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Meth where the manufacturingfrom page 1 were located, along with the location of Remembering Halloween's Past

Bust - Continued chemicals

told a deputy

Halloween night Oct 31, 2001, former

the one-pot methamphetamine cooks which were still at the residence. Carroll said they

Inglis Mayor Carolyn Risher sat at her kitchen table

destroyed the manufacturing waste in a burn pile at the rear of the residence. A glass vile

and penned a Proclamation banning Satan from her

containing 2 to 3 grams of methamphetamine from the previous evening’s manufacturing,

town. Inspired by her Yankeetown Church of God

along with other items, were found where Carroll told deputies they would be.

Pastor Richard Moore who said the mayor as the

Lutes confirmed what Carrold had told officers and said that she had purchased

elected leader of this community was stepping out as

batteries, cold packs and ephedrine for the cooks, and that she had purchased ephedrine for

a Christian and trying to do something positive. The

the cooks for about ten months. The report said that Sudafed (ephedrine) logs showed that

mayor was upset with bad things that were going on

she had maintained her maximum number of purchases for the majority of the months since

in Inglis.

Dec., 2011. She later recanted this statement, according to the reports, and stated that she

The Proclamation was typed on official

had only been buying ephedrine for the past few months. She also stated that she sometimes

Town of Inglis stationary, signed by Mayor Risher

stole lithium batteries that are used in the manufacturing process. She said that she had

and Town Clerk Sally McCranie, “Signed and sealed

been heavily using methamphetamine for the past several months, and there would be drug

this 5th Day of November, 2001”. The town com-

paraphernalia and syringes in her bedroom.

missioner later reprimaded the mayor for writing the

Lolly stated, although he does not live at the residence, he had spent the previous

proclamation on town stationary without the com-

night there. He said he had purchased two boxes of ephedrine over the past couple of weeks,

mission's approval. Four (4x4) posts were hollowed

for Carroll, and that the methamphetamine in his pocket had been “bought” from Carroll

out and the Proclamation rolled and capped inside

the previous night. He explained that the term “bought” meant that Carroll owed him the

each post. The four posts which were lettered “REPENT” “REQUEST” “RESIST” were

methamphetamine for the two boxes of ephedrine he had provided. He said that he had not

then mounted at the four entrances to Inglis declaring the banishment. This act made world

participated with the manufacturing of the methamphetamine, other than having provided

wide news with even a spoof on Comedy Central. An excerpt of The Newscaster reports

the two boxes of ephedrine.

was published in the book: "Weird Florida II" available at Amazon Books. For more check

Deputies removed toxic waste and chemicals from the residence and back yard,

The Newscaster website. Photo/story-Sally Price.

which included four one-pot methamphetamine cooks, five Hcl generators, numerous empty

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packages and blister packs of ephedrine, cut lithium battery casings with the lithium re-

Continued from page 1

moved, several homemade containers containing Coleman fuel, a can of Coleman fuel, five

to budge he tried another approach. “The man kept telling me he was going to lose his job

empty cans of Coleman fuel, numerous instant cold pack packages, numerous coffee filters

and he lifted his T shirt to show me scars from what he said was from hernia surgery. I told

(some tested positive for methamphetamine and some tested positive for ephedrine), a con-

him that nothing he said could convince me to change my mind”. The man finally unloaded

tainer of Drano and homemade funnels and other utensils used in the manufacturing process.

the couple’s freezer and loaded it into an older model white pick-up truck with a chest type

Inside the residence, deputies found multiple syringes, one which contained one gram of

freezer in the bed that appeared in their driveway. She said the man driving the truck looked

liquid methamphetamine, along with the two to three grams of methamphetamine in the vial

Hispanic.

described by Carroll.

“I really lit into my husband and blamed him for letting this happen. With a bewil-

Carroll and Lutes were each charged with possession of a controlled substance,

dered look he told me the stranger told him I had ordered the meat. I made a sincere apology

manufacturing a controlled substance with intent to sell, conspiring with another to com-

to my husband at that point”. Because of this woman’s refusal to be bullied or hoodwinked

mit an offense prohibited by law, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of list-

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this story had a good ending, but everyone should be aware that scam artists are around and

ed chemicals with intent to manufacture a controlled substance. Their bonds were set at

they usually prey on the elderly. The Citrus County Sheriff s Office told her that there had

$165,500, each. Lolly was charged with the same charges and additionally charged with

been similaS.tOrwellePt.,'s reported in the FL nnellon area. This is the first case of this

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possession of cannabis less than 20 grams; his bond was set at $166,000.

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INGLIS VILLAS

COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCMENT

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What’s Happening at "The V" (Inglis VFW)

The Inglis VFW Post 8698 is located at 520 Hwy. 40 East,1 mile east of the U.S. Hwy 19 traffic light;

Numbers

33 Tronu Drive • Inglis, Florida 34449

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phone 352-447-3495. There’s never a cover charge at the Inglis VFW.

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UPCOMING ACTIVITIES: Every Thursday at 7:00 pm, darts - come hang out with us; Friday, Nov 2,

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The VFW has placed Buddy Poppy cans at numerous businesses in Inglis. Poppies are by donations

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Jam on November 3rd in Crystal River

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Every Thursdays Darts 7PM (come hang out)