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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
Yankeetown, FL
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
A Publication of
Permit No. 4
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Newscaster Publishing
Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box Warrant
With Doug Johnston
Issued for
A trip to Lexington:
Part 1
CVS
Something my dear wife
Robbery
Kathie and I decided to do sev-
eral years ago was to attend a
University of Florida football
Suspect
game in each stadium in the Southeastern
Conference. We are season ticket holders and
each year we decide on what away game we
With help from an anonymous tip,
will attend. This year we made our trip to Com-
Citrus County Sheriff's Office detectives were
monwealth Stadium in LexingtonKentucky to
able to identify and locate the lone male sus-
see the Gators play the Kentucky Wildcats.
pect who robbed the CVS Pharmacy in down-
Our most recent four trips were to Auburn,
town Inverness at 2 a.m. on October 16. The
Knoxville, (Tennessee), Tuscaloosa, (Ala-
Sumter County man confronted the pharma-
Veterans Day -A salute to our Veterans, Saturday November 10, 2007, the Nature Coast
bama) and Oxford, (Ole Miss). The Gators lost
young marines march in honor on U.S. 41in Inverness. Under the reminiscing eyes of our
cist on duty and stole more than 3,000 pills,
each one of those games so we had a pretty
Citrus County Veterans, each step they make reminds these young men and women they
including oxycontin,
bad streak going. In fact, some Gator fans at
are marching into their own future. More on page 3 ìA Veterans Storyî
oxycodone and other ge-
Dunnellon State Bank, where Kathie works,
Newscaster photo by LuAnn Shaw
neric drugs. It's estimated
offered to take up a collection and pay us to
Sexual Predator Registers in Levy Co.
that the narcotics had a
stay away from Lexington. They said we were
street value of approxi-
a jinx.
mately $45,000.
Kathie and I left for Lexington immediately
Bronson_ On November 2, 2007 Bobby J Waters a convicted sexual predator from Putnam
Sumter County
after work on Thursday October 18th and
County has registered with the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
detectives took Oxford
drove six hours to a Crowne Plaza Hotel in
Waters was convicted on March 19, 2004 in Putnam County for lewd and lascivious
resident Douglas Darnell,
MariettaGeorgia. We had pre-booked the
molestation on a child less than 12 years of age. Waters was sentenced to five years in prison
29, into custody Novem- Douglas Darnell
room and arrived at 10:45 PM.
in 2004 and he was released on November 1, 2007.
ber 7th on outstanding Sumter County war-
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
Waters registered with the Levy County Sheriff's Office on November 2, 2007 indicating
rants. The owner of the suspect vehicle, a
that he will be residing at 11831 NE 85 Terrace Bronson, Florida. Waters is on probation until
1999 dark-blue Chevy Corvette used in the
March 12, 2111.
CVS robbery, told Citrus detectives he'd
Law enforcement is required by law to post sexual predators name, current address and
Food Ranch
dropped Darnell off in the woods nearby.
previous charges. The 24 year old Waters was convicted on a charge of Lewd and Lascivious
Darnell and his wife had been living with the
molestation on a child less that 12 years of age.
The Newscaster
Store Clerk Busted for Sale of
sports car's owner, who cooperated fully with
13th Annual Holiday
officials as the case unraveled. Neither the
man nor Darnell's wife was charged with a
Window Painting Contest
Alcohol To A Minor
crime at this time.
Saturday Dec. 8, 2007
However, the state attorney's office
On Oct. 10, at 6:45 p.m., as an Inglis
on the vehicle at Vicki St. and C.R. 40.
in Inverness has issued an arrest warrant for
8am-12noon
Police Officer was watching the Inglis Foot
The driver of the vehicle was a 19-
Douglas Darnell, charging him with robbery
Mart at 650 E. Hwy. 40, he saw a white vehicle
year-old youth. In plain view, the officer re-
and trafficking in a controlled substance. The
Fun
ported, were two 12-packs of canned beer. One
pull into the parking lot, and a young man
warrant carries a $300,000 bond. Sumter de-
leave the vehicle and enter the store. Shortly,
beer box was open and appeared to contain
tectives also identified Darnell as a suspect
&
the officer heard tires screeching from the
only one can of beer, the report stated, and
in a grand theft of a pharmacy in their county.
Prizes
parking lot as the vehicle backed out of its
the other box of beer was still sealed and had
In addition to the outstanding warrants, he
for
parking space quickly and pulled forward at a
condensation on the cans, indicating to the
was arrested on a charge of grand theft in
All Ages
high rate of speed, through the parking lot.
officer that "they were cold and possibly pur-
that case. Once Sumter officials are through
chased recently." When asked by the officer
The vehicle then turned west onto the Hwy.
with Darnell, he'll be served with the active
40E, toward the policeman's location, several
if he had just purchased beer at the Inglis
Citrus County warrant and transported back
hundred feet from the store. After the vehicle
Food Mart, the youth replied, "Yes." Answer-
to Lecanto.
Continued on page 5 - Warrant
Continued on page 4 - Alcohol
passed the officer, he initiated a traffic stop