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Wednesday March 9, 2016
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Community
Wildlife Park Plans
Spring
Egg-Stravaganza
On March 26
-- Children invited to a spring egg hunt
with prizes for finders of silver and gold
eggs --
The Friends of Homosassa
Springs Wildlife Park will be hosting
a Spring EGG- stravaganza starting
at 8:00 am in the field behind the main
entrance and Visitor Center of the El-
lie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife
State Park.
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 Gold and Silver
eggs in each age group will win an age
appropriate prize. Families should arrive
early to register their children and to
meet the Easter Bunny and other cos-
tumed characters.
There is no charge to partici-
Hard to tell but trust us that's Kayla Lyon (9) from Inverness, "inhaling" her way to victory during a strawberry pie eating contest at the 2016
pate in the Spring EGG-stravaganza.
Floral City Strawberry Festival held last Saturday. Once again perfect weather drew throngs of people to the annual event.
Regular park admission applies for en-
Search warrant yields cocaine
Photo: TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
trance into the Wildlife Park. Partici-
Two bicyclists
pants are encouraged to bring non-per-
ishable food items to be donated to We
and major drug arrest
injured, driver of
Care Food Pantry.
For more Information, please
SUV arrested for
call Rene Poppe at (352) 628-5445, ext.
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
1004 or Susan Strawbridge at (352)
628-5445, ext. 1002 This event will
could be sold for substantially more. De-
Thursday afternoon, Mar. 3, de-
DUI
take place on: Saturday, March 26, 2016
tectives seized the cocaine, along with
tectives with the Citrus County Sheriff's
8:00 am until 10:00 am Ellie Schiller
crack cocaine manufacturing equipment
Office Tactical Impact Vice/Narcotics
From The FHP
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Unit and SWAT Team served a search
and $3,800 in cash.
4150 S. Suncoast Blvd. Homosassa,
A driver who was later arrested for
warrant at 1351 S. Rock Crusher Rd. in
"This is a substantial arrest for
Florida 34446
driving under the influence (DUI ) crashed
our agency and community," said Capt.
Crystal River after investigators learned
into two juveniles who were riding on the
Ricky Grant. "This house has been a prob-
the residence was used to manufacture
same bicycle in Inverness about 5:23 pm,
lem for a long time. Neighbors were clap-
and sell cocaine. The swat team was used
March 6, causing critical injuries.
to secure the home prior to a
ping as we were taking Nelson to jail."
The two juveniles, Dylan J. Zim-
search.
Sean Nelson was charged with
merman, 13, and Katelyn K. Zimmerman,
trafficking in cocaine (which has a 3 year
An investigation over
14, both of Inverness, were both transported
several months revealed that
minimum sentence) and possession of
to Shand's Hospital in Gainesville.
29 year-old Sean Ricardo Nel-
manufacturing equipment, with a com-
According to the Florida Highway
son was using the house to sell Nelson
bined bond of $26,000.
Patrol, Brandon Woodard, 40, also of In-
Randy Sharrod Bunch, 47, 1306
cocaine. During a search of
verness, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Sub-
S. Rock Crusher Rd., Homosassa, was
the house, detectives located 146 grams
urban SUV, traveling north on Independence
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present in the home at the time of the
(approximately 5 ounces) of cocaine and
Hwy., near Forest Dr., approaching the juve-
search warrant, aned he was arrested on an
equipment used to manufacture crack co-
niles who were riding on the same bicycle,
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caine. The powder cocaine collected from
active Hillsborough County writ for non-
also traveling traveling north on Indepen-
payment of child support. His bond was
the home had a street value of more than
See page 9
dence Hwy., ahead of the SUV. The report
$5,000, and if converted to crack cocaine,
set at $20,000 cash purge.
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