Category: crime

DESTIN — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office will conduct a DUI checkpoint 9-11 p.m. March 26 at 726 Legion Drive in Destin.
Deputies will check drivers for signs of intoxication and impairment as…

CRESTVIEW — Drivers will encounter traffic restrictions on these state roads in Okaloosa and Walton counties as crews perform construction activities:
Okaloosa County:
●Interstate 10 at mile mark…

SHALIMAR — A team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation will arrive April 26 to examine all aspects of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office’s policies and procedu…

Planning to move this spring? If hunting for an apartment on Craigslist, watch out for rental cons.
The Northwest Florida Better Business Bureau stated that a new report from New York University ex…

CRESTVIEW — Area residents are invited to attend Coffee with a Cop, an informal gathering with Crestview Police Department members.
The next quarterly session is 8-10 a.m. April 13 at Comfort Inn a…

HOLT — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the burglaries of three vehicles that occurred around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Holt Academy on Highway 90.
 The thief or thieves reportedly …

CRESTVIEW — An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a pit bull that lunged at him around 3 a.m. Sunday in the Farmer Street area, where someone reported hearing things being broken…

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Board County Commissioners has approved a partnership between the Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety EMS Division and the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office to a…

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports:
Crestview
Feb. 20
●Hunner Lee McKinney, 27, Crestview: retail theft — more than $300 and re…

The state will seek the death penalty in the case against Jacob Rex Langston, William Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announced today.
On Feb. 12, an Okaloosa County grand ju…