BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Dejor Jaerail Hill, 34, of Starke, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading to ramming a truck in which his ex-girlfriend was a passenger. According to court papers, the victims, a 37-year-old man and a 31-year-old female were parked in the man’s pickup in front of the woman’s home … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Florida State Prison inmate was sentenced to one day in jail after pleading to smuggling contraband into a correctional facility by hiding the device in his rectum. According to a Department of Corrections Inspector General complaint, Keon Mayant Jr., 24, set off a handheld metal detector on February 18, 2021, … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
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
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Jeremiah Lee Merriweather, 34, of Starke, was sentenced to 18 months’ drug offender probation after pleading to tampering with evidence during a criminal proceeding. According to an arrest report, on March 10, the defendant was a passenger in a black Hyundai that made an illegal left turn at the corner of … Read more
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
