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Wednesday March 14, 2012
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Permit No. 14
Sally Price - Correspondent
Inglis election results: http://thenewscaster.com/election.htm
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Now That The
Dust Has Settled...
With Doug Johnston
As I write this I
don’t know who will pre-
vail in Tuesday’s election.
I feel a strong undercurrent
that tells me the people of
Inglis are disappointed with
the operation of the Inglis
Police Department. So dis-
appointed it could determine the results
of who will represent the town in the
months to come. I hope that cooler heads
prevailed. We need police protection.
A committee was formed a few
years ago to recommend a police chief
from a list of applicants to succeed the
then recently resigned chief. The com-
mittee was composed of some very fine
people and I was honored to serve on it.
After several sessions of talks
we came to a conclusion as to who to rec-
ommend and we did so in good faith and
the knowledge that we all thought it was
The Holcim Ranch (Hollinswood) in Red Level was the site Saturday of the 15th annual Nature Coast Civil War Re-enactment. North met South
the best choice: We were wrong. I have
in the field in front of several hundred spectators with just as many Confederate and Union “soldiers” clashing to repeat history for the eager
beat myself up over that decision many
audience. More Civil War Re-Enactment continued on page 4.
Internet Predator
times, but I do hold one item as consola-
Homosassa
tion. That committee recommended that
the Inglis City Commission lay guide-
Arrested by CCSO
lines for the new chief to follow and
Woman Killed
make sure he understood what the people
of Inglis expected and were entitled to.
They didn’t.
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
which became sexually-ori-
in Crash
After that failure another chief
ented. The deputy viewed
A 37 year-old Homosassa man, Ste-
was hired, this one for a second time
Holder on a webcam, and
ven Eugene Holder, Jr., 5758 S. Power Ter.,
A single vehicle crash in Citrus
around in Inglis, and he reentered the are-
he was identified as a regis-
Homosassa, was arrested at his residence by
County on North Citrus Ave., south of W.
na thinking it was his department and he
tered sexual predator.
the citrus county Sheriff s office, March 6,
Emerald Oaks Dr. in Crystal River on March
would set the pace. Shouldn’t have been
On March 5, a
charged with internet pornography charges.
8 at 1:25 a.m., resulted in the death of 29
that way.
search warrant was obtained
According to the arrest report, a 12 year-old
year-old Teri Lynn Dennis of Homosassa.
and executed at Holder’s
girl met Holder on the internet, playing a
Continued on page 11- Squawk Box
According to the preliminary investigation,
residence. He agreed to an
game on Facebook, and he began commu-
Inglis
Holder
which is ongoing and subject to the change
interview and stated he’d
nicating with her by way of Facebook, pri-
of details, James M. Newton, 39 of Crystal
initiated contact with the
vate messaging and cellular phone. A child
Election
River was driving a 2004 Ford pickup truck,
girl on Facebook and continued communi-
protective deputy received permission from
traveling south on N. Citrus Ave. For un-
cating with her through Facebook, instant
the girl’s grandmother to assume the girl’s
Results:
known reasons, Newton drove off the paved
messaging, private messaging, Yahoo Mes-
Facebook identity and began communicat-
portion of the roadway and onto the west
senger and webcam. He said they first met
thenewscaster.com
ing with Holder using the girl’s identity. The
Continued on page 3 - Fatal Crash
arrest report detailed the communication,