It took less than two hours of deliberation for a Fort Walton Beach jury to find former Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputy Eddie Duran not guilty in connection with the 2024 shooting death of Senior Airman Roger Fortson.

The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLSHMV) is reporting a data breach of the state’s Driver and Vehicle Information Database, also known as DAVID.

The department learned of the breach Sept. 4. According to the department, the breach was contained quickly and originated from a Plant City Police Department user.

In a recording made sometime before his death, Antonio Austin Haner described what he believed was a campaign against him that went all the way to the federal level.

A 13-year-old Crestview boy has been arrested on felony charges accusing him of posting TikTok messages that threatened three Okaloosa County schools, according to a news release by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A Crestview woman being held without bond in Oklahoma on explosives and firearms charges is the widow of a 29-year-old who died in a standoff with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office last month.

A 28-year-old man arrested on suspicion of drunken driving offered a Crestview police officer $1,000 to release him as authorities took him to the Okaloosa County Jail, according to an arrest report from the Crestview Police Department.

Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies fired no shots during a predawn standoff Aug. 8 that ended when an armored vehicle struck and pinned a Crestview man against his house, Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden said during a press conference Aug. 12.

Antonio Austin Haner, 29, died Saturday morning after authorities say he opened fire on Okaloosa County sheriff’s deputies who were attempting to serve multiple warrants at his Crestview home at 607 Alabama St.

Nine people were arrested during a four-day undercover operation targeting people accused of using the internet to solicit children for sexual activity, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A 40-year-old Crestview man was arrested July 5 on burglary, theft and drug charges after a property owner spotted him returning to the scene of a burglary reported a day earlier on Mount Olive Road, according to a news release from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.