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 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 Ryan Edward … Read more

Paid for pizza with play money

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— Police arrested a 23-year-old Estelle Street resident after he paid for a pizza with a fake $100 bill. Danwandre Zikell Green of Starke was arrested for passing a counterfeit bank note. According to an arrest report, a delivery driver at Domino’s Pizza told officers that a man approached … Read more

Caregiver confiscates dead woman’s property

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—Calvin Eugene Miller, 66, of Palatka was sentenced to four months in jail followed by two years’ probation after pleading to grand theft auto. According to a warrant affidavit, the defendant cared for a woman who died in July 2022. After the woman’s death, Miller took possession of the … Read more

Lincoln City squatter sentenced

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—Jamalcom Earl Isler, 28, of Starke was sentenced to 364 days in jail for squatting in a vacant Lincoln City home. The defendant pleaded to burglary of an unoccupied structure and resisting an officer while the state dropped a grand theft charge.  Isler and Lakwanzaa Shanice Griffin, 25, of … Read more

Prison after snatching cell phone

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—A 30-year-old Lawtey man was sentenced to 20 months in prison, followed by three years’ drug offender probation after admitting to snatching a cell phone from a woman. Aaron Roy Griffis pleaded to tampering with a witness or victim. In a plea agreement, the state dropped another charge of … Read more

1 year for threatening woman with knife

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—A 40-year-old Starke man was sentenced to a year in jail and a year probation after admitting to threatening a woman with a knife. Anthony Michael Alsheimer pleaded to aggravated assault and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. According to an arrest report, during an argument between … Read more

Stole chicken, fled on bicycle

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— A 61-year-old Starke man was sentenced to nearly a year in jail for stealing chicken from Walmart and fleeing the retailer on a bicycle. Alton Lamar Moore pleaded to felony petit theft and was sentenced to 300 days in jail. According to an arrest report, a Walmart loss … Read more