The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford…
The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A swimming pool contractor was ordered to immediately pay $80,000 in restitution and an additional $50,000 over the next 120 months to settle two felonies of a contractor failing to refund excess value for work. John James Prendergast, 50, owner of Blue Oasis Pools and Spas Inc., pleaded to the two…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A Florida State Prison inmate was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading to kicking a correctional officer in the groin. Avery A. Hawthorne pleaded to battery on a law enforcement officer. According to a Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General Probable Cause Affidavit, on December 10, 2024, three…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 35-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to three years in prison after deputies found a shotgun in the back floorboard of which he was a passenger, and officers determined the defendant was a convicted felon. Devin Shane Griffis pleaded to the weapons charge on January 14. He was arrested on…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 45-year-old Starke woman was sentenced to 30 months with the Department of Corrections after pleading to battery on a person over 65 and grand theft auto. Katie Michelle Chapman was also sentenced to three years’ probation during which she must complete a program at a Marion County substance abuse residential…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Travis Henry Aldridge, 41, of Starke’s Old Lawtey Road, was sentenced to one year and seven days with the Department of Corrections after pleading to a battery that arose from an argument over who would watch the man’s children. According to an October 12, 2025, arrest report, the victim and defendant,…
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A 35-year-old Keystone Heights man was sentenced to 30 months with the Department of Corrections after pleading to stealing a stereo from a Starke retailer and being in possession of glass pipes with methamphetamine residue on them. Henry Wimberly, IV pleaded to felony petit theft and use or possession of drug…
The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Liz…
The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford…
