Post Views: 259 WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INTRODUCES TEXT TO 911 DeFuniak Springs, Fla— Available now is a new technology helping residents in Walton County receive emergency services through text message. The service provides a new way to reach 911 never used before in Northwest Florida. Text to 911 is a new feature available on […]

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Post Views: 213 The safety of the public and emergency responders frequently depends on a group of highly trained professionals who are heard far more often than they are seen. The South Walton Fire District honors these skilled men and women during National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 12-18, 2015.   Introduced to Congress by […]

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Post Views: 260 Walton County Sheriffs Office  Arrests Pretend Superheroes On Monday, November 3rd, a deputy responded to 9100 Baytowne Wharf Boulevard, Miramar Beach, in reference to four individuals skating in the closed ice rink. Upon arrival, the deputy observed three males dressed up as Batman, Robin and Superman and one female skating on the […]

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Post Views: 210 Fire Prevention Week October 5th-11th, 2014   (Santa Rosa Beach) – In an effort to better educate communities throughout the U.S. about fire safety recommendations, the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is promoting “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!” as the theme for this year’s Fire Prevention Week […]

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Post Views: 236 Come out for a super fun family event including a petting zoo, face-painting by Abrakadoodle, food trucks, sno balls, the Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit, agility demonstrations, a fire truck, adoptable dogs from Alaqua and more! Come out Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Alaqua Unleashed – 342 JD […]

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Post Views: 248 Suspected Arson Fire in South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach) – The South Walton Fire District (SWFD) received a call early this morning at about 2:30 a.m. reporting a structure fire at 2275 Mack Bayou Road in Santa Rosa Beach, FL.  Within minutes of receiving the initial 9-1-1 call, SWFD crews arrived on […]

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Post Views: 228 WCSO Deputy Cleared in Pit Bull Case The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is releasing the video of a deputy defending himself from an attacking Pit Bull, shooting and killing the dog as it charged him at the end of the complainant’s driveway. The video, which was recorded by the deputy’s video cam, […]

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Post Views: 252 Tennessee Spring Breaker’s Father Arrested for Slashing Tires at Walton County Jail   On Wednesday, March 12th, between the hours of 11 pm to 12 midnight, six vehicles at the Walton County Jail parking lot, located at 796 Triple G Road, Defuniak Springs, sustained damage totaling in the amount of $1,611.00.  The […]

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Post Views: 239 Check Fraud Awareness On February 5, 2014 the Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a Fraud call. The victim advised checks were written on his business account that he did not authorize. The checks had been duplicated from his account and the check numbers were higher in sequence than the checks that […]

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Post Views: 250 Search for Missing/Runaway Juvenile The Walton County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Logan Thomas Murphy, 17, of Santa Rosa Beach. Murphy was last seen at his home wearing a red Ohio State hoodie, blue jeans and black Van’s shoes. Murphy is believed to be in the company of his girlfriend, Alexis Clifford […]

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Post Views: 120 WCSO Searching for Goodwill Burglary Suspect The Walton County Sheriff’s Office was notified at 8:25 this morning (Sunday) that a white male fled on foot after being approached by an employee from the Goodwill store located at 3223 West US Hwy 98, Santa Rosa Beach. The employee noticed that there were donated […]

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Post Views: 274 Info Sought in Destin Armed Burglary The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is working to track down a man who attempted to burglarize a room at the Holiday Inn Express in Destin and then pulled a gun on a witness. On December 16 at approximately 5:45 p.m. a white male was seen attempting […]

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Post Views: 165 Video Voyeur Arrested  On Monday, September 30th, a customer used the bathroom facilities of the Sunglass Hut, located in Miramar Beach.  Prior to the customer using the facilities, the manager, Ernest Moschino, set up his own personal cell phone in the mop bucket adjacent the toilet to video tape the customer using […]

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Post Views: 201 Attached are this week’s Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers wanted individuals. These and more wanted folks can be viewed at www.emeraldcoastcrimestoppers.com. Please “like” us on Facebook also to get the latest wanted folks as well as unsolved cases: https://www.facebook.com/#!/EmeraldCoastCrimeStoppers. Submit a Web Tip Wanted As Of: 11/04/2013 FTA-Unauthorized Possession of a DL/ID & […]

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