Crime Archive

TALLAHASSEE — In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court ruled Monday that posting threats on one’s personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.

CRESTVIEW — A man was arrested early Tuesday after he was accidentally stabbed by his girlfriend, according to Crestview police.

An ethics complaint filed against Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley in January 2012 has been dismissed.

CRESTVIEW – A man who was found sleeping on a couch in a house trailer that wasn’t his was busted for drug possession after he was found with a needle and a container of “Roxy,” lawmen say.

A sixth person has been arrested in connection to the January kidnapping of a 23-year-old Niceville woman.

The First District Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the convictions and sentences of Michael Coup, Sandra Norris and David Yacks for their role in former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris’ bonu…

NICEVILLE – A nursing home nurse is accused of stealing patients’ medication, according to an arrest report.

CRESTVIEW — Last September, Police Chief Tony Taylor inherited a department mired in scandal and divided in its loyalties.

CRESTVIEW — March 6 is the deadline to claim property that Crestview police obtained during investigations.

CRESTVIEW — Kenneth Ben Williams will spend 25 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine.