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Squawk Box
Inglis Pushes Through
Resolution R1-13
on Tobacco Products
By Tom Russell, Newscaster Editor
The Inglis commission on May
14th passed a resolution by a vote of 5-0
urging retailers in town to stop selling
flavored tobacco products. The two retail-
ers I contacted don’t sell the questionable
flavored tobacco products and are well
regulated. Minors under the age of 18
can’t buy tobacco products and the prod-
ucts they do sell are either under a glass
display or behind the counter.
A similar form of the resolution
has been passed by Bronson and Williston
at the request of Thomas J. Harrington,
Dir. of public affairs for an organization
called Quit Doc Research & Education
Foundation, an organization that operates
on state grant money to educate youth
about the dangers of smoking.
Harrington told The Newscaster
he also acts on behalf the Levy County
Tobacco Free Partnership when he meets
with town government officials. Har-
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park and the Friends of Homosassa
rington said over one hundred munici-
Springs Wildlife Park presented An Early Evening History Cruise with Wine and Cheese on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The cruise was aboard pon-
palities have passed a similar resolution.
toon boats from the Park’s Visitor Center boat docks for an evening cruise to the main spring and Fish Bowl area. This was a fundraiser for the
The resolution has no real power over lo-
Friends of Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park.
cal businesses, it s strictly advisory, since
Man cited for possession of cannabis at event
Man facing
the state and federal government regu-
lates tobacco products.
for “Students Working Against Tobacco”
Bobby Nagda, owner of the
additional
Inglis Super Stop said he is already in
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
compliance with state law and doesn’t
Sex Charges
sell the products he saw on a list handed
removed the cigarette pack from his pocket
On May 24, a Citrus County Sher-
out by Mayor Glenda Kirkland. The may-
and handed it to the detective. The detective
iff s Office detective with the Community
or spearheaded passage of the resolution
Bruce Michael McQuillin, 50, In-
saw no illegal contraband and handed the
Crimes Unit was assigned to a Detail for the
before Harrington could make his presen-
verness, a current inmate at the Citrus Coun-
cigarette pack back to Sanders, however, at
Partners for Substance-Free Citrus, a con-
tation to the commission. Harrington said
ty Detention Facility is facing additional
that time, the detective saw a half-burned,
cert on the Courthouse Square in Inverness
he was quite surprised.
sexual abuse charges. A warrant
hand-rolled cigarette in the same pocket the
that was held to promote Students Working
Doug Johnston, manager at
was issued for his arrest on May
pack of cigarettes had been removed from.
Against Tobacco (S.W.A.T.).
Food Ranch said: “I’m surprised that
21st, after a sixth victim came
The cigarette appeared to be a cannabis cig-
Two young girls approached the
our commissioners, some of whom pride
forward disclosing that she’d
arette and smelled like cannabis.
detective to report people smoking cannabis
themselves on their stand to lessen the
been sexually abused by him.
Sanders was issued a misdemeanor
in the crowd. The detective walked into the
role of government in the lives of our citi-
The latest arrest is for McQuillen
citation for misdemeanor possession of can-
crowd and observed “an elderly man,” the
zens, now see the need to regulate the sale
two counts of sexual battery of
nabis. He told the detective he was surprised
report stated, later identified as Mark Henry
of tobacco even further than it is already
a 12-16 year-old victim without consent and
that the detective could smell the cannabis.
Sanders, 55, of Zephyr St., Inverness, seated
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the victim physically helpless. The victim
The detective told him that he was a former
near the stage holding a lighter. The detec-
was 15 at the time of the abuse and report-
narcotics detective, and Sanders replied, “
tive smelled cannabis in the air near Sand-
Inglis Wants
ed she had attended a party at McQuillin’s
Yeah, you could smell it. It was forty bucks
ers, and he asked Sanders to follow him
house. She reported becoming intoxicated
a gram.” The detective reported that $40 for
away from the crowd, so they could speak,
Patrol Cars to
while attending the party and then feeling
a gram of cannabis indicates that the canna-
and Sanders complied.
sick. She said she went to the bathroom after
bis is of high quality.
Upon questioning, Sanders denied
Stay in Inglis
becoming nauseous and passing out there.
The detective reported that the
being a smoker, and the detective asked
She said she awakened to someone touching
Details pg. 11
hand rolled cigarette appeared to be a can-
him about the lighter he was holding and
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nabis cigarette and had the odor of cannabis.
the pack of cigarettes in his pocket. Sanders