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 Joshua Edward … Read more
STARKE—Thomas Mitchell Edwards, 72, was initially stopped on January 17, 2022, near Starke’s Tractor Supply for a driver’s license violation and was arrested on an additional drug charge after Bradford deputies found crack cocaine in his pants pocket. Three months later, he pleaded to possession of cocaine and was sentenced to 13 days served, followed … Read more
STARKE– A Bradford County man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to fleeing and eluding in a squatted GMC Yukon. According to an arrest report, Colton Wesley White, 21, was arrested after Bradford Deputy T. Lovell spotted the defendant’s squatted SUV traveling 90 mph in a 50-mph zone westbound on State Road … Read more
STARKE—A former Bradford political candidate was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay $105,000 in restitution after pleading to writing a $100,000 bad check. In July, deputies arrested Storm Zedra Hamilton, 30, of Starke for two counts of fraud-insufficient funds check. According to a sworn complaint, one victim and her attorney contacted Bradford … Read more
STARKE—A 45-year-old Bradford County man was sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading to using his foot to choke a woman and later pointing a handgun at the vehicle she was in and punching her in the face. Judge James M. Colaw adjudicated Seth Micah Norviel guilty on January 16 and sentenced him to … Read more
STARKE—A 22-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 12 months’ probation for hitting his girlfriend and dragging her back into their home after she left to help her mother move “some stuff.” Holden Race Goodwin was also ordered to enter a batterers intervention program, undergo random drug and alcohol screenings, and have no hostile contact with … 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, … Read more
STARKE— A 26-year-old Starke man was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading to trafficking in phenethylamines, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and driving with a suspended license. According to an arrest report, a Bradford deputy stopped Cody Michael Jones near the intersection of Starke’s Orange and Weldon Streets after a … Read more
STARKE—A Fernandina Beach man on probation for driving with a suspended license in Lawtey was sentenced to a year in jail after he was caught for the same offense in Nassau County twice. Jonathan Eugene Cain, 52, was initially arrested on March 3, 2022, after a Lawtey police officer clocked him at 59 mph in … Read more
STARKE—A Tampa man was sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting to paying for a pillow at Starke’s Bealls Outlet with a counterfeit $100 bill. Steven Brad Powers, 36, pleaded to uttering forged bills. According to a Florida Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement complaint, store video showed the defendant purchasing a large black décor … Read more
