle: Being a police officer just isn't sexy these days…

CRESTVIEW — A sexual predator has filed a Laurel Hill address with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.

Michael Eugene Thrash, 44, has moved to 221 Richerson Road, Laurel Hill.

A judge found T…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports.
Defendants are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
• Troy Lane Casey, 4…

CRESTVIEW — When a man wanted on an outstanding warrant from Walton County fled a Crestview Police officer, it took multiple officers converging from different directions to pursue the suspect over a…

CRESTVIEW — Residents may enjoy caffeine and conversation with Chief Tony Taylor and officers of the Crestview Police Department.
The next Coffee with a Cop is 9:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 15 at Casbah Cof…

CRESTVIEW— Crestview Police Department officers descended on Casbah Coffee Wednesday morning to complete an objective. No burglars or drug dealers were at the scene but the mission was clear: listen.…

CRESTVIEW — To an iced mocha—with extra cream and chocolate syrup—and one of Casbah Coffee Company's famed cinnamon rolls, resident Matthew Bryant added a side of conversation with Police Chief Tony …