The Okaloosa County Multi-Agency Drug Task Force has arrested a Crestview man in connection with a methamphetamine lab discovered October 22nd in Crestview.

On October 30, 2012 the Dothan Police Department went to the home of a man wanted for questioning in residential burglary which occurred in the 600 block of Haven Drive on October 28, 2012.

On October 31, 2012 the Dothan Police Department responded to a theft at Backyard Treasures located at 2331 Ross Clark Circle regarding a theft in progress.

An escaped Georgia convict could be headed our way. Miller County sheriff's officials say 43-year-old Timothy Fred Hurst crawled over the back fence of the jail.

Thursday, the Bay County Sherriff’s office received a complaint of tampered Halloween candy.

Wednesday night, two deputies from the Walton Counties Sheriff’s Office made a pair of arrests in a drug case.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division, working with the United States Postal Inspectors Office, conducted an investigation into a suspicious package, sent through the postal service, which resulted in an arrest on October 30, 2012.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office received a complaint from an employee in reference to identity theft. The employee realized his identity had been compromised and filed the complaint on September 24, 2012.

(MONTGOMERY) –Attorney General Luther Strange announced the felony ethics conviction today of a former state trooper for using a state credit card to buy gasoline for his personal use. Jonathan Dees, 48, of Spanish Fort, had been stationed at the Mobile office of the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

State officials say Florida's overall crime rate dropped by 3.8 percent in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. But murders and forcible sex offenses increased slightly.

On October 29, 2012 Blake Jerrod Earl was arrested in Madison County, Alabama.

Gov. Rick Scott has signed a death warrant for a man convicted of nine murders.

Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley is asking a federal judge not to make him report to prison next week.

A store clerk was robbed at gunpoint in the middle of the day.

An Okaloosa County Sheriff’s deputy who made a traffic stop on a man driving erratically on Interstate Ten October 26th discovered marijuana, an unusual amount of credit cards, a laptop computer, a credit card reader/coder and bundles of merchant store gift cards inside the car.

The suspect wanted in a murder case in Troy was taken into custody in California on Monday evening.

On October 26, 2012 the Dothan Police Department cancelled a wanted status for a man with active warrants for three felonies.

On October 26, 2012 the Dothan Police Department received information from the Gainesville Police Department in Gainesville, Florida concerning a murder in their jurisdiction that had occurred at an ATM in the early morning hours of October 26, 2012.

One man is dead and another is facing charges following what authorities believe was a meth lab explosion.

A government spokesman says a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 50.

On October 19, 2012 the Dothan Police Department responded to an assault at a residence located in the 3500 block of Napier Field Road. Upon arrival, police learned the victim; an adult female had been threatened and cut with a pocket knife. According to witnesses, the suspect was at the residence when he became intoxicated and disorderly which lead to the assault. The victim suffered a minor injury and the suspect was arrested bringing the case to a close.

On October 24th approximately 8:46 pm a Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a Ford F-250 traveling north on Hwy 71 with no headlights. The deputy conducted a traffic stop as the vehicle pulled into the Pilot parking lot. During the traffic stop it was discovered the driver, William Ansley, had an active warrant from Seminole County Georgia for fraud; insufficient funds. Ansley was arrested and transported the Jackson County Correctional Facility to be held for Seminole County.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a scam utilizing Facebook. The victim is asked to like former Senator and former Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office participated in the recent Florida Sheriff’s Task Force initiative to remove felons from Florida’s streets. Operation Felon Sweep focused on removing violent felons, felons with outstanding warrants, and sexual offenders and predators from our communities. The statewide sweep ran from September 28 through October 22, 2012 and resulted in 11,875 felony arrests.

Jurors say a 43-year-old Florida Panhandle man should be executed for at least one of two 2010 deaths during a drug robbery.