MIRAMAR BEACH - A man who was seen urinating in a convenience store parking lot was arrested on three charges.
On July 22 Walton County Sheriff's deputies arrested the man after he was seen urinating in the parking lot of the Tom Thumb store at 9595...
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Police seek person who stole deceased woman's jewelry
NICEVILLE - Police are searching for a person who took jewelry from a woman who died the day before.
On Jjuly 13 a Niceville Police officer was called to a 17th Street residence about the missing jewelry. A woman said her mother had passed away the...
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Man says he threw away beer and was 'doing nothing wrong'
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man who'd been warned by police to leave his hangout under Brooks Bridge was arrested for trespassing after lawmen returned a short while later and found him still there.
On July 13 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer spotted...
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Man offers to show officer he's not carrying drugs; bag of cocaine falls out of his pocket
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man who pulled out his pants pockets to show a Fort Walton Beach Police officer he wasn't carrying drugs didn't count on a plastic bag of cocaine falling to the ground.
On July 15 an officer was called to the Rancho Alegre bar...
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Man hitches ride, takes car for spin, wrecks it
NICEVILLE - A man who'd been given a ride decided to take the car for a spin while while his benefactors shopped. He ended up wrecking the car and damaging three others.
On July 14 Niceville Police were called to Palm Plaza. There, they found the...
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Man finds girlfriend in bed with another man, attacks
FORT WALTON BEACH - Lawmen say a man attacked another man with a knife after he found the other man in bed with his girlfriend.
On July 5 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was called to a Tanager Drive residence about a disturbance. There, he...
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Woman seeks work through Craig's List, finds scam artist instead
NICEVILLE - A woman who sought work through an online classifieds site found a scam artist instead, lawmen say.
On July 13 a woman arrived at the Niceville Police Department and filed a complaint about the alleged scam artist. She said she posted an...
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Two trespassers seen drinking Natural Light in park
FORT WALTON BEACH - Two men who were seen handing a beer back and forth at a city park were arrested for trespassing.
The Fort Walton Beach Police Department reported on July 17 an officer spotted the two at Chester Pruitt Neighborhood Park on...
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Man OKs search of residence; deputy finds cocaine container lying in plain view
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man who gave an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy permission to search his apartment left a container full of cocaine residue in plain view in his bedroom.
On July 13 the deputy contacted the man at his Cypress Street residence....
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Fort Walton Beach Police bust men for drinking, trespassing
FORT WALTON BEACH - Police have been busy lately citing transients drinking at various locales around town, arrest reports indicate.
On July 9 a Fort Walton Beach Police officer was called to 11 Eglin Parkway N.E. about transients drinking alcohol on...
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'That looked like four ounces, was that four ounces of marijuana?'
NICEVILLE - A 48-year-old Niceville woman was arrested at the Post Office for receiving a parcel filled with jars of marijuana.
On July 23 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy intercepted Karen S. Cuchens as she was leaving the post office and...
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Child recovering after rattlesnake bite
LAKEWOOD RANCH — A 3-year-old girl is recovering after being bit on the finger by a pygmy rattlesnake while playing outside at the Sunny Daze daycare center.
Barry Rainwater told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune his granddaughter was rushed to All...
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Woman sentenced for killing kittens with baseball bat
BROOKSVILLE — A Tampa Bay area woman has been sentenced to a year in jail for beating two kittens with a metal baseball bat and encouraging her son to join in.
A Hernando County judge sentenced 25-year-old Wilana Frazier on Thursday. She was...
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Plane lands on beach so pilot can take pictures of golf course
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Authorities say a small plane landed on the beach on Kiawah Island near the Ocean Course, the site of next week's PGA Championship, so the pilot could take some pictures.
Maj. Jim Brady of the Charleston County Sheriff's...
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Baseball team DJ dismissed for playing 'Three Blind Mice'
DAYTONA BEACH — The music stopped at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach after a minor league umpire ejected the music guy for playing 'Three Blind Mice' during the game.
The ejection came in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game between the...
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Bicyclist ticketed for riding outside the bike lane
FORT LAUDERDALE — A South Florida bicyclist has lost her fight against a ticket issued for riding outside a bike lane in Weston.
Molli Serrano was the only cyclist ticketed in March when she and a few dozen others left the bike lane to pass a...
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Man, woman take turns hurling sculpture
FORT WALTON BEACH - A man and woman were both arrested after they took turns throwing a piece of sculpture at one another.
On July 25 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was called to a Hickory Street address to investigate a disturbance. One there...
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Man accused of battering woman with high-heeled shoe
FORT WALTON BEACH - Lawmen say a man punched a woman with his fist and whacked her in the face with a high-heeled shoe during an argument.
On July 26 an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was dispatched to a Colonial Drive residence in Fort Walton...
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Husband, wife quarrel over cell phone
DESTIN - "There are currently deep-rooted trust issues in this relationship."
That's how an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy described a Destin couple who quarreled after the wife demanded to see the husband's cell phone and he refused.
On July 22...
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Man jumps into Cinco Bayou to escape knife-wielding woman
FORT WALTON BEACH - A woman has been charged with aggravated assault after she chased a man with a knife, forcing him to jump off a dock and into Cinco Bayou to avoid being stabbed.
On July 27 at 4:34 a.m. an Okaloosa County Sheriff's deputy was...
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