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Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office tops 380 spring break citations with weeks still to go

Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office deputies have issued 382 citations so far this spring break — and the season still has three weeks left.

Jared Williams

Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office deputies have issued 382 citations so far this spring break — and the season still has three weeks left.

Among the enforcement highlights: Deputies recently caught an underage group with a truck bed full of alcohol that OCSO said “looked more like it was stocking a small convenience store than a beach weekend.” Rather than confiscating it, deputies made the group pour out the supply themselves, can by can.

Okaloosa County maintains a zero-tolerance policy for underage possession of alcohol. The sheriff’s office has made clear it intends to keep that pace up through the end of the season.

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