Tip leads to find of 50 grams of meth
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office said it received a tip from neighboring Union County that resulted in four arrests and the seizure of 50 grams of methamphe…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
June 25 through July 1 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are conside…
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Law enforcement gives notice on new noise law
Statute was not enforced for 10 years BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Sheriff’s in Bradford, Union and Clay counties said they will start enforcing the state’s new noise statute on July 1. A p…
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Candidate guilty
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— An Alachua County jury convicted District 3 U.S. Congressional candidate Tom Wells of resisting an officer. Wells is attempting to unseat first-term incumbent K…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
June 18 through June 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 in…
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Didn’t blow, still guilty
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County jury found Kelsey Kelli Taylor, 34, of Glen St. Mary guilty of DUI during a June 20 trial. County Judge D. Tatum Davis sentenced the defendant…
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Defendant enters plea before trial
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Keystone Heights man scheduled to go on trial in Starke for domestic battery instead pleaded to harassing a witness while the state dropped the original batte…
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Unplugged victim’s camera, caught by neighbor’s
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A delivery driver who left a package at a Bradford County house, then returned later to burglarize the home, was sentenced to 15 months in prison. Circuit Judg…
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Feds: correctional officer deserves stiffer sentence
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor RAIFORD— Federal prosecutors asked a judge to sentence a former Union Correctional Institution officer that participated in the Jan, 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot to three…
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