Crime Archive

CRESTVIEW — The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has received its first reaccreditation award from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation.

CRESTVIEW — A 37-year-old man is in custody at the Okaloosa County Jail after being arrested on charges of sexual battery on a child over 12.

CRESTVIEW — A local doctor, accused in 2010 of misusing $800,000 from his company’s pension plan, has been ordered to pay back $225,000 of that money.

CRESTVIEW — Police are investigating a traffic incident that resulted in the fatality of one Department of Corrections inmate earlier this morning on P.J. Adams Parkway.

CRESTVIEW — A man faces armed burglary and criminal mischief charges following a gas station burglary.

CRESTVIEW — Three people face methamphetamine-related charges following Crestview Police’s investigation of a potential meth lab site.

CRESTVIEW — A Hub City man faces sentencing on July 31 following conviction associated with a 2011 burglary.

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — A Crestview man will spend 21 months in prison for traveling to Walton County to meet whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to the Walton County Sheriff's Office.

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office provided the following crime reports for publication.

SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Unit’s newest member, K9 “Forg,” has earned certification in patrol work and narcotics detection. He’s continuing his training.