Rooterville founder accused of fraud
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The founder and operator of a Melrose-area animal rescue has been accused of using the nonprofit’s funds to buy land and a mobile home for herself. On June 27, the…
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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 i…
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BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said it arrested Benjamin Gerard Smith, 57, of Live Oak, and Donald Howard, 57, of Starke, on felony charges for possessi…
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Arsonist sentenced to 5 years
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 40-year-old Starke man was sentenced to five years behind bars after he pleaded to burning down his parents’ home. Jeffery Paul Gaudette pleaded to arson of an o…
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5 more years for battery, violating probation
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com STARKE— A 36-year-old Starke man first sentenced to two years in prison for hit-and-run was sent back to state custody for five more years after violating his prob…
Read MoreJail time for ex-employee
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A former convenience store clerk was sentenced to 120 days in jail and three years’ probation after she pleaded to stealing from her former employer. Talissa Shara…
Read MoreRecent 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 i…
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Prison and restitution for setting apartment on fire
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Crystal Brielle Pinckney, 30, of Starke, was sentenced to nearly three-and-a-half years in prison after pleading to setting a Starke apartment on fire. According t…
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Caught by video, license plate reader
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 36-year-old Melrose man was sentenced to a year in prison after video and a license plate reader assisted police in connecting him to a shoplifting crime. Kevin…
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