On Thursday evening, December 27, Columbia County Sheriff Office Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for the 11 year old that shot and killed 14 year old Jadon Vaughn, Wednesday night. Carter Palm, 11 of Lake City was taken into custody without incident at a residence in Gilchrist County on the charge of Manslaughter and…
On Wednesday, December 26, Columbia County Sheriff Office Detectives began an investigation into the shooting death of a juvenile. At about 7 pm, Deputies responded to the 200 block of SE Anastasia Street in unincorporated Columbia County due to a report of a person shot. When Deputies arrived they learned the subject that had…
On Tuesday, December 4, Columbia County Sheriff Office Detectives began a homicide investigation into the death of a female who had been discovered in a local motel room. Deputies had been sent to the Sands Motel at 1600 E Duval Street in unincorporated Lake City to do a welfare check on a female staying in…
As your Sheriff’s Offices works toward a safer Columbia; it’s important for our partners in the community to understand how we protect and why we do some of the things we do. Bias-Based Profiling The Difference Between Bias-Based Policing & Criminal Profiling Bias-based policing is the use of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, economic status, background,…
On Wednesday night, October 25, Columbia County Sheriff Office Detectives began an investigation into the death of a CCSO inmate at the county jail. The investigation was prompted when Detention Deputies who were conducting routine inmate checks found Harry Leary, 57 dead in his cell. Leary was in alone in the cell waiting to…