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Detectives Jimmy Anderson and Mike Wilkinson with the Levy County Sheriff’s
Office arrested Kelly Michelle Colson, 28, on Jan. 30 and John Wayne Pipkin, 36, on Jan.
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28 after following-up on a lead that the Chiefland duo was responsible for various crimes
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reported to the sheriff’s office dating back to November of 2012. Taking this first tangible
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lead in these cases, the detectives were able to recover stolen property, including six guns,
valued in excess of $2,940. Detectives obtained confessions from the two, who had also ut-
tered stolen/forged checks to area businesses in an amount in excess of $500. Both are being
held at the Levy County Jail. Pipkin was charged in five cases with a $665,000 bond, and
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Colson was charged in two cases with a $165,000 bond.
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Steven Jacob Ortiz, 41, 42 Daisy St., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis Police De-
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partment, Feb. 1, on an out-of-county warrant. His bond was set at $5,000.
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Jenna M. Foster of Inglis, a 24 year-old white female with a date of birth Nov. 4,
1988, is on the Levy County Sheriff’s Office’s Most Wanted List as of Feb. 4, 2013. She
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is wanted due to violation of probation on an original charge of possession of a controlled
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substance. She is to be held without bond.
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