On Wednesday April 13, 2022 a promotional ceremony was held at the CCSO Operations Center. Deputy Cornelius Lorton was promoted to the rank of Corporal. The ceremony was attended by [...]

Pictured From Left: FSA Director Steve Casey, FSA President Sheriff Bobby McCallum (Levy County), Lt. Martin Lee, Sheriff Mark Hunter, Sheriff Morris Young (Gadsden County)   On Friday April 8, [...]

Sheriff Hunter & Representative Brannan   On Friday, March 25, 2022, Sheriff Mark Hunter presented the Florida Sheriffs Association’s Legislative Award to Representative Chuck Brannan and Senator Jennifer Bradley at a [...]

On Thursday March 17th, Sheriff Hunter held a promotional ceremony at the CCSO Operations Center. The ceremony was attended by family, friends, and CCSO employees. Arthur Mandy was promoted to [...]

On March 17, 2022 John Clink (33) was arrested in Alachua County on an escape warrant. The warrant was signed after Clink failed to return from a court-ordered furlough yesterday [...]

On Tuesday March 15th, at approximately 11:30am, a call was received through the Columbia County Combined Communications Center regarding a possible explosive device at Columbia High School.   Although a [...]

Markel Strong & Sheriff Hunter   On Wednesday March 9, 2022, Sheriff Hunter conducted a swearing in ceremony at the Columbia County Sheriff's Office Operations Center. Markel Strong and Stormi [...]

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office announces its bid for reaccreditation. A team of assessors from the Commission for Florida Law Enforcement Accreditation (CFA) will arrive April 4, 2022. The agency [...]

On Monday February 21, 2022 detectives with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office made an arrest in connection to a shooting incident which caused a lockdown of Lake City Middle School [...]

On Tuesday February 15, 2022 the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office assisted the ATF and DEA with a large operation which was conducted in our community. This operation comes in response [...]