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Have A Safe & Merry Chirstmas!

Mike Moore - Photojournalist

Squawk Box

With Doug Johnston

My Christmas

Wish List

Dear Santa,

This year I have been really

good, except for a few minor missteps

that I hardly think are worth mention-

ing. With that in mind, I submit to you

my wish list.

Please bring the all of the Levy

County and Inglis political leaders

who are giddy about the prospect of

a population explosion in the Inglis

area giant erector sets. Some folks

want our city to become a regular me-

tropolis with restaurants, a “grocery

store”,(gee, that hurts), new roads

and the whole nine yards. I think if

they had a good erector set they could

build all of these things without dis-

turbing the peaceful, small town at-

mosphere that the majority of us here

Only a few of the over 100,000 holiday lights that welcome all visitors at the home of Frank and Linda Sojka, 2791 Mary Lue St. 1 block west

love and cherish.

off Croft Ave. in Inverness. From all of us at The Newscaster, Happy Holidays from our families to yours. Photo by Mike Moore

Crystal River Grow House

Bring a lot of children to join

Man Arrested on

South Levy Little League this year.

Because of the hard work of a few

Shut Down by Deputies

people there are lights on the fields

Sex Charge With 15

now and that should create a lot of

excitement for the parents of our little

Year Old

leaguers.

Barbaro Pineda Mesa, 46, 761 E.

Bring the teachers in our great

31st St., Hialea, FL, was arrested by the

state a special present: The end of

Aaron Wendell Manning, 30, Her-

Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, Dec. 16,

FCAT as it is being used today. Most

nando, was arrested by the

on charges of cultivation of marijuana; and

of the “Bushies” are out of Talla-

citrus County Sheriff’s Of-

renting, owning or leasing for the trafficking

hassee now and it would be a good

fice, Dec. 7, charged with the

of a controlled substance. His bond was set

time to quit using a standardized test

sexual battery of a 15-year-

at $15,000.

to punish our schools and children.

old Inverness girl with the

According to the arrest report, the

threat of force or violence

CCSO’s Tactical Impact Unit went to a resi-

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Motion For New

and showing obscene mate-

dence located at N. Owl Point in Crystal

rial to a minor.

River to investigate the theft of utilities, as

Manning

According to the

Trial For Yearty

the electric meter had been tampered with.

arrest report, the girl stated that the sexual

Calculations obtained over a 28-day period

abuse took place over a two-year period,

showed that approximately $579.92 in elec-

& Parker

starting when she was 12 years old. She

tricity had been stolen from the residence

ed there. The residence was secured, Mesa

said that if she tried to argue or resist Man-

The report stated that the seal to the

was detained, and a search warrant was ob-

nings demands, he would push or hit her, so

electric meter had been cut, and the power

Special to The Newscaster By Toni Collins

tasined for the property.

she became submissive due to fear of being

Sammy Yearty’s attorney, Rod

had been diverted. A detective noticed the

Inside, the report stated, several

hurt. She also said that he once showed her

Smith, filed a Motion for New Trial last Fri-

smell of marijuana coming from the resi-

bedrooms had been converted to a single

a pornographic movie, when she was 12 or

day requesting the Court to set aside the De-

dence. Officers also noticed that all the win-

grow room that contained 37 marijuana

13 years old.

cember 4th judgment and order a new trial.

dows were covered and the sound of the air

plants, approximately three to four feet tall.

On Dec, 7, a detective met with

At issue is the Court’s failure to timely ad-

conditioner and fans inside the residence

Mesa, who was born in Cuba, was

Manning at his residence, and Manning

dress the highly prejudicial testimony of the

could be heard from outside. The rear glass

read his rights in Spanish. He spoke with the

agreed to be interviewed at the CCSO

primary F.B.I. agent, Sean Quinn.

door had been left open, and a stronger and

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more distinct smell of marijuana was detect-

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