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Community
Wildlife Park To Host
January 28 Bird Walk
-Experienced and novice birders are
welcome-
HOMOSASSA The Florida Department
of Environmental Protection's Ellie Schil-
ler Homosassa Springs Wildlife State
Park, in cooperation with Citrus County
Audubon Society, will host a bird walk on
Pepper Creek Trail on Saturday, January
28, 2017.
An experienced birder from Cit-
rus County Audubon, will lead the walk on
this trail which is one of 19 birding trails
in Citrus County that are part of the West
Section of the Great Florida Birding Trail.
Participants should meet at 7:45 a.m. at the
entrance to the park's Visitor Center. The
bird walk will begin at 8:00 a.m. Binocu-
lars and a field guide are recommended.
Participation in the bird walk on Pepper
Creek is free.
Pepper Creek Trail is approxi-
mately 3/4 mile in length and follows
along the park's tram road, connecting the
Visitor Center on U.S. 19 and the West en-
trance on Fishbowl Drive. Participants can
The heavy winds during the storm that passed through Citrus County on Sunday afternoon caused a huge tree to fall on this house at E. Harts-
either walk back down the trail or wait and
horn Ln. in Holder. A 65 year-old man was inside but refused medical treatment, according to the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Much of Citrus
take the first returning boat after the park
County was under a tornado warning and received alerts from the new Alert Citrus system by voice and text messaging. Photo courtesy CCSO.
opens. There is no charge to use the Pepper
Homosassa Man
Man attempts to purchase meth,
Creek trail or to take the return boat trip.
Bird walks are scheduled monthly from
January through April. For more informa-
gets robbed and slashed with knife
Suspect in Bank
tion and to register, call (352) 628-5343,
ext. 1002.
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Robbery
An Inverness man was arrested by
face with the knife. He said "T" went into
the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Jan. 18,
his pocket and took the $450 he'd brought to
following claims by the victim that he was
use in purchasing the methamphetamine. The
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
robbed of $450, and his face was slashed with
victim was able to get up and run away to a
a buck knife by a man called "T," who was
neighboring house, where the neighbor con-
A warrant has
later determined to be 40 year-old Taiwan Ba-
tacted 911.
been issued for 38 year
come, 9829 E. Regency Row.
The report stated that Ms. Deane first
old Brent Edward Bevil, a
The victim told deputies that he was
told deputies that she didn't know why the
homeless man in the Ho-
"set-up" for the robbery by a woman who
victim came to the residence, but later stated
mosassa area, on charges
Phantom Gourmet
called herself, "London," who was later iden-
that the victim wanted to purchase metham-
of felony armed robbery as
tified as Jayde Deane. The victim, who lives
phetamine, and she told him that someone at
the primary suspect in the
in St. Petersburg, said he'd traveled to Citrus
the residence would sell it to him. She said
Returns
Friday afternoon robbery
County because the woman told him she had
that the victim had been harassing her, but she
of the Bank of America, located at 4395 S.
See page 11
a connection from whom he could purchase
hadn't informed Mr. Bacome about this, and
Suncoast Blvd. (U.S. Hwy. 19) in Homosas-
high grade methamphetamine.
Mr. Bacome likely stabbed the victim because
sa.
During the afternoon, the victim
he (the victim) was so upset.
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Edward Bevil was determined the
said, he arrived at the address given him by
Bacome told deputies that he didn't
primary suspect in the crime after detectives
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Ms. Deane, and was instructed to wait in the
know the victim and had never seen him be-
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yard until the narcotics arrived. He said a blue
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graphs of the suspect and tips received by
Hyundai car pulled into the driveway, driven
they'd had an altercation. Due to the victim's
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up his money, then began slashing him on the
battery, with his total bond set at $60,000.
Continued on page 11 - Bank Robbery