Jan 24, 2019
Resident donates thousands for Crestview Police K-9s
CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department’s K-9 Division took more than a major step toward its goal of acquiring a fourth K9 unit. It took a giant leap coupled with a huge tail wag of glee when a …
Jan 7, 2019
Crestview Police Department sets hiring event
CRESTVIEW — Florida certified law enforcement officers, cadets in public safety academies and communications officers contemplating a change to the family-like work environment of a medium-sized accr…
Jan 3, 2019
Failing to move over resulted in 231 crashes last year
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — January is Move Over month and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) urges all motorists to move over for emergency and service vehicles stopped alon…
Dec 31, 2018
Homeless intruder almost destroys Crestview church
CRESTVIEW — A Crestview church was spared possible destruction when the Crestview Police and Fire Departments responded around 11:30 a.m. Dec. 27 to a report of gas in the building and discovered a h…
Dec 24, 2018
1949's 'Groveland Four' case was horrific injustice
GROVELAND — Among the pockets of the Deep South gripped by racist Jim Crow laws in the 1940s and 1950s, Lake County ranked among the worst.
Smack in the middle of the state's peninsula, the region …
Dec 5, 2018
Sex predator lists Crestview change of address
CRESTVIEW — William Rino Dejoode, a sexual offender/predator, has listed a change of address of 3101 Ferdon Blvd. S, Crestview, with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Dejoode, 38, is a black m…
Nov 19, 2018
Prepaid card, chain letter scams circulating
CRESTVIEW — With the holiday season approaching, area organizations like the Northwest Florida Better Business Bureau and police departments are alerting residents to various scams.
Jury duty and …
Nov 6, 2018
Sex offender registers Crestview address
Casey Aaron Thompson, a sexual offender, has registered a new address of 248 Salvadore Drive, Crestview with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Thompson, 34, is a white male with brown hair and…
Nov 6, 2018
Officers charge Crestview woman, seek man for aluminum grand theft
WALTON COUNTY — Officers arrested a Crestview woman on grand theft and dealing in stolen property charges, according to a Walton County Sheriff's Office media release.
AfterWalton County Sheriff's…
Oct 9, 2018
Crestview Police provide Hurricane Michael update
• Okaloosa County has declared a state of emergency and ordered everyone who lives south of State Road 98 to evacuate. Expect heavy traffic to reach Crestview later today and tomorrow morning. When w…