Nov 19, 2025
Crestview man sentenced to 30-year prison term
An Okaloosa County jury on Nov. 5 found Malik Humphries, of Crestview, guilty of trafficking in 28 grams or more of fentanyl and resisting an officer without violence.
Nov 18, 2025
Crestview Police arrest man after responding to reported gunfire
James E. Barrow, 41, address unknown, was arrested Nov. 10 by Crestview Police officers on charges of battery domestic violence, simple assault, aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, two counts of discharging a firearm in public or on residential property, and two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.
Nov 3, 2025
Crestview-area man allegedly stored child porn, bestiality files
Roy K. Semone, 63, of the 4700 block of Balboa Road near central Crestview, was served with a warrant and arrested on Friday on two counts of possession of child pornography and 30 counts of possession of film or image of sexual contact between a person and an animal (bestiality).
Oct 29, 2025
S.O. nabs 14 suspected online child predators
Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes
Against Children Unit have spent the past two weeks conducting
undercover operations designed to identify and arrest online child
predators, S.O. officials said today in a news release.
Oct 29, 2025
Crestview man faces many charges after allegedly trying to evade police
Leonard W. Hahaj, 18, of the 300 block of Flounder Street in Crestview, was arrested Sunday night by city police on numerous charges, including burglary and fleeing and eluding a law enforcement officer.
Oct 23, 2025
Elderly woman breaks hip after allegedly being shoved
Ona Hill, 46, of the 4700 block of Meadow Lake Drive near south Crestview, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence aggravated battery upon a person 65 years of age or older after being served with a warrant on Tuesday by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Oct 22, 2025
Laurel Hill man faces battery, false imprisonment charges
Jordan Cook, 31, of the 20,000 block of Northview Highway in Laurel Hill, was arrested on Oct. 13 by Crestview Police on charges of battery and false imprisonment of a child under the age of 13.
Oct 13, 2025
Crestview teen allegedly had sexual relationship with underage girl
Crestview resident Jacob W. Brown, 19, of the 100 block of Pandora Drive, was arrested Oct. 5 by city police for allegedly committing lewd or lascivious battery on a victim age 12 to 16, possessing child pornography and using a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
Oct 10, 2025
Spa worker is charged with prostitution
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators responding to a series of complaints and Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers tips arrested a woman on a charge of prostitution Thursday at a business near Fort Walton Beach.
Oct 8, 2025
Authorities charge homeless man with sexual assault
Forty-year-old Andrew J. Foster, who is homeless and whose last known address is in the 300 block of Woodrow Street in Ocean City, was arrested Tuesday on a charge of sexual assault after being served with a warrant from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.



