Second
suspected home invader caught BRONSON -- The second suspect from
the home invasion robbery reported to Levy County Deputies on May 10 has been
arrested.
Patrick Shawn McLaughlin, 45, was tracked down
Thursday night (May 17) in Columbia County, Levy County Sheriff’s Office Lt.
Scott Tummond said. McLaughlin was arrested for the outstanding warrant issued
by a Levy County judge from the information submitted by LCSO Deputy Matt
King.
Tummond noted that McLaughlin thought he could move to
another county and avoid capture for his alleged crimes. He was wrong, Tummond
said. The long arm of the law and always-vigilant law officers of Florida are
watching, Tummond said.
Deputies from Columbia County and Levy County located
McLaughlin as he was trying to enjoy a quiet dinner at the Barnyard Junction
Restaurant located at 7629 U.S. Highway 27 in Fort White. Dinner was
interrupted and breakfast was guaranteed courtesy of Columbia County Detention
Facility, Tummond noted.
On Thursday (May 10), at 11:30 p.m., LCSO
deputies responded to 10331 N.E. 86 St., Bronson to a reported home
invasion robbery. A husband and wife told deputies that they were home alone in
their bedroom when two men they knew entered their home uninvited, Tummond
said.
McLaughlin and Aaron Michael Miller, 31, came to
collect on money McLaughlin claimed he was owed by the wife. The husband told
deputies he attempted to get out of bed to retrieve his wallet and was pushed
down by McLaughlin, Tummond said.
A fight between the husband and McLaughlin
started and was broken up by the wife who was demanding they leave or she would
call the police. McLaughlin grabbed the wife by the neck and took both cell
phones she was holding, Tummond said.
During this exchange between McLaughlin and the
husband and wife, Miller took the wallet from the husband and left the home,
jumping into the getaway vehicle. McLaughlin exited the home as well and both
men fled the scene, Tummond said.
Deputy Matt King located Miller a short time
later at 25 Forest Lane in Bronson and arrested him. Miller was booked into the
Levy County Jail charged with home invasion robbery and depriving a victim of
9-1-1.
FHP issues Levy County smoke
alert LEVY COUNTY -- Smoke from a brushfire
burning near Levy County Road 343 may affect portions of the following Levy
County roadways: CR 343, 337, 326, 335 as well as U.S. Alt. 27 and U.S. Highway
41. Motorist traveling in this area are advised to drive with care, by reducing
their speed. Please watch for advisory signs and use headlights when
encountering areas of reduced visibility. Motorist should consider an alternate
route if possible. Smokey conditions in this area are expected to continue into
the week of May 21.
Local officer earns state
award CEDAR KEY -- Refuge Officer Kenny
McCain is the recipient of the Florida Wildlife Federation's Wildlife
Outdoorsman of the Year Award for 2012.
Officer McCain was chosen by the Federation's board of
directors to receive this award because of his "exemplary efforts as a fine
outdoorsman and for your leadership in law enforcement which has made a
significant impact for conservation throughout the region."
He has dedicated most of his career and many
years of his life to Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge in law
enforcement, fire, and habitat restoration. This prestigious award recognizes
his exceptional and selfless actions which benefits the wildlife and habitat of
the Cedar Keys NWR and Lower Suwannee NWR as well as his peers, and
partners.
His award will be presented at FWF's 75th Annual
Conservation Awards Banquet on June 16 at the Bayfront Hilton in St.
Petersburg.
WPD offers defense class for
women WILLISTON -- The Williston Police
Department is partnering with Jerry Heines to sponsor a “Women’s Awareness and
Defense Class” to teach women how to avoid being the victim of a physical
attack. Heines has formed his class to prepare women to have a survivor mindset
and to use simple and practical techniques of self defense. This is a one
night, four hour course and not meant to train anyone in complex martial arts
forms. The class is free.
Heines is a 5th Dan Black Belt, World Taekwondo
Federation, Instructor in Muay Thai, Author of two books, author / Instructor
of “Defend Yourself” (a Panther Productions video) and he has instructed
narcotics, state, municipal police and correctional officers and he holds a
Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics.
Heines is offering this class in response to a need to
make women more aware and confident in their life and travels within and
outside of Williston. Initially he will offer this class on a twice monthly
basis and pare it back to a quarterly class as the demand allows.
