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THE NEWSCASTER-Nature Coast News
Elvis Club Makes Yearly Stops in
“School Prank” Gets Reprimand
Inverness,Cr ystal River,Inglis,Y-town
For Two Students
Two 18-year-old Lecanto students were arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office,
The first week in May a bus load of Elvis Presley fans from the Tampa Bay Elvis TCB
May 22, after the school resource officer learned the identities of two students who were
Fan Club went on a 14 hour bus trip out of Tampa. The mission was to visit all the places
involved in an incident of removing air from 42 tires on 20 school buses, causing numerous
where parts of Presley's 1961 movie Follow That Dream were filmed. The Inverness Court
Lecanto Primary, Middle and High School students to arrive up to two hours late for school.
House was the first stop, followed by Basswood in Crystal Manor, Pamela Drive and Bird
According to the arrest reports, the incident was reported at 7:15 a.m., May 22, by a
Creek Bridge in Yankeetown and the Weall house in the hammock. A picture in front of the
school resource officer who stated that it might be a senior prank that occurred during the
historical marker in Inglis is always a photo opportunity.
early morning hours or the evening hours of the previous day. The report stated that the
A stop was made at what was the former Post Paradise Motel where Elvis slept and
estimated of the cost of the damage to the tires and the man hours to repair them would be
the now Crystal River Middle School gym. After dinner the group gathered at the Crystal
approximately $500.
River Lion's Club Railroad Depot where 4 Elvis impersonators royally entertained the group
Officials with the sheriff's office and school spoke with several students and learned
with many of the famous songs, complete with swivel hips and kisses.
that two students had overheard a conversation naming Charles Cox and Jacob Junkins as
being involved in the incident. At first, Cox stated that he did not have any information about
the incident. He next stated that he'd told other students to do this, several months ago, due
to problems he was having with a bus driver, but that he had not participated in the incident.
After he was asked to take a lie detector test, Cox admitted to being involved in the incident.
He said that he's bought a valve stem remover and had removed valve stems from,
perhaps, 40 tires on 20 buses. He said that it was just a prank and he had not meant to affect
so many students. He also stated that he had not realized that letting the air out of the tires
would damage them.
Cox admitted that Jacob Junkins was also involved in the incident. Junkins corrobo-
rated Cox's statements, and both boys were apologetic for their actions and stated that they
had not entered any of the buses. The boys were transported to the Citrus County Detention
Facility. Each was charged with (misdemeanors) criminal mischief and disrupting or interfer-
ing with school. The boys were released on their own recognizance, due to their coopera-
tion. The arrest reports also stated, "They were severely punished by the school system."
Dunnellon Man Arrested on Sex Charge
A 49-year-old Dunnellon man, Louis A Cox, 1534 J Williams St., was arrested by the
Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 19, charged with having unlawful sexual activity with a
17-year-old girl. According to the arrest report, the victim spoke with detectives on March
22, and stated that she and Cox had begun having a relationship in the summer of 2007.
She said that in April of 2007, Cox had begun flirting with her and whistling at her.
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She said he'd begun talking to her, and they were girlfriend and boyfriend. She said that
they'd begun having sex, around July of 2007, when she'd snuck out of her house around 1:00
Jacob Baum, 20, 14219 W. River Rd., Inglis, was arrested at the Levy County Jail,
a.m. and had gone to his house. She said the sexual relationship had continued for about a
May 10, on a Marion County warrant for violation of probation (possession of drug para-
year and a half. She said, that in March, they'd had a fight and he'd hit and choked her. The
phernalia and resisting detainment by merchant). He was held without bond.
girl told detectives, that for a couple months before the fight, he'd sometimes hit her when
James Blair Bailey, Jr., 28, 11230 N. Northwood Dr. #20, Inglis, was arrested by the
they were having sex.
Inglis Police Department, April 8, on a charge of driving while license suspended or revoked
On May 19, detectives interviewed Cox, who said, that in July 2008, the girl had
knowingly, after he was observed driving a vehicle in the 900 block of Hwy. 40-E. He was
come to his residence, and they had gone to a park, and that was the only time they had been
transported to the Levy County Jail.
involved in a sexual relationship with her, and that he had not had any contact with her since
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