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Florida's 2014 annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR) was released on May 20,

Bonita Carol Kelly, 22, 10249 W. Brocade St., Homosassa, was arrested by the

Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 4, charged with possession of a controlled substance showing another decrease in Florida's crime rate for four consecutive years. Of Florida's

and drug paraphernalia. Her total bond was set at $3,000. She's accused of having a syringe 402 law enforcement agencies, 396 of participated in the 2014 UCR, which represents

filled with 60 cc's of liquid morphine. The substance was found when deputies arrived at 99.7% of the state's population. Citrus County has had continuity in reporting since 1996,

the BP station parking lot at 4223 S. Suncoast Blvd. in Homosassa. A person had contacted the year that CCSO Sheriff Jeff Dawsy came into office.

disatch, saying tht Kelly was suicidal and had said she wished she were dead. Kelly said she

The total number of crimes fell 3.6% from 2013, which translates into 25,476 few-

was not suicidal and said it had been several days since she'd "shot up," the report stated. er crimes in 2014. However, the number of law enforcement who died in the line of duty

She told deputies they could look in her purse. When deputies found the syringe, she said increased to 6 deaths. Officers arrested 856,392 offenders in 2014, down slightly from

she'd forgot it was there.

904,634 arrests in 2013.

Julie Ann Valenty, 52, 1195 N. Haggerty Pt., Crystal River, was arrested by the Cit-

Locally, the Citrus County Sheriff's Office overall UCR statistics for 2014 showed

rus County Sheriff's Office, May 5, charged with felony petit theft (two or more convictions a 9.7% decrease in index crimes; 2013 showed a 3.4% decrease; 2012 showed an 8% de-

of any theft). Her bond was set at $5,000. She's accused of taking numerous items with a crease; and 2011 showed an 8% decrease.

total value of $32.08 from the Family Dollar store in Beverly Hills without paying for them.

The total number of index crimes reported to the Florida Department of Law En-

She admitted her guilt. The report stated she'd been convicted of petty theft in 2009 and

forcement (FDLE) by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) decreased by 309, or

9.7%. This figure is down from 3,177 in 2013, to 2,868 in 2014. Specifically, the largest

Burt George Massey, 46, Inglis, was arrested by his probation officer, May 5,

decrease in crimes fell under burglary, down from 631 to 528; larceny, which dropped from

charged with violation of probation. No bond was given.

1,911 to 1,709; and aggravated assault, which went from 413 to 382. There were 4 homi-

Cquan Celestine, 20, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 6,

for the battery of a correctional officer on May 5 that occurred while he was incarcerated cides in 2014 and 5 in 2013. Motor vehicle thefts were up from 107 to 145, and forcible rape

at the Citrus County Detention Facility. Celestine became upset when the arresting deputy increased slightly from 45 to 50.

5093 S.The percentage of reported crimes cleared by arrest or otherwise

spoke with him about the incident the following day. He said, at the prison he came from in

Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

exceptionally cleared) by the(352) 489-4588 The CCSO's362-4788 rate is well above

Phone: CCSO is 38.8%. Fax: (727) clearance

Virginia, an incident like this was no big deal, that inmates shoved guards all the time. The

deputy pulled up the video surveillance of the incident, and although heicould not actuallyPublisher: statewide clearance rate of 26%.

Ema l, Tom Russell, Florida's thenewscaster1@gmail.comIEmail, Debbie Russell, Editor: debbienewsc

see Celestine shove the officer as he was around a corner, he could see theebsites: thenewscaster.com · newscasterarchives.com · history.newscasterarchives.com ·has

"Changing our crime fighting mechanism to Intelligence Led Policing (ILP) thehea

by the door and moving back very quickly as though he had been shoved, which is what the made - and is continuing to make - a huge difference in our crime rate," said Sheriff Dawsy.

"It's amazing, that despite the rising prevalence of drug-related crimes, we have still man-

officer had claimed. Celestine's bond was set at none.

Raynette Ann Huebsch, 51, 3255 E. George St., Inverness, was arrested on a fel- aged to reduce crime, four years in a row. The dedicated men and women of this agency

ony charge, May 7, of animal cruelty, which was changed to causing cruel death, pain and continue to work hard to keep us safe."

suffering of a dog, as the dog was so emaciated and sick he would likely have to be put to

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sleep. The dog had been locked in a bedroom with little to no food or water. The complain-

ant stated that Huebsch had abandoned her dogs. Looking through a window, a deputy saw

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that one animal was having difficulty breathing, had pus on both eyes, his hip bones were

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protruding from his skin, and he had sores on the right side of his back legs. The room he

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was in was 100% covered with feces and had no food or water inside, the report stated.

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Another dog appeared to "in good healthy shape," according to the report, and was running

about freely in the residence. The home was infested with roaches and had no running water.

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The dogs were taken to an emergency veterinary clinic. Deputies learned that Huebsch was

staying to the Bella Oasis motel in Homosassa. She told deputies that she'd always taken

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care of the healthy dog, but the other dog was old, and she could not afford to put him to

sleep, that she had last been at the residence three days ago, but a relative was supposed to

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be feeding the dogs. Huesch showed a lot of emotion for the elderly dog and said she did

not realize he was so bad off.

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Ryan Lamar Crow, 35, a homeless man in Hernando, was arrested by the Citrus

County Sheriff's Office, May 9, charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure. He was

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held at gunpoint by the residents until deputies arrived to the N. Irving Park Ave., Hernando

residence, about 9:20 pm. The homeowner said he'd been outside in the front yard with his

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grandchildren about 20 minutes before the incident. He said he turned off the garage lights,

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and his dogs began barking. He looked outside and didn't see anything, but his dogs ran out

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toward the garage, and a man came walking out of it, then attempted to flee on foot toward

 thelocked(which he'djumped   heard the dogs barking and his

   gate    to enter). The man's son

 father he   gun. He told Crow to lay on the ground. He placed hand-

 yelling, so  grabbed his 

uffs   and deputies to arrive.

c   on Crow  waited for 

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ty Sheriff's Office, May 9, charged with criminal mischief of $1,000 or more. Her bond was

  at    that Eckertis accusedofdriving her car through the gate of

set  $5,000. The report stated     

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her ex-boyfriend's residence, located on N. Stirrup Dr. in Beverly Hills. The victim told the

deputy that Eckert then left the residence and returned about five mintues later and broke a

double-paned kitchen window by punching it with her fist, then she left, again. Eckert was

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located in Lecanto, driving her 2001 PT Cruiser, which had damage to the front. Eckert had

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a small fresh, (still bleeding) laceration to her wrist. Eckert refused to make a statement,

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