A 23-year-old Gainesville woman pleaded to organizing a pop-up party that shut down the City of Lake Butler on June 3. Diamond Wanae Golden was sentenced to three years’ probation. Judge Mitchell Bishop also ordered the 23-year-old to serve 80 hours of community service, pay $6,370 in restitution to the Union and Bradford County Sheriff’s … 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 Demarcus Emanuel … Read more
A Starke woman was sentenced to 60 days in jail and 18 months’ probation after she told a deputy she purchased two stolen checks and attempted to cash one for $400. Shynequia Mone’ O’Neil, 28, pleaded to uttering a forged instrument. According to court papers, the victim called the Bradford County Sheriff’s Office after VyStar … Read more
A man who ran out of a probation office lobby rather than giving a urine sample for a drug test was sentenced to 120 days in jail. Michael Rodney McCarter III was first arrested in March after Starke police pulled him over for a faulty tag light and discovered his license had been suspended. Police … Read more
A 39-year-old Melrose woman was sentenced to 18 months’ probation after pleading to pawning stolen earrings at a Starke pawn shop. Brandi Canielle Martinez pleaded to dealing in stolen property and giving false information to a pawn dealer. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, in December 2022, Alachua County deputies contacted a Bradford detective about … Read more
A 45-year-old Bradford County man was arrested after he fired a rifle round over the heads of two neighbors, and the victims’ surveillance video recorded the act. Daniel Ray Brown was arrested by Bradford deputies on Monday, November 6, for improper exhibition of a firearm, firing a weapon in public or a residential area, and … Read more
Putman County Sheriff Gator DeLoach berated a fellow first responder after his office arrested the man for child molestation. Deputies arrested Sean Evert Carpenter, 36, of Palatka for four counts of lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim less than 12 years old. The sheriff’s office said Carpenter was a firefighter with Clay County Fire … Read more
A 62-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to 42 months in prison after pleading to running from deputies and attempting to ram a patrol car. Alexander Gordon Cardenas pleaded to fleeing and eluding at a high rate of speed, driving with a suspended or revoked license, resisting an officer without violence, possession of a controlled … 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 William Casey … Read more
Bradford deputies arrested Benjamin Tyler Robinson, 22, of Starke, after his brother and witnesses said the defendant trapped his brother’s arm in a car window and dragged the victim along a road. According to an arrest report, the victim told deputies that he and the defendant had argued over getting food to eat and were … Read more
