ORANGE PARK, Florida – A Ridgeview High School teacher has been arrested following an investigation into allegations that he sent sexually explicit messages and photographs to a student. According to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, authorities and Clay County District Schools received a report on May 19 that a juvenileContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Florida – The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man accused of displaying a handgun during an encounter with a substitute school bus driver at a Citrus County school bus stop Thursday morning. According to investigators, deputies responded May 21 to a reported firearm incident at a designatedContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Three juveniles were arrested early Sunday following a series of vehicle burglaries in the Pine Ridge community, according to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded May 10 to multiple reports of vehicles being burglarized and immediately began canvassing the neighborhood. Surveillance footage collected from residentsContinue Reading
TAMPA, Fla. — A former detention officer has pleaded guilty to accepting a bribe to smuggle contraband into a jail that houses federal inmates, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Dekarri Nixon, 28, of Jasper, admitted to accepting a bribe as a public official.Continue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Two coordinated drug investigations in Citrus County resulted in multiple arrests and the seizure of narcotics, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, following operations conducted by the Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Unit and federal partners, authorities said. The first operation took place April 22nd at a residence onContinue Reading
FLORAL CITY, Fla. — A structure fire early Tuesday morning in Citrus County has turned into a homicide investigation, ending with the arrest of a suspect following an hours-long manhunt. At approximately 6:30 a.m. on April 7, Citrus County deputies and fire-rescue crews responded to a fire on East HawkContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Eight individuals have been federally indicted following an 18-month investigation into a contraband smuggling operation at the Citrus County Jail, authorities announced. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, working with the U.S. Marshals Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District ofContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Florida – Citrus County Schools and the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office are proposing a new partnership aimed at strengthening school safety and improving coordination across all district campuses. Superintendent Dr. Scott Hebert and Sheriff David Vincent announced plans to recommend that the Citrus County School Board transition lawContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — Three people were arrested after Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies executed a narcotics search warrant at a residence in Inverness earlier this month. According to the sheriff’s office, members of the Special Investigations Unit executed the search warrant on March 6, 2026, at a home locatedContinue Reading
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — A 76-year-old woman has been arrested on numerous animal cruelty charges after deputies discovered dozens of cats living in severe conditions inside her home in Hernando, FL. The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jill Swaim following a welfare check at her residence on the 400 blockContinue Reading