Category: crime

SHALIMAR — A sexual predator has filed a permanent change of address with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office. Elliott Dedon Hutchinson II's new address is 3801 New Ebenezer Road, Laurel Hill. Hutch…

SHALIMAR — A Laurel Hill woman is charged with stealing thousands of dollars over the past 10 years from a woman who is now 94 years old.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office charged 68-year old Wi…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department urges residents to help prevent vehicle burglaries by removing valuables, including guns, then locking their cars.
"It's a common sense kind of thing," O…

Investigators have ruled out homicide in Wednesday's shooting off Red Fern Road that left a middle-aged resident dead, according to a spokesman for the Crestview Police Department. The medical examin…

CRESTVIEW — Crestview Police Department investigators are looking into a shooting that occurred around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday on the 400 block of Triton Street, off Old Bethel Road.
A 54-year-old man …

CRESTVIEW — A sex offender has filed an address of 104 Lake St., Crestview, with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Tyrone Christophere Seals, 55, is a black male with brown eyes; he is 6 feet, …

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.
• Phillip Beck, 41, …

CRESTVIEW — Members of Faith Independent Baptist Church in Niceville recently turned to Crestview Police officers to help distribute "blessing bags" to the Hub City's homeless.  The church's youth gr…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department is investigating a Wednesday evening shooting incident in the Fox Valley subdivision off Antioch Road that led to the death of a middle-aged male resident.…

CRESTVIEW — Police officers could spend their day off sleeping late or binge-watching TV, but seven Crestview Police Department officers opted to help a senior citizen with his yard work.
Paul Tyne…