The five available "one day" classes will be held:
June 5 or 26, July 17 or 31, and Oct. 30 please attend one. The class times are
between 6 and 10 p.m. at the Williston Community Center next to City Hall.
Please download the registration form from our website (www.willistonpolice.org/docs/2012_Defense_Class_Signup_Wiaver.pdf)
and complete the "hold harmless" waiver.
Bring the waiver to class (or deliver it to the Police
Department), bring a bottle or water and please wear loose fitting comfortable
clothes and avoid wearing jewelry. No weapons are allowed in the class and
please inform the instructor(s) of any injuries or disabilities at the
beginning of class.
Proud Chief Williston Fire Rescue Chief Lamar Stegall talks to the local Rotary
Club about the department that serves the city and the surrounding
county. Photo by Jeff M. Hardison
From the medical expertise perspective of this team in
Williston, six are first responders, 17 are Emergency Medical Technicians,
eight are paramedics and three of the EMTs are in school to be paramedics,
Stegall said.
WFR has a very good average response time in the city
and in the county, Stegall said. The average in the city is two minutes and 41
seconds. In the county, the average response time is 8 minutes and 44
seconds.
The WFR covers 98 square miles, which includes 10,000
residents, he said.
Only 25 of these volunteers receive a stipend for
responding to calls when they are not manning the station. The other six are
waiting to fill one of the 25 slots allocated to the chief, he said.
Chief Stegall said an aggressive program to help
educate homeowners about improving conditions to reduce wildfires appears to be
working. Firewise is a program for rural wildfire prevention.
The Firewise Project aids people to determine
potential fire hazards around their homes and how to mitigate those issues. The
booklet titled WILDFIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR FLORIDA HOMEOWNERS
is among the literature people use when they learn to be Firewise.
The following websites are some of the excellent
sources for information on wildland-urban interface and wildfire hazard
mitigation, according to the Division of Forestry: Florida Protection Bureau
www.fl-dof.com; Firewise Communities www.firewise.org/communities; Florida Division of
Emergency Management www.floridadisaster.org; and Federal Alliance
for Safe Homes (FLASH) www.flash.org.
The website for Levy County Emergency Management is
www.levydisaster.org. It has a wealth of
information.
Stegall also mentioned that Station 72 Williston has a
Facebook page, which it uses to disseminate information to the public and the
press.
As usual, a good time was had by all at the Williston
Rotary Club. The members enjoyed a meal of salad, rolls, fried chicken,
macaroni and cheese, dessert and drinks.
Guest Jeff M. Hardison of HardisonInk.com won
the 50-50, which he donated back to the club.
The Williston Rotary Club is scheduled to provide
another Purple Pinky event on Wednesday morning (May 16) at Joyce Bullock
Elementary School.
The group has performed a Purple Pinky Project
before.
Led by Linda Fugate, the chairman of the Purple Pinky
Project Committee, Williston Rotary Club members Chris Cowart, Justin Head,
Melody Laflam and Mary O’Banyon-Abdullah joined their leader on March 23 as
they inked up about 300 students’ pinkies.
For $1 a person, children in those three countries
where polio remains an active threat (India was most recently removed from the
list) will be vaccinated against polio as the worldwide campaign to eliminate
that disease continues. Rotary Club International has this as a high priority
item.
The three countries where polio is still a threat are
Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. “After 25 years of
hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this
tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for
all,” the Rotary International website notes. “It is a window of opportunity of
historic proportions.
“Reaching the ultimate goal of a polio-free world
presents ongoing challenges, not the least of which is a $535 million funding
gap through 2012. Of course, Rotary alone can't fill this gap, but continued
Rotarian advocacy for government support can help enormously.
“As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in
the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high,” the
website’s writers conclude.
Local Rotarians told the children in Bronson that the
purple pinky symbolizes what children in those countries do. To assure that a
person is not vaccinated twice, they have a pinky died purple and it remains
for three days as doctors go village to village on the campaign to eradicate
the disease.
The Bronson children all had their pinkies cleaned and
dried, however, before they went home. This is anticipated to be what will
happen in Williston on Wednesday.
GCSO seizes goods from
store
FANNING SPRINGS – A week ago Thursday (May
3), investigators with the Gilchrist County Sheriff’s Office seized about 1,000
containers of synthetic cannabinoids, commonly called Spice or Synthetic
Marijuana.
