n Wednesday, December 10, at 4:50 am, an inmate at the Columbia County Detention Facility was found unresponsive in their cell. Detention personnel began CPR and alerted EMS, who transported the subject to Lake Shore Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
On Wednesday, December 3, in a ceremony attended by family, friends and Sheriff’s Office personnel, Sheriff Mark Hunter swore in two new members. Ms. Mackenzie Guerra and Mr. Anson Johnson were sworn in as detention deputies. Detention Deputies Guerra and Johnson will be assigned to the Detention Division as detention officers. We wish them the…
On Thursday, November 20 in a ceremony attended by family, friends and Sheriff’s Office personnel, Sheriff Mark Hunter promoted three members of the Detention Division. Sergeant Holly Castagna was promoted to Lieutenant, Corporal Tocarra Gainer was promoted to Sergeant and Detention Deputy Ronnie Daniels was promoted to Corporal. Lt. Castagna will be the Security Lieutenant…
On Wednesday, November 19, in a ceremony attended by family, friends and Sheriff’s Office personnel, Sheriff Mark Hunter swore in Ms. Evelyn Searcy as Detention Deputy. Detention Deputy Searcy will be assigned to the Detention Division as a detention officer. We wish her the very best in her new career.
On Thursday, November 19, members of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office delivered food baskets to Catholic Charities as part of a holiday food drive. While there the Director of Catholic Charities, Suzanne Edward made them aware of an additional need in the community. Suzanne shared that there were children at a local school in need…