STARKE— A 58-year-old Lawtey woman was sentenced to two years’ probation after pleading to hitting another car with her Ford Mustang and then leaving the scene. Becky Lynn Reddish pleaded to leaving the scene of an accident involving an injury and DUI. According to an arrest report, the victim told Lawtey police she was driving … 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 Jozie Rose … Read more
STARKE—Deputies arrested a 24-year-old Hampton man after witnesses said he fought a household member over a large speaker and used the device to strike and injure the victim. Jarred Tra’kel Mason was arrested for battery on December 29. According to an arrest report, Mason called law enforcement to the Hampton Lake area to get the … Read more
STARKE—Bradford deputies arrested a 25-year-old Starke woman after her brother said she tried to stab him. Jimea Alise Tyson was arrested for aggravated assault. According to an arrest report, the victim told deputies he was holding a phone for a friend, and his sister demanded he turn over the device to her. When he refused, … Read more
STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 46-year-old Keystone Heights woman after family members accused her of fraud. Christy Renee Jones was arrested on December 24 for the June 2023 offenses of illegal use of credit cards. According to a warrant affidavit, the defendant’s 66-year-old aunt told deputies she gave Jones her bank card “to go up … Read more
STARKE—Deputies arrested a Sampson City man after he struck a family member in the back of her head with a cell phone. Jonathan Ray Burns, 29, was booked on an aggravated battery charge. According to an arrest report, a neighbor called deputies after the victim showed up at the neighbor’s door covered in blood. Deputy … Read more
STARKE—A 25-year-old Brooker man was arrested after his family members accused him of threatening them with a knife. Blakely Thomas Trueblood was arrested for aggravated assault on December 25. A family member of the defendant told deputies that she and the defendant had been arguing all day about a missing wallet, and Trueblood swung a … Read more
STARKE—Deputies arrested a 23-year-old Starke man after complaints that he walked around a Pleasant Grove residence and onto the front porch uninvited. Cameron Jamal McKenzie was arrested for loitering or prowling. According to an arrest report, a woman inside the Northwest 177th Street residence told a deputy she heard knocking on the back door and … Read more
STARKE—A 41-year-old Starke woman was arrested after Bradford deputies accused her of destroying evidence during a drug raid. Amanda Gail Godwin was arrested on December 27 for the December 19 offense. According to a warrant affidavit, while the office’s drug task force and S.W.A.T. team conducted a narcotics search warrant in the Hampton-Theressa area, deputies … Read more
A 60-year-old Starke man on probation was sentenced to a year behind bars after he violated the terms of his supervision twice. Arthur Lavern DeSue was initially arrested on December 17, 2021, after a Starke police confidential source bought 0.1 grams of crack cocaine from the defendant for $20 on Florida Street. Circuit Judge James … Read more
