You could get a cash reward of UP TO $1000! ***ANONYMOUS TEXT TIPPING NOW AVAILABLE*** Text "TIP214 plus your message" to CRIMES (274637). Upon receipt of a tipster's first incoming message, an auto reply with a confirmation containing the caller's unique tip ID will be delivered to tipster's phone. To submit follow-up information the tipster simply replies. CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE ANIMAL CRUELTY SUSPECTS? Four Home Invasion Robbery Suspects Sought; $3,000 Additional Reward Offered Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris is offering an additional reward of $3,000.00 to the person who helps with the arrest and conviction of four suspects wanted in connection with a home invasion robbery that occurred early this morning in Shalimar. Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that helps investigators locate the four suspects. At approximately 2:30 a.m. on the morning of January 7, four suspects, three black males and one white male, entered a home located at 39 6th Avenue and restrained the occupants with duct tape then stole numerous items from the home. All four suspects were wearing dark-colored clothing and appeared to be in their late teens or early twenties. The suspects appeared to be armed with shotguns, but no one was injured during the robbery.

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Do you have information about a crime? Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers encourages members of the community to assist local law enforcement agencies in the fight against crime by overcoming the two key elements that inhibit community involvement: fear and apathy.

Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers provides a telephone number and Web Tips to encourage citizens in the community to volunteer vital information helpful to law enforcement agencies to fight against crime.

Callers can remain anonymous and are eligible to recieve a cash reward if the information given leads to an arrest or grand jury indictment of a felony offender.

Rewards range from $100 to $1000 depending on the severity of the crime, the number of offenders caught and the offences cleared up.

Crime Stoppers relies on volunteer Directors and tax deductible contributions from the public in order to operate the administration of the program.

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INFORMATION SOUGHT IN CRESTVIEW HOMICIDE

 Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward to an anonymous caller who provides information that helps the Crestview Police Department with a homicide investigation.  On January 6, 2006, the murdered body of Melissa Howard was found in her residence. There appears to have been a struggle and some items were stolen from the residence. The Associate Medical Examiner Cameron Snider said Howard was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and showed signs of blunt force trauma to her head.

$7,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR HIT & RUN DRIVER

The Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers will pay a cash reward to the anonymous caller who leads authorities to the driver of a vehicle that struck a killed and 15 year old girl in Destin in August 2002. An additional $5,000 has been raised by the victim's mother as a bonus reward. Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris has also offered a $1,000 reward, bringing the total reward amount to $7,000 for information that helps lawmen find the driver of the hit and run vehicle.

On August 10, 2002, Michelle "Shelly" Meadors of Louisville, Kentucky was struck by a pickup truck that ran off of U.S. Highway 98 in Destin and onto the sidewalk. Michelle died from her injuries the following day. The truck that struck her continued eastbound and left the area without stopping. Witnesses describe the vehicle as a full size pickup truck with extended cab, and pulling a small boat on a trailer.

FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CRIME STOPPERS TRUST FUND