Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendan…
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Glen St. Mary man charged with sexual battery on a minor after witness reports struggle in road
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 23-year-old Glen St. Mary man was arrested Sept. 25 and charged with sexual battery on a minor after a passerby told Bradford County deputies he saw a shirtless…
Read MoreMan accused of trying to drive off with deputy partly inside vehicle during Lake Butler traffic stop
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 26-year-old Gainesville man faces a charge of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer. Union County deputies say he tried to put his vehicle in gear whil…
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Starke man charged with animal cruelty after neighbor records him striking dog
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 61-year-old Starke man was arrested Sept. 24 on a charge of aggravated animal cruelty after a neighbor told a Bradford County sheriff’s deputy she saw him throw…
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Woman who called 911 on boyfriend arrested for punching deputy
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Keystone Heights woman who called 911 to report that her boyfriend had assaulted her was the one taken to jail Sept. 20, after Bradford deputies said she punched…
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Lake Butler woman accused of trying to run over boyfriend with pickup
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Bradford deputies arrested a Lake Butler woman Sept. 19 after she was accused of twice driving a pickup truck at her live-in boyfriend moments after he told her he…
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Contractor jailed in Starke homebuilding fraud case
Key points: —Ponce de Leon contractor Justin Robert Hammond, 38, was booked into the Bradford County Jail on Sept. 22 on six felony fraud-related charges, with bond set at $325,000. —Deputies say Hamm…
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Hampton man accused of headbutting victim, fleeing scene
Key points: A 36-year-old Hampton man, Robert James Davis, was jailed without bond September 20 on a charge of battery, a second or subsequent offense. According to the arrest report, Davis headbutted…
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Middleburg man accused of holding woman in Starke motel room for hours
Key points: —A 49-year-old Middleburg man was arrested Sept. 19 after a woman said he slapped her, threatened to kill her and kept her locked in a Starke motel room for several hours. —The woman told…
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