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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
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Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
Wednesday October 1, 2008
A Publication of
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Newscaster Publishing
Sally Price Correspondent
Motorcycle
Theft Case
Solved, Three
Arrested on
Drug Charges
On Sept. 27, the Inglis Police De-
partment arrested a 24-year-old Inglis man,
Samuel Garrett, 152
Breezy Way, at the Levy
County Jail on one charge
of burglary and two
charges of grand theft auto,
after a week-long investi-
gation. Garrett was in jail
after being arrested on drug
charges by the Levy
County Sheriff's Office on Samuel Garrett
Sept. 23rd, along with two
other Inglis residents,
Vincent Louis Baker, 158
Sandi St., and Linsey
Cowles, 27, 152 Breezy
Way.
According to store owner, Dinesh Patel (see left photo), there were no damages to the new gas pumps or cash register, and the store is back
According to the
open for business. A truck tire grazed a car in the parking lot and crashed through a window at the Seven Rivers Shell Station in Crystal
Inglis Police Department,
River. Photo by
Debbie Russell. (right Photo) Citrus County Sheriff's Office Sergeant/School Resource Officer Ron Frink is working
two motorcycles had been
reported as stolen from a Vincent Baker
with the CCSO program called Teen Driver Challenge. More on page 3, photo by Sally Price
Three Arrested
garage at a Debra St. resi-
Employees, Customers
dence on Sept. 20th. Evi-
dence recovered from the
For Yankeetown
scene began the week-long
Escape Injury From
investigation, led by Sgt.
Burglaries
Brandon Roberts, who re-
membered seeing a black
“Flying Tire”
glancing off an unoccupied 1999 Ford van
Honda Blackbird motor-
that was parked in the parking lot, though a
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office
cycle, during the morning Linsey Cowles
front plate-glass window of the Shell station
arrested three Inglis residents on charges
of the previous day, while he was running ra-
By Deborah Russell
storefront and into the store, shattering glass
related to the burglaries of two Yankeetown
dar on Hwy. 19. He reported that the rider
Newscaster Editor
all over the store, exploding soda bottles, and
residences. The arrests were based on infor-
was a large-framed white man, wearing a hel-
crashing into a display of automotive chemi-
mation gleaned from witnesses during inter-
met and light-colored t-shirt. Evidence re-
A freakish accident on U.S. Hwy.
cals.
views that were based on a lead received by
covered by police included an empty pack-
19, Sept. 23rd, luckily resulted in no inju-
The store was immediately closed
Continued on page 5 - Burglaries
age of Marlboro Light cigarettes, a fresh
ries, but minor damages to the Shell Station
while a HazMat (hazardous materials) team
cigarette butt, 3 soda cans and the needle
WE
across from Seven Rivers Regional Medical
contained the chemicals, and the glass was
cover of a hypodermic syringe.
Center in Crystal River.
cleaned up. The shattered window was
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Ptlm. Timothy Swiggett and Sgt.
Around 3:30 p.m., trucker Roy
boarded up, but customers were not allowed
Brandon Roberts recovered both motor-
Gaskin, 55, from Branford, Florida, was driv-
inside the store until the store could be
SHEDS
cycles on Sept. 27th and returned them, un-
ing a 2003 Mack tractor-trailer semi truck,
evaluated by a health inspector who arrived
harmed, to the rightful owner. One was lo-
northbound on U.S. Hwy. 19, when the rear-
on scene around 10:15 a.m. the following
(352)637-6607
cated in the Bronson area, and the other in
most axle separated from the trailer, send-
day. Meanwhile, customers could purchase
the Dunnellon area, in a forest near Rainbow
ing two unrestrained tires onto the highway,
gas, if they were able to use a credit or debit
The Shed Store
Lakes Estates. Both of the missing vehicles
traveling at a high rate of speed.
card at the pump, but no one was allowed in-
were made by Honda, a black 1999 CBR
One of the tires came to rest on the
156 N. Florida Ave.
side the store to pay for gas with cash or
Blackbird valued at $4000 and a red 1999
roadside, without striking any vehicles, but
checks, and no food items could be sold.
Inverness
VFR800 Interceptor valued at $3000. Both
the other tire traveled across the median and
Fortunately, there were no injuries
Drug Charges - Continued on page 10
into the parking lot of the Shell Gas Station,
Continued on page 4 - Tire Accident