Sheriff David Vincent

04/15/2026

Today was a great day! Recognizing our employees and the great work they do! Thank you Citrus County Government and Citrus County School District !

03/15/2026

Keep up the great work Huck’s Homemade Bracelets!!! If everyone had a heart like his, this world would be a better place!

02/25/2026

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office joins our community in honoring the life and legacy of former Citrus County Sheriff Charles “Charlie” Dean Sr.

Following our earlier announcement of his passing, the Dean family has asked us to share the statement below:

𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗲𝘀 “𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 “𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗿.

𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗻. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝘆, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝗻 (𝗘𝗱𝗱𝗶𝗲), 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗿., (𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘆), 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗲 "𝗖𝟯", 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 "𝗔𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻", 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 "𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿" 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱. 𝗧𝗼 𝘂𝘀, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀, 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆.

𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱, 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆.

𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲, 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆

𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟴 𝗮𝘁 𝟯:𝟬𝟬 𝗽.𝗺.
𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: College of Central Florida | Charles S. Dean Sr. Educational Center
𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀: 3800 S Lecanto Hwy, Lecanto, FL 34461

(1836)

02/23/2026

Sheriff Dean was a larger than life figure when he entered the room. I appreciate the opportunity he gave me back in 1993 to join CCSO. The picture below is my swearing in day which was in the training room that is now my office.

Sheriff Charles S. Dean Sr. 1980-2016 9th Sheriff of Citrus County.

02/06/2026

Great but cold morning at WAWA in Crystal River!!

01/12/2026

To honor Corporal Marcial “Rod” Rodriguez, the Rodriguez family, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Texas Roadhouse in Lecanto and the Citrus County Education Foundation are teaming up to bring you an exceptional drive-thru dinner experience AND a dine in to donate dinner experience.

Drive Thu Event Details:
• Date: January 14, 2026
• Location: Texas Roadhouse, 2130 N. Lecanto Hwy, Lecanto, FL 34461
• Pickup: At your selected time in a designated TOGO parking spot

Here’s how it works:
1. Scan the QR code below to select your arrival time.
2. Arrive at Texas Roadhouse on your scheduled pickup time.
3. Park in a TOGO pickup spot, and a team member will deliver a hot, made-from-scratch meal right to your car.
4. Only this to go dinner will be eligible for this fundraiser.

$59.99 - Dinner Includes:
• 1lb BBQ Pulled Pork
• 1.5lbs Herb Crusted Chicken (3pcs)
• 16oz Mashed Potatoes (Gravy Optional)
• 16oz Green Beans
• 16oz Corn
• 8 Rolls
• 8oz Honey Cinnamon Butter

Best of all, 30% of your total ticket price will be donated to the Rodriguez family on behalf of the Citrus County Education Foundation.

In addition to the Drive Thru Dinners, Texas Roadhouse will be donating 10% of the proceeds from those dining in on January 14, 2026 , to the Rodriguez family as well. Dine To Donate will be on January 14, 2026, from 3pm – 10pm. Please see the attached for more information.

01/09/2026

Join us for the Inaugural Rehab Renegade Run in beautiful Citrus County, FL! This event will benefit the “Love for Lehera” Andy Lehera Foundation.

12/09/2025

Rest easy Rod…..

11/29/2025

Please join us on Saturday Dec 6th at CRHS to honor the life of Deputy Rodriguez. 11:00am ceremony starts.

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office is inviting the public to help honor a school resource deputy who died late last month.

11/27/2025