Sold meth near Smyrna Baptist
A 44-year-old homeless man was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading to selling methamphetamine near Starke’s Smyrna Baptist Church in February. Bruce Austin Lee pleaded to two counts of se…
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10 years for armed robbery of dirt bikes
The second of two men accused in May of robbing two men of dirt bikes at gunpoint has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Chandler Parrish Ellison, 28, pleaded to one count of robbery with a firearm…
Read More2 sentenced for self-checkout thefts
Brittany Pauline Hunton, 38, of Starke was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, and Jon Michael Johnson, 42, of Melrose was sentenced to six months’ probation after pleading to stealing from Starke’s Wa…
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Autistic man accused of rape
Bradford deputies arrested a man they described as autistic after a woman accused him of molesting her over a period of years and, at one point, sexually battering her. Emanuel David Kiser, 19, was ar…
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Threatened father with pocketknife
Bradford deputies arrested Jeffrey Warren Atkinson, 65, of Starke on October 27 for the Sept. 12 offense of assault on a person aged 65 or older. According to court papers, the defendant’s father told…
Read More27 days for stealing cell phone
A 26-year-old Lake Butler man was sentenced to 27 days in jail after pleading to stealing a cell phone, candy, and socks from the town’s CVS. Stacey Deon Smith pleaded to petit theft of less than $10…
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Switched tags at self-checkout
A 39-year-old Starke woman was arrested after Walmart personnel said she switched a tag on clothing and under rang merchandise at the retailer’s self-checkout terminals. Katie Marie Sherwood was arres…
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Woman arrested after Capital One records phone calls
Bradford deputies arrested a 34-year-old Lawtey woman after her family members accused her of making over $16,000 in unauthorized purchases with her aunt’s credit cards. Brandi Fawn Knight was arreste…
Read MoreClaimed Republicans plotted to kill him
An Orange Park man sentenced to a year in jail claimed he was the target of a Republican plot to take his life and criticized Sheriff Brad Whitehead for not calling the FBI to report local corruption.…
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