Category: crime

SHALIMAR — A Crestview resident is facing 20 years in jail.
Circuit Judge Michael Flowers sentenced James Joseph Gainey, to 20 years in prison on aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges. …

CRESTVIEW — The founder of Brotherhood of Love, an organization that aims to help the poor, is charged with second-degree dealing in stolen property, a felony.
Gary Johnson, 61, of Crestview, is ac…

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports:
Crestview
Jan. 8
●Rodney Dewaine Reeves, 40, Crestview: two counts of fraud.
●Larry Joe Abl…

CRESTVIEW — A Crestview teacher faces a battery charge after allegedly starting, and losing, a fight at North Okaloosa Medical Center.
Ronda Cawthon, a 48-year-old first-grade teacher at Bob Sikes …

Crestview — A residential structure fire is being investigated by the Florida State Fire Marshal's office.
The Crestview Fire Department responded to the 118 Lloyd St. S. call at 11:58 p.m. Jan. 18…

CRESTVIEW — A burglary suspect who tried to hide in 2-foot-tall grass found that wasn’t going to work when an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 is on your track.
43-year-old Robert McDonald, of A…

The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports:
Jan. 10
●Joshua Allan Purvis, 30, Baker: driving with suspended license.
Jan. 11
●Gary Johnson, 62, Crestview: dealing in s…

SHALIMAR — Deputies from the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office are being rewarded for their efforts locating an 86-year-old Laurel Hill resident with dementia in December.
For their work as a team i…

CRESTVIEW — Authorities believe they have the car involved in an Oct. 21, 2015 hit-and-run, but that's not enough to charge the probable driver.
A 2004 silver Toyota hit Kelly Osmon as she walked u…

SHALIMAR — Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley today presented the OCSO award for exemplary performance to the entire Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division.
The award f…