Sheriff’s Office K9 helps find suspect in Crestview
April 1, 2024
An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 was instrumental in the capture of a suspect in Crestview on Saturday.
Sheriff’s Office reports officer-involved shooting in Baker
March 27, 2024
A Crestview man charged at Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies with a knife during a felony warrant service around midnight in Baker, resulting in an officer-involved shooting, S.O. officials said today in a news release.
Fleeing Crestview-area suspect didn’t get far
March 26, 2024
A Crestview-area man who fled from an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy trying to make a traffic stop on Monday morning was soon captured, arrested, and jailed without bond on six charges.
Baker School teacher charged with child neglect
March 8, 2024
A Baker School teacher is under arrest after failing to deliver aid or contact law enforcement in reference to a student who had attempted to kill herself.
On Thursday, March 7, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office changed Peggy Rambosk, 57, of Pensacola, with child neglect. She was apprehended Thursday and booked at Escambia County Jail.
Holt man arrested on numerous charges
February 19, 2024
A Holt man with numerous felony warrants who has fled from law enforcement multiple times in recent weeks was apprehended on Feb. 11 outside a home on Griffith Cemetery Road in Baker after being unable to outrun an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office K9.
FDLE arrests Crestview man for possession, promotion of child sexual abuse material
September 28, 2023
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) arrested Christopher Roy Poppell, 45, of Crestview, on 30 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material, one count of promotion of sexual performance of a child, and one count of use of a two-way communication device to facilitate a felony.
Crestview Police investigate apparent double murder-suicide
August 23, 2023
Crestview Police on Aug. 23 were continuing to investigate an apparent double murder-suicide that occurred last week at a home at 692 Brock Avenue, just south of downtown Crestview.
Fort Walton teen charged with threatening school shooting
May 30, 2023
A Fort Walton Beach teenager faces a second degree felony in connection with alleged threats of a mass shooting at a local school.
Holt man arrested after allegedly fleeing deputies
March 7, 2023
A Holt resident wanted on charges of aggravated assault, firing missiles into an occupied conveyance, and discharging a firearm in public tried to run from an attempted warrant service March 7 but was ultimately captured, according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office.
Hunter Carmichael, 21, was taken into custody March 7 after a tracking operation involving K9 units from the Florida Highway Patrol, Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, Walton County Sheriff’s Office, and Okaloosa Correctional Institution.
Crestview man allegedly shot and killed dog as it ran across street
December 2, 2022
A Crestview man was arrested following an investigation into an incident involving a dog being shot and killed. The incident, according to Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office, took place on Oct. 31 in the 1100 block of Farmer St.
Willie Ray Gibson, 76, allegedly shot a neighbor’s dog after it had escaped the neighbor’s home sometime between 8 a.m. and 1:24 p.m.
According to the warrant report, the dog was shot as it was running across Farmer St., away from Gibson’s residence. The dog died as a result.