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Alcohol Crack Down  - Continued from page 1
Recent Area Arrests
she’d left it at her residence. A co-worker of Ms. Patel went to Patel’s residence to retrieve
Inglis woman charged with battery
her identification and returned with an “Universal Net Identification Card,” which is not a
A 54-year-old Inglis woman was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff’s Office,
government entity, according to the arrest report. The report stated that the identification
June 28, after a deputy was dispatched to her residence, 19561 S.E. Vicki St., due to a 9-1-1
card was made in Jackson Heights, New York, but stated that it was a Florida identifica-
call hang-up. According to the arrest report, the victim had two small cuts to his forearms
tion card. Ms. Patel told the officers that the card had been purchased in a store, not at a
and a small cut under his left eye. He told the deputy that he and Carol Ann Johnston had
government facility. Patel told the officers that she was in the U.S.A. on a Vacation Visa,
argued about his talking to a woman.
although she was working at the Plaza Food Mart. Patel showed the officers a copy of her
The report stated that Johnston had left her residence before the oficer had arrived
passport that showed that her passport had expired. Due to Patel’s lack of proper identifica-
there, sometime after 6:30 p.m. (June 27th). The deputy drove by Johnston’s residence
tion, working under a Vacation Visa and having an expired passport, she was placed under
around 1:30 a.m. (June 28), and noticed that her vehicle was parked in the driveway. The
arrest for selling alcohol to a minor. No bond was set due to the same reasons. No further
deputy spoke with the victim, who told the deputy that Johnston was in her bedroom. John-
information was available.
ston was placed under arrest on a charge of domestic battery. She was released on her own
New taxiway underway at Crystal River Airport
recognizance.
Crystal River Man Arrested
The Citrus County Engineering Division noted at the beginning of July that local
A Crystal River man, Jonathan Robert Erlandson, 25, 645 N.E. 10th St., Apt. 2,
contracting firm D A B Constructors, Inc. is about 15 percent along on construction of the
Crystal River, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff’s Office, around 3:00 a.m., June 29,
new 4,555 foot, widened taxiway at the Crystal River Airport.
on a charge of domestic battery. According to the arrest report, the incident took place at a
The taxiway is being moved 76 feet to the north and widened to 35 feet. As the
residence in the 600 block of Hwy. 40 West in Inglis. The report stated that the victim was
county has grown, larger aircraft have begun using the airport, and the new taxiway was
“verbally combative” toward the deputy and had a small cut on the left side of her head at
required for safety for those B-2 category aircraft, such as corporate jets.
the hair line.
Between state and federal grants the county has secured, it only has to pay 1
A witness, the owner of the residence where Erlandnnson and the victim were
percent of the cost of the $1.15 million improvement project. Completion is expected in
staying, told the deputy that the two were outside, arguing and he told them that they could
January.
not do “that stuff” at his residence. He told the deputy that he had not witnessed the battery.
Erlandson had a scratch on his right thumb. He told the deputy, “If someone has to go to
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A 19-year-old Crystal River youth was arrested by the Citrus
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Prior to the deputies’ arrival at the residence, the witness stated, Dick had been extremely
belligerent and tearing apart the interior of the residence. The second witness stated that
Dick had been beating his head against the walls, the furniture, and the floors. The first
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When the deputies entered the home, the second witness was restraining Dick on
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Dick was transported to Citrus Memorial Hospital Emergency Room in Inverness
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Dick was being transferred to Shands Hospital in Alachua County for injuries that were
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As a result, Dick was not arrested on the charges, and the case was sent to the
State Attorney’s Office for review. Deputies contacted the State Attorney’s office, then they
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contacted Mr. Dick, around 11:45 p.m., June 19. He was charged with two counts of bat-
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