Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Johnston County, Oklahoma, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Johnston County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Johnston County District Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Johnston County public records, Oklahoma arrest records, Oklahoma inmate search and Oklahoma criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Johnston County
The Johnston County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Johnston County. It reported 283 arrests for 2025.
One city in Johnston County reports its arrests to the FBI separately:
- Tishomingo, 3,083 residents: 73 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Johnston County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Johnston County Sheriff's Office: 283 for 2025, 244 for 2024, 282 for 2023, 317 for 2022, 316 for 2021 and 182 for 2020.
- Tishomingo: 73 for 2025, 85 for 2024, 147 for 2023, 133 for 2022, 96 for 2021 and 45 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 356 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 356 in 2025 against 329 in 2024, up 8.2 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Johnston County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Johnston County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 46 people, up from about 27 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 64 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Johnston County Sheriff's Office at jcso.org/detention-center/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Johnston County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at okoffender.doc.ok.gov.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Johnston County
An arrest in Johnston County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Johnston County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; OSCN and ODCR, the free online dockets of every Oklahoma district court, which shows whether charges were filed.
Oklahoma is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15 a search, through the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Johnston County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the agency must answer promptly; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge copying at no more than 25 cents a page.
- An arrest by the Johnston County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Tishomingo: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okc.gov/Government/Records/Records-Request (page title: Records Request | City of OKC).
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Johnston County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for one of the seven cities in Johnston County: Tishomingo. Mannsville, Ravia, Wapanucka, Mill Creek, Milburn and Bromide have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Johnston County District Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Johnston County each year?
The Johnston County Sheriff's Office reported 283 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the two agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 356 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Johnston County?
Look on the custody page of the Johnston County Sheriff's Office at jcso.org/detention-center/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Johnston County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Johnston County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Johnston County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation: anyone can order a name-based criminal history search online, for $15. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Oklahoma Open Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Johnston County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Johnston County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Oklahoma Open Records Act the answer is due promptly; the statute sets no number of days; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at okc.gov/Government/Records/Records-Request.
Is this the official Johnston County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.