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Cross City. He is survived by his wife, Holly, and two sons. Reed’s career was spent in
service to Dixie County, as a volunteer firefighter, paramedic, Emergency Services Director
and as a Capt. and Public Information Officer with the sheriff’s office.
According to an interview with Dixie County Sheriff Dewey Hatcher in the
a delicate
Gainesville Sun, Reed had exited his car and was walking south toward Kalisz, who was in
the driver’s seat of the van. Kalisz fired one shot, hitting Reed in the mouth. Reed staggered
backward and was pulled to safety by Dep. John Simmons. Reed told Simmons he’d been
balance
hit. Dep. Michael Brannin, Dep. Mical Malloy and Major Scott Hardin fired approximately
11 shots at Kalisz, hitting him 4 times on his front torso and once on the side of his neck.
FDLE agents will investigate the shooting and send a report to the 3rd Judicial Cir-
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minutes when he told her that he’d shot his sister and other women who were at her home
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conversation, she had local authorities on one phone and Kalisz on the other, and she muted
Kalisz’s phone call while relaying his location to a 911 operator on the other phone.
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In a Jan. 15 news conference, Hernando County Sheriff Richard Nugent said Ka-
Levy County Health Department—Jan. 20th 5pm-7pm
lisz left his sister’s Brooksville home with two loaded shotguns and called his brother in
Clearwater, threatening to take out as many deputies as possible. Nugent said the shootings
Suwannee River Moose Lodge—Jan. 22nd 11am—12:30pm
stemmed from a domestic dispute. In Oct. 2009, Kalisz was convicted of contributing to
Fanning Springs Town Hall—Jan. 22nd 1pm-3pm
the delinquency of a minor and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. “Those charges
Chiefland Flea Market—Jan. 23rd 7:30am-10am
involved Manessa Donovan and her boyfriend,” Nugent said. “This guy has been arrested
CFCC Chiefland Campus—Jan. 26th 11am—1pm
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over seventeen times in multiple states, has had alcohol addiction issues and caused just
Inglis Town Hall—Jan. 27th 9am-11am
tremendous harm to a number of families.”
Levy County Health Department—Jan. 27th 5pm—7pm
Kalisz 0 S.E. 136 Court, Dunnellon, and ordered to have no contact with
1917 was sentenced to 6 years probation Florida 34431
CFCC Chiefland Campus—Jan. 28th 5pm—6:30pm
Donovan or her family and to undergo sex offender counseling. According to Assistant State
PHONE (352) 489-4588 447-4588 or 621-4588
Attorney Lisa Herndon who prosecuted the case, Kalisz’s previous convictions included
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If Kalisz MAIL thenewscaster1@gmail.comof murder and two counts
E  survives, he will be charged with two counts
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At the last Inglis Town meeting two representatives from the Citrus County Sher-
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iff’s Office (CCSO) came before the Inglis Town Commission to answer any questions
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about the recent escaped fugitive Terry Davis from the CCSO department
which set off a massive manhunt in Inglis lasting several days. Search
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was by helicopter and on the ground included Inglis Police, Citrus and
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Levy Deputies and Fish & Wildlife Commission (FWC).
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The escapee, which eluded everyone including the FWC search dog while
   stealing clothes, some money and a local cell phone, is long gone.
The Inglis Police Department (IPD) already has an inter-local
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county. This manhunt involved Citrus and Levy County where no agree-
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ment has ever been mentioned. The commissioners understood there was a gap in the com-
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Dixon explained that Inglis also needed a better working relationship between IPD and
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CCSO because of the close proximity and fast response. Dixon explained that Levy County
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   of the visit was for Dixon to work up and attempt some kind of inter-local agree-
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ment like LCSO but with CCSO. Dixon also said he would look into seeing if some kind of
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 At the same meeting Inglis Fire Chief Phil Sprinkle was excited to report four of
his volunteer fire fighters had passed the local, state and national requirements for wildfires.
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