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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Early Morning Fire Closes
Inglis youth charged with retail
Inglis Super Stop
theft and possessionDepartment, Sept. 22,
An 18 year-old Inglis youth was arrested by the Inglis Police
A fire at the Shell Super Stop has temporarily closed the business which has been
after police were notified of a retail theft in progress at the Kangaroo gas station.
an Inglis landmark for years at the corner of U.S. Hwy. 19 and C.R. 40.
As the officer approached the store, he noticed the youth, who matched the descrip-
According to the Inglis Police Department, the structural fire was reported at 1:55
tion of the thief, walking across the parking lot in the direction of the police department.
a.m. Officer Shannon Goodman was first on the scene, within two minutes, and saw that
As the officer turned into the parking lot of the police department, he observed the youth
the interior of the building was partially engulfed in flames. She immediately notified Levy
throwing something to the ground and attempting to “conceal merchandise in a jacket,” the
County dispatch and activated the emergency gas shut-off switch. A window broke, so
report stated. The officer reported, that on the ground beside the youth, he saw a silver tin
Goodman used the fire extinguisher from her patrol vehicle to attempt to extinguish the fire.
that is commonly used for storing illegal drugs.
Soon, the Inglis Fire Department arrived and began to work on extinguishing the fire.
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The youth admitted that he’d taken a drink from the store. He was placed under
Officer Goodman contacted the on-call State Fire Marshall, Detective Garrett Car-
arrest and searched. The officerPHONa metal straw in his pocket that contained a powder
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lisle, who immediately traveled to the fire scene, and the investigation was turned over to
residue. The officer retrieved the tin from (800) 385-6736 one 30-mg oxycodone tablet
FAX the ground and found
him. The Inglis Police Department remained at the scene to assist with crowd control and to
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E a Schedule II Controlled Substance with a street name of blue-
maintain the integrity of the scene.
berry,’ due to it’s small, round shape, the report stated. The manager of the gas station stated
According to the Levy County Sheriff s Office the page-out at 1:57 a.m. went to
that she saw theVISIT place several items in his pockets. She said he took a drink from the
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all three South Levy County fire departments. According to former Inglis Fire Chief Phil
cooler and some red candy. These cost of these items totalled $4.59. He was charged with
Sprinkle, who stepped down from his duties as chief, but is still active with the fire depart-
possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, possession of drug parapherna-
ment, the building was fully engulfed when the firemen arrived and was soon under control.
lia and retail theft.
Inglis firemen stayed with the building until daybreak to make sure everything stayed under
control.
Lt. Matt Legler with the State Fire Marshall s office stated that no information is
available, as yet, that the case is open and under investigation, which is the typical proce-
dure. The Inglis Super Stop station was built in 1989 by local resident Bob Sargent.
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