Category: crime

LAUREL HILL — A suspect accused of stealing a vehicle is behind bars after attempting to flee lawmen.

The suspect, whose name has not been released, fled today upon seeing law enforcement officers…

CRESTVIEW — While many people were enjoying Fourth of July holiday festivities, first responders, like deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a stream of calls — contending …

A Hurlburt Field employee faces five years in federal prison for receipt, possession and access with intent to view child pornography.

Douglas J. Plate, 53, of Navarre, also must register as a sex…

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from July 5-11.

Demetrius Devar Dawsey, 25, Crestview, probation violation.

Tony Louis Alf…

SHALIMAR — “Pokémon Go” fever is sweeping across the globe, but players need to focus on their safety and non-players need to be alert to people roaming around who aren’t always paying attention to t…

NAPLES — Okaloosa County Deputy Bill Myers is among six fallen first responders being honored in the Brotherhood Ride 2016.

Participants are more than 30 bicycle riders who will ride 600 miles thr…

CHELCO asks members to beware of scammers posing as utility companies in Walton and Okaloosa counties.

Scammers will call a member on the telephone demanding payment by credit card, threatening to…

CRESTVIEW — Someone’s been stealing Elvit Enlow’s hard-won aluminum cans, and a local business owner’s doing something about it.

Many residents are familiar with Enlow, “the can man,” who daily to…

SHALIMAR — A Crestview resident is to serve a 35-year sentence, with 25 of them being a minimum mandatory requirement, according to a Florida State Attorney's Office media release.

Bill Eddins, St…

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — The Florida Highway Patrol arrested the driver of a vehicle involved in a June 26 hit and run that killed a pedestrian.

According to an FHP media release, James Schofield, 34, o…