BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] One of three men arrested for starving a dog to death on November 4, 2024, was ruled incompetent to defend himself in court and will spend the next six months confined in a facility run by Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities. Mark Anthony Stevens, 21, was arrested along with Aaron … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 39-year-old Gainesville woman was sentenced to one year with the Department of Corrections after pleading to battery on an emergency medical technician. According to an arrest report, Elizabeth Anne Bannister was caught prowling around a Lawtey-area home on November 18, 2024. Deputies found the 39-year-old leaving the exterior storage building … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 52-year-old Bradford County man was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading to sexual battery and lewd and lascivious behavior. Thomas Lee Mackey will also be designated as a sexual predator for molesting children over 100 times, according to a Bradford County Sheriff’s Office investigation. But before leaving a … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 52-year-old Bradford County man accused of starving a dog to death asked a judge to assign a new public defender to his case. James McLoon was one of three men arrested on animal cruelty charges on November 4, 2024. According to an arrest report, Bradford deputies were called to a … Read more
A Bradford County Sheriff’s Office image shows one suspect taken into custody for car burglaries at the Keystone Heights RV Park on September 28, 2024. BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] One of five defendants arrested for breaking into cars in the Keystone Heights RV Park in September 2024 was sentenced to five years in prison as … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 33-year-old Bradford County mother pleaded with a judge to spare her from jail so she could work to regain custody of her children. Bradford deputies arrested Whitnie Brianna Tetstone-Jenkins for child neglect on October 16, 2024, while executing a Drug Task Force search warrant for narcotics in her Riverbend Estates … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 23-year-old Middleburg man was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading to failing to feed a dog tethered to a mobile home, resulting in its death. Aaron Luke Stephens pleaded to animal cruelty and resisting an officer. According to an arrest report, Bradford deputies were called to a Lincoln City … Read more
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 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 Ivan Alexander, … Read more
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 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 Timothy Bass, … Read more
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 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 James Bowen, … Read more
