Third strike sends man to prison
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…
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License plate reader snags shoplifting defendant
STARKE—Police used store video and a license plate reader on the Starke Bypass to identify a man accused of stealing a television and microwave from Walmart. Kevin Aurther Ratliff, 36, of Melrose, was…
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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Tried to get refund for stolen garden hose
STARKE—A 25-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 6 months’ probation after pleading to grabbing a garden hose from a Walmart shelf and then asking for a refund on the item. I’van Tyrese Sargeant plead…
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Made a threatening hand gesture
STARKE— A 41-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 12 months’ probation after pleading to stalking his ex-wife and making a threatening hand gesture toward the woman’s boyfriend. Beau Jeffrey Whidden p…
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Played music too loud
STARKE—A man who was pulled over in Citrus County after a deputy heard loud music from his SUV was sentenced in Bradford County to 20 months in prison after he pleaded to a probation violation. Dickie…
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1 year in jail after flunking probation
STARKE— Edward Lowell Canada Jr. was arrested for DUI on April 20, 2019, after he crashed his white Chevrolet Cruze into a curb and sidewalk near Starke’s Colley Road and South Water Street. A Starke…
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HIV-positive inmate bit officer’s thumb
STARKE—A Miami man was sentenced to 4-and-a-half years after pleading to biting a correctional officer's thumb while the immate knew he was HIV-positive. Thirty-seven-year-old Travis T. Scott was serv…
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Prison for attacking woman with guitar
STARKE— Benjamin Ozer Benoit will spend the next 17 months in prison after pleading to felony battery-repeat offender on December 13. Starke police arrested the 42-year-old Church Street resident on A…
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