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Wednesday June 6, 2012
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Permit No. 14
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Squawk Box
"Sir, Just One More
Thing"
With Doug Johnston
Two Party System Fail-
ing - Newscaster editor
Tom Russell made some
valid points and interesting
observations in last week’s
Squawk Box. The field is
becoming crowded in the Levy County
Sheriffs race and the carrot that most poli-
ticians seem to be chasing is the financial
security afforded by holding office. I hope
I’m wrong about that, but switching party
affiliation so close to election day as one
sheriff candidate has done certainly gives
the appearance of political expediency
even if it may not be so.
Levy County currently has
24,838 registered voters, 11,527 of whom
are registered as Democrats and 9,129
June 2, 2012 a celebration was held for the 100th anniversary of the Citrus County Courthouse and 125 anniversary of Citrus County itself.
are registered Republican. The remain-
Part of the festivities was the opening of a 25 year old time capsule which had been stored in the courthouse, put together in 1987 by Renna
ing 4,182 voters are unaffiliated, which in
Jablonskis’ Gifted Class in REACH at the Inverness Primary School. Photo & Story by Sally Price, Continued on page 4 - Anniversary.
fact, is where most of us really fit.
Seventeen Rounded Up In
Former Deputy
In our state the Democratic Party
was by far the majority until the political
"Operation Spring Cleaning"
mood of the south moved away from the
Arrested by
Democrats as that party shifted to the left
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
pursuing these suspects and using a vari-
side of the political spectrum. In actuality,
ety of investigative techniques to secure the
FDLE
a large number of the registered Demo-
The Citrus County Sheriffís Office
necessary probable cause for both the search
crats in counties like Levy are simply
Tactical Impact Unit, K-9 Unit, SWAT team
warrants and the arrest warrants. Currently,
holdovers from an era when the Demo-
members, community crimes detectives
(Bushnell) Former Citrus County deputy
17 people are in custody on multiple drug
cratic Party ruled and to be a Republi-
and patrol deputies coordinated resources
sheriff Lynn Tabb, 48, was arrested, June 1,
charges ranging from possession and sale
can was wasting ones vote because the
to serve a search warrant at two locations,
by the Florida Department of Law Enforce-
of cocaine to possession and sale of oxyco-
real challenge was not the general elec-
Thursday morning, May 31. One was in Ho-
ment (FDLE) on an active 5th Judicial Cir-
done.
tion, but the Democratic Primary. That is
mosassa at 8527 W. Dixieland St., and the
cuit warrant charging him with two counts
Throughout the investigation, the
where almost all of our local office hold-
other was at Siesta Apartments located in
of sexual battery on a child older than 12
sheriffís office conducted multiple con-
ers were chosen.
Crystal River at 440 N.E. 9th St.
years of age. Accompanied by his attorney,
trolled purchases of narcotics from multiple
Now-a-days there is little com-
The search warrants were the first
Tabb turned himself in to Sumter County
offenders over a period of several months.
stage of a two-phase, six-month-long inves-
authorities.
Continued on page 8 - Squawk Box
Using the intelligence led polic-
tigation that was followed by the service of
The Citrus County Sheriff s Office
ing model, the Sheriffís Office took action
multiple arrest warrants. The warrants pri-
Report:Army Corps
had terminated Tabb on Thursday, May 31,
on numerous complaints received by way
marily focused on people who frequented
on an agency policy violation of absence
of phone calls and e-mails, tips from Crime
Copeland Park and two apartment complex-
from duty without proper notification.
Tarmac Hearing
Stoppers of Citrus County, Inc., as well as
es in order to perform illegal activities. The
About a month-and-half prior to
patrol and street intelligence of illegal nar-
parking lots of the Siesta Apartments and the
Tabb’s arrest, a call was received by the
See page 8
cotics activity by the suspects. Many of
Courtyard Apartments, located at 773 N.E.
Florida abuse hotline in which a third-party
these suspects have past criminal histories
9th Street, in Crystal River, were hubs for
complainant alleged that Tabb had physical-
dealing with narcotics and illegal drug sales.
drug deals.
ly abused a 5-year-old boy. The complainant
Continued on page 3 - Spring Cleaning
TIU members have been actively
Continued on page 4 - Deputy Arrested