Florida’s Attorney General has recognized two Columbia County Sheriff’s Office Deputies. Pam Bondi recognized Deputy Steven Khachigan and Corporal Don Meyer for completing 130 hours of training in juvenile issues offered through the Florida Crime Prevention Training Institute. The two deputies are now entitled to be conferred the designation of Florida School Resource Officer Practitioner. The…
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, Attorney General Pam Bondi filed an emergency rule outlawing 22 new synthetic drugs, commonly called “bath salts,” “K2” or “Spice.” Attorney General Bondi announced the emergency rule designating new synthetic drugs as Schedule I of controlled substances, making it a third-degree felony for an individual to “sell, manufacture, or deliver,…
On Tuesday, December 11, 2012, a Columbia County man was arrested after an altercation. Deputies were called to the Players Club on U.S. 90 West at approximately 7:00 pm to assist an investigator with the Florida Department of Children and Families. The DCF investigator had a court order to take custody of a male infant.…
On Friday, December 7, 2012, a Columbia County man was arrested on multiple charges stemming from a shooting investigation. Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence located on County Rd. 245 at approximately 10:00 p.m. Deputies were investigating an incident where a male subject had allegedly shot at his girlfriend. Deputies discovered the…
On 12/08/12 Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to NW Yates Loop in to investigate a lost child. A citizen discovered a young male child, approximately 2 to 3 years of age, walking in the ditch at the corner of NW Yates Loop and NW Ash Dr. The child was unable to give…