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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Homosassa crash kills youth, two Prepare for Hurricane Season - Attend
CCSO’s All-Hazard Expo on May 28
others in critical condition
As the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, June 1 through
Nov. 30, is expected to be well above average activity, with
From Florida Highway Patrol
nal St. to the north, rotating. The car struck
the possibility of 16 named storms, including 9 hurricanes,
a barbed wire fence and a cable box, then
A single-vehicle crash in Homo-
with 5 of them intense, and a probability around 50% that
continued northeast and collided with a tree,
sassa, around 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May
1 major hurrricane will hit land on the Gulf Coast, the Cit-
head-on. Shepard received fatal injuries and
22, took the life of the driver and critically
rus County Sheriff’s Office is holding a free All-Hazard
expired at the scene of the crash.
injured the two other passengers. Accord-
Expo on Sat., May 28, from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. at
Both passengers were flown from
ing to the Florida Highway Patrol, Nathan
the National Guard Armory, located at 8551 W. Venable
the scene to Tampa General Hospital in
Shepard, 19, of Homosassa, was driving a
St. in Crystal River (south of the airport and across from
Tampa and are listed in critical condition.
1995 Saturn on Cardinal St., traveling east
Home Depot).
Shepard’s passengers were Ryan Nadeu, 17,
at a high rate of speed, approaching another
In a major disaster, it could be as long as 72 hours before public assistance is avail-
of Dunnellon, and Ben White, 19, of Lecan-
vehicle that was also traveling east on Car-
able, so you should protect your family by having a well-stocked disaster kit and having and
to. The report stated that only Shepard was
dinal St. ahead of him.
rehearsing a family disaster plan.
wearing a seatbelt. The crash is under inves-
Before he reached the car ahead,
At the All-Hazard Expo, information on preparing for hurricane season will be
tigation, and details are subject to change.
Shepard swerved sharply and left Cardi-
presented by 35 vendors, including the clerk of courts, animal services, health department,
Drug Arrests - Continued from page 1
supervisor of elections and fire & rescue. There will be drawings for weather radios, gift
cards and baskets., and food will be available for purchase.
Information on preparing for disasters can also be obtained on The Newscaster
tained numerous pills: 81 blue pills imprinted with Watson 540, 7 white
website: www.thenewscaster.com. Go to the Hurricane page.
pills imprinted with 119, and 2-1/2 white imprinted with 109 - all Schedule
II narcotics containing hydrocodone and acetaminophen, with a total weight
Squawk Box
of 58.4 grams. Also in the master bedroom closet, deputies found a gallon-
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size zipper bag housing two smaller zipper bags containing 259.3 grams of
multitude of solutions. I tried poisoned peanuts, (I don’t like using poison and won’t resort
marijuana, a cannabis vaporizer (used for smoking cannabis) with cannabis
to that method again), piping noxious fumes into the critters enormous tunnel system and
residue and two plastic vacuum-sealed containers, also with a cannabis resi-
tracking the beasts movement so as to catch him in the act of burrowing so I could stab or
due. Mr. Carlton said he was aware of all the items, and they were his. Mr. Richard Carlton
shoot the rascal. But alas, my efforts were futile. My back yard steadily deteriorated into a
Carlton was charged with trafficking in more than 4 grams of morphine,
sandy, weedy, ugly expanse.
trafficking in cocaine, possession of drugs with intent to distribute and pos-
On that fateful Wednesday, I was mowing my front lawn, (I still have grass in my
session of drug paraphernalia. His total bond was set at $210,500.
front yard) and the varmint mole that had caused me so much grief came bouncing out of
Mrs. Carlton declined to speak with deputies, however, a metal
a hole he had just dug by my wife’s flower bed. I looked at the critter and he looked at me.
can was located next to her side of the bed that contained jewelry, clothing
At that precise moment I realized I am getting old because I actually felt sorry for the ugly
and other “female items,” the report stated, along with rolling papers, two
creature that had given me so much grief over the years. Being a man who doesn’t believe in
marijuana grinders with residue, a rolling machine, a glass pipe, approxi-
unsportsmanlike killing, I gave the mole a fair chance. I decided to let him fight it out with
mately 4.3 grams of marijuana, and a pill with a scorpion imprint that tested Auria Carlton
the lawn mower. The lawn mower won.
positive for MDMA. A purse containing Mrs. Carlton’s wallet and a white
So in a period of 4 days two creatures that needed killing were dealt justice. I feel
pill bottle was found in the bedroom. Inside the pill bottle were 6 blue tablets bearing the
kind of sad for the mole, but I’m glad he’s gone. As for the other creature, I don’t feel one
name Watson 540 (hydrocone 10 mg), mixed-in with 29 Tylenol tablets. Mrs. Carlton was
iota of remorse.
charged with two counts of possession of drugs with intent to distribute, possession of can-
nabis less than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia. Her bond was set at $11,000.
Yankeetown man arrested on Suwannee County warrants
During the search, drug paraphernalia items were found inside a gray Ford pickup
Jason Cleveland Collins, 35, 32 Knott’s Way, Yankeetown, was arrested by the
truck parked in a detached garage on the property. A syringe was found inside a black shoe
Inglis Police Department, May 19, on a Suwannee County arrest warrant for five counts of
in the back seat, and two plastic baggies containing a powder residue and a straw were found
violation of probation (aiding and abetting, grand theft, grant theft, burglary and petit theft).
in the center console. The vehicle is registered Tyler Jordan Dipolita, who resides at 6707 W.
He is being held for Suwannee County.
Green Acres St., according to Dipolita’s arrest report. Dipolita admitted that the truck and
IPD arrests Dunnellon man on drug charges
paraphernaila belong to him. He said he snorts Roxies (a street name for oxycodone) and
Frederick Arthur Mills, 34, 19660 S.E. 119 Ter., Dunnellon, was arrested by the
has been trying to get off them. Dipolita was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Inglis Police Department, around 2:10 a.m., May 17, on charges of possession of metham-
His bond was set at $500.
phetamine and possession of paraphernalia. His bond was set at $12,000.
Later that day, around 5:40 p.m., the sheriff’s office arrested another couple at
their Homosassa residence located at 5878 W. Donahue Ln., James Daris Head, 34, and
Stefany Dianna Delcampo, 33. Heard was charged with trafficking in cocaine and criminal
conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. His bond was set at $150,000. Delcampo was charged with
criminal conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. Her bond was set at $50,000. According to their
arrest reports, Head is the owner of Precision Drywall where Delcampo works as a laborer.
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