State Attorney Ginger Bowden Madden announces that Circuit Court Judge Kelvin Wells sentenced Timothy Lee Farris on May 17, 2022, to twenty-five years in Florida’s Department of Corrections, including a ten-year minimum mandatory sentence, for Burglary of a Dwelling while… Read More
Tallahassee, Fla. – Walton County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Steven “Taylor” Park is among leaders from 33 Florida sheriffs’ offices who graduated this week from the Florida Sheriffs Association’s prestigious Commanders Academy. The Commanders Academy is an exceptionally informative and educational… Read More
Just after midnight on Sunday Walton County Sheriff’s Office received a “Be on the Look Out” from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office about an armed kidnapping that happened just across the county line in Destin. According to several witnesses, the male… Read More
April 25, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla—A DeFuniak Springs man has been arrested on firearms charges after a fight between neighbors led to shots fired over the weekend. Before midnight Sunday, Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to a disturbance call on… Read More
April 22, 2020 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— The owner of a Walton County construction company has been charged with fraud and money laundering and is now facing felony charges. In December 2021, Walton County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a… Read More
March 8, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— Healthmark Regional Medical Center has recently expressed to our agency they will be temporarily closing their emergency room at the facility for an unknown length of time in the near future. Walton County Sheriff’s… Read More
February 22, 2022 Ginger Bowden Madden, State Attorney for the First Judicial Circuit, announces that on February 18, 2022, Storm Royal Thayer was indicted by the Walton County Grand Jury on the charge of First Degree Premeditated Murder. The charge… Read More
February 17, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A Crestview woman is charged with firing a gun inside a Walton County hotel after business hours. Wednesday morning, February 16th the Walton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Hilton located at 4000 Sandestin… Read More
February 4, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— A Santa Rosa Beach man is arrested after he went door-to-door in the middle of the night dressed as a law enforcement officer. In the early morning hours Thursday, Ulises Chaves Turrubiates, 27, can… Read More
February 1, 2022 WALTON COUNTY, Fla— An elaborate multi-agency investigation dubbed Operation Wolves Blanket has resulted in the arrest of 12 men on charges of child solicitation. Over a five-day period, Walton County Sheriff’s Office conducted the Internet Crimes Against… Read More
