Shocking acts of public violence continue to dominate the news: shootings at Fort Hood and the Washington Navy Yard – considered workplace incidents, a stabbing at a Pennsylvania high school.
Category: crime
Sheriff's office: Beware of fake SunPass and Florida Turnpike 'toll enforcement' scam
SHALIMAR — Florida Turnpike and SunPass users should beware of a scam targeting them, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Child safety awareness takes focus Saturday in Crestview
CRESTVIEW — Parents out shopping Saturday can add a child safety kit to their list.
Overturned gas tanker snarls Crestview area traffic
CRESTVIEW — Southbound State Road 85 has been reopened following an gasoline tanker rollover at the Interstate 10 Crestview exit that snarled morning commutes as law enforcement officers shut down a …
South Ferdon Boulevard, I-10 closed due to gas spill
Update: Crestview Community Policing Officer Wanda Hulion says southbound SR 85 is open. Police say northbound has been re-opened, too.
CRESTVIEW — All of South Ferdon Boulevard and I-10 in the C…
State Attorney: Crestview PD justified in fatally shooting a man; 7 charges dropped
Crestview police officers were justified in fatally shooting a man involved in a Jan. 2 shootout, the State Attorney's office for the First Judicial Circuit announced today.
Baker woman faces plea date after alleged Beall's theft
CRESTVIEW — A woman charged with retail theft and resisting a merchant in recovering stolen items has an April 8 plea date.
Kidnapped child found; suspects arrested, Crestview police say
A 3-year-old autistic boy allegedly kidnapped March 6 is safe and suspects are in custody, the Crestview Police said.
Scams targeting Gulf Power customers
Gulf Power customers in Okaloosa County have reported new credit card fraud causes.
DeFuniak man faces court date for multiple Winn-Dixie visits
A DeFuniak Springs man charged with trespass after warning has an April 8 plea date after repeatedly visiting Winn-Dixie under false pretenses, according to a Crestview Police Department arrest repor…