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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Fugitive Caught in Homosassa  - Continued from page 1
FROM INGLIS TOWN HALL
Federal Correctional Institute in South Miami-Dade County for a few days until he alleg-
TOWN CLEAN-UP SCHEDULE
edly faked a heart attack and was taken to a hospital. On June 16, 1980, MacDonald con-
vinced a private security officer to unshackle his legs so he could take a shower. When the
Bulk Waste Pickup Saturday January 29th, 2011
security officer walked to a nurse’s station, MacDonald escaped.
Authorities lost track of MacDonald for the next 30 years, until the U.S. Marshals
WASTE PRO the waste removal specialists has contracted with the Town of Inglis to
Service in Miami formed a Cold Case Fugitive Squad, a couple years ago. The officer as-
supply a total or” tour (4) quarterly waste pickups a year at no charge to their customers
signed to MacDonald’s case found information in the file that led investigators to south-
The second (2nd) Waste Pro Pickup is scheduled for Saturday March 5, 2011 for Leaf and
west Pennsylvania, where MacDonald had been living under the assumed name of Jack D.
Limb Waste for all Inglis Waste Pro customers.
Hunter. They also discovered that MacDonald’s wife, Angela, had purchased a second home
BULK WASTE consists of old discarded stoves refrigerators water tanks washing ma-
in Homosassa where MacDonald had been living since last year.
chines, furniture, mattresses, couches, chairs, mid size metal pieces and other waste ma-
According to the Sun Sentinel, at the time of MacDonald’s original arrest in 1980,
terials to be removed from a property.
he was a yacht broker in Fort Lauderdale who went by the nickname, “Big Mac.” During the
EXCLUDED items that will NOT be accepted in this Bulk Waste Pickup include yard
years MacDonald was on the lam, he owned and operated numerous businesses. According
rubbish, construction or demolition debris and any hazardous waste material such as bat-
to Golden, MacDonald owns an appliance store in Pennsylvania and once earned $1,900 a
teries, tires, paints, volatile solvents, poisonous chemicals and the like.
month tending a team of horses, “The Heinz Hitch,” a horse-and-buggy display at festivals
IMPORTANT NOTE: WASTE PRO will ONLY pick up the Bulk Waste from their con-
and state fairs which was sponsored by the Heinz Corporation until it was disbanded in
tracted customers. If you do not have a waste pickup service or you are presently using
2006. Over the years, MacDonald crossed the border at least three times to bring the horses
another service no waste material will be removed from your residence during this Bulk
to the Calgary Stampede, Golden said.
Patrol Car Fire  - Continued from page 1
Waste Pickup You can receive WASTE PPO regular garbage pickup service including the
4 yearly Bulk Pickups by calling l 800-228~4908 (toll free).
Please record this Bulk Waste Pickup date SATURDAY, January 29th. The crews will not
to the house. The verbal exchange became physical when Gale head-butted her boyfriend,
be going back for collections after this Bulk Waste Pickup date.
causing small lacerations above his left eye. Everyone at the residence was highly intoxi-
(a) Place the material in the right of way the day before the pickup at your
cated, said Tierney.
normal garbage pick up location.
Gale was detained in the rear seat of a patrol car, handcuffed, while deputies con-
(b) Do not mix in undesirable excluded materials listed above with waste material set out
ducted their investigation. Their intent was to arrest Gale on a charge of domestic battery.
for pickup. If this occurs none of the material will be removed and the material will be left
Deputies saw smoke in the rear of the patrol car realized that Gale had somehow
for the homeowner to dispose of.
maneuvered her hands to her front, pulled off her shirt over her handcuffed hands and set her
(c) The entire Town is scheduled for a one day pickup of all areas Each date for Waste
shirt on fire with a lighter of unknown origin, severely burning her hands. Gale was airlifted
Pickup is scheduled on a Saturday, for everyone s convenience. Only with the coopera-
to Shands U.F. Hospital in Gainesville, where she was believed to still be hospitalized, as
tion of all citizens will the Bulk Waste Pickup be completed in a timely and professional
of Monday, Jan. 17. Gale has been unable to interview with any sheriff’s office personnel
manner.
about the incident.
The domestic battery case was turned over to the State Attorney’s office for review,
Published 1-19-11
but detectives were notified on Jan. 14 that the state declined to file charges, citing the vic-
tim’s failure to cooperate as the reason The State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the
fire. Meanwhile, the incident remains under administrative review at the sheriff’s office,
to determine if any violations of the agency’s policies or procedures occurred, or if any
changes need to be made in their policies or procedures.
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Homosassa man injured in truck crash
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A 23-year-old Homosassa man, Frank A. Sablinskas, was injured in a single-ve-
lent Location a corner parcel right on #19 just
hicle crash on Jan. 8 that took place on a dirt road on private property, located at the end of
two blocks south of Seven Rivers Hospital,
W. Highland St., 1.5 miles east of the intersection with S. Candlenut Ave. According to the
approx. 4,000 sq ft of office space in three
crash report by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, the crash took place at 1:30 a.m. Sablin-
buildings, on approx. 2 acres, super low price,
skas was driving west in a 1985 Toyota truck on the dirt road, and for an unknown reason,
motivated seller
swerved to the left, going off the dirt road and into the brush.
Commercial property with building, cor-
The vehicle struck a pine tree that was approximately one inch in diameter, which
ner lot on #19 next to NAPA, super low
pierced the floorboard and struck Sablinskas, injuring the right side of his stomach. A pas-
price, owner financing available, excellent
senger in the truck, Cletis Lang Huggins, 19, also of Homosassa, was not injured. The report
investment property
stated that alcohol is not suspected as a factor in the crash, and restraints were not being used
by the two men.
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