Crime Archive

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.

Nathan L. Sanchez, who is a civilian Air Force spouse at Hurlburt Field, recently was arrested on 30 counts of possession of child porn.

A 56-year-old Destin man was arrested on Wednesday after a road rage incident ended in the parking lot of Destin United Methodist Church.

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.

Authorities continue to investigate a bomb threat that was sent via email on Tuesday to Lakewood Christian School in Crestview.

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.

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.