Traffic stop becomes week-long jail ordeal
CRESTVIEW — A recent traffic stop became anything but routine for a Crestview man when it unearthed a warrant linking him to a recent South Carolina burglary.Christopher Shimeld, 34, spent last week in the Okaloosa County Jail after a license check turned up a warrant seeking him for the Feb. 28 burglary of a tobacco shop in Elgin, South Carolina. Shimeld was stopped by an Okaloosa County deputy shortly after 4:30 p.m. on April 6 for driving 68 mph in a 55 mph zone. [...]
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