Crime Archive

CRESTVIEW — Police are investigating a death after a senior citizen's body was discovered this morning in a vehicle in the Crestview Corners parking lot.

CRESTVIEW — An Addison Place resident narrowly averted causing a fire that threatened not only her apartment but also her neighbors’ residences when a neighbor stepped up to extinguish it.

School Resource Officers with the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office Youth Service Division conducted a county-wide sex offender/predator verification operation on Friday.

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Fire Department responded to a residential fire alert at 10:35 a.m. Dec. 20 at 601 S. Main Street.

CRESTVIEW — A 29-year-old Crestview man is charged with siphoning 5 gallons of fuel from an acquaintance’s vehicle.

CRESTVIEW — Okaloosa County School District and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office investigators report a Shoal River Middle School student committed suicide last night or this morning.

Operations and Security Capt. Stefan W. Vaughn graduated from the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute Senior Leadership Program, the Okaloosa County Department of Corrections announced.

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Police Department has made an arrest in Dec. 15 purse snatching case.

CRESTVIEW — Tonight, Crestview Police Chief Tony Taylor made several promises that coincide with what he called the department's "cultural and physical transformation."

CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Fire Department estimates that damage from a house fire at 698 Long Avenue in Crestview total $15,000 $35,000.