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Wednesday December 24, 2008
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Sally Price Correspondent
Citrus County
Arrests Inglis
Sex Offender
for Non
Compliance
According to the Citrus County Sheriff's
Office, a sex offender, Everett Reon Baud, 50,
11240 N. Northwood
Drive, Lot 52, Inglis,
was arrested on a
felony charge related
to non-compliance
by a sexual offender
in reporting personal
(Left) Santa has arrived! Santa and Mrs. Claus have settled into their log cabin overlooking beautiful Rainbow Springs. It was an amazing first
identification to local
weekend with hundreds of thousands of lights and decorations at “Santa Over the Rainbow” at Rainbow Springs State Park in Dunnellon. On
law enforcement.
December 26 & 27 the Park will be open for a lights only event, a quiet time to enjoy the decorations amidst the natural beauty of Rainbow
According
Springs. Want more lights, see page 12. (Right) Chuck Kuahine, maintenance man at Allen's Bait & Seafood Inc., Inglis uses industrial high
to the report, Baud
absorbent pads to soak up the fuel from the sunk shrimper Desperado on the Withlacoochee River near Yankeetown.
Shrimp Boat Sinks in
registered his ad-
Hernando
dress at the Citrus
County Detention
Everett R. Baud
Woman Dies W ithlacoochee River
Facility on Dec. 10,
and was told that he needed to obtain either a
Florida Driver's License or a Florida Identifi-
By Newscaster Correspondent
cation Card within 48 hours, or he would be
states.
in Crash
Sally Price
subject to arrest.
Saul said the long time Withlacoochee River
When Baud had not complied with
shrimp boat hit something underwater ap-
In the early dawn hours Monday morning
the requirement by Dec. 19, he was inter-
proaching the old Saxon Oil Company (now
The Florida Highway Patrol reports
the Desperado shrimp boat, which has the
viewed att his residence. During the interview,
Wickman's) basin as it headed up river with
that a 60 year old Hernando woman died in a
same name as the 1973 Eagles hit song, had a
Baud explained that he had not obtained his
it's 600 pound shrimp catch from the Gulf wa-
two car crash on December 13th, 2008 on C.R.
final curtain call at least for a while. Accord-
driver's license or ID card because he didn't
ters. The 18 foot by 46 foot boat took a hit to
486, 500 feet west of North Iron Pt. The acci-
ing to Saul Salas, manager at Allen's Bait &
have enough money. He was placed under
the starboard side stern and started taking on
dent occurred at about 10:25 a.m. when her
Seafood Inc. on Elkins Rd Inglis, the Des-
arrest and transported to the Citrus County
water. One of the shrimpers said it was a big
2007 Hyundia four door was traveling west
perado, along with 3 other boats belong to
Detention Facility. His bond was set at
log underwater. The captain tried to make it
on C.R. 486. A second vehicle driven by 73
the company owned by Thomas Chau. Ac-
$20,000.
over to the shallows on the north side of the
year old Eugene Draper of Crystal River was
cording to Saul the docking on the end of
river by the cut used as a boat slip formerly
Adopt A
traveling east on C.R. 486.
Elkins Rd is also home to 3 more boats from
owned by the River Forest Home Owners
The FHP report stated that the first
Inglis, 4 from Homosassa and 2 from Keaton
Association before it was sold. When the boat
driver attempted to turn left into a business
Pet
Beach. The company ships fresh shrimp to 12
Continued on page 4 - Boat Sinks
located at 4950 County Rd. 486 and turned
Plane Crash: 1st Body Identified,
into the path of the second vehicle. The front
Page 2
of the second vehicle then struck the right
side of the first vehicle causing it to overturn
2nd Body Found
and traveled onto the south shoulder where
in came to rest. The report stated that the ve-
According to the Citrus County
Nov. 30. Air-traffic controllers in Jacksonville
hicle driven by Draper then came to rest block-
Sheriff's Office, a body that was recovered
reported to the Coast Guard that the aircraft
ing both lanes of traffic.
off the coast of Homosassa on Dec. 8 has
carrying both Peckham and 28-year-old
The FHP reported that Marsha
been identified as that of Darien Peckham, 35,
Zachary Schlitt, of West Palm Beach had
Valente of Hernando received critical injuries
of Tampa. Peckham's body was identified by
dropped off radar and had possibly crashed
and was flown to Tampa General Hospital for
both his and his mother's DNA. Peckham's
into the Gulf. The men were flying from Talla-
treatment. The FHP reported that Ms. Valente
family was notified of the DNA testing results.
hassee to Vandenberg Airport in Tampa.
died from her injuries on Dec. 17th. Draper
Peckham is one of two men who was
A second body, discovered by rec-
was taken to Citrus Memorial Hospital with
traveling in a plane that is believed to have
reational boaters on Dec. 18, about 34 miles
serious injuries.The accident remains under
crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast
investigation and details may change.
Continued on page 3 - Body Found
of Citrus or Levy County, around 6:45 p.m.