Repeat battery offender gets 18 months

Repeat battery offender gets 18 months

  • May 15, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Hampton man with two previous battery convictions was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to attacking his girlfriend. Wendell Lee Chastain, 39, plea…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • May 7, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

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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Convicted killer threatens judge, prosecutor

Convicted killer threatens judge, prosecutor

  • May 7, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A man serving a life sentence for two murders in the McRae area has now been indicted for threatening the judge and prosecutor in his murder trial. Twenty-six-year…

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Not guilty of burglary, theft

Not guilty of burglary, theft

  • May 7, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Bradford County jury acquitted a man of breaking into an unoccupied structure and stealing a firearm from the home.  However, the panel found the defendant guilt…

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Baker County man picks  fight with 10-year-old

Baker County man picks  fight with 10-year-old

  • May 7, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Bradford deputies arrested a 39-year-old Sanderson man for enticing a 10-year-old boy to fight and then taking a swing at the child’s grandmother. Leroy Jay Combs…

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2 more dead after police chase

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Gainesville television station reported that two more people have died from a Waldo crash resulting from a chase originating in Bradford County. The Florida High…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

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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Salvaged someone else’s vehicle

Salvaged someone else’s vehicle

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A 43-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to selling another person’s car to a salvage yard. Charles Clinton Thompson pleaded to…

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Convicted on lesser charge of domestic battery

Convicted on lesser charge of domestic battery

  • May 1, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com A Bradford County jury convicted a 33-year-old Starke man on two counts of domestic battery at the conclusion of an April 19 trial. The state had been seeking a co…

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