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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher
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Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
Wednesday November 10, 2010
A Publication of
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Permit No. 14
Newscaster Publishing
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
CCSO’s CPI Section scores well
in peer review
By Deborah Russell
Newscaster Editor
Is everybody as sick and tired as
I am of constantly hearing negative news
on the fluff news programs of today? Well,
we have one organization in Citrus Coun-
ty - and run by a Democrat - that’s turned
bigger into better and shown that you truly
can make lemonade out of the most bitter
lemons. I’m talking about the Citrus Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Jeff Dawsy and
his agency’s Child Protective Investigative
Services (CPI) Section.
The Citrus County Sheriff’s Of-
fice, now in its fourth year under contract
with the Florida Department of Children
and Families to conduct child protective
investigations, received high marks in its
yearly peer review evaluation completed
in late October. In the CPI Section, which
includes investigative response, program
management, and emergency removal and
placement, the agency earned a total aver-
age score of 96.85%.
In 2000, the Florida Legislature
Staff from Charlie’s Seafood House were cooking and serving crab claws as fast as they could during the Third Annual Stone Crab Jam in Crystal
mandated an annual report on the program
River Saturday afternoon. The event was well attended; hundreds of people packed the Citrus Ave. area and dined on crab claws, drank, and
performance of the sheriff’s offices which
listened to music from three different bands. TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
Two
receive general appropriations to provide
Marijuana and Explosives
child protective investigations.
The yearly requirements for the
Dunnellon
evaluation were modified in 2001: They
Seized in Homosassa
must address quality performance, out-
come-measured attainment and cost ef-
Residents Die
ficiency. They must be based on criteria
(ATF) to determine whether or not the con-
Late Wednesday afternoon, Nov.
mutually agreed upon by the sheriffs and
fiscated assault rifles are
3, members of the Citrus County Sheriffís
DCF. They must be conducted by a team
even legal.
Office Tactical Impact Unit (TIU) served
in Crash
of peer reviewers from the sheriff’s offices
Since early Oc-
a search warrant, plus an arrest warrant, at
that perform child protective investiga-
tober, TIU members had
2761 S. Bolton Avenue in Homosassa, the
tions, plus representatives from DCF; and
supervised three con-
residence of 75 year-old Robert Vogel.
must be delivered to the President of the
trolled purchases of mari-
Vogel was taken into custody on an
From Florida Highway Patrol
Senate, Speaker of the House and the Gov-
juana and explosives from
active Citrus County warrant charging him
ernor by Jan. 31 of each year.
A single-vehicle crash in Crystal
Vogel, which formed the
with two counts of make, possess, throw,
The eight-member peer review
River, around 1:30 a.m., Nov. 6, resulted in
probable cause for secur-
project, place or discharge a destructive de-
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the death of two Dunnellon residents. Ac-
ing the search warrant.
vice and four counts of sale of cannabis. His
cording to the Florida Highway Patrol, Paul
All of the explo-
bond was set at $30,000.
Vogel
John Kimmerling, 47, the driver, and Marla
sive devices were poten-
As a result of the search warrant,
Jean Kimmerling, 38, the passenger, were
tially dangerous, depending on how they
TIU members also seized 554 grams (ap-
pronounced deceased at the scene of the
were handled and what their intended use
proximately a pound and a quarter) of mari-
crash, County Road 495, a quarter of a mile
was. At this time, the explosives have been
juana, thousands of finished explosives of
Veterans Day is Thursday,
south of W. Emerald Oaks Dr. where the ve-
secured and will eventually be disposed of.
varying sizes and destructive potential,
hicle, a 2008 Kia, was traveling south.
Nov. 11th
After vogel’s arrest, charges of pos-
raw materials to make more explosives,
According to the report, the driver,
session of a controlled substance with intent
three AK-47s, a 2004 Toyota pickup truck,
Thank A Vet Today
who was wearing a seatbelt, lost control of
to sell, and possession of drug paraphernalia
$11,264 in cash and drug paraphernalia.
the vehicle and the roof of the car crashed
Veterans Day activities
were added, and additional bond was set on
Members of the Tactical Impact
into a palm tree. The report stated that the
these charges at $5,500.
Unit anticipate working with the Bureau of
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passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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