NOTICE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC A collective bargaining negotiation meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. (CST) at the Walton County Sheriff’s Office north administration building in DeFuniak Springs. The… 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
Firefighters rushed to a home in Ten Lake Estates after a neighbor reported seeing flames coming from a nearby residence late last night. At 11:08 p.m. on Monday, April 4, 2022, Walton County firefighters were dispatched to a home on… Read More
A Lake County man has been extradited to Walton County following an undercover online investigation conducted by the Walton County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit. On October 14, 2022, Timothy Ray Holmes, 37, of Clermont, Florida began chatting with an… Read More
Walton County Fire Rescue firefighters rushed to a home early this morning after a neighbor reported seeing heavy flames coming from the house across the street. At 4:47 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, Walton County Fire Rescue and Walton… Read More
A Freeport man has been arrested for possession and transmission of child pornography and sexual battery of a minor. On March 10, 2022, The Walton County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit received a tip from The National Center for Missing… 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
A neighbor spots flames coming from underneath the porch of a nearby home and quickly jumps into action. At 10:35 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Walton County Fire Rescue responded to a home on Hansen Road in Freeport following… 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
