On Sunday, November 21, 2010, an inmate at the Columbia County Detention Facility attempted to harm himself. At approximately 1:00 p.m., Detention Officers responded to a cell where an inmate had attempted to asphyxiate himself. Multiple Detention Officers and supervisors immediately responded to the cell when alerted to the situation by other inmates. The Offices…
The Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute announces the graduation today of Major Wallace Kitchings (Chief Deputy) from the Chief Executive Seminar at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) in Tallahassee, Fla. The graduates represent criminal justice agencies around the state who serve in a leadership role within their agency. The seminar met for one…
The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office has again been contacted by several concerned citizens about phone calls they have been receiving soliciting donations for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and Lake City Police Department. Your state, county and local law enforcement agencies are publicly funded and will never solicit donations from the community. A fraternal law…
On Saturday, October 30, 2010, at approximately 11:15 p.m., a Lake City man was arrested at the Columbia County Fair for drug possession and resisting arrest. Columbia County Sheriffs Deputies were alerted by a vendor at the Fair that a man attempted to sell him crack cocaine. The alert vendor provided Deputies with a description…
On Thursday, October 28, 2010, a custodian at Ft. White High School was arrested by Columbia County Sheriff’s Deputies. Lonnie Albert Hudson was arrested following an investigation by CCSO School Resource Deputies Sgt Tim Ball and Deputy David Milligan. It was determined that Mr. Hudson had stolen two laptop computers, a welding machine and various…