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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Remembering The Past
Area Police Beat
Terry Lee Arnold, 39, 50 Palm Dr., Inglis, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Of-
fice, Oct, 23 on a warrant for felony failure to appear (original charge habitual driving while
license suspended), no bond. He was arrested on Oct. 24 with a writ of bodily attachment
(original charge non-payment of child support) with a $1,000 cash-only bond.
Douglas Edward Jones, 3927 S. Kindness Ter., Homosassa, was arrested by the
Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Oct. 23, charged with felony trafficking in 5.6 grams of
oxycodone 5 mg/acetaminophen 325 mg during a traffic stop. He was also issued a traffic
citation for driving while license suspended. His bond was set at $50,000.
Michael Louis Lauro, Jr., 2889 S. Euclid Ave., Homosassa was arrested by the
Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Oct. 23 on a misdemeanor charge of petit retail theft from
the Inverness Walmart (a pair of men s pants and eight packs of Yogioh cards with a value
of $61.74). He said he’d stolen the items to give his friend’s child as a birthday gift. As he
was placed on a three-year probation on Sept. 18, 2012, he was also charged with violation
of probation (no bond).
Kyle Stephon Potter, 22, 3559 S. Aberdeen Ter., Homosassa, was arrested by the
Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Oct. 23, charged with trafficking in stolen property and
grand theft ($300 or greater, but less than $5,000). The items were a Lincoln welder, a 32-
feet aluminum ladder, an AC unit and a metal storage shed, valued at a total of $2,320 and
taking items to a scrap dealer in Inverness with payment of $58. He stated that a person he
knows only as “Rob” had taken the itess to the scrap dealer and used his Identification to
make the transaction. His bond was set at $7,000.
Tonia Marie Arnette, 38, 922 E. Winnetka St., Hernando, was arrested by the Citrus
Yankeetown has always been a fishing town even back to the day when A F Knotts from Gary
County Sheriff s Office, Oct 24, charged with petit retail theft from the Inverness Beall s
Indiana brought his family down to the paradise he had discovered on the Gulf Coast of
Department Store (items totaling $104.50). She was issued a Notice to Appear citation for
Florida. The Lodge was built to accomodate all those who came to the area for sports and out-
retail theft.
doors activity.This 7-29-61 casting exhibition featured famous fishermen Arby Arbuthnot and
Troy R. Bass, 7 Hoover St., Beverly Hills, was arrested by the Citrus County Sher-
Bruce E Brubaker Sr (called Hushpuppy) who excelled in salt water fly fishing. The exhibition
iff s Office, Oct 24, charged with burglary of an occupied residence located at N. Academy
at Izaak Walton Lodge drew quite a crowd. Photo from the State Archives, story by Sally Price.
Dr. in Dunnellon. The report stated that a K-9 unit tracked Bass, and the Aviation Unit
Squawk Box
spotted him lighting a cigarette in a nearby wooded area. He surrendered to deputies. He
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attempted the break in by removing and breaking a screen from a window. He said he had
on the merger, otherwise the building will be built at the current Florida Highway Patrol site
no power to his own home and was trying to provide for himself. He had walked to the resi-
north of Inglis. It is a no brainer that response time from the EMT’s would be much faster to
dence and thought it was unoccupied because the house was dark, and the resident had not
Inglis citizens if the ambulance is housed in town.
answered when he rang the doorbell. His bond was set at $15,000.
Inglis, by referendum, would have to return the $27,000 it currently receives from the
Kayleen Marie Smith, 24, and Jeremy Wayne Billups, 29, both of 2991 E. Briga-
county as their share of the assessment fund, but that pales in view of the benefits and sav-
doon Ct., Hernando, were arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Oct. 24. Smith
ings. Where would the loss be made up?
was charged with misdemeanor petit retail theft from the Inverness Walmart (a tent and gun
One very significant sticking point that will have to be resolved is that Inglis busi-
scabbard); her bond was set at $500. Billups was charged with trafficking or endeavoring to
nesses could be levied a higher tax: Much higher. One example given by City Attorney
traffic in stolen property, and his bond was set at $5,000. He was also charged with felony
Norm Fugate was that Food Ranch Plaza could incur a $8763.93 yearly fire assessment tax.
violation of probation (no bond). The reports stated that Smith is accused of taking the items
For any small business that is a deal-breaker. In times when small businesses are folding
from the store on Oct. 20, and Billups is charged with returning the items shortly thereafter
their tents in record numbers it seems that our leaders at the town and county level should
in exchange for a gift card in the amount of $221.42. The two were also identified by the
be able to work through the tedium of financial details and find solutions to this: Especially
Loss Prevention Officer as suspects in a theft on the same day from an Ocala Walmart.
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