TAMPA - Deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office are searching for a man who escaped from a Lecanto detention facility Friday afternoon. ...more

January 11, 2008

On Nov. 17 at the Inverness Golf and Country Club, Lt. Larry "Buddy" Grant, Deputy Sheriff, was awarded the Sons of the American Revolution Law Enforcement Medal by the Withlacoochee Chapter SAR in recognition of his diligence and decisive action which saved the life of a 15-day-old baby. ...more

December 19, 2007

It took an international effort, but detectives have made an arrest in the slaying of an Orlando man whose body was dumped in Inverness. ...more

November 29, 2007

Authorities say an anonymous tip led to the arrest of a man who robbed pharmacies in Sumter and Citrus counties. ...more

November 8, 2007

LECANTO - Some of professional wrestling's biggest names and a pair of Tampa Bay Buccaneers are scheduled to appear at a fundraiser Saturday night to benefit a Citrus County facility for abused children. ...more

November 7, 2007

A budding online friendship between a Citrus Springs man and a St. Petersburg man turned sinister when one invited the other to help him kill someone and then have sex with the body, Citrus County sheriff's officials said. ...more

October 28, 2007

A budding online friendship between a Citrus Springs man and a St. Petersburg man turned sinister when one invited the other to help him kill someone and then have sex with the body, Citrus County sheriff's officials said. Sheriff's deputies on Friday arrested Kevin Wade Daley, 50, of Citrus Springs, charging him with criminal solicitation to commit first-degree murder. They also searched his home located at 2377 W. Swanson Dr. ...more

October 27, 2007

A 17-year-old was arrested today in connection with the murder of Benjamin Fee, who was found dead in his jeep on Oct. 15, Citrus County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

October 22, 2007

An apparent homicide happened Monday night in Beverly Hills, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. ...more

October 16, 2007

INVERNESS - Mario Jean-Jacques, whose body was found on a dirt road near C.R. 581, was shot to death, Citrus County Sheriff's Office reported today. ...more

October 9, 2007