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Wednesday April 16, 2008

Permit No. 4

Mike Moore - Photojournalist

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Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box

With Mike Moore

Powder Play

A couple of weeks ago the

wife and I took the kids to Ver-

mont for some overdue face time

with relatives. These particular

relatives happen to live at the

foot of Killington Mountain. For

those of you that don't know, Killington is

one of the best skiing resorts east of the Mis-

sissippi. We're fortunate to have this snowy

oasis to land on when we're in need of re-

spite.

Once upon a time I was quite a skiing fa-

natic. I've been skiing all over the country

and Killington is fabulous. However, as some-

one who can appreciate the nuances of as-

cending `center of gravity' issues (read:fat)

and the pleasure of `bone grinding on bone'

sensations, my reckless days of youth and

double diamond skiing are over.

Not so my younger fit and trim wife and pack

of teenagers that follow in her wake. At the

bottom of a towering white hill of freshly fallen

snow, I notice (or imagine) dull aching in my

knees and lower back, they on the other hand

are running for the rental hut lest someone

else get one chairlift seat ahead of them.

At midday our mixed group parted ways

Emily Casey, Frank Caldwell and Jon Price get a view of the new pier and dock which will be used for canoe and kayak launching at the

and the girls went off to the slopes to satisfy

Withlacoochee Gulf Preserve. The preserve was open to the public during Open Gate Days Saturday and Sunday. Full Story on page 3.

their adrenaline needs. They decided to try

Photo by Sally Price

`snowboarding" for a change, perhaps more

difficult than skiing even. I immediately staked

Alleged Drug "Kingpin" Arrested in Drug Raid

out a claim next to the fire in the lodge and

proceeded to toss down a few libations to

From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

keep the cold (and lumbago) away; the hard-

multiple arrests and seizures of narcotics,

office has been able to make arrests and serve

est part judging how much alcohol to enjoy

cash and vehicles.

search warrants on people and places within

before becoming a human fire hazard.

Members of the Vice & Narcotics

On April 10, the Citrus County

his circle, Jenkins had remained untouched

From time to time I would stagger out to the

Unit, along with other members from the

Sheriff's Office Vice & Narcotics Unit con-

until last Thursday.

snowboard training area to see how the les-

sheriff's office, the Florida Department of Law

cluded a major narcotics investigation that

During the past two years, vice and

sons were proceeding, camera in hand, wait-

Enforcement (FDLE), the FDLE Quad County

has been ongoing

narcotics members have gathered enough in-

ing to grab a good shot of my middle-age wife

Narcotics Task Force, the Bureau of Alcohol,

for several years,

formation to create a strong case against

flat on her middle age tush or other such ac-

Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), and the Marion

with the execution

Jenkins, and the sheriff's office has aggres-

County Sheriff's Office, worked together to

of four search war-

Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box

sively investigated Jenkins, as well as his

serve four search warrants simultaneously.

rants and five ar-

criminal enterprise and known associates. The

Progress Energy

"This joint effort only confirms the fact that

rests in Crystal

search of Jenkins' residence (334 N.E. 5th St.)

drug dealers are not welcome in any commu-

River and Dunnel-

and business, a detail shop (520 N.E. 3rd Ave.),

nity," said Gail Tierney, Public Information

lon.

yielded a trafficking amount of cocaine, an

Input Deadline For

Officer with the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-

Two of the search

undisclosed amount of U.S. currency, a felony

fice.

warrants

were

amount of cannabis, paraphernalia, plus

Interveners

The investigation at the Crystal River

Corey Lamont Jenkins served in Crystal

equipment for making crack cocaine, and other

locations (334 N.E. 5th St. and 520 N.E. 3rd

River at 334 N.E. 5th St. and 520 N.E. 3rd Ave.,

evidence. The initial arrest warrants for

Testimony &

Ave.) focused on 31-year-old Corey Lamont

and two were served in Dunnellon at 1991 W.

Jenkins were for trafficking cocaine and con-

Jenkins, who has been a target of the Vice &

M. L. King Ln. and 1685 W. J. Williams Ln.

spiracy to traffic cocaine. At the scene, addi-

Narcotics Unit for many years. Tierney said

According to Tierney, probable cause to ob-

Exhibits-- Apr 16

tional charges were added, an additional

that Jenkins is known to run an elaborate crimi-

tain the warrants was established through

count of trafficking cocaine, possession of

nal enterprise and distances himself and his

intelligence files, citizen informants and com-

marijuana with intent to distribute within 1000

See page 11

name, as much as possible, in order to evade

plaints, confidential informants and concealed

feet of a place of worship, and possession of

detection. She said, that while the sheriff's

electronic equipment. The operation yielded

Continued on page 8 - Drug Raid