Local and State News

National Hunting and Fishing Day, an annual celebration of hunters and anglers, features a new twist this year. Richard Childress, NASCAR legend and honorary chair for NHF Day, is asking hunters and anglers to participate in the new NHF Day Challenge by taking someone hunting, fishing or target shooting. By pledging to introduce someone to the outdoors between now and NHF Day ...

July 14, 2017 Gulf Breeze, FL – A Louisiana man wanted for attempted murder is now behind bars in Santa Rosa County. At approximately 5:50 am this Friday morning a Deputy with the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office was on routine patrol on Hwy 98 in Gulf Breeze. The Deputy observed a vehicle traveling at 65 mph in a 45 ...

Navarre, FL – On 7-13-17 at approximately 8:00 pm, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call in reference to a robbery at the Family Dollar Store, located at 6899 Navarre Parkway. The caller stated a black male wearing a black cap with a grey hoodie entered the store and approached the register. The suspect then demanded the ...

July 14, 2017 Santa Rosa Beach, Fla— A Craigslist ad for some summer fun lands a 31-year-old in jail for soliciting sex with a minor. On July 10th Brendon Kelly answered an ad posted to Craigslist by a Walton County Sheriff’s Office undercover investigator titled “l00king f0r s0me fun during the summer!!! – w4m (32433).” Over the next three days ...

July 14, 2017 A 30 year old Texas man wanted in connection with the shooting death of his girlfriend in Fort Worth Texas last month was arrested on Friday in Crestview. The Fort Worth Police Department has been trying to locate Qjuan Taikel Holmes since the body of 41-year old Angela Gagne, a mother of five, was found in her ...

July 13, 2017 Efforts to pull over a suspected impaired driver who almost caused several wrecks led to a chase that ended when the suspect ran out of gas and an OCSO K9 apprehended him hiding in the woods. The incident started before midnight Wednesday night near the intersection of Miracle Strip Parkway and Memorial Drive in Fort Walton Beach ...

July 12, 2017 It’s a bizarre mystery but with a happy ending for family members in Georgia who have never been able to figure out what happened to their sister’s cremains. Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called out to Gulfshore Drive in Destin July 7th after a man found a plastic bag with what appeared to be cremated remains ...

July 11, 2017 A Kentucky man camping with his family has died after being struck by lightning Monday night. The man was standing outside his tent at the Wilderness Landing Campground off Corduroy Road in Blackwater State Forest just west of Baker. 35-year old Jeremy Harper of Cloverport, KY was camping with eight others in his family, including six children ...

Destin, FL – On Saturday, July 1, 2017 a homeless man found the lifeless body of Robert Nicholas Mayall in Destin’s Harbor View Park. Less than 48 hours later, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Destin man in connection with the slaying. William Joffre Reed Investigators with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office were able to develop 36-year old William Joffre Reed ...

July 11, 2017 Okaloosa County Cases Officer Corbin was conducting state fisheries inspections and license checks on Okaloosa Island at Marler Park and saw two individuals actively fishing with rods and reels. The individuals harvested pinfish and a mullet. During the resource inspection, one individual provided a false name and was issued a notice to appear citation for providing a ...