Crime Archive

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from July 5-11.

Demetrius Devar Dawsey, 25, Crestview, probation violation.

Tony Louis Alf…

SHALIMAR — “Pokémon Go” fever is sweeping across the globe, but players need to focus on their safety and non-players need to be alert to people roaming around who aren’t always paying attention to t…

NAPLES — Okaloosa County Deputy Bill Myers is among six fallen first responders being honored in the Brotherhood Ride 2016.

Participants are more than 30 bicycle riders who will ride 600 miles thr…

CHELCO asks members to beware of scammers posing as utility companies in Walton and Okaloosa counties.

Scammers will call a member on the telephone demanding payment by credit card, threatening to…

CRESTVIEW — Someone’s been stealing Elvit Enlow’s hard-won aluminum cans, and a local business owner’s doing something about it.

Many residents are familiar with Enlow, “the can man,” who daily to…

SHALIMAR — A Crestview resident is to serve a 35-year sentence, with 25 of them being a minimum mandatory requirement, according to a Florida State Attorney's Office media release.

Bill Eddins, St…

DEFUNIAK SPRINGS — The Florida Highway Patrol arrested the driver of a vehicle involved in a June 26 hit and run that killed a pedestrian.

According to an FHP media release, James Schofield, 34, o…

Yvonne Shanklin, an Edward Jones financial advisor in Crestview, is sponsoring a workshop, titled "Outsmart the Scammers".

The event is free and dinner will be served from 5:30-7 p.m. July 18 at H…

CRESTVIEW — A 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with battery, touch or strike, following a Fourth of July altercation in Twin Hills Park.

Justin Ray Smith of First Avenue allegedly struck a…

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff's issued this notice:

Just after 10:30 pm on 7-2-16, Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call in reference to a missing inmate.

A private transp…