Sep 5, 2014
'MORE THAN JUST SHOOTING': Citizens Safety Academy students learn firearm safety (VIDEO)
CRESTVIEW — Rachel Ordoqui feels more comfortable firing a Glock .40-caliber pistol now that she's learned gun safety from the pros.
Aug 29, 2014
Sheriff's office lists man as endangered; seeks community's help
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to locate a missing endangered adult.
Aug 29, 2014
ARRESTS: Aug. 29, 2014
The Crestview Police Department and Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office provided the following crime reports for publication:
Aug 27, 2014
Victim in fatal plane crash positively identified as Laurel Hill man
SHALIMAR — The Okaloosa-Walton Medical Examiner’s Office says a forensic autopsy has positively identified the victim of Saturday’s fatal plane crash in North Okaloosa County as 64-year old John Edwa…
Aug 26, 2014
Police raises receive council consensus
CRESTVIEW — The City Council has reached a consensus to approve Police Chief Tony Taylor’s request for 8 percent departmental raises, answering the prayers of many officers.
Aug 23, 2014
Pilot killed in plane crash near Laurel Hill
First responders, including the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, EMS and firefighters, responded to a report of a downed small, single-engine plane in North Okaloosa County.
Aug 22, 2014
Crestview fire causes $10,000 in property damage
The Crestview Fire Department responded to a residential Fire 11:39 p.m. Aug. 21 at 192 Patton Street, Crestview.
Aug 22, 2014
Sheriff's Office investigating reports of juveniles being lured into car
The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a recent report by a sixth-grade student in Crestview who says a man asked her to get into his car Aug. 19.
Aug 21, 2014
Man receiving treatment at center for sexually violent offenders
CRESTVIEW — An Okaloosa County jury found Alvaro Ignacio Abaunza guilty of sexual violence.
Aug 21, 2014
Sheriff's office K9 now working at schools
CRESTVIEW — An 8-year old rescued Labrador retriever now serves as a narcotics detection K9 for the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office's Youth Services Division.