PAGE 3 - November 24, 2010
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Traffic stop ends in felony arrestrrested by the Inglis crash seriously injures 6 youths
Tammy M. Love, 53, 12084 W. Belveder St., Crystal River, was a
A one-vehicle traffic crash in Inglis on C.R. 40 A, around 4:25 a.m., Nov. 21, re-
Inglis Police Department after a routine traffice stop on Nov. 10. According to the arrest re-
sulted in serious or critical injuries to six Inglis and Yankeetown youths. According to the
port, Love was stopped on U.S. Hwy. 19, south of S. Inglis Ave., about 2:30 a.m., for having
Florida Highway Patrol, “All six occupants in the vehicle were unrestrained at the time of
an expired license plate.
the crash and all occupants sustained serious bodily injuries.”
While speaking with Ms. Love, the officer noticed that her purse was open and
The report stated that George Z. Risher was driving a 1998 Chevy Blazer, traveling
several prescription bottles were in plain view. When the officer asked to see the bottles,
west on C.R. 40A, when it traveled off the road onto the south shoulder and struck a tree
Love showed them to the officer who reported that some of the bottles had several types of
with the front of the vehicle. The report stated that charges are pending and the investigation
medication in them, and one pill was recognized by the officer as methadone. When asked
into the crash is continuing.
if she had a prescription for the methadone, Love was unsure, according to the report.. The
Units from the Inglis and Yankeetown volunteer fire departments were called to
officer deployed his certified narcotic detection dog on the vehicle, and he alerted, several
the scene to extricate the victims from the Blazer. Five of the occupants were transported
times, to the passenger door. Several bottles containing methadone were located in the ve-
to Shands at the University of Florida Hospital in Gainesville: driver George Risher, 16,
hicle. In one of the bottles, the officer found a number of methadone pills inside a cigarette
Inglis (in critical condition); Tommy L. Green, 21, Inglis (in serious condition); Alana L.
pack wrapper. The officer reported that prescription pills are commonly sold, distributed and
Moninger, 16, Yankeetown, (in critical condition); Jason E. Adams, 16, Inglis, (in serious
possessed illegally in this type of wrapping. The methadone pills were positively identified
condition); and Matthew J. Porterfield, 21, Yankeetown (in serious condition). Mitchael
on two websites devoted to identifying prescription drugs.
P. Porterfield, 20, Yankeetown (in serious condition) was transported to Seven Rivers Re-
Love was arrested on a felony charge of possession of methadone without a pre-
gional Hospital in Crystal River.
scription.
Robbery Suspect - Continued from page 1
Nolan stated that it was he in the photo and questioned the deputy about the video. Nolan
was told that the video was from the bank robbery. Nolan told deputies that it was he (Nolan)
in the picture, so he guessed he robbed the bank, but didn’t remember doing it - he repeated
this, numerous times. He kept asking, why would he rob a bank in a town where everyone
knows him?
When the van was searched, deputies located a bag that contained the blue shorts
that were allegedly worn during the bank robbery. Inside the bag, deputies also found less
than 20 grams of cannabis.
The driver of the van was issued a warning number for driving over the fog line and
given a verbal warning for littering the highway.
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The 1998 Chevy Blazer, according to FHP driven by George Risher of Inglis
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