BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 60-year-old Lincoln City man was arrested after a Ring camera system led police to his identity. Lewis Alexander was arrested on Jan. 13 by Bradford deputies for the April 7, 2020, offenses of burglary and larceny. According to court papers, a Raiford Road resident called Starke police after … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 23-year-old Starke woman after a boy said she tried to run over him Hanna Elizabeth Anderson, 22, was arrested on Jan. 12 for the May 24, 2021, offenses of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving. According to a warrant affidavit filed by … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—A circuit judge ruled a Bradenton man not guilty by reason of insanity after the State Attorney’s Office and the defendant’s lawyer filed a joint, stipulated motion. Michael Anthony Mays III, 22 was arrested on Sept. 26, 2021, for grand theft auto and a second time on Oct. 21 for … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 36-year-old Starke man was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading to a variety of charges, including possession of cocaine. Circuit Judge James M. Colaw adjudicated Travis Edward Aldridge guilty after the defendant pleaded no contest to the Sept. 30, 2021, offenses of fleeing and eluding, possession … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A man whom police arrested for whipping a child on Aug. 25, 2021, signed a pretrial intervention agreement with the State Attorney’s Office, allowing him to avoid prosecution if he meets the terms of the agreement. According to an arrest report, Jorge Geovanni Aguilar, 36 was arrested after a … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The State Attorney’s Office recently dropped pending felony cases against Ryan Michael Duford Jr., Jodi Ann Miller and Deborah Ann Wood. Duford, a Fort White resident, was arrested on Sept. 30, 2021 for the alleged Feb. 21, 2021 offenses of burglary and larceny. According to a sworn affidavit, … Read more
Jan. 1 through Jan. 7 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 KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay deputies arrested a 38-year-old High Ridge Estates woman on Sunday, Jan. 9 after she allegedly stabbed her boyfriend in the left forearm with a pair of scissors. Ashley Amber Prosser was booked into the Clay County Jail for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to an … Read more
Defendant: ‘It was a joke’ BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County man who told deputies his sexual texts to a teenager “was a joke” was arrested for molesting the girl on Monday, Jan. 9. Jason Kelly Wilkes, 38, was booked into the Bradford County jail for lewd and lascivious behavior, using a … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor BROOKER— Bradford deputies arrested a 37-year-old Gainesville man after he fled from them in a stolen vehicle and crashed the Mercury Zepher into a yard where children were playing. Daniel Smith Griffis was arrested by Bradford deputies on Jan. 4 for hit and run, criminal mischief with property damage, dealing … Read more
