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Deborah Russell - Editor

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Wednesday April 20, 2016

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Community

Household  Hazardous  Waste

Drop Off April 30

Citrus County Central Land-

fill will be conducting a Hazardous

Household Waste Drop Off at the

Central Landfill on Saturday, April

30, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The

first 60 pounds or 10 gallons are free.

Hazardous Household Waste

also accepts collections weekly on

Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from9

a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information, con-

tact the Citrus County Solid Waste

Management at 352-527-7670

Passes Now Available for

Central Ridge Pool

Citrus County Parks & Recre-

ation Division announced pool passes

are now available at the Central Ridge

Community Center for the upcoming

pool season at Central Ridge Pool in

The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, an annual run-and-ride fundraiser and public awareness vehicle for the Special Olympics,

Beverly Hills. Opening day is scheduled

was held in Citrus County, April 12. During the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics, law enforcement officers, numerous Citrus

for May 7, with weather pending.

County Special Olympics athletes and others joined the local Torch Run on portions of the run-and-ride event. They ran the Flame of Hope,

Please contact Central Ridge

which is symbolic of the reason for the Special Olympics: inspiring people to open their minds to differences among people, recognize the

Community Center at 352-746-4882 for

similarities we all share and include people with intellectual disabilities. Continued on page 4, Photo Courtesy CCSO.

Woman arrested in

more information.

Convicted felon charged with

Public Comment Open for

Crystal River for

USCG Waterway Survey

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)

murdering his elderly father

is conducting a Waterway Analysis and

Inglis burglary

Management System (WAMS) review

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

of Homosassa Bay and Homosassa Riv-

wich. About 4:30 pm, he and his father went

er. The study focuses on the area s aids

to Dominoes Pizza to get a pizza, May said,

Just before 4:00 am, April 16,

From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

to navigation, waterborne commerce,

and around 6:30 pm, their power went out

deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff s

When an employee at the RaceTrac

marine casualty information, port/harbor

for a short time until Duke Energy restored

Office were dispatched to a residence lo-

gas station in Crystal River contacted the Cit-

resources, emergency response plans,

it. About 10:00 pm, he said that he and his

cated at 3550 W. Starlight Path in Lecanto,

rus County Sheriff s Office about a woman

routing and emergency communication

father were arguing in the kitchen, and his

due to a call that a man had shot his father.

who had not paid a taxi fare, and it was also

capabilities, and future development

father punched him in his mouth. The detec-

When deputies arrived at the residence, they

suspected that she may have a methamphet-

projects. Any interested company or in-

tive noted that May had a bloody lip. May

found the victim s son, 52 year-

amine lab in her book bag, deputies were

dividual wishing to provide recommen-

told the detective that he went into a bed-

old James Troy May, on the front

dispatched to the gas station. About 12:13

dations on existing or additional aids to

room to diffuse the situation, but his father

porch and the victim, 89 year-

am, April 15, deputies located

navigation in this area should be received

followed him there, and he told his father to

old, Jack May, deceased, lying

31 year-old Julie Ann Cordell, a

no later thanFriday, June 17, 2016 to be

get out. Mr. May stated that his father left

on the living room floor. On

homeless woman, behind the gas

considered. Please follow this link for an

his bedroom, but he must have snapped, be-

the floor in a bedroom, deputies

May

station.

online survey for this waterway:

cause he grabbed a pistol from the closet. At

found a revolver with ammuni-

Cordell granted per-

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Ho-

the time of the incident, May told the detec-

Cordell

tion nearby.

mission for deputies to search

mosassaBayandRiver.

tive, his father was sitting in his wheelchair,

According to the arrest report, the

her book bag, and they found a

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facing away from him. May said he went

victim s son, Troy May, explained to detec-

digital scale, two hypodermic needles and

back to his bedroom and fell asleep, and

tives that his father had been complaining

a couple of plastic bags Cordell said would

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when he awakened, he went to check on his

and yelling at him during the previous day

contain methamphetamine residue, accord-

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dad and realized he was dead. He then con-

(April 15). He said, he walked to McDon-

ing to the report. Cordell was taken into cus-

New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis

tacted the sheriff s office and waited on the

ald s restaurant about 1:30 pm to cool down

tody and charged with misdemeanor posses-

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porch until deputies arrived.

and purchased a chicken sandwich, that he

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Continued on page 4 - Murder Charge

Continued on page 3 - Burglary

returned home, and his father ate the sand-