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Sex offender arrested on sexual charges
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while attempting to flee the area
medical, telephone, mapping and teletype duties, along with counseling the injured, and
Bradley Allen Williams, 25, was arrested by the Citrus County Sher-
providing security in times of distress.
iff’s Office in Inverness, April 3, at E. Gulf to Lake Hwy. and S. Croft Ave., as
By officially recognizing communications officers of the Citrus County Sheriff's
he was attempting to flee the area, following allegations made against him the
Office, the hope is to raise public awareness of the critical job they perform for public safe-
previous day of inappropriate sexual activities with a 7 year-old Hernando girl.
ty. They are the very first of the first responders and make a vast difference in the efficiency
According to the arrest report, when the victim told her mother what
and effectiveness of the emergency response system. They are real heros who sometimes
had happened, the victim's mother took her to a Marion County hospital. Wil- Williams
go unnamed.
liams had been acquainted with the family and had often baby sat for them. Once
the girl had made the allegations against Williams, her father confronted him, but Williams
denied the child’s allegations, and the girl’s father asked him to leave the residence.
Investigators contacted Williams regarding the allegations, but he would not speak
with them. He was placed under arrest and charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious
molestation of a person under the age of 12. The report stated that Williams is a convicted
sexual offender out of the State of Michigan, and he was attempting to flee Florida to return
to Michigan at the time of his arrest, so the arresting investigator requested that he be held
without bond.
LCSO offering $500 reward for
an arrest in farm thefts
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office has seen a recent increase in thefts of copper
wire. During the month of March, Lt. Shawn Hunt, Commander of the Ag/Marine Unit,
has investigated five thefts of copper wire from irrigation pivots in the Williston and Chief-
land areas, most likely at night.
These thefts are felony offenses, and if the guilty parties are arrested and convict-
ed, they will face serious time in prison. The sheriff’s office encourages citizens to report
any suspicious vehicles parked on the side of the road near irrigation equipment or vehicles
parked in fields, especially at night. To facillitate the capture of the guilty parties, the Levy
County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to an arrest.
If you have information about these crimes, contact Lt. Hunt at 352-486-5111, or you can
remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-877-349-8477.
According to Major Evan Sullivan, these thieves are causing thousands of dollars
worth of damage to the farmers, for a minimum monetary return. “With the help of the
citizens, we can solve these thefts and put these subjects in jail for a long time,” he said.
Dennis Devoe, (left) Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Administrator with the Citrus County
Sheriff’s Office, confers with Communications Supervisor Sue Waterman.
Each year Dot and Jim Cason of Heaven USA Yankeetown open their home and hearts to the
Community Church family and friends for an Easter Sunrise service. The tranquil scene in
early morning of mist rising off the water is a perfect setting with birds singing and fish
jumping for appreciation of all the blessings we receive in a message given by Pastor Dennis
Hamill. Newscaster Photo by Sally price