Category: crime

CRESTVIEW — A Bob Sikes Elementary School student’s mother is concerned that the Okaloosa County School District has not dismissed her child’s school bus driver following a minor accident.
A school…

UPDATE: Charges have been filed. Lorita McLaren, a 45-year-old Crestview woman, was cited after she failed to negotiate a curve and collided with a vehicle heading in the opposite direction, accordin…

PENSACOLA — An Okaloosa County jury convicted Damanta Jamar Murphy, 20, of Crestview, of robbery with a weapon on April 14, according to a State Attorney's office media release.
On Aug. 4, 2012, Mu…

CRESTVIEW — A red Jeep temporarily blocked the Interstate 10 westbound entrance ramp Thursday morning when it flipped over in the rain around 9:15.
“She came around maybe a little fast and flipped …

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office seeks a Crestview man who allegedly violated probation on burglary charges and fled from a deputy by swimming in a swamp.
A deputy responded to 2927…

CRESTVIEW — Yoni Leonard Calhoun faces 55 years in prison for his involvement in a Dec. 12, 2013 shootout at a Crestview residence.  
An Okaloosa County jury convicted Calhoun on charges of attempt…

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has launched a new, electronic crime-fighting and public information tool that focuses on the type of citizen involvement linked to the successful Emer…

CRESTVIEW — The City Council has unanimously accepted donations of unsolicited equipment and resources, valued more than $19,000, offered by citizens to the Crestview Police Department.
Police Chie…

CRESTVIEW — Citing improvements to department morale and the restoration in the public’s confidence in the Crestview Police Department, the City Council unanimously approved Mayor David Cadle’s reque…

A Lamborghini with Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office graphics, along with the name and end of watch date of fallen Deputy Bill Myers, will lead the 19 th Annual Florida Tour de Force Bicycle ride.
P…