Looking for Christmas ornaments, gets into shootout

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 54-year-old Starke man who told deputies he was looking for Christmas ornaments was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after witnesses said he started a gunfight in Starke’s Reno neighborhood. Derek Dean was also arrested for discharging a firearm from a vehicle. According to an arrest report, the … Read more

Stuffed dead kittens into freezer

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Bradford deputies arrested a 57-year-old Starke woman after they said she put six dead kittens and a dead rat into a freezer. Christina Farrington was arrested on seven counts of unlawful disposal of a dead animal, possession of a drug without a prescription, and trespassing. According to an arrest report, deputies … Read more

High Ridge man guilty in Good Samaritan’s death

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] State Attorney Melissa Nelson said a jury convicted a Keystone Heights man of killing a neighbor who tried to protect the defendant’s girlfriend in 2023. The Jacksonville-based prosecutor said a Clay County jury found William Burroughs guilty of manslaughter with a weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and domestic battery. … Read more

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 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 Jennifer Atkinson, … Read more

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 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 Dennis Alton, … Read more

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 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 Franly Leonel … Read more

Lied on witness stand

BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Keonda Judson, 34, of Tallahassee, was sentenced to three years’ probation after pleading to perjury in an official proceeding. According to a March 25, 2022, complaint, Judson was a witness in the murder trial of Marcus Whitfield, who was ultimately found guilty in the July 2020 shooting death of 19-year-old Blake … Read more