BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 34-year-old Melrose woman was sentenced to 18 months’ drug offender probation after pleading to possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. According to an arrest report, Bradford deputies stopped Kaeli Dezaray Jones and another person riding bicycles on U.S. 301 near Duval Chevrolet on October 25, 2023. “Neither bicycle … 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 Gordon Chris … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A former Clay County firefighter stationed in Keystone Heights was sentenced to two years in prison, 20 years’ probation, and ordered to register as a sex predator. Sean Evert Carpenter, 37, was arrested in Putnam County in October 2023, charged with four counts of lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim … 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
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 34-year-old Melrose woman was sentenced to 18 months’ drug offender probation after pleading to possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. According to an arrest report, Bradford deputies stopped Kaeli Dezaray Jones and another person riding bicycles on U.S. 301 near Duval Chevrolet on October 25, 2023. “Neither bicycle … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 47-year-old former Lake Butler resident was sentenced to 10 years after pleading to a probation violation. According to a violation report, Dexter Dewin Edwards told a Flagler County deputy he broke into a Palm Coast home to be arrested and receive treatment for his mental illness. Edwards was first detained … 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 Briyanna, Anita … 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 Sarah Montgomery … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A contractor for Clay County Tourism said his agency is in serious talks to bring back the Pro Watercross Tour to Lake Geneva in 2025. Alan Verlander of Airstream Ventures told the county’s Tourism Development Council on September 4 that his firm is talking to tour representatives about Keystone Heights hosting … Read more
