Crime Archive

The man who first found Danika Troy’s body in the woods off Kimberly Road in Floridatown has been sentenced to prison.

Mitchell Eddins, 46, was sentenced to four years in state prison and 364 days in county jail after pleading guilty to felony petit theft and failing to report a death to the Medical Examiner’s Office or law enforcement.

In a recording made sometime before his death, Antonio Austin Haner described what he believed was a campaign against him that went all the way to the federal level.

A 13-year-old Crestview boy has been arrested on felony charges accusing him of posting TikTok messages that threatened three Okaloosa County schools, according to a news release by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Crestview woman being held without bond in Oklahoma on explosives and firearms charges is the widow of a 29-year-old who died in a standoff with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office last month.

A 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving offered a Crestview police officer $1,000 to release him as authorities took him to the Okaloosa County Jail, according to an arrest report from the Crestview Police Department.

Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies fired no shots during a predawn standoff Aug. 8 that ended when an armored vehicle struck and pinned a Crestview man against his house, Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said during a press conference Aug. 12.

Antonio Austin Haner, 29, died Saturday morning after authorities say he opened fire on Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies who were attempting to serve multiple warrants at his Crestview home at 607 Alabama St.

Nine people were arrested during a four-day undercover operation targeting people accused of using the internet to solicit children for sexual activity, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A federal grand jury has indicted a Crestview woman on 42 counts tied to what authorities describe as a fraud scheme totaling more than $4 million, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Florida.

A 40-year-old Crestview man was arrested July 5 on burglary, theft and drug charges after a property owner spotted him returning to the scene of a burglary reported a day earlier on Mount Olive Road, according to a news release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.