Crime Archive

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…

SHALIMAR Gulf Power is asking its customers to beware of people impersonating utility company employees.

The con artists have been contacting the company's customers by phone. They tell the custom…

CRESTVIEW — A sexual predator has registered a Crestview address, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Robert Earl Cuthbertson, 52, registered the wooded area behind Tom Thumb 81 as …

TALLAHASSEE — A fourth group of executives have graduated from a three-week criminal justice leadership training seminar at Florida Department of Lawn Enforcement Headquarters.

The 20 Florida Crim…

The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided these arrest reports from June 7-29:

Robert Michael McDonald, 44, unarmed burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.

Corte…

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office investigators say a Crestview woman invited her husband to lie down on the bed — then pulled out a filet knife and stabbed him near the heart.

Gladys C…

BAKER — A registered sex offender is accused of fondling a child and taking photos under her skirt after using a puppy ploy to get her over to his car.

The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has cha…