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Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Super Bowl Halftime
Show Not So Super
With Doug Johnston
Ever since Janet
Jackson’s “wardrobe mal-
function” at the 2004 Super
Bowl halftime the powers-
that-be in the NFL have tried
to tone down the halftime en-
tertainment. They could even
take it down a notch or two
more as far as I’m concerned.
In case you forgot, Janet Jackson
and Justin Timberlake were performing a
routine called “Rock Your Body” at the
Super Bowl halftime show and Timberlake
grabbed her and swung her around in what
they consider a dance move, but I consider
an imitation of a couple of drunken sailors
fighting over who gets the pool table, and
her top was ripped off exposing her surgi-
cally enhanced breasts. I didn’t see it be-
cause after about 5 seconds of the routine I
had seen enough. I took the halftime break
as an opportunity to stare into the refrig-
erator and decide what to munch on in the
second half. But of course it was all over
the newspapers and internet for weeks to
Citrus County workers have begun the clean up of an eleven acre illegal dump site in Crystal River - See story on page 4 - Citrus Photo
Dunnellon Man
come, so we were force fed the incident
Brothers Arrested on Charge of
even if we didn’t particularly care to see
it. Mission accomplished for Timberlake
Arrested in
and Jackson. As for the families watching
Manufacturing Meth
the halftime farce it was, or at least should
Circle-K Robbery
have been nothing short of embarrassing.
This year the geniuses that schedule the
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Super Bowl halftime entertainment are
The Lookout) was issued
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Two brothers were arrested, Jan.
subjecting us to Madonna. Now there is a
for the two men, who were
8, on charges of manufacturing metham-
real positive role model for our youngsters
An arrest was made on Jan. 6th, re-
later located at Croft and
phetamine on their grandnmother’s property
lated to the Jan. 3rd robbery of the Circle
Continued on page 12- Squawk Box
Highway 44 in Inverness.
when the report of a garbage can fire was
K convenience store located at 400 S. Sun-
They were placed under
investigated by the Citrus County Sheriff’s
coast Blvd. and Ozella Tr. in Hommosassa.
Are You Ready
arrest and transported to
Office. The men are James Edward Grom-
Robert Lee Cason, 20, 3602 W. Riverview
the Citrus County Deten-
ling, 24, and John Dylan Gromling, 19, both
For Some
Ln., Dunnellon, was arrested by the Citrus
tion Facility. DUring an
of 127 N. West Ave., Inverness.
County Sheriff s Office around 2:30 a.m.
interview, John Gromling John Gromling
According to the arrest reports, the
He was charged with robbery with a firearm.
Football?
told detectives, that at the
homeowner told deputies that a fire was also
His bond was set at $50,000.
time of their arrest, they
burning inside a camper at the rear of her
The arrest report stated that the sus-
Pigskin
were trying to make it to
residence. The deputies noted the smell of
pect entered the store, asked for cigarettes,
Georgia to escape being
the fire as being that of methamphetamine
took out a handgun and pointed it at the fe-
Predictors
arrested on the charges.
(“meth”), so a HazMat (hazardous materi-
male clerk, demanding money from the reg-
John also admitted to be-
als) team was contacted to contain the chem-
ister. The clerk handed him an undisclosed
ing involved in manufac-
It's Getting
icals. Materials used in the manufacturing
amount of cash, then handed him a carton
turing the drug and buying
of methamphetamine were located, and it
of cigarettes. A second clerk approached,
Sudafed for making the
was obvious that sand had been placed in
Interesting
and the suspect pointed the handgun toward
drug under the direction of James Gromling
the camper’s toilet in an attempt to put out
the second clerk. He made statements that
his brother, James.
a fire, the reports stated. Several witnesses
See page 8
his mother had just passed, and he needed
In James’ wallet, according to the
made statements that linked the two broth-
Continued on page 4 - Robbery Arrest
ers to cooking the meth. A “BOLO” (Be On
Continued on page 3- Meth Arrest