BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Police arrested a 37-year-old immigrant after they found him beating his brother in the parking lot of the Whiskey River Saloon. Yavony Alberto Rivera-Eguizabal was booked for aggravated battery. According to an arrest report, police found the defendant and victim in the back of an industrial van. The … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Union deputies arrested a 29-year-old homeless man after they said he followed two Lake Butler women, crept around their homes and peeped into their windows. Jose Dean Gonzales was arrested for stalking. According to an arrest report, one of the victims told deputies that when she and her … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Union deputies arrested a 38-year-old Lake Butler man after he refused to turn the volume down on his music. Branden William Dukes was arrested on April 19 for disturbing the peace. According to an arrest report, deputies responded to a complaint of loud music coming from a white … Read more
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 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 Jorge Giovanni … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Starke police arrested Phillip M. Jones, 32, of Starke for sexual battery and child cruelty and Jennifer A. Jones, 40, of Starke, for child cruelty and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. According to a police report, Florida Department of Children and Families officials called police after … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Starke police arrested a 41-year-old woman after a man claimed he shoved him and she admitted to pushing the victim. Melissa Dawn Pusateri was booked for domestic violence on April 20. According to an arrest report, the victim told police he was moving his belongings from a bedroom … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested Cherie Lu Dickinson, 19, of Starke on April 20 for abuse of an elderly person. According to an arrest report, the 67-year-old victim told deputies she was driving when she and the defendant got into an argument. She said that during the argument, the defendant … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Starke Police arrested a 34-year-old woman after witnesses said she ran over her friend. Sholeke Lomeke Merriwhether was booked into the Bradford County Jail on April 19 for aggravated battery. According to an arrest report, the victim was driving the defendant’s car on Starke’s eastside with the defendant … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 64-year-old Starke woman after a victim said the defendant threw a wooden novelty piece at him over some pickles he purchased. Glenda Paschen Turner was arrested for aggravated battery on a person aged 65 years or older. According to an arrest report, the victim … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 42-year-old Florahome man after they said he broke into a Keystone Heights church thrift store and stole items from the structure. Joseph William Harper was arrested on April 17 for the Sept. 3, 2022, offenses of burglary and larceny. According to an arrest warrant … Read more
