SANTA ROSA BEACH MAN ARRESTED FOR BATTERY, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AFTER GOOD...
On Sunday evening, Walton County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a Good Samaritan who witnessed a man push a female to the ground on the side of S County Highway 83 in Santa Rosa Beach. When...
View ArticleNOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING – AUGUST 15TH
NOTICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A collective bargaining negotiation meeting is scheduled for Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (CST). The meeting will be held at...
View ArticleWCFR CADET POST GETS OFFICIAL “850” DESIGNATION; WCFR BATTALION CHIEF NAMED...
Walton County Fire Rescue is thrilled to announce our newly launched Fire Cadet Program has an official post number! Introducing WCFR Cadet Post 850! We submitted the 850 number so the program could...
View ArticleFENTANYL, METH, GUNS, MONEY LOCATED DURING SEARCH WARRANT IN FREEPORT, THREE...
WALTON COUNTY, FLA—A VICE/Narcotics search warrant has led to the arrest of three individuals in Freeport who now face felony drug charges. Thursday morning, Walton County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleWCFR RESPONDS TO MOBILE HOME FIRE IN MOSSY HEAD
Early Thursday at 5:40 am, Walton County Fire Rescue was called to the report of an outside fire on Mixon Road in Mossy Head. When they arrived, they discovered a double-wide trailer fully involved....
View ArticleWCSO SUPERVISORS GRADUATE FROM FLORIDA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CLASS 57
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Supervisors working in different capacities at Walton County Sheriff’s Office have graduated from the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute’s Florida Leadership Academy....
View ArticleMORRISON SPRINGS FIGHT LEADS TO ARREST OF DEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN; VICTIM...
Romeo Warren, 22. A 22-year-old DeFuniak Springs man is arrested for aggravated battery following a fight at Morrison Springs Sunday night that led to the victim being airlifted. On Sunday, August 18th...
View ArticleDEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES FOR BRINGING METH TO PROBATION...
WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A 31-year-old DeFuniak Springs man is facing multiple felony charges after bringing methamphetamine when checking in with State Probation. Monday, August 19th Walton County...
View ArticleFREEPORT MAN ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGES FOLLOWING WCSO CYBER CRIMES...
Timothy Watson, 34. WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A Freeport man faces more than a dozen felony charges for the possession and transmission of child pornography. In February of this year, the Walton County...
View ArticleINMATE CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AFTER GRABBING DETENTION...
Sherry Underwood, 47 Over the weekend, detention deputies at the Walton County Jail attempted to place Sherry Underwood, 47, of DeFuniak Springs back into her cell. When deputies got close to...
View ArticleINDIANA MAN CHARGED WITH SOLICITING 12-YEAR-OLD FOR SEX; ARRESTED BY US...
Spencer Tomlinson, 23. WALTON COUNTY, FLA— An Indiana man is now facing charges of soliciting a child for sex for having a sexual relationship online with a 12-year-old in Walton County. In April of...
View ArticleFUGITIVE WHO ATTEMPTED TO STAB US MARSHALS SERVICE TASK FORCE MEMBER IN...
WALTON COUNTY, FL— A wanted fugitive out of Okaloosa County is sentenced to a quarter of a century in prison after attempting to stab a member of the US Marshals Service (USMS) Task Force during his...
View ArticleTHREE MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO DISRIBUTE COCAINE...
Three men have been sentenced to federal prison after previously pleading guilty for conspiring to distribute cocaine. Omar Josue Morales-Rodriguez, 45, of Freeport, will spend the next 15 years...
View ArticleFREEPORT MAN, SPECIAL FORCES VETERAN CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR,...
WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A former Special Forces Veteran and Freeport resident is charged after it was found he groomed and sexually abused a minor over two years. Walton County Sheriff’s Office took the...
View ArticleSTATEMENT REGARDING MIXON ROAD INCIDENT
WALTON COUNTY, FLA— On August 15th, a 911 call came into the Walton County Sheriff’s Office communications center at 5:39 am regarding a large fire in the area of Mixon Road in Mossy Head. At the time...
View ArticleFIREFIGHTERS KNOCK DOWN TWO STRUCTURE FIRES OVERNIGHT
WALTON COUNTY, FL – Firefighters from multiple agencies teamed up to knock down two structure fires that broke out just after midnight. At 12:07 a.m., Walton County Fire Rescue (WCFR) responded to a...
View ArticleTHREE STOLEN VEHICLES RECOVERED, FIVE ARRESTED IN JUST OVER 24 HOURS IN...
At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Monday, September 16th, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office received a FLOCK alert regarding a stolen vehicle on Highway 90 in Mossy Head. Deputies were notified of a...
View ArticleILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN SHOOTING IN SANTA ROSA BEACH; NO INJURIES...
September 19, 2024 WALTON COUNTY, FLA— An illegal immigrant from Mexico is charged with discharging a firearm from a vehicle in Santa Rosa Beach Wednesday. No injuries have been reported following the...
View Article$15K CHECK MAILED BY WALTON COUNTY COMPANY STOLEN IN TRANSIT; ONE ARRESTED IN...
September 27, 2024 WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A fraud investigation regarding the theft of a $15,000 check leads to the arrest of a Mississippi woman for grand theft and passing a counterfeit check. In April...
View ArticleDEFUNIAK SPRINGS MAN CHARGED WITH INDECENT EXPOSURE, BURGLARY TASED DURING...
Eric Manley, 48. WALTON COUNTY, FLA— A DeFuniak Springs man is facing multiple felony charges after entering a woman’s home naked in Santa Rosa Beach over the weekend. At around 10:30 Saturday morning,...
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