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Murder suspect captured

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – A Crestview man wanted in connection with a Fort Walton Beach homicide is now in…

3 years ago

Operation Peek-a-Boo nets adults soliciting minors for sex

SHALIMAR, Fla. -- The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has announced the arrests of 10 men who reportedly solicited undercover agents…

3 years ago

Suspect in brutal homicide indicted by grand jury

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. -- Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, has announced that Storm Royal Thayer…

3 years ago

Postal worker helps firefighters save Mossy Head home from fire

MOSSY HEAD, Fla. -- A quick-thinking U.S. postal worker took action Sunday after seeing a large outdoor fire spreading towards…

3 years ago

Babysitter arrested after toddler goes missing, crosses highway

SANTA ROSA BEACH, Fla. -- Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to Seacrest Dental Complex in Santa Rosa Beach on Thursday…

3 years ago

Arson suspected in Choctaw Beach house fire

CHOCTAW BEACH, Fla. -- The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the State Fire Marshal’s Office in the investigation of…

3 years ago

Destin traffic stop leads to drug trafficking charges

DESTIN, Fla. -- A traffic stop on a car speeding across Marler Bridge in Destin led to the arrests of…

3 years ago

Okaloosa now utilizing license plate cameras to fight crime

SHALIMAR, Fla. -- Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden announced yesterday that his agency is utilizing a new crime-fighting tool: automatic…

3 years ago

Suspect arrested in mistaken identity shooting that left woman paralyzed

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla.— The fourth suspect wanted in connection to a shooting that left a DeFuniak Springs mother paralyzed is…

3 years ago

Sheriff presents OCSO Life Saving Award for heroic actions

SHALIMAR, Fla. -- Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Captain Todd Watkins and Corporal Kristen Genrich both have been awarded the OCSO…

3 years ago

Niceville Chief of Police IDs shooting victim, gives update

NICEVILLE, Fla. – Niceville Chief of Police David Popwell told reporters Monday that police soon will be talking with two…

3 years ago

Shots fired during road rage incident

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. -- A road rage incident near US Highway 331 N and US Highway 90 in Walton County…

3 years ago

Two dead, one hospitalized following parking lot shooting in Niceville

NICEVILLE, Fla. -- Two people are dead and another hospitalized following a shooting in Niceville Friday evening in the parking…

3 years ago

K-9 apprehends suspect after pursuit of stolen vehicle

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. -- A pursuit in DeFuniak Springs ends in a K-9 apprehension and a suspect in custody late…

3 years ago

Deputy receives award for rescuing child in Bluewater Bay

NICEVILLE, Fla. – Okaloosa County Deputy Sheriff Jacob Turner has been awarded the OCSO District Certificate of Commendation for his…

3 years ago

Trafficking amounts of oxycodone found in diaper bag during traffic stop

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. -- A traffic stop for illegal window tint turned up trafficking amounts of oxycodone and some…

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K9 alerts to magnetic pouch with cocaine attached underneath truck

DESTIN, Fla. -- You can’t outsmart a K9: An attempt to hide cocaine in a magnetic pouch underneath a pickup…

3 years ago

Niceville man among 12 charged with child solicitation

WALTON COUNTY, Fla— An elaborate multi-agency investigation dubbed Operation Wolves Blanket has resulted in the arrest of 12 men on…

3 years ago

Shots fired in Shalimar ends with arrest of convicted felon

SHALIMAR, Fla. -- Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies responding to a "shots fired" complaint on 6th Street in Shalimar Wednesday…

3 years ago

Hit-and-run crashes in Florida rise in 2021

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – February is Hit-and-Run Awareness Month in Florida, and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV)…

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