LAKE CITY, Fla. – Two women were killed Saturday night when a speeding pickup truck allegedly struck the side of their minivan at a Lake City intersection, and police say the pickup’s driver fled before officers arrived. The crash occurred at approximately 8:51 p.m. on Aug. 15 at the intersectionContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – A 24-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after police say he chased his girlfriend into the Lake City Police Department, assaulted her inside the lobby, and drove away in her SUV with her two young children still inside. According to the Lake City Police Department,Continue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – A Lake City man was arrested Thursday after police say he exposed himself to women in two separate business parking lots within a two-hour period. According to the Lake City Police Department, officers first responded at approximately 8:29 a.m. on Aug. 6 to the Lake CityContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – A Columbia County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been arrested on a driving under the influence charge stemming from a single-vehicle crash that occurred earlier this month in Orange County. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office announced that Deputy Michael Rooney was arrested Friday, July 24, after aContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. Two Lake City men have been arrested in separate undercover child exploitation investigations conducted by the Lake City Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, bringing the agency’s total number of child exploitation-related arrests this year to 16. According to the Lake City Police Department, detectives conductedContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – An armed man critically injured himself Tuesday after deputies and police officers responded to reports of an active shooting at a Lake City restaurant, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Lake City Police DepartmentContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, FL — A 55-year-old Columbia County man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a circuit judge sentenced him to more than 176 years in state prison following his conviction on multiple child sexual abuse material (CSAM) charges. Steven Paul Shaffer was sentenced on Monday,Continue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. – Authorities have arrested the final two suspects accused of participating in a series of armed home invasion robberies that targeted residences in Lake City and Columbia County during August 2025. The arrests conclude a joint investigation conducted by the Lake City Police Department and the ColumbiaContinue Reading
LAKE CITY, Fla. Two Lake City residents were arrested Wednesday after Columbia County deputies found a young child wandering alone in a neighborhood and discovered suspected methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia inside the child’s home, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded at approximately 9:27 a.m. on July 8Continue Reading
ST. JOHN’S COUNTY, FL – On the afternoon of Friday, June 29, 2026, 20-year-old Connor Andrew Gooding of St. John’s County was arrested by detectives with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office after traveling from St. John’s County to Columbia County to meet a child with the intention of having sex.Continue Reading