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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
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Wednesday January 2, 2008
Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
A Publication of
Permit No. 4
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
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Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box     Man Jailed
New Year's
With Doug Johnston
A Christmas Tale
Eve for
Every Christmas Eve for the
past 60 years the family of Clyde
Holiday
and Irene Johnston has gath-
ered at the house on Zephyr
Street in Inverness, Florida to
Burglary
celebrate the joyous occasion
of Christmas.
One would expect a two year oldís birthday party to be filled with lots of toys and gifts - but that
Clyde, our Father, died in 1994, but he is
A 20-year-old Inverness man was ar-
wasnít the case at the birthday party of one special two-year-old girl. Olivia Horne of Melrose,FL.
with us in spirit and my how our family has
rested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office
asked her birthday party attendees to bring a donation for Haven Hospice instead. Haven
grown. I have three children and four grand-
(CCSO), New Year's Eve,
recently cared for her ìpapaw,î Charles Horne, at his home in Keystone Heights, and Olivia
children and two of my sisters have children
when authorities were
wanted the donations to be made in her grandfatherís memory.The Hornes have decided to
and grandchildren too. My youngest sister
called to an Inverness resi-
start a tradition of donating each year for Oliviaís birthday instead of receiving gifts.
never had children but is happily married and
dence, around 8:15 p.m., re-
Dunnellon Man Killed On Motorcycle
her husband is a part of our family. Mama's
garding a burglary that had
house is literally bursting at the seams on
taken place at the residence
DUNNELLON - A 28-year-old man, in the process of transferring to the University of Florida,
Christmas Eve.
on Christmas Day.
died Saturday afternoon when his motorcycle was struck by an oncoming vehicle on U.S. 41
It is no secret that the Johnstons like to
Jacinth Conti, Jr
The victim of the bur-
north of Dunnellon, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report.
play practical jokes on each other and this
glary stated that he believed that Jacinth
The crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. in front of the Winn-Dixie on U.S. 41. In Saturday's
Christmas I, as is more often than not the case,
Conti, Jr. entered his residence, sometime be-
crash, the report stated a 2000 Pontiac Bonneville, driven by 70-year-old Lisa S. Brown, was
was on the receiving end of a well orches-
tween 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., Christmas Day.
heading west from the Winn-Dixie parking lot, while a 2004 Suzuki motorcycle driven by Cory
trated prank. Which sister initiated the little
He said, when he arrived back at his residence
L. Altman, was heading north on U.S. 41.
charade is not important. They were all a part
that day, he noticed that things were disturbed
The FHP report said Brown didn't see the motorcyclist as she attempted to make her way onto
of it in some way or another.
and his bedroom door had a hole in it, as
U.S. 41 and hit him. Altman was transported to TimberRidge Hospital where he was pro-
It is important to give some background
though it had been kicked in. He said that
nounced dead at 2 p.m. Both Brown and Altman are from the Dunnellon area, according to
information so let me leave the details of this
$200 in cash had been taken from a Christmas
police records.
latest attempt by my devious sisters to em-
card and a five gallon glass jug that contained
Sheriff Dept. Warns Public About
barrass their loving brother to next week's
about $1000 in change had been emptied out.
column.
He said that a bedroom, that had been Conti's
It started with a shopping trip my three
"Official Looking" E-Mail Scams
until he had been kicked out of the residence,
sisters and I undertook in or about 1960. My
had also been ransacked. The burglary victim
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
oldest sister, Elsie, had graduated from
stated that his wife had cleaned out the bed-
are told it's mandatory that they verify their
CitrusHigh School the year before and was
Recently, Citrus County citizens
room, about a week prior to Christmas, after
identity, before access to their account can
about to begin MasseyBusinessCollege in
may have received suspicious, yet official-
Conti had been kicked out. The man stated
be restored, and if the document is not com-
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
looking, e-mails from one or more well-known
that Conti had been allowed to visit the resi-
pleted in a timely fashion, the account may be
banking institutions, such as Regions Bank.
dence, several times, to shower, get food and
inaccessible or a temporary hold may be
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The body of the e-mail implies that
to visit, but was not allowed to live there. The
placed on the funds in the account.
the bank in question is trying to safeguard its
man stated that, on New Year's Eve, he'd found
Obviously, the scammers are at-
Details on
customers' online accounts, or is carrying out
Conti sitting by his pick-up truck at the front
tempting to gain personal or financial infor-
a planned software upgrade. Recipients are
of the residence and thought that he'd come
mation for identity theft schemes, or other
asked to click on a link that navigates them to
back to break into his home, again. When the
crimes of fraud. These e-mail scams surface
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a supposedly valid bank web site where the
man spoke with his Conti, who admitted to
periodically and recycle through the Internet.
person can confirm his/her banking details.
breaking into the residence, he contacted the
This online scam is known as
The Internet link, however, redirects
CCSO.
"phishing," which is normally communicated
recipients to a bogus web site. Once a victim
The deputy spoke with Conti, who was
via e-mail, usually spammed e-mail, to deceive
arrives at the sham web site, they are directed
still at the residence. He stated that every-
consumers into disclosing their credit card
to enter their personal or financial informa-
thing the victim had reported was the truth,
numbers, bank account information, Social
tion, such as credit card numbers, bank ac-
however, during the date and time in ques-
Security numbers, passwords and other sen-
count information, Social Security numbers,
sitive information.
Continued on page 4 - Burglary Arrest
or passwords. In some instances, recipients
Continued on page 3 - Scams