BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Khalya Aricia Coleman, 19, was arrested by Starke police on Jan. 3 for battery on medical personnel. According to an arrest report, the defendant injured several nurses at Starke ER. Witnesses told arresting officer Kaleb T. Dockery that while receiving treatment, the defendant began acting erratically, pulled out her … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— Jacob Daniel Briggs, 20, of Melrose was arrested by Union deputies on Jan. 2 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, resisting an officer and disorderly intoxication. According to an arrest report, a resident of Santa Fe Mobile Home Park in Lake Butler called 911 after the defendant … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— -Clay deputies arrested Shaleena Arren Marks, 21, for domestic battery after she found her husband’s vape pens in their home and then tackled the man and punched him in the head. According to an arrest report, the victim told arresting officers he called law enforcement only to maintain … Read more
Dec. 18 through Dec. 24 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
Dec. 11 through Dec. 17 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 24-year-old Starke man was arrested for arson after he admitted to help setting a fire at an East Call Street home to destroy evidence of earlier thefts. Levi Jarrett Nelson, 24, was arrested for the April 21, 2020 offense. The residence belonged to a 90-year-old nursing home patient. According to … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A Lake Region woman was arrested after Clay deputies said she and two other people carjacked a man’s truck. Amber Marie Caudill, 29, was arrested by Clay deputies in Keystone Heights on Dec. 7 for the Nov. 4, 2021 offense of armed carjacking. According to court papers, the victim agreed … Read more
Dec. 4 through Dec. 10 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. … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MELROSE— The Florida Highway Patrol said it is looking for the driver of a Dodge, Plymouth or Chrysler that struck and killed a Keystone Heights man on Friday, Dec. 10. The agency said in a news release that the collision occurred around 7 a.m. on State Road 26, a mile west of County Road 1469 … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 38-year-old Starke man was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading to driving and drug charges. Joshua Allen Matthews pleaded no contest to the Jan. 14 offenses of sale of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell and to the Sept. … Read more
