Detectives Shut Down Home “Drug Store”

On Monday night, detectives from the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force served a search warrant at a residence, 233 SW Riddle Lane. The warrant was a result of an undercover investigation into narcotics being sold out of this home. Columbia County Sheriff’s Office SWAT deputies assisted by securing the home for the detectives. The search uncovered…

Scam Alert

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office received an email report from a citizen about a suspicious incident that occurred on Saturday.   The incident involved a teen coming to the door selling magazines for a “school trip”.  Wisely, the citizen contacted the school this morning and learned they had no such fundraiser going on.  The Sheriff’s Office…

Deputies Locate Missing Elderly Man

At 8:37 am, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to 375 SW Old Spanish Road due to a missing elderly man. The preliminary investigation revealed that Richard Irving Preston, 87 was missing from the home he shares with his wife. When a home health worker arrived at 8:30 am to care for the couple, she…

Fort White Man Arrested After Standoff

At 3:18 pm Thursday, the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office responded to 3764 SW Wilson Springs Road due to a 911 call from a male reporting “a man had a gun was going to kill everyone”. When deputies arrived, the caller told the deputies that Patrick James Dempsey, 32 armed himself during an argument with his…