The containers ranged in size from three to 30 grams,
the GCSO said in a news release on Monday (May 14).
In March, numerous chemicals used in the manufacture
of synthetic marijuana-like substances were added as controlled substances in
the state of Florida.
In April, a GCSO investigator went to each convenience
store in the county to assure the stores were in compliance with the law. At
that time no violations were noted.
In early May 2012 information was obtained that led
Inv. Cliffton Dasher and Lt. David A. Aderholt to a convenience store in
Fanning Springs in Gilchrist County. It had been reported that the store was
still in possession of and possibly selling the synthetic substances.
On May 3, the packets of the suspected illegal
synthetic substances were seized.
LCSO arrests
to May 13
Publisher’s note: The following information was provided by the Levy
County Sheriff’s Office in regard to people arrested to May 13. These
defendants were arrested by the LCSO and other agencies. People suspected of
Failure To Appear (FTA) or of Violation of Probation (VOP) are not listed here.
Every person suspected of a crime is presumed innocent until he or she is
proved to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. DWLSR–
Driving While License Suspended or Revoked Poss. – Possession DUI – Driving while Under the Influence of alcohol or other
drugs LEO – Law Enforcement Officer RWOV– Resisting Arrest Without
Violence MAY
7 Philip Jay Bascone, 34, of
Chiefland was arrested for synth narcotic - sell schedule I or II, with intent
sell etc. other schedule III or IV drugs – poss. Bond $30,000.
Debra Watson Hertz, 56, of Williston was arrested for
make utter issue $150 or over. No bond amount was given.
Travis Terrell Jackson, 24, of Citra was arrested on
two out-of-county warrants. Bond $25,000.
Charles Lyles, 63, of Archer was arrested for battery
– second or subsequent offense. Bond $40,000.
Barbara Wilson, 51, of Bronson was arrested for abuse
elderly or diabled adult without great harm. Bond $10,000.
Gregory Wilson, 46, of Bronson was arrested for abuse
elderly or diabled adult without great harm. Bond $10,000. MAY 9
David W. Lewis III, 30, of Archer was arrested for
battery – touch or strike, assault on officer, firefighter, EMT, etc. Bond
$90,000.
William Russell Miller, 20, of Chiefland was arrested
for grand theft $300 to less than $5,000, dealing in stolen property. Bond
$40,000.
Bud Kenneth Moore, 23, of Chiefland was arrested for
dealing in stolen property, grand theft $300 to less than $5,000. Bond
$40,000 MAY
10 Valrize Latrice Bristol, 32, of
Bronson was arrested for battery 2nd or subsequent offense, 2 counts of
probation violation. Bond $50,000.
Keith Shane Bush, 40, of Old Town was arrested for DUI
– cause death to human or unborn child, killing of person or viable fetus with
vehicle. Bond $100,000.
Samuel Joseph Garretson, 26, of Cedar Key was arrested
for DUI – alcohol or drugs. Bond $5,000.
Billy Blaine Santerfeit Jr., 24, of Bronson was
arrested on two counts of pass forged altered instrument, petit theft – second
degree – first offense. Bond $4,250. MAY 11
Desiree Consentino, 47, of Holiday was arrested for
DWLSR – habitual offender, use of false ID adversely affects another. Bond
$50,000.
Aaron Michael Miller, 31, of Dade City was arrested
for home invasion without firearm or weapon, tampering in misdemeanor
proceeding. Bond $500,000.
Terry Lee Stacey Jr., 31, of Williston was arrested on
two out-of-county warrants. Bond $4,000. Jaquin
Taylor, 28, of Port Orange was arrested for DUI – alcohol or drugs, drug
equipment – poss. and or use, drug equipment – poss and or use, marijuana –
poss. not more than 20 grams. Bond $6,500. MAY 12
Brian Robert Bible, 26, of Cedar Key was arrested on
two counts of with intent to sell/ mfg. / or deliver schedule I marijuana,
poss. – 2 counts of schedule I marijuana – sell. Bond $120,000.
Aurelio Roberto Ortega, 41, of Dunnellon was arrested
for disorderly intoxication in a public place causing a disturbance. No bond
amount was given. MAY 13
Melissa Corinne Fellhauer, 29, of Inglis was arrested
for battery – touch or strike. Bond $500.
