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Wednesday March 25, 2009
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
With Doug Johnston
Growing older by the
minute
There are sure signs
on the horizon that I am turn-
ing into that old man that I have
talked about for most of my life. You know,
the old guy who holds up the line at the check
out at Home Depot for what seems like eter-
nity looking for a nickel so the cashier doesn't
have to give any change back. Or the old guy
who has more hair sprouting from his nose
and ears than on top of his head. Or the one
who has to have you repeat everything 5 or 6
times because he can't make out what you are
saying.
I don't look in the mirror much be-
cause I'm not sure that the reflection I see is
me. It looks like an alien has taken over my
body. Getting out of bed in the morning is an
exercise in itself. I don't jump out of the sack
anymore. I crawl out slowly and try and de-
termine which part of my anatomy is going to
take center stage in the aches and pain de-
partment that day. I have wrinkles and brown
The 3rd annual “Ozello Adventure Race,” sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Central Ridge-Crystal River, will be held on April 25th
splotches on my skin, my hair is turning gray,
at the Pirates Cove Boat Ramp in Ozello. The triathlon race consists of one and a half miles of kayaking, seven miles of bicycling and
(it still looks blond to me, but my wife and
two miles of running. See full story on pg 8.
everyone else I know says it is definitely gray).
Hernando man charged with
Victim’s
I can't throw a baseball to one of my grand-
children without excruciating pain shooting
through my shoulder and I feel so much em-
flower shop burglary
Identity
pathy for our wildlife that I don't think I could
shoot a quail or turkey if I had a clear shot
and there was no food in the house.
A Hernando man was arrested by the Cit-
Released
(FDLE) Lab on March 12 linked Brelsford to
I know I am not ready for the nurs-
rus County Sheriff's Office, March 26, and
the flower shop burglary.
ing home yet because I still have more energy
charged with the burglary of a Hernando
The report also stated, "It
than the teens who work for me at the retail
Citrus County
flower shop, Fabulous Flowers, located at 2780
should be noted that dur-
business I operate. I don't hold up traffic for a
Sheriff's Office authori-
N. Florida Ave.
ing the same time frame,
Continued on page 4- Squawk Box
ties have received noti-
According to the arrest report, the deputy
this defendant (Brelsford)
fication from the Florida
Inglis Central
arrived at the area of Harvard Dr. in Hernando,
was charged and con-
Department of Law En-
around 1:30 a.m., after a burglary had been
victed of similar type bur-
forcement that the sub-
reported. The deputy found 40-year-old Brian
glaries."
Park
ject involved in the fa-
R. Brelsford, 4606 E. Parsons Pt. Rd., sitting in
When Brelsford was
tal shooting incident
the driver's seat of a 1993 Chevrolet truck, in
informed that he was be-
early last week in Crys-
the right-of-way in front of 4849 Harvard Dr.,
ing arrested on the bur-
Brian R. Brelsford
Dedication &
tal River is Dominic
with the keys in the ignition. When the deputy
glary charge, he told the
Giacobbe, 26, address Dominic Giacobbe
asked Brelsford what he was doing, sitting in
deputy that he was being set up by a neigh-
unknown. The investi-
the right-of-way, he replied that he'd just re-
bor. En route to the Citrus County Detention
Easter Egg
gation has revealed that the decedent was
turned from his other residence.
Facility, Brelsford told the deputy, that the
possibly a twin who may have been traveling
When he ran Brelford's personal informa-
next time the deputy sees him, it will be for
with his brother's identification. This compli-
tion through teletype, the deputy learned that
murder and that he (Brelsford) should have
Extravaganza
cated the identification and next-of-kin notifi-
Brelford's driver's license was suspended and
moved back to Connecticut. Due to the state-
cation process.
that there was probable cause to arrest him
ments Brelsford made and the fact that he is
In response to earlier questions regard-
Details on pg. 10
on another burglary case the CCSO was in-
currently on probation for burglary, he was
ing the suspect's criminal history, Giacobbe
vestigating. The report stated that blood DNA
held without bond, the report stated.
did serve state time in Florida. Next of kin
sample results the agency had obtained from
Brelsford was also issued a traffic cita-
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Man in Shooting - Continued on page 3
Continued on page 4 - Burglary