Please join us from 9 to 10 a.m. on May 11 as the Citrus County Sheriff’s O(ffice unveil CCSOโs Fallen Law Enforcement Memorial.
The memorial was built to commemorate the three Citrus County law enforcement officer who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐ด๐๐๐๐๐, whose watch ended on Dec. 26, 1899 when he was assassinated in him home. Deputy McMullen left behind a wife, son, and two daughters.
๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฑ.๐พ. ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐, Newsome was ambushed and shot in a local saloon on March 3rd, 1908, while attempting to apprehend a murder suspect. Deputy Newsom left behind a wife and three children.
๐๐ด๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐๐๐, who lost his life on February 11th, 1997 when his patrol vehicle was struck by another car. Detective Johnson had served with the Citrus County Sheriffโs Office for 16 years prior to his death.
โ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐,โ said Sheriff Prendergast. โ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.โ
Our office began the initial phase of planning and developing the memorial in May of 2019 to recognize and honor own fallen heroes. We are so proud to unveil this tribute and hope you will join us in saluting Citrus Countyโs fallen heroes.
