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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Probation for choking woman after breakup
STARKE—A 54-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 30 months’ probation after pleading to pushing and choking his ex. Walter Jarrod Davis pleaded to felony domestic battery by strangulation. According t…
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Recent 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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Man arrested for shooting hunting dogs
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager LAKE BUTLER— Florida wildlife officers arrested a 22-year-old Lake Butler man after he was accused of shooting three hunting dogs, killing two. Lance Anthony Thornton…
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Facing sexual assault trial, man pleads to witness tampering
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A 41-year-old Starke man on the verge of standing trial for sexual assault, aggravated battery, and felony battery pleaded to witness tampering and was sentenced to th…
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