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…
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…




