Nov 7, 2012
Jail employee finds 10 yellow pills in man's wallet
CRESTVIEW – A man being booked into the Okaloosa County Jail on a battery charge was caught with pills in his wallet and now faces two additional charges.
Nov 7, 2012
Laurel Hill residents hold fugitive at gunpoint until deputies arrive
CRESTVIEW — A Nov. 6 search for a man who ran while deputies were investigating a suspicious activity call ended when two Laurel Hill residents located him hiding inside their pickup truck and held h…
Nov 6, 2012
Crestview man arrested after shooting into home
CRESTVIEW — A 33-year-old man was arrested Friday morning after officers were called to a disturbance call involving shots being fired into a home.
Nov 5, 2012
More details emerge on county Christmas party (DOCUMENTS)
FORT WALTON BEACH Okaloosa County Administrator Jim Curry says he welcomes scrutiny of county spending as local and state authorities investigate the Mark Bellinger financial scandal.
Nov 5, 2012
Crestview man charged in connection with meth lab
CRESTVIEW — A Crestview man is charged with child abuse and trafficking in methamphetamine.
Nov 5, 2012
Morris, Adams to be sentenced for racketeering, money laundering
PENSACOLA — Former Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris, who tearfully pleaded no contest to state charges of racketeering and money laundering on Feb. 4, 2010, finally will be sentenced today for …
Nov 5, 2012
Holt man arrested on meth trafficking and possession
HOLT — On Nov. 1, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Investigators and deputies arrested 54-year old Terry Warren of 4001 Log Lake Road, Holt, on an active Bay County warrant. Prior to that arrest, investigat…
Nov 2, 2012
Crestview woman: I'm holding pills for an unknown female
CRESTVIEW — A woman faces a drug charge and giving a fake name to an officer charge after she was found with 14 hydrocodone pills during a traffic stop.
Nov 1, 2012
Man makes it 75 feet before Taser brings him down
A man who ran from an Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputy because he didn't have a valid driver's license was tased for his trouble, according to an arrest report.
Nov 1, 2012
Judge’s sentence for DUI manslaughter overruled
The First District Court of Appeals has ordered Okaloosa County Circuit Judge John Brown to resentence Joseph Patrick Schumacher and impose a four-year prison term for DUI manslaughter.