Jonathan Wesley Williams, 59, of Bronson was arrested
for battery – touch or strike. Bond $10,000.
GCSO
to May 11 Publisher’s
note: The following information was provided by the Gilchrist County
Sheriff’s Office in regard to people arrested up to May 11. These
suspects were arrested by the GCSO and other agencies. Every person
suspected of a crime is presumed innocent until he or she is proved to be
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. DWLSR –Driving While License Suspended or Revoked Poss. –Possession DUI –Driving while Under the Influence of alcohol or other
drugs LEO –Law Enforcement Officer RWOV –Resisting Arrest Without Violence VOP –Violation Of Probation FTA–Failure
To Appear May
7 Thomas Michael Harper, 49, was
arrested for writ of bodily attachment. Nicholas John Barritt, 46,
was arrested for tag not assigned to vehicle knowingly, DWLSR,
knowingly.
MAY
8 Wilburn Darrel Mincey, 50, was
arrested for poss. of cocaine, poss. of drug paraphernalia, RWOV.
Wallace William Whitaker, 29, was arrested on two
counts of grand theft.
MAY
10 Ulysses Isaiah Maddox, 20, was
arrested for aggravated battery with deadly weapon, poss. of firearm by state
prisoner.
Freddy Mae Watson, 44, was arrested for grand theft
auto, armed burglary of a dwelling, grand theft III, felony criminal
mischief.
MAY
11 Jerry Derone Shepard, Jr., 33, was
arrested for armed burglary, poss. of firearm by convicted felon, grand theft
III, felony criminal mischief.
Sarah Lorraine Spirit, 26, was arrested for Gilchrist County
warrant – poss. of controlled substance.
MAY
13 Christopher Wayne Weingarth, 44, was
arrested for Dixie County warrant.
Victor Taylor Love, 49, was arrested for domestic
battery, child abuse.
Kevin M. Bryant, 22, was arrested for Grand theft,
grand theft III.
Joshua Lee Young, 34, was arrested for DWLSR, RWOV,
flee/, elude, failure to appear - domestic battery.
Michelle Lynn Roden, 28, was arrested for accessory
after the fact.
DCSO lists
arrests to May 13 Publisher’s note: The
following information was provided by the Dixie County Sheriff’s Office in
regard to people arrested up to May 13. These defendants were arrested by the
DCSO and other agencies. Every person suspected of a crime is presumed innocent
until he or she is proved to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. DWLSR – Driving While License
Suspended or Revoked Poss. –
Possession DUI – Driving while Under the
Influence of alcohol or other drugs LEO – Law Enforcement
Officer RWOV – Resisting Arrest
Without Violence VOP – Violation Of
Probation FTA – Failure To
Appear MAY 7
Gary Vernon Crawford, 36, of Old Town was arrested for
DWLSR. Bond $2,000.
Carter Messer, 33, of Cross City was arrested
for poss. of contraband. No bond amount given.
Clara Kathleen Hunter, 35, of Old Town was
arrested on an out-of-county writ - Volusia County. No bond amount was
given.
Debra Gay Thisse, 48, of Old Town was arrested
for burglary of dwelling, grand theft III. Bond $2,500. MAY8 Anthony Lenton Demond Smith, 22, of Cross City
was arrested for abuse, battery, poss. less than 20 grams of marijuana. No bond
amount was given. MAY9 Angela Marie Luke, 44, of Old Town was
arrested for domestic battery on spouse. No bond amount was given.
John Roland Luke, 53, of Old Town was arrested
for battery on spouse. No bond amount was given. MAY
10 James Leroy Fink, 30, of
Old Town was arrested for out-of-county warrant. No bond amount was
given.
Kenyatta Daron Howard, 36, of Melrose was
arrested for sell/ deliver/ purchase controlled substance. Bond $60,000. MAY13
Christopher W. Weingarth, 44, of Old Town was
arrested for first degree battery. No bond amount was given.
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Fire Chief Lamar Stegall found an opportunity to talk about his “pride and
joy,” the 31 firefighters in the Williston Fire Rescue Dept. The firehouse is
manned seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., however no member of the
WFR is a full-time employee – not even the chief.
LCSO arrests
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