BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— A 35-year-old Starke woman was sentenced to one year, six months’ probation after pleading to interfering with a school function and trespassing. Tiffany Lanae Dobbs was initially charged with battery on a person aged 65 or older and burglary with assault. However, the State dropped the battery charge, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— A 34-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for purchasing a stolen motorcycle and for stealing a trailer from the Starke Golf and Country Club. Garrett Vincent Culverson pleaded to the November 15, 2022, offenses of dealing in stolen property, resisting an officer and contributing … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—Billie Christine Astra, 43, was sentenced to 62 days in jail and three years drug offender probation after pleading to possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a school, park, childcare facility or community center. According to a warrant affidavit, on September 1, … 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 Jailen … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— A 34-year-old Starke woman was sentenced to community control and probation after pleading to forging a check, stealing her mother’s car and credit card and selling a stolen gun. Angela Maria Dawn Maddix pleaded no contest to the July 29, 2022, offense of forgery of a bank check, … 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 Gerald … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— The last of three defendants accused of plotting to kill an Alachua County woman to prevent her from testifying in a trial was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Demetrius Dewayne Wilson, 28, was already serving a 45-year sentence for planning the July 2020 killing of 19-year-old Blake … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE—Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith and Col. Brad Smith said their agency continues to respond to technological changes and has benefited from many of those innovations. The officers discussed several opportunities and challenges law enforcement has taken on recently and said one of the most severe challenges their … 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 Hid bullet … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Telegraph Staff Writer STARKE— The second of three defendants in a plot to kill a witness in a murder trial has pled to a lesser charge, leaving her son as the sole defendant in the case. Valerie Vanessa McCutchen, 60, of Starke pleaded no contest to unlawful use of a two-way communications … Read more
