Judge rejects plea agreement

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A judge rejected a plea agreement between an accused drug dealer and prosecutors, offering a longer sentence for the defendant followed by probation, which the accused accepted. Bradford deputi…

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Judge gives offender one last chance

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—Joshua Lee Hall was first sentenced to five years’ drug offender probation after pleading to child neglect. According to an arrest report, witnesses saw Hall’s two young children running around…

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Paid for others to steal microwave

Paid for others to steal microwave

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 33-year-old Lawtey man was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to paying another person to steal a microwave oven from Starke’s Walmart and then selling drugs the same day as th…

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Misdemeanor charges for 8 go away

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—The State Attorney’s Office dropped criminal traffic charges against eight defendants. James Randall Carlton II, 34, Ernesto Hernandez Regaldo, 22, Levi William Stanley, 23, Brianna Raycine Den…

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Stole from retailer, hit daughter

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 52-year-old Lake Butler woman was sentenced to drug offender probation for five years after pleading to felony battery and theft. Katrina McSpadden was accused of stealing a towel from a Hamp…

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12 years for Lawtey Fast Track shooting

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 19-year-old Lawtey man was sentenced to 12 years in prison after admitting to shooting a 29-year-old victim at Lawtey’s Fast Track convenience store in 2022. Blake C. Wyckoff pleaded to attem…

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10 years in prison for dirt bike deal gone bad

10 years in prison for dirt bike deal gone bad

  • September 18, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE— A 20-year-old Waldo man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after admitting to robbing two people at gunpoint during a dirt bike sale. Aaron Tyler Higgins pleaded to two counts of robbery with…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • September 12, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

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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Spaghetti stain sends man to prison for 5 years

  • September 12, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

STARKE—A 50-year-old Starke man was sentenced to five years in prison after his original denial of felony battery collapsed due to a spaghetti stain on his shorts. Calbren Leon Bennett was arrested on…

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