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Wednesday August 18, 2010
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Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
"Road Rage"
in Dunnellon
With Doug Johnston
For months we
suffered through road
construction in Dunnel-
lon. As DOT ripped up
US Highway 41 through
that city it became a game trying to find
shortcuts through alleys, parking lots and
even patches of woods to get through town
without waiting in long lines of traffic held
up by heavy equipment doing their job.
Once the construction had finally
finished I thought my life would be much
easier. My daily trip from my home in
Rainbows End to my work in Inglis would
no longer be a stressful journey through
Dunnellon. Was I ever wrong!
The planners did a good job map-
ping out the changes in the road through
Dunnellon except for one detail. The two
lanes heading north out of Dunnellon
quickly merge into one lane just past the
light in front of Wal Mart. I can’t begin to
relate how many times I have seen some
driver come barreling past a line of cars
passing through that red light then cut
abruptly in front of someone to get back
Around 2:15, August 11, Citrus County deputies apprehended John Campbell at the Hernando/Citrus county line, following a high-speed chase
into the left lane. On more than one oc-
with speeds in excess of 100 mph. Campbell’s vehicle crashed into an unoccupied Citrus County Sheriff’s Office patrol car shown here. Officials
casion I have seen tempers flare and fist
believe that the crash may have been intentional. See story below for more details.
Robbery suspect & person of
shaking and foul words coming out of ve-
NRC Recommends
hicle windows. As far as I know, no one
has been shot yet.
interest in suspicious death arrested
I experienced this rage first hand
Construction
shortly after the construction was complet-
ed. I was driving along minding my own
business when a white SUV shot past me
Just before 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
John William Campbell, 37, 3707
Permit & License
right at the light then tucked in front of me.
August. 10, deputies re-
E. Nugget Ln., Inverness, was arrested by
My heart was hyper-ventilating for a few
sponded to 3707 E. Nug-
the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Monday
For Levy Plants
seconds as I was taken quite by surprise.
get Lane in Inverness,
afternoon, August 16, on a charge of rob-
As the SUV passed I glanced and saw an
where Campbell lived
bery where the offender carried no weapon.
attractive lady wave at me with that little
with his 68 year-old fa-
Campbell is the suspect in the attempted
The Nuclear Regulatory commis-
wave women do. It’s like toodle-do! See
ther. The elder Camp-
robbery of the Inverness Lowe’s on August
sion (NRC) has concluded in a new report
you!
bell was found dead in
10. Campbell is being held with no bond at
that Progress Energy’s 3,100-acre proposed
After my heart returned to my
an unspecified “suspi-
the Citrus County Detention Facility on the
nuclear power plant(s) in Inglis would have
chest cavity after dropping into my rear-
cious manner,” accord-
charge.
a small to moderate impact on the environ-
end for about 10 seconds I realized the
ing to the sheriff’s office.
According to the sheriff’s office,
ment and recommends that the construction
Campbell
pretty lady who just cut me off in traffic
Campbell is considered a
the attempted robbery of Lowe’s occurred
permit and operating license be approved.
was my wife. We live only a couple of
person of interest in his father’s death.
around 4:45 p.m., when a man entered the
The report is the draft Environmental Im-
miles from the light. When she pulled into
Around 2:15, August 11, Citrus
home improvement store located on E. Gulf
pact Statement, a two-volume, 1,500-page
County deputies apprehended Campbell at
to Lake Hwy. and approached the clerk at
document which includes data, charts and
Continued on page 4 - Squawk Box
the Hernando/Citrus county line, following
the customer service desk, threatening that
analysis.
a high-speed chase with speeds in excess of
he had a gun. However, the man believed
The public has 75 days to comment
Pet Patrol
to be Campbell did not display a gun. The
100 mph, and Campbell’s vehicle crashing
on the draft Environmental Impact State-
alarmed clerk ran away from the man at the
into an unoccupied Citrus County Sheriff’s
ment, which is not expected to become final
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service desk, and the man exited the store,
Office patrol car. Officials believe that the
for at least a year. Once the Environmental
empty-handed and on foot.
Continued on page 3 - Nuclear Plants
Continued on page 8 - Suspect Taken Into Custody