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Man accused of stealing food while drinking beer at Inglis Food Ranch

Emil Roth, III, 53, 11240 N. Northwood Dr., Lot 110, Inglis, was

A Beverly Hills man was arrested on a warrant by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Of- arrested by the Levy County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Sept. 4, charged with misde-

ﬁce, Sept. 4, after being discharged from a local hospital. Neil Keller, 25, was charged with meanor petit retail theft from the Food Ranch Supermarket in Inglis.

According to the arrest report, the sheriff’s ofﬁce was contacted by

one count of burglary with battery, one count of battery, two counts of assault, one count of

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resisting an ofﬁcer without violence and one count of assault on a law enforcement ofﬁcer the shift manager who told the responding deputy that a customer approached

her and told her she’d seen a man placing food products in his pants and drink-

in regards to a bizarre altercation that led to his arrest. His total bond was set at $27,000.

 the sheriff’s ofﬁce, ing a beer.

According to Heather Yates, Manager of Media Services with

When store personnel approached Roth, he removed several items

Keller is suspected of being inﬂuence ofsynthetic drugs during the odd incident

under the  

which occurred on Aug. 28 and Keller taken to Citrus Memorial Hospital from the front of his pants and had an Ice House beer cap on his person He then ran from

resulted in  being

the store, but was chased and apprehended by store personnel and brought back to the store.

for treatment.

The deputy reported that Roth had “excitably stated” that he’d placed several items

TheKellera  a woman trim-

 incident began when  was seen hiding behind tree by

ming her hedges. When the woman discovered Keller watching her, he allegedly charged in his pants and had drank a beer. He paid for a portion of the items, but was unable to pay

thewoman,•by herand•then on hersexualof  he’d damaged, the report stated. Roth was placed under arrest and trans-

  grabbed her   arms  legs  jumped  top of  making • for $12  product

then the woman’sneckto bite herwoman ported to the Levy County Jail. His bond was set at $5,000.

movements. He  grabbed   and attempted  face. The 

got away from Keller and ran across the road to summon help. She found two men paint-

Christopher Earl Webb, 31, 2580 W. Express Ln., Lecanto, was arrested by the Cit-

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rus County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, Aug. 11, on several felony charges: dealing in property valued

less than $300 by the use of the internet, grand theft from a dwelling ($100 or more, but less

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than $300) and burglary of an unoccupied residence. His total bond was set at $22,000. Ac-

cording to the arrest afﬁdavit, the burglary took place at a N. Crooked Branch Dr. Lecanto

residence while the owner was out of the county for an evening. Items taken were a laptop

      

computer, bottles of alcohol (liquor) and two ﬂoral suitcases. On Aug. 10, the sheriff’s ofﬁce

   

was contacted about a man at the Shell gas station selling bottles of alcohol spirits in the

parking lot. While the deputy was enroute to the gas station, dispatch advised him that the

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suspect had left on a bicycle, heading west on E. Norvell Bryant Hwy.

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The witness identiﬁed the suspect as Webb, a regular customer at the gas station

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and said he’d told her that he was selling items from the estate of a relative who had passed

away. The deputy placed a Be On the Look Out (“BOLO”) for Webb, but did not locate

           

him. He was soon diverted (Aug. 10) to a vehicle crash at the intersection of Future Ter.

and Melline Dr. The deputy noticed that the driver was Webb, who was placed under arrest

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by the FHP for a DUI and transported to the Citrus County Detention Facility. About 2:30

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a.m. (Aug. 11), the above-mentioned stolen items were found at the Shell station, located at

2025 N. Lecanto Hwy. The owner identiﬁed the property. The witness at the Shell station

identiﬁed Webb as the person selling the stolen items in the parking lot and told the deputy

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she’d provide the video surveillance to the sheriff’s ofﬁce the following day. Webb’s foot

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ware was retrieved from the property division of the Citrus County Detention Facility, and

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the soles of his shoes were a positive match to photographs taken of footprints at the scene

of the burglary. On the trafﬁc crash, Webb was charged with driving while license suspended

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or revoked knowingly (second offense), refuse to submit to testing and DUI with property

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damage; total bond $2,250.

Ronald Wayne Smith, 39, 6 S. Washington St, Beverly Hills, was arrested by the

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Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, July 28, charged with misdemeanor battery (bond $500). He

 

is accused of battering a man who had hired him for few jobs for extra cash. His work had

been completed several days previous. and he and a couple other people had been told that

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they would be paid that evening, but upon his arrival, Smith (and others) were informed they

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wouldn’t be getting paid that day. The report stated that Smith told the employer, that if he

  

didn’t get his money, he’d burn the loader down. Mr. Smith went outside to make a phone

call and returned inside and ﬂipped over a table. He then shoved the employer out of his

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chair, causing the man to fall and hit his head on the kitchen cabinet before landing on his

           

left shoulder. Smith left the area of the altercation, but was arrested, later, at his residence.

             

CCSO looking for leads in armed robbery of Homosassa motel

The Citrus County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce is looking for a suspect in the armed robbery of

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the Quality Inn located at 4486 N. Suncoast Blvd. , Homosassa, on Sunday, Sept. 1 at 11:36

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The armed suspect entered the motel and demanded cash from the attendant inside.

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After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, he ﬂed southbound on U.S. Hwy. 19 on foot.

The suspect is a white male, approximately 5’8”, 170 lbs with a goatee. He was

wearing a white t-shirt over a dark shirt, a red ball cap with white lettering and dark shorts.

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If you have any information about this crime, please contact Crime Stoppers of

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Citrus County by calling 1-888-ANY-TIPS, visiting Crimestopperscitrus.org or texting the

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word CITRUS plus your tip to 274837. You can remain anonymous and may be eligible for