Jul 15, 2025
Drug Task Force arrests three FWB-area men
Members of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office Multi-Agency Drug Task Force today arrested three men after executing a narcotics search warrant at 715 Tuxedo Drive in the Fort Walton Beach area.
Jul 14, 2025
Suspected truck thief is quickly apprehended
Vigilance by a determined Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy helped nab the driver of a stolen pickup truck on Sunday within about an hour of the crime, 45 miles away.
Jul 14, 2025
S.O.: FWB-area man threatened to shoot deputies
A Fort Walton Beach-area man wanted for questioning in connection with a battery on a 78-year-old woman barricaded himself inside his Ed Street home on Sunday and threatened to shoot responding deputies, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said today in a news release.
Jul 10, 2025
Police say Florala woman stole more than $8k worth of jewelry
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office arrested 39-year-old Shannon L. Allmon, of Florala, Alabama on Sunday on felony charges of larceny and exploitation of the elderly.
Jul 7, 2025
Crestview man sentenced for trafficking in meth and fentanyl
Dion’te Wingate, 24, of Crestview, Florida, has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to two counts of possessing with intent to distribute large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl.
Jul 1, 2025
Authorities capture murder suspect
A fugitive accused of murdering a Fort Walton Beach-area man in early 2021 is now in custody, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office officials said today in a news release.
Jun 24, 2025
Police: Baker man tells wife he ‘crashed into someone and killed their dog’
Don Alvin Guess, 58, of Baker, faces charges of DUI-causing property damage and DUI-causing serious bodily injury after recently being served with an arrest warrant stemming from a Feb. 15 crash that Crestview Police say severly injured another driver and killed the other driver’s dog.
Jun 19, 2025
FHP arrests two after high-speed chase
Two Central Florida residents were arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol near Niceville on Wednesday after a high-speed pursuit.
Jun 16, 2025
Deputy avoids head-on crash in Destin
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy narrowly avoided a head-on collision Saturday night with a driver who was traveling in the wrong lane and without his headlights on.
Jun 12, 2025
School substitute office worker charged with lewd and lascivious battery
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday arrested an 18-year-old Crestview High School substitute office worker in connection with an incident involving inappropriate conduct with a minor.



