Banker: Check fraud is back
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS —The president of Capital City Bank for Bradford and Clay counties said that with chip technology making debit card transactions more secure, criminals are returning to check fraud as…
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Brazell, Cummings have 2 scores each in 34-7 BHS win
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Chalil Cummings caught two touchdown passes, while Torin Brazell added two interception returns for scores as the Bradford High School football team put togeth…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted i…
Read MoreJudge rejects plea agreement
STARKE—A judge rejected a plea agreement between an accused drug dealer and prosecutors, offering a longer sentence for the defendant followed by probation, which the accused accepted. Bradford deputi…
Read MoreJudge gives offender one last chance
STARKE—Joshua Lee Hall was first sentenced to five years’ drug offender probation after pleading to child neglect. According to an arrest report, witnesses saw Hall’s two young children running around…
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Paid for others to steal microwave
STARKE—A 33-year-old Lawtey man was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to paying another person to steal a microwave oven from Starke’s Walmart and then selling drugs the same day as th…
Read MoreMisdemeanor charges for 8 go away
STARKE—The State Attorney’s Office dropped criminal traffic charges against eight defendants. James Randall Carlton II, 34, Ernesto Hernandez Regaldo, 22, Levi William Stanley, 23, Brianna Raycine Den…
Read MoreStole from retailer, hit daughter
STARKE—A 52-year-old Lake Butler woman was sentenced to drug offender probation for five years after pleading to felony battery and theft. Katrina McSpadden was accused of stealing a towel from a Hamp…
Read More12 years for Lawtey Fast Track shooting
STARKE—A 19-year-old Lawtey man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting to shooting a 29-year-old victim at Lawtey’s Fast Track convenience store in 2022. Blake C. Wyckoff pleaded to attem…
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