According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office, the incident began when a female victim was attacked by a dog near a homeless camp. Pasco allegedly attempted to shoot the dog, but instead struck the dog’s owner.
Lake County deputies and negotiators responded to a barricaded person at a Fruitland Park home after the person allegedly threatened a neighbor with a firearm.
A portion of State Road 46 was closed in Lake County after a body was found nearby, according to the sheriff’s office.
Leticia is described as a Hispanic female with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs about 110 pounds and is 5 feet 2 inches tall. When last seen, she was wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants.
Westbound State Road 44 was shut down between Eustis and DeLand due to a large brush fire and downed power lines, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Dozens of gambling machines and more than $150,000 were seized in Lake County as the Florida Gaming Control Commission worked with local authorities to execute search warrants at three illegal gambling houses, according to the sheriff's office.
After five people were arrested in connection to the reported armed robbery of a Lake County casino, News 6 visited the location and left with even more questions. For one, how could it still in operation after being raided last year by law enforcement?
The investigation revealed that Colon had been accessing the databases improperly since 2023. A search warrant was executed on her assigned computer, leading to the issuance of an arrest warrant, deputies said.
A six-month-long operation out of Lake County finally yielded an arrest on Tuesday as a drug trafficker was taken into custody, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Using a drone to track him down, deputies with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man accused of domestic battery, a news release stated.
Human remains located in the Ocala National Forest have been presumptively identified as a missing man whose bike was found several days earlier, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
A SWAT team raided a property in DeLand early Wednesday morning, rescuing over two dozen dogs who were chained up there, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
With continued growth across Central Florida comes the need for more police officers and sheriff’s deputies, according to law enforcement officials. News 6 reached out to county sheriff’s offices to ask how much they pay deputies.
Following a deputy-involved shooting earlier this month that left a man dead, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has finally released footage showing exactly what happened.
Following a deputy-involved shooting earlier this month that left a man dead, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office has finally released footage showing exactly what happened.
A cold case involving a mysterious death from 1988 in Lake County is finally solved thanks to the DNA Doe Project, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office will hold a ceremony to recognize several employees for outstanding service, including some who responded to or were involved in the 2024 shooting which took the life of Master Deputy Bradley Link.
A man in Mount Dora has to receive two more shots as part of a rabies vaccination series following an attack by two dogs that he suspected were stray.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office is asking the public to help identify a person of interest who investigators say brandished a firearm in front of a homeowner's Ring doorbell.
Arthur James Young, 59, faces charges of aggravated assault, child abuse and kidnapping, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A 33-year-old woman faces DUI charges after she is accused of driving recklessly, including driving extremely close to power crews that were working, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
A 34-year-old woman was arrested on murder and child abuse charges in the death of a 9-year-old girl in Montverde, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
New court documents have been released that detail the evidence detectives compiled to arrest a woman for her alleged involvement in a deadly ambush in rural Eustis Friday.
Lake County School District announced that it is adding another layer of security by equipping its panic-button alert system with cameras.
The Mount Dora City Council has brought its rules on animals in line with Lake County Code, meaning all “at-large animals” must now be leashed when they’re not otherwise securely confined.
Detectives with the Lake County Sheriff’s Office moved in on four illegal gaming establishments, making off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in seized assets and cash.
We welcome Lt. Bill Reed of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office to talk about what policing is like in some of our rural parts of Central Florida.
When the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Safety Act required armed officers or guardians in every Florida school starting in 2018, that created an opportunity for the Clermont Police Department: to add officers to all elementary schools since the Lake County Sheriff's Office was already in middle and high schools.
A Lake County deputy’s marked vehicle was rear-ended, causing it to crash into another deputy’s cruiser, according to sheriff’s officials.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested after he almost ran over a police officer in a stolen vehicle on Sunday morning, according to the Tavares Police Department.
A Lake county woman was arrested Wednesday following reports that she had threatened and shot at her neighbors as they walked down the street outside her home.
A man was taken to the hospital after a fight inside a home near Mount Dora ended in gunfire, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Zachery Waldo, the man who left his DUI manslaughter trial for lunch and never returned.
Law enforcement officials are still searching for a Lake County man who went to lunch while on trial for DUI manslaughter and never returned.
Leesburg Police officers continue to search for the man, they say went to lunch during a DUI manslaughter trial, Tuesday and never came back.
Deputies are asking for the public’s help locating a man that was last seen in September, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
A Minneola man was arrested after witnesses said he punched a dog before threatening others living at his home, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office released body-camera video Monday of a deputy's deadly shooting of a suicidal man who had a rifle.
A woman is accused of chasing a relative down and fatally shooting him in Fruitland Park last week, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
After two people were found shot to death Thursday night at a home in Altoona, deputies located the people of interest in Ormond Beach the next day, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office on Saturday said its deputies had made an arrest in an attempted armed robbery of an internet café Wednesday night that left a security guard shot.
A man and woman were arrested following a yearlong drug investigation that yielded 2 pounds of fentanyl, 8 pounds of cocaine and $218,000 in cash, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office released body camera and dashcam video Thursday of a shootout between law enforcement and a man wanted out of Volusia County, according to investigators.
Deputies are investigating after antisemitic literature was reportedly distributed across several Lake County neighborhoods over the last few days.
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in a Lake County crash that killed an East Ridge High School student in January, according to the sheriff’s office.
A Lake County middle school teacher has been arrested amid accusations he sexually battered a student, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A new piece of equipment inside the Lake County Technical College is helping deputies get as close to real-life situations as humanly possible so they can train one thing: emotional intelligence.
East Ridge Middle School in Clermont was on lockdown Thursday afternoon because someone called in a bomb threat, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Since the beginning of the school year, News 6 reporters have covered on more than 30 high-profile incidents on school campuses: including student arrests, weapons on campus and lockdowns.
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News 6 has learned that almost every Central Florida county is looking to hire 911 dispatchers—some, in fact, offering incentives in the form of sign-on bonuses to recruit and retain more emergency operators.
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A 39-year-old man was arrested after a bank robbery at the Insight Credit Union on Highway 441 in Eustis on Tuesday, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
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A Tavares man was found dead after Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of shots fired at a Leesburg residence early Monday, according to a release from Lake County detectives.
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Three people were arrested and two were hospitalized following a shooting between parties who were boating and jet skiing Saturday on the St. Johns River in Astor, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
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After a scuffle over a pair of Gucci sandals, the alleged thief fled and almost ran over the rightful owner, according to deputies.
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