Crime Archive

Kimahri Blevins, 15, and Gabriel Williams, 16, are due back in court this summer.
The pair were charged with first-degree premeditated murder or felony murder for allegedly killing their classmate Danika Troy, 14. The two teens were indicted Dec. 19, 2025.

Danielle Renee Krejci of Brackin St. in Crestview was arrested May 3, after reportedly firing her gun twice in the direction of a pickup truck.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 62-year-old Karen Kroll of Crestview and charged her with 42 counts of animal cruelty.

An armed man who authorities said took his ex-girlfriend hostage at her Holt home was found dead inside the residence Thursday morning from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The Jan. 21 death of L’Twan Mitchell while in custody at Okaloosa Correctional Institution has drawn the attention of the NAACP Okaloosa County branch. Several members of Mitchell’s family have questioned the death.

The NAACP said in a statement that it has initiated a legal redress review to assist the family in understanding the events surrounding Mitchell’s death. Mitchell was reportedly found unresponsive in the prison infirmary.

A masked student armed with a sharp weapon attacked two classmates and a paraprofessional at Walton Middle School early Tuesday morning before being taken into custody within minutes, authorities said at a press conference in DeFuniak Springs on March 24.

A Baker man was arrested after allegedly firing a shotgun at a teen near Skeeter Lane Monday, March 23.

James Knight, 54, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A Crestview man has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms without parole after a jury found him guilty of killing his parents and the family’s two dogs in a 2019 double homicide, according to a news release from the Office of State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden.

A Crestview man was arrested on drug trafficking charges after deputies discovered about 100 grams of methamphetamine during a routine traffic stop, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Crestview man has been arrested after investigators say they discovered more than 6,000 files of computer-generated child pornography during a search of his home, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.