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…
Aug 2, 2016
Wanted: info on homicide victim's car – last seen in Crestview
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — The Walton County Sheriff’s Office seeks a vehicle belonging to a man believed to be a homicide victim.
The vehicle is a 2002 Pontiac Aztec with vehicle ID number 3G7DA03E92S603…
Aug 2, 2016
Man enters plea in Laurel Hill manslaughter case
SHALIMAR — Bill Eddins, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, stated in an Aug. 1 media release that Alvaro Moreno-Colorado of Milton entered a plea of no contest to charges of driving under…
Aug 1, 2016
Crestview police academy alumni group hosts gun drawing fundraiser
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Citizens Police Academy Alumni, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, is selling tickets for its November Grand Gun Giveaway. is selling tickets for its November Grand Gun Giveawa…
Jul 31, 2016
Crestview man charged with attempted murder following shooting
CRESTVIEW — A Crestview man faces charges of attempted murder, resisting arrest with violence, making threats of violence to a public official, and two counts of child abuse.
The Crestview Police …
Jul 31, 2016
4 ways your boat is ‘at-risk’ under new Florida law
A new Florida law allows county and local authorities, along with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to issue non-criminal citations to owners who allow their boats to become “at …
Jul 29, 2016
Vehicle theft, battery on officer or firefighter among North Okaloosa arrests
The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from July 21-27:
●William Jonathan Thomas, 19, Crestview, vehicle grand theft and possession of a controlled substance without a …
Jul 29, 2016
Visitations resume at Okaloosa Correctional Institution
CRESTVIEW — The Florida Department of Corrections today announced visitation at the Okaloosa Correctional Institution will resume.
Visitors can come to the facility on Saturday, July 30 and Sunday…
Jul 27, 2016
Research shows millennials more likely to get scammed than boomers
PENSACOLA — The stereotype of the “little old lady” as scam victim is wrong, and Millennials are actually more vulnerable to scams than Baby Boomers.
That’s the conclusion of new research by the B…