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Wildlife Park Plans Spring

Egg-Stravaganza On April 15

-- Children invited to a spring

egg hunt with prizes for finders of gold

eggs --

Ellie

Schiller

Homosassa

Springs Wildlife State Park and the

Friends of Homosassa Springs Wild-

life Park will be hosting a Spring EGG-

stravaganza starting at 8:00 am in the

field behind the main entrance and Visitor

Center parking area.

Thousands of eggs will be available for

children to find. Children will be divided

into three age groups. Plastic eggs will

then be redeemed for candy.

Finders of the Golden egg in

each age group will win an age-appropri-

ate prize. Families should arrive early to

Wildlife Puppeteers will be pre-

senting a puppet show on Saturday, April

15, 2017, following the egg hunt starting

at 9:15 am in the Florida Room, the Wild-

life Puppeteers will be presenting a new

puppet play entitled "This is your life...

A deputy on patrol in Homosassa, Tuesday afternoon, March 22, was in the area of W. Cardinal St. on U.S. Hwy. 19, when he heard a dispatch

Lu, the Hippopotamus!"

call at 1:31 pm, regarding a brush fire near S. Pine Meadow Ave. Being so close to the fire, Dep. Gentile responded to the location to inform

There is no charge to attend the

firefighters of the fire conditions with the fire. Dep. Gentile arrived at 6608 S. Pine Meadow Ave. to find the the fire had spread to a double-

egg hunt or the puppet play. The park

wide mobile home that was 50% involved in fire, with flames venting through the roof. He kicked in the door and rescued two dogs trapped

will also be celebrating Earth Day on

inside, the only occupants inside the home at the time of the fire. Three engines were used to put out the fire. The loss to the home was 75%

Saturday, April 15, 2017 with volunteers

to the structure,100% to contents. Right photo: The Crystal River was plagued by brush fires this week. More on pg. 4 Photos courtesy CCSO.

USCG suspends Panhandle fugitive arrested in

manning interpretive carts all along the

Wildlife Walk with additional informa-

tion about the park's wildlife. Regular

search for

Crystal River on murder charge

park admission applies for entrance into

the Wildlife Park.

Floral City man

For more Information, please

From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

call Rene Poppe at (352) 628-5445, ext.

was shot several times. Mr. Robinson was

Panama City Beach PD

1004 or Susan Strawbridge at (352) 628-

transported to Bay Medical Center where he

From USCG

5445, ext. 1002

was pronounced deceased from his injuries.

A 14 year-old Panama City, FL

MIAMI The U.S. Coast Guard suspended

Volunteer Orientation in Lecanto April 7

Diontez McCoy, 24, also of Pana-

youth, wanted by police on a second degree

its search, at 7:31 pm, Thursday evening,

Hospice of Citrus and the Nature

ma City, turned himself in to law enforce-

murder charge, was arrested by the Citrus

March 23, for 23-year-old Brandon Paul

Coast will provide General Orientation

ment on March 20. He was also charged

County Sheriff s Office at a

of Floral City, who was reported as having

for individuals who are interested in learn-

with second-degree murder, along with fel-

Crystal River home, March

fallen from the eigth deck of the Carnival

ing more about Hospice volunteer oppor-

on in possession of a firearm or ammunition

21, on a Bay County, Florida

Victory cruise ship. The incident occurred

tunities. The class will be held on Friday,

and tampering with evidence.

warrant. Tyree Tylan Maddox

at 3:00 am, Wed. morning, March 22, while

April 7, from 9:00 a.m. to noon, at the

Crystal Briscoe, 43, Panama City,

was transported to the Juvenile

the ship was 33 miles northwest of Pinar Del

Wings Education Center located at 3280

was charged with accessory after the fact

Justice Center in Ocala prior

Rio, Cuba, traveling between Key West, FL

W. Audubon Park Path in Lecanto.

to second degree murder (bond $500,000).

Maddox

to being transported to Bay

and Cozumel, Mexico on a four-day cruise.

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Investigators learned that she allowed Tyree

County, where his bond was

The cruise ship immediately

Maddox to hide out at her residence, and

set at $1.5 million, March 24. He was also

launched a search boat and contacted watch

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then drove him to Citrus County, knowing

charged with violating his drug offender

standers at the Seventh Coast Guard Dis-

that he was involved in the murder of Mr.

the Food Ranch Service Desk - 25

probation.

trict, Command Center in Miami, FL.

Robinson. The Panama City Beach Police

Maddox and others were involved

words/$12. New deadline: Monday 12

Rescue crews searched for more

Department, in a press release, stated they

in an altercation about 9:00 pm March 19,

than 16 hours covering 3,469 square miles.

noon at the Inglis Food Ranch service Desk.

searched Ms. Briscoe's residence, March

in a parking lot at the Shoppes at Edgewater

Assisting in the search: airplane

Cash or Check.

23, and obtained evidence linking Maddox

Plaza in Panama City Beach, during which

crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami

No refunds for early cancellations

27 year-old Ples Robinson, of Panama City

Continued on page 8 - Arrest

Continued on page 8 - Rescue Suspended