Category: crime

CRESTVIEW — Police have arrested five people in connection with three counts of felony unarmed automobile burglary.
Crestview Police Department officers on Nov. 20 responded to the report of an aut…

BAKER — The body of a man found on a parcel of private property off Old River Road, near Baker, Nov. 24 has been identified.
The man was Daniel Joseph Flynn, 58, of 602 McDonald St., of Crestview, …

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports:
Crestview
Sept. 29
●Jennifer Viola DeGraaf, 30, Crestview: retail theft.
●Kyle Anthony Scot…

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has developed a person of interest in connection with a murder investigation launched Wednesday, Nov. 24 by the discovery of the body of a white male o…

BAKER — Dorothy Johnson wants other North Okaloosa County residents to beware of telephone and mail-based scams.
She received a letter in the mail that stated she'd won an award in a Japanese lotte…

CRESTVIEW — Crestview Fire Department officials answered a structural fire call at 3:13 a.m. Nov. 23.
Property damage to the commercial building, located at 550 Highway 90 West, Crestview, is estim…

Body cameras are now standard issue for Crestview Police Department officers and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies. Here's why command staffers call them "unbiased witnesses."

CRESTVIEW — A Crestview woman bears scars after a driver veered off the road Oct. 21 and struck her.
He or she never tried to help the woman or even see that she was OK.
'SHE CAME OUT OF HER SHOE…

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Department of Public Safety has become the 204th Emergency Medical Dispatch Accredited Center in the world.
The International Academies of Emergency Dispatch's Board …

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has initiated a fraud investigation into an individual who is purporting to represent a children's' charity. The individual primarily solicits auto rep…