The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has announced the death of Reserve Deputy Joe Smith. Deputy Smith had been in the hospital after being badly injured in an accident in August. He worked in Lake County for five years, serving as both a sergeant in the sheriff’s office reserve division, as well as security deputy at the Lake County Court House. “He will be greatly missed by all who knew him and we appreciate all that he did for LCSO and the community,” Lake County Sheriff Rich Martin said in Facebook post. “He was definitely one of a kind.” © 2023 - 910 Media Group Local Trending News PopularLOCALSecret tunnels, gangster ties and ghost stories: The past of a Harbor Springs propertyELECTIONS 2026Meet the candidates running for Michigan Secretary of StateLOCALProsecutor explains murder charge in fatal Peninsula Township crash