BY DAN HILDEBRAN
Kaleb Blayne Crawford, 23, was sentenced to 42 months with the Department of Corrections after pleading to possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis.
According to a warrant affidavit, Starke police stopped the defendant at the corner of Temple Avenue and Brownlee Street on May 5, 2021, because his vehicle crossed the stop bar of the intersection. The officer wrote in the report that when speaking to Crawford, he could smell marijuana coming from the car. A subsequent search revealed a firearm, 50 grams of marijuana, and a set of scales.
On February 27, 2022, police stopped Crawford’s Ford Ranger after one lawman heard the defendant shout through an open window, threatening another driver.
“Kaleb advised he was yelling at someone who was trash-talking his buddy Mike,” Officer Frank W. Krol wrote in an arrest report.
A records check with dispatch revealed that Crawford was driving with a suspended license, and a search of the Ranger yielded 4.4 grams of mushrooms and 42 grams of marijuana.
Zoe Myshell Leilana Eiselen, 24, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading to trafficking in methamphetamine, illegal use of a two-way communications device, sale of a Schedule III or IV controlled substance, possession with intent to sell a Schedule III or IV substance, keeping a public nuisance for drug activity, tampering with evidence in a criminal proceeding, use of possession or drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
According to a December 6, 2023, arrest report, the defendant sold 20.38 grams of methamphetamine to a Bradford sheriff’s confidential source.
In a December 12, 2023, arrest report, deputies reported that Eiselen sold 10 pills of Alprazolam in the Hampton area. Officers said the defendant used a two-way communications device to facilitate the transaction.
On December 19, 2023, the sheriff’s drug task force executed a search warrant of the defendant’s home. Inside the house, detectives found several bags around and in a toilet, in addition to methamphetamine and Fentanyl. Detectives also viewed footage from a camera in the bedroom, which showed the defendant retrieving items from the bedroom and taking them to the bathroom.
Brian Tavares Demps, 45, was sentenced to 15 months after pleading to possession of marijuana with intent to sell, felony battery, false imprisonment, and criminal mischief with property damage.
According to a May 18, 2023, arrest report, a woman selling pills in the Starke Winn Dixie parking lot led police to her supplier, Demps. A search of the defendant’s room revealed 7.8 grams of marijuana.
According to a November 7, 2023, arrest report, a woman claimed Demps struck her during a domestic dispute and blocked her exit from the crime scene.
William Tyler Flowers, 29, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading to possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
In a February 9, 2021, arrest report, Bradford deputies said they responded to the MJM Food store after receiving reports that a couple was offering large sums of money to anyone who would give them a ride to Lawtey.
The man claimed his name was Daniel Knighten. However, deputies later identified him as Flowers.
Officers discovered methamphetamine in the defendant’s pocket. Deputies also found several warrants were active for Flowers’s arrest.
Jeremiah Pridgen-Rosier, 32, was sentenced to 20.7 months in prison for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription and use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
According to an arrest report, Starke police responded to a trespassing complaint and encountered the defendant, who had an outstanding warrant.
A search also revealed that Pridgen-Rosier had marijuana and methamphetamine in his possession.
Drew Anthony Weaver, 25, was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading to possession of a controlled substance without a prescription.
According to a November 25, 2023, arrest report, a loss prevention officer at Starke’s Walmart told Starke police that the defendant stole merchandise from the retailer. The store employee said the victim did not want shoplifting charges prosecuted but wanted the defendant trespassed from the business.
While searching Weaver, officers found methamphetamine.
