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The Citrus County Utilities Division announced Monday, April 18, that five samples tested negative from the well that had shown one positive result for bacteria last week in one of the Point O’ Woods wells.
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Citrus County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched just before 6:15 p.m. on Sunday to assist fire rescue and emergency medical services with a possible drowning at the springs and underwater caves off of S. Riviera Point.
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The Citrus COunty Sheriff’s Office is currently working an armed robbery at the Floral City Citgo.

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Full Coverage of the Citrus County Restaurant Burglar on SearchCitrus.Com

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a call at 5:47 a.m. Monday morning regarding a domestic issue in the Citrus Springs neighborhood.

Details are sketchy at this point, however, when deputies responded to the area, a pursuit followed with the suspect vehicle traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph at times.

Multiple shots were fired by the suspect at deputies during the pursuit, which crossed county lines at C.R. 484.  During the conflict, the suspect was shot and killed.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement will be investigating the shooting itself and is en route to the scene.

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The FHP has announced their DUI and Driver’s License Checkpoints for the month of April.

They are on the following streets in Citrus County:

County Roads: 39, 470, 480, 486, 488, 490, 490A, 491, 494

Local Roads: Highlands Street, West Cardinal Street, Century Boulevard, Elkham Boulevard, West Pine Ridge Boulevard, Dunkenfield Road, Rock Crusher Road, North Croft Avenue, West Seven Rivers Drive, West Venable Street, Pleasant Grove Road, Green Acres Boulevard, Fort Island Trail, West Riverbend Road, Fishbowl Drive, Miss Maggie Drive, Gobbler Drive, North Citrus Avenue, Turkey Oak Drive, Dunklin Avenue, Yulee Drive West, North Citrus Springs Boulevard, Grover Cleveland, Turner Camp Road, Istachatta Road, West Highland Street, and Old Floral City Highway

I understand why they do the inspections and I love the fact that they tell us where they will be.

The Patrol has found these checkpoints to be an effective means of enforcing the equipment and driver license laws of Florida while ensuring the protection of all motorists.

What I don’t get is why they announce them when, you can avoid them.?  So becareful and drive safe.

The Citrus County Network is continuing coverage of the shooting of the suspect in Crystal River this morning.

The Sheriff’s Office still has not released the man’s name as they are still waiting for the next of kin notification. We will bring you more information as it comes in.

A Citrus County spokeswoman released the following statement

Here’s what we’ve got in terms of contact with the suspect prior to the shooting.  We received a call at 9:57 p.m. on Sunday from 1030 SE Hwy 19 in Crystal River regarding a man claiming he missed his bus and who wouldn’t leave the premises.  He was allegedly harassing customers outside of the Race Trac gas station.

We received a second call at around 10:31 p.m. from SE Hwy 19 and SE King’s Bay Dr. in Crystal River regarding a vehicle crash with injuries.  Allegedly, the suspect spoke to deputies at some point at the incident location.

During both incidents, the suspect did not appear to be a danger to himself or others.