Former Bradford coach pleads to sex charges

Former Bradford coach pleads to sex charges

  • March 15, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A former Bradford High School girls’ weightlifting coach was sentenced to five years’ sexual offender probation and will be designated as a sexual offender on t…

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30 months for fleeing from officers

30 months for fleeing from officers

  • March 14, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Bradford County man was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading to two incidents of fleeing from law enforcement. Daniel Smith Griffis, 37, pleaded no…

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Ocala man sentenced to 2 years for Lawtey chase

Ocala man sentenced to 2 years for Lawtey chase

  • March 14, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 30-year-old Marion County man was sentenced to two years in prison for leading Lawtey police and Bradford deputies on a chase through Lawtey. Brandon Wilbert…

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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay

  • March 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

Feb. 26 through March 4 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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3 years for having sex with teen

3 years for having sex with teen

  • March 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Florahome woman was sentenced to three years in prison for having sex with a Hampton teenager.   Rosalita Maria Greaner, 41, of Florahome pleaded no contest t…

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Cooper pleads to remaining charges

Cooper pleads to remaining charges

  • March 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— One week after his acquittal on grand theft charges, former Bradford County Commissioner John Cooper settled the last case against him. Cooper pleaded no contes…

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Man attacks neighbor with ax

Man attacks neighbor with ax

  • March 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a 71-year-old Starke man after they said he struck his neighbor in the head, neck and back with an ax. Alton James Boles was arrested…

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66 days for not returning car after test drive

66 days for not returning car after test drive

  • March 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A judge sentenced a Starke man to 66 days in jail for failing to return a Ford Mustang to Duval Chevrolet after taking a test drive. Doyle John Havard, 36, plea…

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