Man arrested for spanking 6-year-old
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Clay deputies arrested William James Costello, 38, of Immokalee Road on March 22 for cruelty toward a child. According to an arrest warrant affidavit,…
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Men face competency reviews after theft, death
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—A judge determined that defendants in two Starke criminal cases were not competent to proceed. Robert Lee Shipes and Daniel Clifton Dail were ordered to appear a…
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Charges dropped for 2 Bradford defendants
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— The State Attorney’s Office dropped charges against Mario Lavon Hankerson and Frank Harold Warring. Hankerson was arrested on July 1, 2021, for the distribution…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
March 12 through March 18 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered…
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Woman attacked at storage facility
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Starke police arrested a 67-year-old man after they said he attacked a 34-year-old Lawtey woman at a Starke self-storage facility. Alvin Jerome Fayson was arres…
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5 years for viewing child porn
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Justin Anthony Garrison, 22 was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading to 29 counts of viewing child pornography and one count of using a two-way comm…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
March 4 through March 11 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered i…
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Man arrested after threats to Clay sheriff
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Robert Abel, 55, was arrested Sunday in the parking lot of the Clay County Sheriff’s Office after phoning threats to the sheriff and driving to the…
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Police: Mom hired hit man to get son released
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Starke police arrested one man awaiting trial on murder conspiracy charges, in addition to his mother and sister for allegedly hiring a hit man to kill a witnes…
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