Six arrested in drug investigation

Six arrested in drug investigation

  • January 30, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager LAKE BUTLER—The Union County Sheriff’s Office said investigators and deputies, along with members from the Union and Bradford Drug Task Forces, arrested six people bef…

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Man flees accident, escapes from  handcuffs

Man flees accident, escapes from  handcuffs

  • January 30, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 30-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 120 days in jail after pleading to leaving the scene of an accident. Luke Paul Fluder also pleaded to driving with a suspended or revoked license and r…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • January 30, 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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Knocked man out, ran over his legs

Knocked man out, ran over his legs

  • January 30, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 35-year-old Starke man was arrested after witnesses claimed he knocked a man out on the roadway, ran over the victim’s legs, and tried to strike the witnesses with his vehicle. David Carlos J…

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Deputies say 16-year-old kidnapped, beaten

  • January 30, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—Bradford deputies arrested two men and a woman after they said the trio kidnapped a 16-year-old at gunpoint and beat the victim unconscious while looking for a car thief. Leroi Lamont Luzunaris…

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Left baby alone in car for 6 hours

  • January 23, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—Gainesville police arrested a 30-year-old Bradford County woman after accusing her of leaving her child alone in her car for six hours. According to the Independent Florida Alligator, Darneshia…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • January 23, 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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Jail for driving with a revoked license

Jail for driving with a revoked license

  • January 23, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

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 Bradfor…

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18 months for fleeing in squatted SUV

18 months for fleeing in squatted SUV

  • January 23, 2024
  • Dan Hildebran

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 a…

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