Monitor Editor
STARKE— The State Attorney’s Office recently dropped pending felony cases against Ryan Michael Duford Jr., Jodi Ann Miller and Deborah Ann Wood.
Duford, a Fort White resident, was arrested on Sept. 30, 2021 for the alleged Feb. 21, 2021 offenses of burglary and larceny.
According to a sworn affidavit, the victim accused Duford and his father of stealing stereo equipment from the back of a pickup truck in Hampton.
The father and son denied the accusation, and the primary evidence against the defendant were footprints of someone walking barefoot around the crime scene.
The victim said see saw Duford walking without shoes prior to the theft.
Miller was arrested on Aug. 27, 2021 for the alleged July 28 offense of vehicle theft.
According to a sworn complaint, Miller’s cousin, a Lawtey resident accused the defendant of stealing the cousin’s van.
The victim told a Bradford deputy that Miller drove the van for the cousin and said she left the keys at the cousin’s residence. The vehicle later went missing.
Wood was accused by a Starke retailer in 2017 of renting a washer and dryer valued at $2,019, falling behind on payments and failing to return the items.
