Bought stolen checks

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A Starke woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months’ probation after she told a deputy she purchased two stolen checks and attempted to cash one for $400. Shynequia Mone’ O’Neil, 28, pleaded…

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Chose to flee rather than pee

Chose to flee rather than pee

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A man who ran out of a probation office lobby rather than giving a urine sample for a drug test was sentenced to 120 days in jail. Michael Rodney McCarter III was first arrested in March after Starke…

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Pawned stolen earrings

Pawned stolen earrings

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A 39-year-old Melrose woman was sentenced to 18 months’ probation after pleading to pawning stolen earrings at a Starke pawn shop. Brandi Canielle Martinez pleaded to dealing in stolen property and gi…

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Video captures man firing rifle

Video captures man firing rifle

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A 45-year-old Bradford County man was arrested after he fired a rifle round over the heads of two neighbors, and the victims’ surveillance video recorded the act. Daniel Ray Brown was arrested by Brad…

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Tried to ram patrol vehicle

Tried to ram patrol vehicle

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A 62-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to 42 months in prison after pleading to running from deputies and attempting to ram a patrol car. Alexander Gordon Cardenas pleaded to fleeing and elu…

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Bank takes possession of Huddle House

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

DLP Bank, formally known as Community State Bank, took possession of Starke’s Huddle House restaurant following a foreclosure in which the former owner defaulted on $397,260 in loans. According to cou…

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Whispering Oaks settles judgment

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

The owner and property manager of Whispering Oaks Apartments have settled a $5,271.34 judgment entered against the two companies in October. The Best Restoration LLC sued 900 South Water Street LLC an…

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3-car crash sends people to emergency dept.

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

A crash on U.S. 301 south of Starke sent several people to area hospitals on Tuesday, November 7. Bradford County Fire Rescue said the three-car collision occurred near the 301 Quick Stop, south of Mu…

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Tax liens filed against 2

  • November 15, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

The Florida Department of Revenue had filed tax warrants for two people who operated businesses in Bradford County and who, according to the state agency, failed to forward sales taxes they collected…

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