Former sheriff not guilty on all charges

Former sheriff not guilty on all charges

  • September 16, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

A jury acquitted former Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels of all charges Thursday night after a three-day trial in Green Cove Springs. Prosecutors claimed that while sheriff in 2019, Daniels ordered…

Read More
Video scrutinized in coach’s trial

Video scrutinized in coach’s trial

  • September 13, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

Jurors asked to see a video two times during deliberations before convicting a Newberry High School football coach of three misdemeanors after a day-long trial in Lake Butler Wednesday, Sept. 7. The s…

Read More
Guilty of  murder, sues sheriff’s office

Guilty of  murder, sues sheriff’s office

  • September 11, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

A man who pleaded guilty to the beating death of a Lake Region man in 2019 is suing the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that deputies used excessive force when arresting him. In a federal lawsu…

Read More

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • September 6, 2022
  • 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…

Read More
Prison sentence didn’t stop the killing

Prison sentence didn’t stop the killing

  • September 6, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

Aspiring serial killer awaits sentence for fourth murder BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A man who said he aspired to be a serial killer is awaiting sentencing after a Bradford County jury con…

Read More

Charges dropped for cocaine sale

  • August 30, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The State Attorney’s Office dropped charges of sale of cocaine, possession with intent to sell cocaine and unlawful use of a two-way communications device again…

Read More
Shot by girlfriend, sentenced to probation

Shot by girlfriend, sentenced to probation

  • August 30, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Jack Edward Brown, 32, was sentenced to five years drug offender probation for the Dec. 5, 2021, offense of felony domestic battery by strangulation. The state…

Read More

Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • August 30, 2022
  • 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…

Read More
Hit-and-run with trooper lands man in jail

Hit-and-run with trooper lands man in jail

  • August 24, 2022
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Jacksonville man Corbert Eldell Williams, 21, was captured after crashing into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle and fleeing the scene.  FHP reported attempting to…

Read More