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just before closing time, used the bathroom, and came out with a weapon. She held two

employees at gunpoint, bound their hands with duct tape, and fled. When detectives deter-

A Tarpon Springs man was killed on Wed. night, July 13, in

mined there may be a link between the two robberies, the FBI stepped in and took the lead

in Citrus County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 11:33 pm

on W. Dunnellon Rd. at N. Chabuad Ter. in Crystal River, when 33 year-old Casey Jones

After the robbery, detectives followed dozens of leads and interviewed numerous

was driving a 2015 Ford F250 pickup truck, traveling east on W. Dunnellon Rd. and, for

people as a result of tips pouring into CrimeStoppers. In June, 2016, an informant came

unknown reasons, failed to negotiate a left curve in the road. The truck traveled onto the

forward to the Citrus County Sheriff s Office and Plant City Police Department, identify-

south shoulder, struck several street signs and a tree, before erupting into flames. Mr. Jones

ing Perkins in both bank robberies.

sustained fatal injuries and expired at the scene of the crash.

Another 300 RolledStein rolled an 840 series during the Young

Once Perkins was identified as a potential suspect, CCSO lead Detective Lee Car-

ey obtained historical employment finger prints from Corrections Corporation of America

(CCA), to compare to the prints of the suspect lifted at the Brannen Bank in 2015. Expert

CONGRATULATIONS: Charlie

latent fingerprint examiner Dave Cannaday compared both prints and determined them to

& Restless league July 12, including a 300 in the first game. The perfect

be a match. Det. Carey then showed bank witnesses a photo lineup in which Perkins was

game was his second at Parkview Lanes. His other games were 279 and 261.

positively identified as the bank robber.

Charlie is an active USBC director, particularly in the youth programs.

When Perkins was later interviewed, she denied involvement in either robbery,

12-WEEK LEAGUE: There is space available for additional teams in

but admitted that she was "antiquing" in Floral City at the time of the robbery.

the Thursday nightHolder Hotshots. New teams will be accepted if they

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join before July 28. The teams are four-persons, and the handicap is based

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on 100 percent of 220. The league is non-sanctioned, and the cost is $14 per week. Call

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the Center at 489-6933 to register, or for more information.

Drugs Arrests - Continued from page 3

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On June 3, deputies were dispatched to the same residence again - 1049 S. Palm

Ave., Homosassa - due to a neighbor reporting that a burglary was in progress. She said a

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white man with a shaved head and tattoos and a white female were using a large bar or stick,

attempting to pry open the doors and windows of the residence.

Upon their arrival, deputies found a west-facing window that was broken, with the

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screen also cut. As deputies continued looking around, Mr. Tedesco, who fit the descrip-

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tion of the reported burglar, exited from the back door to the residence and asked deputies

what they were doing at his house. Deputies explained about the burglary complaint, and

Tedesco insisted that there was no burglary, that he lives at the house.

Never having seen Mr. Tedesco while also having a complaint of a burglary, the

report stated, the deputy detained him and placed him into handcuffs. Tedesco was searched

and found to be in possession of 0.53 gm methamphetamine, 10 buprenorphine/naloxone

8mg/2mg pills, 4 amphetamine 30 mg pills and one sealed pill package labeled as zubsolv

buprenorphine/naloxone 8.6 mg/2.1mg. An unidentified substance weighed 0.34 gm, the

report stated. Tedesco was charged with 4 counts of possession of controlled substance, and

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his bond was set at none as he'd just been released from jail, June 2, on the similar charge.

While deputies were occupied with Mr, Tedesco, a woman came out and identified

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herself (she was not placed under arrest). She said that Mr. Dalton was inside the residence.

He came outside and was found to be in possession of 2 alprazolam 0.25 mg pills, 4 alpra-

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zolam 2 mg pills and 2 clonazepam 2 mg pills. He was charged with three counts of posses-

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sion of a controlled substance, with his bond set at $6,000.

WWII MIA Remains Found

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From Rolling Thunder

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Army Cpl. Frederick G. Collins, 23, killed in World War II, has now been ac-

counted for. On Dec. 8, 1941, Collins was a member of the 263rd Quartermaster Com-

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5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

pany, Quartermaster Corps (QMC) located at Nichols Field, in Manila, Philippines, when

Phone: (352) 489-4588 Fax: (727) 362-4788

hostile Japanese forces sent the QMC on a gradual withdrawal into Bataan Province.

Email, Tom Russell, Publisher:thenewscaster1@gmail.com Hometown News for the Nature Coast 9, 1942 surrender to the Japanese, Collins and other members of the

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Email, Debbie Russell, Editor:debbienewscaster@gmail.com onable Rates for S LeQMC E Citrus in Bataanarion Coutorturous 65-mile "Bataan Death March" northward,

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and were buried by their fellow prisoners in Common Grave 717 in Cabanatuan Camp #3

Cemetery. In 2014, the Secretary of the Army granted permission to exhume the graves

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associated with Common Grave 717. Lab analysis, in conjunction with the totality of

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circumstantial evidence available, determined Collins' remains were included. Interment

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