Detectives End Five County Burglary Spree

Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Detectives arrested a Lake City man who has been on a multi county burglary spree. Over a two month period, 14 burglaries were committed by the suspect who used the same method and burglary tools. Five of the 14 burglaries were outside of Columbia County in Suwannee, Baker, Lafayette, and Union Counties.

Sheriff Hunter Promotes CCSO Members

On Friday, September 9 in a ceremony attended by family, friends and Sheriff’s Office personnel, Sheriff Mark Hunter promoted three CCSO members. Sergeant Richard Glover was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Corporal Randy Harrison to the rank of Sergeant and Deputy Matthew Baucom to the rank of Corporal. Lieutenant Glover, who has been with…

Drug Task Force Arrests Two

The Columbia County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force arrested two men following an intensive 8 month long, multi-agency investigation. Task Force Detectives along with personnel from Suwannee, Gilchrist and Colquitt County Ga. Sheriff’s Offices have arrested Leroy Valdez, 36 and Leroy Haynes, 38 both from Georgia on multiple drug related charges.

Fort White Harmony in the Streets Summer Camp

On Friday, August 5th, 50 students graduated from the 5th annual Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch Mobile Day Camps in Fort White.   These camps are sponsored by the  Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, who partners with the Youth Ranch to provide a quality camp at no cost to the citizens of our community.  The camp enables…