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Wednesday October 15, 2008

A Publication of

Permit No. 14

Mike Moore - Photojournalist

Newscaster Publishing

Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box

With Doug Johnston

“Kitty Speak”

Back in August Doug and

Kathie Johnston took a vaca-

tion to West Virginia. The next

door neighbors usually care

for the Johnston’s cats, (Callie

and Hannah), but the

Johnston’s daughter and her 6 year old son

were spending the month of August with them

so they were in charge of the household. The

following is a list of instructions the cats

wrote.

From The Desk of: Callie and Hannah

Johnston:

Amanda,

While our principal caretakers are

away you are expected to provide love and

care for us at all times. In short, you are now

in charge of keeping us content and happy

24 hours a day. You should feel privileged

that our prime caretakers have bestowed that

honor upon you.

Make sure that all of the doors shut

when you and the little human who usually

accompanies you enter or leave the house.

This includes the French doors that lead to

Fall colors dominating the decor at Heritage Village Market Day this past Saturday in Crystal River. For more on this story, see page 3 -

the giant watering bowl in the back yard. If

Photo by Mike Moore

Elderly woman robbed in her home

you fail to do this we may decide to explore

Citrus

the neighborhood and with all of the big dogs,

owls and rowdy teens in the neighborhood

A Beverly Hills man was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, Oct. 9, in

this could be a bad thing for two de-clawed

relation to early morning incidents at two S. Tyler St. residences in Beverly Hills and an-

Springs man

housecats, (with attitudes).

other incident that took place at another Beverly Hills residence on Sept. 29.

Make sure our cat liter pans are

When a detective arrived at one of the S. Tyler St. residences, around 2:30 a.m., he

cleaned out every day. This is a duty that is

learned that the victim, an elderly woman, had gone to the door and

arrested on

beneath “Catkind”. Only humans can perform

looked out a window when she heard her doorbell ring, but she did not

this chore. There are plastic bags in the pri-

see anything. The woman went to her utility room, to look out into the

mary caretaker’s bedroom on a closet door.

carport, but still did not see anyone, but she heard the noise of her

bank robbery

Make sure we have fresh water, (we actually

window being broken and went to investigate. She said she was con-

prefer to drink from the ewer on the female

fronted by a man who ordered her to go into the bathroom, or he would

caretaker’s vanity in the bathroom), dry food,

cut her. He told her this several times, and she received a cut (by an

charges

and we like one can of cat food in the morn-

unknown object) to one of her fingers when she was physically forced

ing and one at night.

into the bathroom. She gave the man $60; he then ransacked her home

We require some measure of “pet-

and took a gold medallion and necklace. He also cut the phone lines.

A 44-year-old

Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box

The man charged in the break in, Reginald Edward Jones, 48, Reginald Jones

Citrus Springs man,

of an unknown address in Beverly Hills, was confronted by a neighbor of the victim during

Clinton Wesley Erven III,

the incident. According to an arrest report, Jones told the neighbor that everything was

of N. Violet St., was ar-

MOVE

okay, that he was the maintenance man, there to fix a window, then he went across the street,

rested by the Citrus

knocked on the door and spoke with the woman. The neighbor stated that his neighbor seemed

County Sheriff's Office,

SHEDS

to know Jones, so he thought Jones was okay.

Oct.7, charged with bank

Several officers went to another residence, in an attempt to locate Jones, as an

robbery. Employees esti-

(352)637-6607

injunction had been filed against Jones by the resident, another elderly woman, and he had

mated that Erven made Clinton Erven,III

been ordered not to be within 500 feet of her residence. No one answered the door, but the

off with about $11,000

The Shed Store

deputies watched the house. Around 4:30 a.m., Jones turned into the front yard. When he

from the Brannen Bank located at 6901 W.

was confronted by the deputies, Jones explained that he had gone there to pick up his pillow

156 N. Florida Ave.

Gulf to Lake Hwy. in Crystal River. Accord-

and a sheet. Searching Jones, deputies found a pillow and blanket and a copy of his injunc-

ing to the arrest report, Erven arrived at the

Inverness

tion. Jones was charged with violating an injunction for protection against domestic vio-

bank, alone, dressed in a jacket and long

Continued on page 4 - Bank Robbery

Continued on page 4 - Home Robbery