Aug 17, 2016
Okaloosa grads complete leadership training
PANAMA CITY, Florida — The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the Aug. 12 graduation of 35 first-line supervisors from the Florida Leadership Academy.
These graduates serve in …
Aug 16, 2016
Crestview man recovering from assault; roommate arrested
CRESTVIEW — A heated argument between two men turned violent Monday night after one of the men allegedly fired a weapon at the other and then put the gun in his mouth before telling him he would “blo…
Aug 15, 2016
Juveniles charged with Okaloosa detention employee attack
CRESTVIEW — Five inmates at the Okaloosa Youth Development Center near Crestview are charged with attacking an employee who wouldn’t give them his cell phone.
According to an Okaloosa County Sheri…
Aug 12, 2016
Jay man sentenced for fatal crash with Baker resident
MILTON — A Jay man faces 41 years in state prison for a 2014 crash that killed one person and seriously injured another.
Melvin D. Hawthorne, 36, caused the crash Aug. 17, 2014, just 12 hours afte…
Aug 12, 2016
Mustang club shows support for Crestview police (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — While distrust of law enforcement has risen in some cities, those events have drawn Crestview residents closer to their police.
Chief Tony Taylor said outpouring of local support reinf…
Aug 10, 2016
Sexual battery of, cruelty to a child among North Okaloosa arrests
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from June 25 to Aug. 9:
●Frederick Hunt, 43, Crestview, sexual battery of a child and…
Aug 4, 2016
Crestview boy thanks officers, deputies (PHOTOS)
CRESTVIEW — North Okaloosa County’s youngest leader in the Blue Lives Movement wanted to spend his birthday celebrating law enforcement. His wish came true, but the Crestview boy also received a surp…
Aug 4, 2016
Battery on officer, destroying evidence among North Okaloosa arrests
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from July 26-Aug. 3:
●Henry Eugene Jackson, 40, Crestview, battery on officer, firef…
Aug 3, 2016
Woman accused of stealing car, driving it into lake
DESTIN — A Milton woman is accused of stealing a car and driving it into a lake at Indian Bayou Golf & Country Club.
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of a vehicle in the mi…
Aug 3, 2016
Crestview man dies in Walton County traffic accident
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — A Crestview man is dead following a traffic accident that occurred around 3:42 p.m. Tuesday in Walton County.
Daryl A. Barton, 31, was driving a 2003 Toyota pickup north on Hino…