Deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office recently made a startling discovery at the Withlacoochee Technical Institute firing range, just west of the county’s Central Landfill.
They found an injured American bald eagle in an open field adjacent to the range’s access road.
Within an hour, a Nature World Wildlife Rescue birds-of-prey volunteer [...]
Jeffrey Michael LloydA 20-year-old Hernando man was arrested on Thursday by Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies after a search warrant yielded several illegal drugs and associated paraphernalia.
Arrested by the CCSO’s Tactical Impact Unit was Jeffrey Michael Lloyd, of 4490 E. Custer Terrace, who is also facing drug trafficking and other charges.
Deputies [...]
Olley Franklin Ramsey
An Inverness man is in jail following an investigation into an alleged child abuse case.
Arrested was Olley Franklin Ramsey, 44, of 7640 E. Log Lane.
The case was first brought to the attention of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office on Dec. 19. The CCSO Child Protection Team interviewed the young boy, who is under [...]
Shaun Shopland
The good news is that a Citrus County man reported missing has been found, but the bad news is that he has subsequently been arrested on petit theft charges.
Shaun Shopland, 38, of 3388 North Chameleon Point, was reported missing on Jan. 12.
At last report, Shopland had signed himself out of Seven Rivers Regional Medical [...]
Melanie Orise Glass
Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies on Wednesday arrested a woman for the attempted murder of her Floral City husband.
According to the arrest report, the woman, Melanie Orise Glass, 35, allegedly used plant food and pool chemicals to poison her husband’s drinks.
The couple had been having marital problems, a divorce was in the works, [...]
ABOVE, FROM LEFT: Luis Balverde, Niuria Calzada and Michael Martinez
HERNANDO – Members of the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Impact Unit (TIU) served two search warrants and made three arrests on Thursday at separate, yet related, residences in Hernando
What they discovered were two sophisticated grow operations yielding hundreds of quality, high-grade marijuana plants.
ABOVE: Martinez and [...]
Bradley Dee MathewsA 32-year-old Homosassa man is in the Citrus County jail, charged with 19 counts of child pornography possession.
Arrested on Wednesday was Bradley Dee Mathews, 10 Boston Ivy Court.
According to the Sheriff’s Office arrest report, the CCSO Internet Crimes Against Children Unit (ICAC) was investigating illegal downloading of what was believed to be child [...]
Citrus County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the robbery today of the Chevron gas station in Lecanto.
The CCSO says a black male entered the station at 5 p.m. at 2205 W. Norvell Bryant Highway.
The robber surprised the clerk, who was working at the store’s utility-payment workstation. The man grabbed all of the cash from the [...]
A computer malfunction is thought to be the cause of a bomb scare on Monday in Inverness.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office reports that just before 8:30 a.m., dispatchers received a call that a computer at Inverness Medical Imaging (2105 Highway 44 W.) had displayed a message that alleged someone had brought a bomb in.
When deputies [...]
Citrus Times has learned there was some kind of a bomb scare at 9 a.m. on Monday at Inverness Medical Imaging in Inverness.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office blocked off the building with patrol cars, and the fire department was staged at the automotive dealership next door, our source reported. Occupants of the building were released.
CCSO [...]
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