Sep 3, 2025
Gulf Breeze man is jailed after road rage incident in Destin
Littering may be unlawful but it’s never acceptable to respond with threatened violence, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said today in a news release.
Sep 3, 2025
Police: Bomb threat made to school appears to be a hoax
Authorities continue to investigate a bomb threat that was sent via email on Tuesday to Lakewood Christian School in Crestview.
Aug 28, 2025
Mother to son’s killer: ‘You, sir, took a gift from God’
The only book that is not banned in prison is the Bible, and every story in it is a revelation to who God is, Renee Hamilton said in court this morning to the man who killed her husband.
Aug 26, 2025
FWB man heads to prison
Taj Tariq Tamboura Robinson, 35, of Fort Walton Beach, was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, two counts of distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Aug 20, 2025
Couple convicted of charges related to drug and firearm probe
Thirty-seven-year-old Crestview resident Shantel Marie Powell on Monday was found guilty by a federal jury of making a false statement to a federal agent.
Aug 19, 2025
OCSO: Georgia woman shot a man in Destin
A Georgia tourist was arrested after shooting a man in the leg Sunday night in Destin, according to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials.
Aug 18, 2025
Investigation into officer involved shooting in Crestview continues
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is continuing its probe into an officer involved shooting that occurred early Saturday morning in Crestview.
Aug 11, 2025
Armed Laurel Hill drug trafficker goes to prison
Laurel Hill resident Seth Dewayne Talbot, 45, has been sentenced by District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell, II to six years in prison after previously pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Aug 5, 2025
Former Okaloosa County corrections officer charged with murder
Longtime and now-former Okaloosa County corrections officer Curtis Johnson was fired on Monday following his arrest on a charge of second-degree murder in Santa Rosa County.
Jul 25, 2025
Man pleads guilty in death of OCSO corporal
Timothy Paul Price-Williams entered a plea of guilty to first degree murder on Thursday in the December 2022 death of Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Cpl. Ray Hamilton.




