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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Yankeetown General Store
Otter Creek crash seriously injures three
A crash on U.S. Hwy. 19 and State Rd. 24 (Otter Creek) at 11:45 am, Nov. 29, seri-
Burglary Suspects Arrested
ously injured the driver of one vehicle (a 2004 GMC Sierra), 67 year-old Shirley Chisholm
Randall of Gainesville, and two passengers in the second vehicle (a 2007 Toyota Corolla,
From the Levy County Sheriff Dept.
driven by 19 year-old Khalil Shavar Harris, of St. Petersburg): India Monet Harris, 21, of
LCSO deputies responded to the Yankeetown General Store located at 6611 HWY
Tallahassee, and Brooke Michelle Hollaway, 22, of St. Petersburg. A third (uninjured) per-
40 West on November 29, 2015. The store clerk discovered someone had entered the store
son in the vehicle was Andreas Damon Harris, 21, of St. Petersburg. All three were trans-
through the roof sometime after closing and took miscellaneous food items and gasoline
ported to Shands Hospital in Gainesville for treatment. Ms. Randall was cited for failure to
valued at approximately $190.00.
yield right of way.
The clerk reviewed video footage and identified the suspects as Robyn
I-75 Overpass damage injures Dunnellon man
Johnson 26, and Noah Bevins 34. Johnson and Bevins were both personally
known by the clerk. She also identified Johnson as the daughter of the store
Barry Lee Dripps, 61, Dunnellon, received minor injuries in a traffic mishap in
owner.
Marion County about 4:22 pm, Nov. 25. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Dripps
Johnson
On December 2, 2015, Deputy C. J. Perryman witnessed a disturbance
was driving a 2007 Mack truck - a large, roll-off container dump truck, traveling west on
at the Kangaroo gas station in Inglis and responded to intervene. Dep. Perry-
County Road 329, and failed to lower his hydraulic boom when he drove under the State
man quelled the argument and as a normal course of his duties discovered one
Rd. 93 overpass, causing the hydraulic boom to collide with the first two concrete I-beams
of the participants in the argument was Robyn Johnson. Johnson had an active
on the State Road 93 overpass, whch resulted inheavy damage to the beams, along with the
outstanding warrant for her arrest issued by the State of Indiana for failure to
closure of County Road 329 and the right, northbound traffic lane of State Road 93. Dripps
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appear on a larceny charge. As Johnson was being taken into custody for the
was cited for careless driving.
Bevins
warrant she resisted arrest.
Local youth seriously injured in Pinellas County crash
5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446
During a search of her purse, Dep. Perryman discovered she was in
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A local man, 18 year-old Mark Trussell Maxwell, of Hernando, FL, was seriously
possession of Methamphetamines and Oxycodone. She was booked into the Levy Countyil, Tom Russell, Publisher: thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: d
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Detention Facility and charged with possession of narcotics and resisting arrest. She is being injured in a crash that took place in Pinellas County Florida at 2:39 pm, Nov. 26. His pas-
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senger, Jarrett Weston Dudley, 18, of Dade City, FL, was seriously injured in the crash, as
held on an $115,000 bond.
On December 3, 2015, Investigator M. Wilkinson located and arrested Bevins. well, and both were transported to Bayfront Medical Center for treatment of their injuries.
Bevins was booked into the Levy County Detention Facility and charged with burglary and The driver of the first (at fault) vehicle, 90 year-old Joyce I. Poitras, Pinellas Park, FL, was
theft. He also had outstanding warrants for failure to appear. His total bond has been as- transported to St. Petersburg General Hospital for treatment, but she later expired from inju-
ries sustained in the crash. The report stated that Ms. Poitras' vehicle pulled out in front of
signed at $37,000.00
lary and theft charges Maxwell's vehicle on Belcher Rd. at 90th Ave. North (Pinellas Park, FL). The report stated
On December 7, 2015 Investigator M. Wilkinson filed burg
atFacility not arraigned on these new charges at the that all three were wearing a seatbelt and alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
the Detention on Johnson. She has been
time of
this release.
Lt. Scott Tummond said, "This case is yet another example of how illegal drugs
ofaddictedand community. Johnson oppor-
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untystealfrom herfamilyimpactsall of the Yankeetown
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community."
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