BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Starke police arrested one man awaiting trial on murder conspiracy charges, in addition to his mother and sister for allegedly hiring a hit man to kill a witness in the son’s upcoming murder trial. Demetrius Dewayne Wilson, Valerie Vanessa McCutchen and N’Crisha T. McCutchen were all arrested on March … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County man released on bond after attacking his neighbor with an ax was arrested a second time after threatening another neighbor with a pocketknife. Bradford deputies arrested 71-year-old Alton James Boles on Friday, Feb. 25 for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. The victim told deputies that … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A Keystone Heights man who inflicted a puncture wound in his wife’s leg told deputies that even though he picked up a drill during a fight with his wife, he did not use the power tool on the woman. Tracy (Tray) Deland Viddler, 46, was arrested on March … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A former Bradford High School girls’ weightlifting coach was sentenced to five years’ sexual offender probation and will be designated as a sexual offender on the state’s sexual offender and predator database after pleading to charges of sexual misconduct with a student. Autumn Brooke Rodgers pleaded no contest to … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County man was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading to two incidents of fleeing from law enforcement. Daniel Smith Griffis, 37, pleaded no contest to the Oct. 15, 2021, offenses of fleeing to elude law enforcement at a high speed, driving with a suspended or … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 30-year-old Marion County man was sentenced to two years in prison for leading Lawtey police and Bradford deputies on a chase through Lawtey. Brandon Wilbert Evans pleaded no contest to the Oct. 3, 2021, offense of fleeing and eluding an officer after a crash involving property damage or … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A judge sentenced a registered sexual offender to 18 months in prison after he gave a false address to Florida’s sexual offender registry. Glenn Dewayne Burch, 48, pleaded no contest to the Sept. 29, 2021, offense of failure to report a residence change by a sexual offender. The defendant … Read more
Feb. 26 through March 4 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 … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Florahome woman was sentenced to three years in prison for having sex with a Hampton teenager. Rosalita Maria Greaner, 41, of Florahome pleaded no contest to lewd assault on a child between 12 and 16 years of age. According to an arrest report, the defendant was caught … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— One week after his acquittal on grand theft charges, former Bradford County Commissioner John Cooper settled the last case against him. Cooper pleaded no contest to grand theft, while the state dropped a second charge of fraud. Under a plea agreement, Cooper will serve 10 years’ probation and pay … Read more
