Brandished knife over missing wallet
STARKE—A 25-year-old Brooker man was arrested after his family members accused him of threatening them with a knife. Blakely Thomas Trueblood was arrested for aggravated assault on December 25. A fami…
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Christmas Eve prowler arrested in Pleasant Grove
STARKE—Deputies arrested a 23-year-old Starke man after complaints that he walked around a Pleasant Grove residence and onto the front porch uninvited. Cameron Jamal McKenzie was arrested for loiterin…
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Flushed evidence down the toilet
STARKE—A 41-year-old Starke woman was arrested after Bradford deputies accused her of destroying evidence during a drug raid. Amanda Gail Godwin was arrested on December 27 for the December 19 offense…
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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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