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Wildlife Park Seeking
Businesses And Groups To
Participate In Haunted Trams
Ellie
Schiller
Homosassa
Springs Wildlife State Park and the
Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife
Park are seeking area businesses and or-
ganizations to participate in their annual
Haunted Tram Rides community event
scheduled for Friday, October 27 and
Saturday, October 28, 2017. The event
will begin at 6:00 p.m. each evening, and
run until 10:00 p.m. Pepper Creek Trail
will be transformed during these eve-
nings into a trail of haunting scenarios
that will delight families.
Participating businesses and
organizations will be given a location
on Pepper Creek Trail to decorate with
their own spooky set-up. Guidelines and
applications are available at the Park of-
fice. There will be no charge to sponsor a
location and all locations will be judged
The New Church Without Walls held its annual Back to School Bash, which started at 2:00 pm, Sunday afternoon, Aug. 6, at N. Kengiston Ave.
for cash awards for first ($500), second
and SR 44 in Lecanto. The fun giveaway for school children included free clothing, immunizations, haircuts, face painting, backpacks and other
($300) and third place ($100), and fourth
items needed for school. It was a great way to wrap up the last weekend before school starts! The church is located at 2577 N Florida Ave. in
place ($100). Park Manager Kimberlee
Hernando; phone 352-344-2425.Photos courtesy CCSO.
LCSO revving up Man charged with holding woman
Tennille says, "This popular annual event
is a great community relations project for
drug enforcement
your business or group, and all participat-
against her will, resisting
ing sponsors will be recognized."
This will be the thirteenth year
efforts in Levy Co.
the Friends of Homosassa Springs Wild-
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
ing obscenities, and blocked deputies from
life Park will be holding the Haunted
Jeffory Joseph Palella, 52, Hernan-
entering the bedroom where the victim was
Tram Rides event which has attracted
do, FL, was arrested by the Citrus County
visably shaking. Palella instructed the vic-
thousands of visitors each night. In ad-
From Levy County Sheriff Dept.
Sheriff s Office, July 27, on numerous
tim to not speak with the deputies, then got
dition to the Haunted Tram Rides, the
First target: Cedar Key
charges after allegedly holding a woman
into a physical altercation with them, push-
event includes family fun such as Hal-
against her will for several hours.
During Wed. through Sun., Aug. 2
ing them away. Deputies managed to place
loween costume contests, a fun slide, and
The person who contacted the sher-
through 6, the Levy County Sheriff's Office
Palella in handcuffs.
refreshments. The suggested donation for
iff s office said he was concerned, because
conducted a drug enforcement interdiction
The victim, who was in tears, told
the tram ride is $5.00 for adults (age 13
he'd spoken with the woman at 10:00 am,
in the area of Rosewood and
deputies that she was afraid of Palella; he
and over) and $3.00 for children up to
while she was in Ocala with Palella, and she
Cedar Key, the result of numer-
needed help before he hurt somebody. She
age 12. A family-friendly Haunted House
told him she would be home soon. He hadn't
ous complaints by residents of
said he held her against her will and forced
will be set up in the Florida Room. The
heard from her since, and he'd been unable
recent drug activity in the area.
her to go drive around with him in the van
Haunted House hours will be Friday, Oc-
to get in touch with her. He said he was wor-
On Aug. 2, a duo was
from about 10:30 am until approximately
tober 27 and Saturday, October 28 from
ried that she was being held against her will.
arrested during a traffic stop on
3:30 pm. She said he drove around Citrus
1:00 pm until 4:00pm and reopening at
Palella ordered deputies off his
SR 24. Chad Matthew Ham- Hammock
County, Ocala and Leesburg, and would
6:00 pm until 10:00 pm. The donation for
property and went inside. The complain-
mock, 39, Cedar Key, was
not allow her to contact her husband or law
admission to the Haunted House is $2.00
ant, however, gave deputies permission to
charged with possession of a
enforcement. When the complainant called
per person.
go inside the residence and gave them his
controlled substance without a prescription,
her cell phone, she said, Palella grabbed
If your business, club, group
door key. Through an open back screen
possession of marijuana not more than 20
her, then took the phone away from her and
or family is interested in participating,
door, deputies saw the woman "pacing back
grams and possession of drug paraphernalia
tossed it out of the driver's side window.
please call Rene Poppe at (352) 628-
and forth frantically," according to the re-
($26,500 bond).
She said, when they arrived back at the resi-
5445, ext. 1004 or Susan Strawbridge at
port. When deputies entered the residence,
Heather Woods, 25, Cedar Key,
dence, he instructed her to stay in the bed-
(352) 628- 5445, ext. 1002.
the report stated, Palella was agitated, yell-
Continued on page 8 - False Imprisonment
Continued on page 11 - Drug Bust