Category: crime

CRESTVIEW — To a standing ovation by city leaders and residents, Crestview Police Department officers who led the agency through the state’s vigorous accreditation process were commended by Mayor Dav…

CRESTVIEW — It wasn’t charging over a wall, dashing 200 yards while carrying a heavy flashlight, scrambling under or over hurdles, or even dragging a 150-pound dummy that police officer hopeful Cody …

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.
• Steve Matthew Clan…

CRESTVIEW — A suspect in the 2006 murder of Crestview resident Melissa Howard is in custody at the Okaloosa County Jail in Crestview following his extradition from Alabama early this afternoon.
Dav…

MILTON — Circuit Judge John F. Simon Jr. sentenced Sonny Lee Scallion, of Milton, to life sentences on all three counts of which he was convicted, State Attorney Bill Eddins announced.
Scallion was…

HUNTSVILLE — Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Crestview Police Department, U.S. Marshals Service, and Alabama Law Enforcement Agency arrested David Russell Holbrook Jr., 42, of …

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.
• Melissa Ann Clifto…

CRESTVIEW — A Crestview man faces four drug-related felony charges.
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigation that began in September led to the Nov. 2 execution of a search warrant at 4624…

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department has achieved a milestone its boss eyed four years ago: It has earned the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation’s seal of approval.
Now, Cr…

SHALIMAR — A Baker woman accused of domestic violence faces battery charges.
Shanna Burnett, 41, of Baker, is accused of punching a 66-year-old in the face and throwing a 64-year-old to the ground,…