Tune into the next exciting, live edition of the Sheriff’s 10-43 show on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on WYKE, channel 16 for cable customers.

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office has traditionally said that, "there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop."

The victim of Monday’s early morning structure fire in Homosassa involving a single-wide mobile home has now been positively identified as Joseph Urbain Labelle, 56, of Homosassa.

A woman's live-in boyfriend has been charged with abusing a Crystal River girl, 5.

Corey Lamar Kendrick, 28, also of Crystal River, was arrested by Citrus County deputies on Tuesday.

Tune into the next edition of the Sheriff's 10-43 Show on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on WYKE, channel 16 for cable customers.

Lt. Kevin Purinton is the special guest on the show.

By Gail A. Tierney
CCSO Public Information Officer

When the county’s Fire Rescue division officially merged with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office as of Oct. 1, 2011, a name change also came to the Criminal Justice Academy located at the Withlacoochee Technical Institute in Inverness.

A 38-year-old Homosassa man is facing robbery and battery on an elderly man after the Jan. 31 invasion of the home of a 90-year-old man, also of Homosassa.

Around 2:45 a.m. on Tuesday, a home invasion with forceful entry was reported at a mobile home off of West Cardinal Street near U.S. 19.

Fire Rescue Chief Larry Morabito recently was awarded the professional designation of Chief Fire Officer by the Commission on Professional Credentialing (CPC), an entity of the Center for Public Safet

The Citrus County Sheriff's Office has solved a string of air conditioning thefts in Crystal River.