More than $2.8 million in unlawfully retained bingo profits forfeited through criminal asset forfeiture actions have been sent to 10 Okaloosa County charities as part of the Department of Justice’s remission process, John P. Heekin, United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today.
Crestview Police officers on Sunday night arrested 49-year-old Henry E. Jackson on numerous charges, including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
Over the weekend, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a Fort Walton Beach residence after its front door was kicked in and the door frame was damaged.
Nineteen-year-old Crestview resident Javarius J. Lee, of the 1200 block of Northview Drive, was arrested on Thursday on charges of kidnapping and robbery with a firearm stemming from an alleged incident in Niceville.
Crestview resident Steven R. Gardenier, 41, was arrested today on a felony charge of aggravated animal cruelty after he allegedly used a pellet gun to shoot a stray cat, which suffered paralysis and later had to be euthanized.
Beginning in 2019, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration launched an investigation into a drug trafficking organization operating in Okaloosa County.
Malachi L. Watkins, 22, of the 200 block of East Oakdale Ave. in Crestview, was arrested on Monday by Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies on 25 counts of possession of child pornography.
