Page 4 November 9, 2011
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Marijuana Bust - Continued from page 1
Remembering the past
ding plants. The plants were in the process of being harvested, as several stalks were cut
down. The drying buds were then hung for processing in a bathroom nearby. Once dry, the
buds are then clipped, processed and sold.
Progress Energy played a significant role in the investigation helping detectives
determine if unusually high levels of power were in use.
According to TIU Sgt. Justin Ferrara, the people involved in this ring were at the
top of their game. "The way they tapped into the utilityís power source was very impres-
sive," he said. "They were experts at camouflaging and concealing the fact that they were
stealing power."
The Sheriff's Office will work with the Drug Enforcement Administration on other
aspects of the investigation, said Ferrara. In all, detectives estimate that over $1 million in
marijuana was seized ,and approximately $200,000 to $300,000 worth of electricity was
stolen due to the grow house operations. More arrests are pending, and the investigation is
continuing.
Head-on crash south of Bronson, kills two
A two-vehicle, head-on collision in Levy County, early Sunday morning, Nov. 6,
took the lives of both drivers. The crash occurred at 12:02 a.m. on U.S. Hwy. 27, two miles
south of Bronson.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, James V. Race, age 48, of Williston, was
driving a 1997 Mazda B-3500 pick-up truck on U.S. Hwy. 27, traveling north - but in the
inside, southbound traffic lane. Eric L. Miller, age 48, of Bronson, was driving a 1988 Ford
Cool temperatures fill the air and hunting season is in full swing. This old 1965 picture shows
F-150 pick-up truck, also on U.S. Hwy. 27, traveling south, and also in the inside south-
stocking (release) of turkey on Maple Ridge Road in the Gulf Hammock State Wildlife Manage-
bound traffic lane, as Race s Mazda truck approached him, head-on. The front of Race s
ment Area. A total of 23,248 acres of the lands within the project area are currently managed
Mazda truck struck the front of Miller s Ford truck. Following the impact, Race s Mazda ro-
by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC). The management area was established in
tated counter-clockwise, traveled onto the grass median and came to rest, facing west within
1948 and is the oldest WMA in Florida. Pictured in the 1965 photo are: Unknown, Sheriff Pat
the median. Miller s Ford rotated counter-clockwise, overturned onto the roadway and came
Hartley, Deputy Pete Smith, George Stephens, Judge W F Anderson, and local Game Warden
to rest, upright, facing southeast in the southbound lanes of U.S. Hwy. 27.
Fred Kirkland. Photo from Levy County Genealogy and History Society, Bronson.
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IPD Arrests Gainesville woman for DUI
According the the Levy County Sheriff s Office s Media Jail Report, Rachel Lynn
Gilbert, 38, Gainesville, was arrested by the Inglis Police Department, Oct. 15, charged with
Exceptional Jewelry • Custom Designing • Estate Buyer
DUI alcohol or drugs and booked into the Levy County Jail at 1:51 a.m. Her bond was set at
$5,000.
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