On Thursday, September 27, 2018, at approximately 8:15 a.m., detectives with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office Community Crimes Unit were looking for Brandon Hann, 30, of Homosassa, in reference to several armed burglaries in the area.
Officials went to Hann's...
Authorities are searching for two children out of Suwannee County -- 7-year-old Brian Mejias, who was last seen wearing a red shirt and blue jean shorts and 6-year-old Gabriela Mejias, who was last seen wearing a pink dress.
According to...
At its September meeting in Tallahassee, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) directed staff to expand a recent mandatory catch-and-release only measure for snook and redfish due to red tide.
The mandatory catch-and-release ruling will begin on September...
Winter Haven -- On Saturday, September 22, 2018, Polk County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an animal cruelty investigation at 4073 Mahogany Run, Winter Haven.
According to a press release, two people heard what sounded like a dog "yelping" coming...
An Inverness man who was stealing utilities was also operating a marijuana grow house.
On Monday, detectives with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office Tactical Impact Unit responded to 4190 S. Spaniel Trail, Inverness, after a theft of utilities call was...
Additional security was in place Thursday morning after a teen made a threat on Snapchat Wednesday night to shoot up Citrus Springs Middle School.
The photo threat showed a male holding a rifle and it was captioned "Don’t go to...
Ocala, Florida -- Two drug dealers remain behind bars after their house was raided by the Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team (UDEST).
Agents executed a search warrant on the house on August 23.
According to Ocala Police Department SWAT, they located three...
The Gulf of Mexico gag grouper recreational season in state waters off Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, and Taylor counties will be open for harvest September 1, through December 31.
The season for all other Gulf state and federal waters is June...
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After multiple requests, Citrus County Sheriff Mike Prendergast finally spoke about his refusal to sign a three-way contract for the funding of school resource officers.
Prendergast says...
A scalloping trip turned tragic Sunday when boaters discovered one of their passengers unconscious in the water.
According to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Ronda Mullin, 66, along with her son and several friends, had left Bay Port in Hernando...