BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] An 18-year-old Lake City man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he pleaded to fleeing from deputies and leaving the scene after crashing his car at Starke’s Winn Dixie. Yandel Santana pleaded to felony fleeing and eluding and leaving the scene of a crash without serious bodily injury. According … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 35-year-old Lawtey woman was sentenced to six months in jail and five years’ probation after pleading to making over $16,000 in unauthorized purchases with her aunt’s credit cards. Brandi Fawn Knight was arrested in March 2023 for exploitation of the elderly and fraudulent use of identification of a victim aged … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Hampton man with two previous battery convictions was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to attacking his girlfriend. Wendell Lee Chastain, 39, pleaded to felony battery. According to an arrest report, the victim told deputies Chastain punched her in the face and scratched the top of her head … 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 Sara Raven … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A man serving a life sentence for two murders in the McRae area has now been indicted for threatening the judge and prosecutor in his murder trial. Twenty-six-year-old Taylor Ryan Hill was convicted of shooting three people at a Lori Loop Road home, killing two on New Year’s Eve, 2019. He … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Bradford County jury acquitted a man of breaking into an unoccupied structure and stealing a firearm from the home. However, the panel found the defendant guilty of giving a false name to a law enforcement officer, and he was cited for contempt of court during the trial. The jury found … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Bradford deputies arrested a 39-year-old Sanderson man for enticing a 10-year-old boy to fight and then taking a swing at the child’s grandmother. Leroy Jay Combs was arrested for trespassing and simple assault, resulting from a confrontation in the area of Northwest 22nd Ave., between Lawtey and Highland. According to an … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Gainesville television station reported that two more people have died from a Waldo crash resulting from a chase originating in Bradford County. The Florida Highway Patrol said two people died after the car they were in crashed in the northern Alachua County town during a high-speed pursuit in the early … 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 Brandon Scott … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 43-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to selling another person’s car to a salvage yard. Charles Clinton Thompson pleaded to dealing in stolen property. As part of a plea agreement, the state dropped an additional grand theft auto charge. According to a complaint, after … Read more
