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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday November 23, 2016
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Publisher
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Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Historian
Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community
Buckle Up To Arrive
Alive This
Thanksgiving
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. The Florida
Highway Patrol (FHP) is helping to
ensure all motorists Arrive Alive this
Thanksgiving holiday and
is reminding motorists to buckle up
before they hit the road. During the
2015 Thanksgiving holiday period,
law enforcement agencies statewide
worked 9,906 crashes. Tragically, 84
people lost their lives, and 17 of those
individuals were not wearing seat-
belts.
Millions of Floridians and
visitors will travel throughout Florida
over the Thanksgiving holiday, lead-
ing to higher volumes of traffic on
roadways. From November 23 to 27,
all available FHP troopers, along with
FHP reserve and auxiliary members,
will be patrolling the roads to help en-
sure safe travel.
"The Florida Highway Pa-
trol remains committed to enforcing
A scholarship was presented to Law Enforcement Officer Basic Recruit, Jakob Fischer, at the Citrus County Public Safety Training Center, Nov. 18. Fischer is
traffic laws and ensuring traffic safety
the first recipient of the Florida Criminal Justice Training Center Directors' Phil Royal Memorial Scholarship. Those attending included Director and Associa-
as motorists and their families travel
tion Chairman Jay Romine, Manatee Technical College; Director Charles McIntosh, Central Florida College; Director Russ Edwards, Lake Technical College; Field
this holiday season," said Colonel
Representative Kris Brady, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE); and Phil Royal's widow, April, and their baby daughter, Brelyn Dawn, along with
representatives of the Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Photo courtesy CCSO.
Gene S. Spaulding, Director of the
Hard push causes fall/brain
Woman Charged
Florida Highway Patrol. "Whether
you are traveling around the corner
With Larceny,
or across the state, it's imperative to
bleeding in elderly woman
buckle all seatbelts every time to en-
sure you Arrive Alive to your destina-
Grand Theft
erts was drinking coffee, she told deputies,
From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
tion."
she went over and spoke to her. The victim
This Thanksgiving, motor-
A chance encounter be-
said Roberts pushed her very hard, caus-
ists are also reminded to obey all
tween an `elderly' woman (over
From the Levy County Sheriff Dept.
ing her feet to come off the ground, and she
speed limits and adjust speed accord-
the age of 65) and an Eustis wom-
landed, hard, on the floor. She said her next
Brittany Ann Shoe-
ingly as traffic congestion and weath-
an at the Homosassa Lions Club,
memory was of walking up at the hospital.
maker, 28, 20033 SE 111 Ave.,
er conditions may require driving
Nov. 7, resulted in the elderly Roberts
According to the video surveil-
Inglis, was arrested by the
more slowly. Motorists should always
woman being rendered uncon-
lance, here was no observable argument
Levy County Sheriff s Office,
keep their eyes on the road, hands on
scious. The elderly victim was transported
between the two women, and the victim did
Nov. 15, charged with larceny
the wheel and mind on driving.
to Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill. It was
not touch Ms. Roberts. The report stated
- grand theft of $300 or more, Shoemaker
The public is encouraged to
determined that she had a subdural hema-
that the surveillance footage showed Robert
but less than $5,000 (surety/
report impaired or aggressive driv-
toma from a brain hemorrhage, and she was
pushing the victim very hard, and the victim
cash bond of $15,000) and larceny of a cred-
ers by dialing *FHP (*347). Also,
transferred to Bayonet Point (trauma) Hos-
falling to the floor.
it card (surety/cash bond $10,000). Shoe-
remember to check traffic conditions
pital in Hudson. The arrest affidavit stated
On Nov. 13, Ms. Roberts was ar-
maker is accused of fraudulently using the
before leaving for a trip and allow
that the incident occurred on Bingo Night,
rested at a local hospital after she'd been
victim's Drummond Bank debit card.
sufficient time to arrive at your desti-
observed by numerous people and recorded
released. (The hospitalization was unrelated
According to the arrest report,
nation safely.
on video surveillance.
to her encounter with the victim, the report
Shoemaker allegedly used the debit card at
On Nov. 9, deputies were able to
Happy
stated). Ms. Roberts refused to make a state-
the Drummond Bank's ATM machine at the
speak with the victim, who was still in the
ment to deputies.
Thanksgiving
Inglis branh on Nov. 8 to obtain $160 in cash
hospital. She said he'd noticed a woman
She was charged with battery on a
at 10:30 am and to obtain $180 in cash at
from all of US at
whom she did not know, who was deter-
person 65 years of age or older, a first degree
3:35 pm, and on Nov. 9 at the Inglis Food
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mined to be 52 year-old Tina Lynn Roberts
misdemeanor reclassified to third degree fel-
Continued on page 4 - Grand Theft
of Eustis, FL. When she saw that Ms. Rob-
ony, with her bond set at $2,000.