Sunday evening at 5:22 PM, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office was notified of an escaped inmate. The inmate, Joseph Brown, 39, was in a trusted position on kitchen work detail. Brown utilized his position to escape the area of the jail, removing his green and white striped inmate uniform top approximately 50 yards east of the jail kitchens. The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office immediately began searching for Brown, utilizing K9’s, deputies and detectives as well as, drones, and helicopters from Su

✅It's time for another 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠✅ In our monthly briefing 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐧 discusses Sumter County Sheriff's Office activity, school zone safety, and upcoming events. As always, keep Sumter safe! #community #keepsumtersafe #scsoflorida | Sumter County Sheriff's Office-Florida

From Swampland to City in 30 Years! Before Palm Coast had neighborhoods, parks, or even paved roads, this entire area was nothing but pine forest, wetlands, and sand. Locals back then called it “a big pine covered swamp.” It was quiet, remote, and untouched, pure Old Florida between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. That all changed in 1969 when the ITT Corporation, one of the largest companies in the world at the time, purchased about 68,000 acres in Flagler County. Their goal wasn’t