A Bradford County man serving 20 years in state prison for burning down a Lawtey hotel and attacking law enforcement officers has filed an appeal with the First District Court of Appeal, court records show. Christian Lee Singleton, 45, of Atlantic Beach, entered a no contest plea in Bradford County Circuit Court in April 2023…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Bradford County man was sentenced to 15 years with the Department of Corrections after pleading on March 25 to 13 counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. According to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement news release, Roby Emory Catrett, Jr., 56, of Starke, was arrested in July 2025…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Starke man with a history of battery convictions was sentenced last month to 80 days in the Bradford County Jail, followed by three years of supervised release, after pleading no contest to two counts of felony battery stemming from a domestic violence incident at a Starke residence in January. Jonathan…
The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Kallie-Jo…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School was coming off two big wins in baseball, but couldn’t get its third win in a row, losing 7-0 to host Baker County on April 3. Ryland Rike batted 2 for 3 for the Tornadoes (8-12), but the rest of the team went a combined 3 for 22.…
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Bradford High School’s Parviele “P.J.” Lee broke the school record in the shot put as the Tornadoes competed in the April 3 Columbia High School Tiger Invite. Lee won the shot put with a distance of 47 feet, 11.25 inches. He had one of two wins for the boys team, which…
Bradford High School’s softball team led for the first four innings, but host Newberry rallied and eventually won with a three-run sixth inning, defeating the Tornadoes 11-9 on April 2. The Tornadoes (2-9) scored five runs in the top of the first. Kingslee Phillips singled and scored on a Taryn Flowers triple. Two runs later…
Bradford High School’s flag football team turned the ball over four times — including twice on goal-to-go opportunities — and was hurt by several times on deep passes by visiting Buchholz in a 26-7 loss on April 2. The Class 2A Tornadoes (4-4) led for most of the first half, but the Class 3A Bobcats…
Bradford High School’s softball team got off to a good start, but just couldn’t keep up with number-one seed Lake City, which defeated the Tornadoes 17-11 in the semifinals of the Suwannee Middle Athletic Conference tournament on March 31. The fourth seed Tornadoes started the game with a triple from Bristol Manning, who then scored…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalk on the southwest corner of U.S. 301 and State Road 100 in Starke on March 28 to protest the policies of President Donald Trump and a proposed Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Starke. A dozen more lined up in front of the proposed…
