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the house. Betts was taken into custody. Another suspect, who was identified by name, ran

away and was not apprehended. Two victims were injured in the fight. One was bleeding

Ashley Lindzey Frederick, 24, 10963 W. Tidewater Cir., Crystal River, was ar- from his nose, and the other was bleeding from a cut above his right eye. One of the victims

rested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Sept. 21, charged with grand theft ($300 or told deputies he'd heard that the two men, both whom he knows, were planning the ambush.

Bryan Allen Shirley, 28, 3430 S. Suncoast Blvd., Homosassa, was arrested by the

more but less than $5,000), with her bond set at $2,000. The report stated that Frederick is

accused of taking a wallet that a man left at the Crystal River K-Mart service desk on Sept. Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Sept. 21, charged with felony retail theft of $300 or more, but

18. The wallet contained two credit cards a debit card, several identifications cards, $50 less than $5,000 and resisting an officer without violence. His total bond was set at $3,000.

in lottery tickets, $320 in cash, and the wallet itself was valued at $70. Video surveillance He's accused of taking merchandise valued at $362.61 from the Homosassa Walmart with-

clearly shows Ms. Frederick placing the wallet in her purse. The investigation by the store out paying for the items, which included a Shakespeare rod and reel combo, two RTF rod

and the sheriff's office, led deputies to Frederick. She told deputies that she took the wallet and reel combos, a Zebco rod and reel combo, a Bear Grylls Gerber machete, gulp minnows,

and attempted to catch up with the victim, but when she was unable to find him, she threw fish hooks, round shot weights and a camouflage air rifle. Dallas Edward Barton, 20, of the

same address, was with Shirley and is accused of taking a fishing pole and three packs of

the wallet away in a trash can inside the mall without taking anything from it.

Douglas Hugh Betts, 32, Milan, MI, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's lures without paying for the items, valued at $27.12. Due to his cooperation, Barton was

Office, Sept. 21, charged with burglary with battery. His bond was set at $25,000. The released on his own recognizance. The report stated, that when Mr. Shirley drove away from

report stated that shortly after 8:00 pm, a deputy watched a car driving in the area of the the parking lot at a high rate of speed, the deputy went in pursuit and apprehended them.

Jessica Lynn Sexton, 25, Davenport, FL, was arrested by the Citrus County Sher-

Homosassa Civic Center drive by a W. Oliver St. residence, then stop for about ten seconds,

drive around the block and park on the road with the headlights on. About a minute later, the iff's Office, Sept. 22, charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of can-

vehicle accelerated to a high rate of speed and slid into the dirt driveway of the residence. nabis (less than 20 grams), and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her total bond was set at

Two men got out of the vehicle and ran into the residence. The deputy then heard screaming $4,000. The report stated that the arrest started with a traffic stop on the vehicle at Hwy. 44

and banging sounds coming from inside the residence, as though a fight were going on. The East and Washington Ave. in Inverness. Sexton was a passenger in the vehicle, which was

deputy approached the house, and the victim told him the men had run out of the back of stopped for having 5093 S. Orwell Pt., During the traffic stop, the deputy smelled a strong

no operable tag light.

odor of cannabis. The vehicle was searched. During the Floridadeputies located 19 grams

Homosassa, search, 34446

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Phone: (352) a glass smoking pipe. The driver was

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signed so it does not disturb the natural sediment. The pumping equipment will slurry algae County Sheriff's Office, Sept. 22, charged with two counts of trafficking in stolen property

and dead and decaying material from the canals while leaving the existing sediment in place. and two counts of grand theft ($300 or more but less than $5,000). His total bond was set

The depth of the material on the bottom in the project area is high enough to cover at $8,000. He's accused of taking a Bosch electric jack hammer and pawning it at Colonial

most native plants so the removal of that material will restore the waters to their natural bot- Pawn for $100 on two separate occasions (Jan. 19 and July 29).

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tom allowing the native plants to reclaim it.

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Suctioned material from the canals will be transported to a self-contained process-

ing site on shore. The slurry of algae, organic detrital material and miscellaneous debris

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will then be de-watered at the site through a tri-stage mechanical separator. The remaining

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material not separated will be put into geotubes and further de-watered.

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The geotubes are fine mesh filter cloth that allow the water and solids to separate

and they contain the solids until disposal. Various pore sizes can be used to prevent even the

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finest grains from returning to the system. The water will be treated finally with a substance

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know as a flocculent, causing any suspended particulate matter to coagulate so it can be

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Once the water is extracted, the material is removed and transported to an approved

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disposal site or used at approved agricultural area as fertilizer.

When the project area has been cleared of Lyngbya, native grasses scientifically



named Vallisneria americana will be replanted. It will be rooted in either four inch peat pots

or 3x3 foot mats. The plants will be protected by what is known as herbivory exclusion

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cages (GrowSAV) placed over new plantings to prevent grazing and/or removal of the plant-

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ings by animals until the vegetation roots are established and the plants are self-sustaining.

Every stage of the project had to be permitted before the plan could be approved.

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The plants will be monitored for a year in a maintenance program that will keep

the Lyngbya clear, plus repair or replace damaged cages or missing plants. Animals, such as

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manatees, will be able to forage on the plants once the leaves grow long enough to penetrate

the sides of the cages. Unlike Lyngbya, eel grass is one of the natural foods of the manatee.

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 sutainig, cageswill  removed. The initial project work is scheduled to be

 s  n  the protective  be

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completed by Nov. 15, the beginning of the manatee season.

     SCR, a of residents, business owners and supporters believe

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the project is historic because it is the first time the legislature has entered a public/private

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  

     with$1.6  to begin a restoration plan of

partnership   citizens and provided them with  million

Lisa Moore, the president of SCR said, "Today marks a new beginning for Kings

Bay and the great state of Florida. Our hope is the success of this project will become a

model for the entire state to restore other precious waterways with similar environmental

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State Sen. Charles Dean, R-Inverness, championed the project in the legislature,

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and he calls it "one of the best examples" of private/government authorized programs he has

seen to develop a strategy to restore the bay's environment.

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