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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Drug Task Force Breaks Up Third              Squawk Box from page 1
Grow House in Two Weeks
turn eight, a couple of uncles came over to my house and were sitting in the kitchen cleaning
their guns and talking about how they were waiting for Santa so they could ambush him and
Williston-On April 17, 2008 the Levy County Sheriff's Office-Chiefland Police Department
take all the presents he had yet to deliver. I responded as any caring child might and protested
Drug Task Force arrested Frank James Taylor and Joel Richard Russell Miles at 5511 N.E. 139
but was sent to bed anyway. Then a little later those rats got ladders and staged a mock
Terrace.
rooftop battle even firing off a few shots and yelling to each other to take better aim. I can still
Drug Task Force agents went to 5511 N.E. 139 Terrace to attempt to serve an arrest
remember huddling under my covers and thinking, "run Santa run!
warrant on Frank James Taylor. Mr. Taylor was wanted in Broward County for a violation of
-It took several years of structured education to beat this error out of me; when I saw a picture
probation warrant and also wanted in Marion County for a child support warrant. Upon
of a horse the word I would use to describe it was `cow' and vice versa. Yes, it's true. By the
arrival, both defendants were at the residence and Frank Taylor was taken into custody.
time I entered kindergarten, behind my parents back, my uncles had already spent years
Agents smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside the residence and Agent Rob Bowers
indoctrinating me with this misinformation. In retrospect I sort of feel sorry for my parents
obtained a search warrant.
who must have felt some anxiety when their otherwise exceptional kid manifested some kind
Upon executing the search warrant Agents discovered indoor marijuana growing
of weird and unique farm-animal dyslexia. Shhhh... secret is that sometimes I still get them
inside the residence. Twenty-one marijuana plants and sodium grow lights were recovered
mixed up.
from the residence. The marijuana weighed approximately 9 pounds which is worth $ 21,000.
Nor was I the only victim. They taught my aunt when she was very little (she's only
This is the third indoor marijuana grow house discovered in Levy County within two weeks.
slightly older than me) to eat dinner out of a bowl on the floor and bark like a dog when she
Drug Charges  - Continued from page 1
wanted more. Oh, you think I'm kidding? If memory serves the culprits of that particular act
were brought to a fitting justice and the story is told so often I am sure it is a true account. I'm
also certain I've used the word "heinous" to describe my father's brothers in other writings.
bond was set at $415,000). According to the sheriff's office, a vice/narcotics detective spotted
I suppose there's an argument for child abuse somewhere. I guess I have to admit that playing
Weathers downtown at the Citrus County Courthouse Square area, just after 2:00 p.m.
"baby mummy" by wrapping your nephew from head to toe in ace bandages then `forgetting'
Weathers is associated with an investigation of a mobile home in Dunnellon at 1991
to unwrap him for several hours is not too good. Not good at all. Taking a deep breath I wax
W. Martin Luther Lane where an arrest was made last week. According to Gail Tierney, Public
nostalgic; my childhood could have been a lot worse. I certainly wasn't neglected and with-
information officer with the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, numerous complaints have been
out them growing up would have been just so ordinary. In this case I equate `abuse and
made that narcotics were being sold there on a daily basis. The man arrested there last week
heinous' with `creative and devious - attributes to be admired, all terms of endearment.
was Ricky Rondell Collins, 43, 1603 W. Henry Blair Ln., Dunnellon. He was charged with
In the annuals of Moore family history, no single event can top the infamous `clothes
trafficking cocaine and conspiracy to traffic cocaine (his bond was set at $300,000). During
hamper' incident. This was the time when I was placed in the bottom of a tall clothes hamper
last week's raid, officers found crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia and other evidence to help
at my grandparent's house and told to not move or make a peep to disclose my location no
the case, and seized firearms and a vehicle.
matter what. With me at the very bottom and clothes back-filled to the brim, my parents passed
The investigation is continuing and more arrests are expected, said Tierney.
over my hiding spot numerous times and searched for me long enough without success to
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