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The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Sunday Morning Alcohol Sales
Patient with a Gun - From page 2
Okayed In Citrus County
tal. A female nurse had been in his room, and he’d become agitated because he wanted to
leave the hospital. The nurse said Davis had approached the door and pushed her away. She
called out the designated code word for the incident, and a male employee had responded
By Scallop season, which begins June 25, the public should be able to buy alco-
to the area, the west critical care unit. The male employee said he’d found Davis pacing
holic beverages on Sunday morning in Citrus County. That had been prohibited under the
back and forth, and he’d attempted to assist Davis back to bed. He said Davis pulled out a
previous county law. Alcohol could not be sold until 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon under the
firearm and pointed it to his (male employee s) head and told him to back up. He said Davis
old law.
entered a hallway, where he paced back and forth for about twenty minutes, threatening
The Citrus county commission voted to amend that at its June 14 meeting, and
staff and patients until he (the male employee), with the help of hospital security, was able
now restaurant goers will be able to have a drink with their Sunday brunch, and boaters
to barricade Davis in the corner of the critical care unit. When he noticed that Davis’ atten-
or picnickers, for example, will be able to purchase beer after 7 a.m. on Sunday morning
tion was diverted elsewhere, he d grabbed the firearm with his right hand and brought Davis
before their outings.
down to the floor. A hospital security guard corroborated the male employee s account of
The logic behind the commission’s changing the law was to make the prohibition
the incident.
times on sales of alcohol the same every day – from 2 a.m. to 7 a.m. and allow for more
Davis wife told deputies, according to the report, that she always carries a firearm
business and convenience on Sundays.
in her purse for her personal safety, and she has a concealed weapons permit. She said she’d
Members of the tourism industry had pointed out that if the law was changed, visi-
left Davis room to speak with his physician and was unaware that he d removed the firearm
tors and residents could do their shopping and business in the county -- and not take their
from her purse.
business elsewhere.
Davis was arrested on the charges and transported to the Citrus County Detention
The change applies to the unincorporated county, not the cities of Crystal River
Facility where his bond was set at $17,000.
and Inverness, which have their own jurisdiction over the sales times.
Former Levy Commissioner loses
County Attorney Richard Wesch said the change has to go to Tallahassee for ac-
knowledgment before it goes into effect, but he believed that would have been done by the
appeal DistrictfederalCommissioner Sammy Yearty, 65, who
of 3 Levy County conviction
weekend of the 25th . For more on the early start of scallop season see page 12.
Lawsuit - Continued from page 1
Former, suspended
WAR challenges the Development Order’s consistency with the Levy County
was convicted last year on federal charges of soliciting/accepting a bribe
Comprehensive Plan, specifically Policies 3.8, 3.l and 5.7 which strictly prohibits mining
from and lying to FBI agents during an undercover investigation into cor-
in designated environmentally sensitive areas and prohibits the issuance of a Development
ruption, lost his appeal, June 15, when a three-judge panel with the Atlanta,
Order in high quality wetlands or coastal zones until the Army Corps of Engineers has is-
Georgia 11th Circuit Court of appeals ruled that the U.S. Federal Court,
sued a permit and supports the mine.
Gainesville District, did not err in any of its rulings.
WAR’s legal counsel, Robert N. Hartsell of Robert N. Hartsell, P.A., in a press
Yearty contended that he is entitled to a mistrial due to court tes-
release to The Newscaster said, “The Levy County Commission missed a significant op-
timony suggesting that his defense attorney had engaged in corrupt activi-
portunity to protect its environmentally sensitive areas and in doing so violated its primary
ties, prejudicing the jury. The appeals court ruled that the court was given
planning document. This Development Order allows the permanent removal and export of
instruction to disregard the testimony, and Yearty could not show that the
a nearly 3,000-acre slice of the County that may have otherwise protected the County from
outcome of his trial would be different.
floods, hurricanes and the loss of clean water supplies.”
Yearty, sentenced to 33 months in federal prison, started serving his time at the
The town of Yankeetown has filed a similar suit, in an attempt to force the Levy
Pensacola Federal Prison Camp on July 14, 2010. He was also order to pay restitution of
County commission to reverse its action approving the mine.
$10,300 and to serve three years probation.
Levy County Sheriff’s Office’s Most Wanted, June 20
Jeffery D. Horton, Jr., Inglis, 37 (date of birth July 3, 1973), white male, charge -
violation of probation (battery), $5,000 bond. OND
Joseph F. Kuefner, Jr., Dunnellon, 69 (date of birth June 24, 1941), charge - failure
to appear (driving while license suspended or revoked knowingly), $2,000 bond.
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