Nov. 13 through Nov. 19 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
Nov. 6 through Nov. 12 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 … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 29-year-old Lake Butler man was sentenced to a year in prison for stealing his girlfriend’s truck while she was taking a shower. Christopher William Crawford pleaded no contest to the July 7 offense of grand theft of a motor vehicle. According to an arrest report, the mother of … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 30-year-old St. Augustine man was sentenced to 180 days in jail for possessing a Molotov cocktail while walking along a Starke street. Christopher Patrick Bushey, 30, pleaded no contest for the Aug. 5 offense of possessing an explosive device. According to a Starke Police report, Officer Taylor C. … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Jacksonville man who asked a Bradford deputy for a ride to the nearest store was sentenced to four years in prison after the lawman discovered methamphetamine and a pipe on his person. James Michael Carter, 59, pleaded no contest to the Aug. 18 offenses of possession of a … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 26-year-old Waldo man was sentenced to 15 years in prison for cutting a woman’s throat at the Whiskey River Saloon on Aug. 15. Robert Opperman pleaded no contest to attempted murder at his arraignment on Nov. 10. In addition to the prison term, Judge James M. Colaw also … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The State Attorney’s Office dropped three worthless check cases against a Starke man. Joseph Stefan Wheeler, 53 was charged for the Jan. 5 offense of issuing a $5,000 bad check to a Starke building supply business. He was also charged for issuing three worthless checks to a Starke convenience … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— Union deputies arrested a 32-year-old Lake Butler man after saying they had probable cause that the defendant choked his girlfriend, and then blamed her neck injuries on a cat. Zachery Richard McMillen was arrested on Nov. 12 for misdemeanor domestic battery, felony domestic battery by strangulation, and intimidating … Read more
Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 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 39-year-old Starke woman was arrested after Bradford deputies viewed a video of her lunging at one of her neighbors with a butcher knife. Dorothy Diane Griffin was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Wednesday, Nov. 3. According to an arrest report, deputies responded to a … Read more
