CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from Aug. 18-24:
Cecilia Corbin McCombs, 35, Milligan, probation violation.
Melinda Jean Roderus, 35, Laurel Hill, p…
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Fallen deputy art's anonymous creator revealed
CRESTVIEW — The artist who anonymously donated a set of relief carvings of fallen Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies has stepped forward.
When Bill Walton heard the sheriff’s office was loo…
Rebuilt police cars hit Crestview’s streets
CRESTVIEW — To sit behind the wheel of the Crestview Police Department’s “newest” patrol cars is almost a blast from the past.
That’s because the bright, shiny Ford Crown Victorias now on city str…
Sexual predator files temporary Laurel Hill address
LAUREL HILL — A sexual predator has filed a temporary change of address notification with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Steven Scott Butler, 40, a former Lincoln, Nebraska resident, filed …
Crestview man faces child sex abuse charges
CRESTVIEW — Chad Theodore Dillon, 44, of Crestview, has been indicted on 11 counts related to the sexual abuse of children, according to a media release from United States Attorney A. Lee Bentley III…
Crestview man charged with sexual battery of a child
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department has arrested a suspect in a sexual battery of a child that occurred in the parking lot of a local business on July 27.
Police received a tip from Emeral…
Okaloosa grads complete leadership training
PANAMA CITY, Florida — The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the Aug. 12 graduation of 35 first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy.
These graduates serve in …
Crestview man recovering from assault; roommate arrested
CRESTVIEW — A heated argument between two men turned violent Monday night after one of the men allegedly fired a weapon at the other and then put the gun in his mouth before telling him he would “blo…
Juveniles charged with Okaloosa detention employee attack
CRESTVIEW — Five inmates at the Okaloosa Youth Development Center near Crestview are charged with attacking an employee who wouldn’t give them his cell phone.
According to an Okaloosa County Sheri…
Jay man sentenced for fatal crash with Baker resident
MILTON — A Jay man faces 41 years in state prison for a 2014 crash that killed one person and seriously injured another.
Melvin D. Hawthorne, 36, caused the crash Aug. 17, 2014, just 12 hours afte…