Shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday, patrol units with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office responded out to 1245 West High Acres Street in Lecanto in response to a report of an armed, suicidal subject. Subsequently, the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) were deployed to assist.
On April 11, 2018, a search warrant was executed at 1132 Stately Oaks Drive in Inverness after Detective Chris Cornell of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office’s High Tech Crimes Unit was able to identify and download child pornography from a computer at that address. Herman Metcalf and two other family members were home at the […]
A Winter Haven man has been arrested following a wild Sunday night ride through Citrus and Hernando counties.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for a county resident who went missing two years ago. That resident is Carol McHugh, who vanished on June 8, 2017. McHugh, a 72-year old mother and grandmother from Inverness, suffering from memory issues, completely disappeared without a trace in 2017 from her home while she was […]
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) are currently investigating claims of organized fraud by Citrus County-based business Elite Roofing. At this time, several potential victims have been identified throughout the state of Florida, as well as the East coast region. Victims allege that they were charged large […]
More reward money is being offered in a 1985 homicide case in Lecanto.