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Bay Trail  - Continued from page 1
Area Police Beat
David Jonathan Hord, 40, Cape Coral, Florida, was arrested by the Inglis Police
Florida Park Service welcomed this project as it allows for more Floridians and visitors to
Department, Aug. 2, charged with petit theft. According to the arrest report, a Debra St.
experience the environment while ensuring protection of natural resources”.
Three-vehicle crash in Pine Ridge
resident reported a theft. She told the arresting officer that Hord had visited her in her home,
and when she was in the bathroom, he had gone into her bedroom. When she entered her
sends  Citrus County, Aug. 6, resulted in injuries to two of the
two to hospital
bedroom, she said, she found Hord with a bottle of her prescription medication that he’d
removed from her purse. She told the officer that she d yelled at Hord to put the bottle back
into her purse and leave her home. The officer obtained a description of Hord and located
A three-vehicle crash in
him at E. Cason Blvd. and Debra St. Hord verified the woman s account of what happened
drivers that required medical care. The crash took place at 11:00 a.m. in Pine Ridge, at the
and also told the officer that he d been released from the Levy County Jail just three days
intersection of Pine Ridge Blvd. and Ranger St. According to the Florida Highway Patrol,
previous.
Richard George Tangeman, 72, of Crystal River, was driving a 2004 Honda, traveling south
Bonnie Lynn Szmada, 46, 11590 SE 203rd Place, Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis
on Pine Ridge Blvd. approaching Ranger St. and John A. Ferguson, 60, of Beverly Hills,
Police Department, Aug. 5, charged with domestic battery. According to the arrest report,
who was driving a 2006 Ford, was stopped on Pine Ridge Blvd., facing south, waiting to
police were called to the Withlacoochee Motel around 10:30 p.m. by the victim who said
make a left turn onto Ranger St. Katherine Marie Burns, 51, of Citrus Springs, was driving a
that his girlfriend, Szmada, had beat him. The report stated that the man had several scratch-
2008 Toyota, traveling south on Pine Ridge Blvd., and slowing down because she was com-
es on the left side of his face and on his chest, and one of the scratches on his chest was
ing up behind Ferguson’s Ford. Burns saw that Tangeman’s Honda was coming up behind
bleeding. The boyfriend told the officer that he and Szmada had been drinking, and they got
her, but not slowing down, so she swerved to the left in an attempt to avoid a crash. The
into a dispute which turned physical. Szmada had left the room prior to the officer s arrival,
front of Tangeman’s Honda struck the right rear of Burns’ Toyota and went off onto the west
but returned while the officer was there and was placed under arrest. The victim told the
shoulder, onto the grass, across a concrete driveway and into a small wooded area, striking
officer that he loves Szmada and did not wish to pursue charges, however, the officer told
several small trees with its front and right side before coming to rest, facing south. After
the victim, that since the fight was domestic-related, the state was pressing charges for the
Tangeman’s Honda struck Burns’ Toyota, the Toyota spun in a counter-clockwise direction
battery. Szmada was transported to the Levy County Jail where her bond was set at $1,000.
and struck the rear of Ferguson’s Ford with its right rear. Ferguson pulled his Ford onto the
Heather Marie Lobell, 24, 5572 S. Glenn Acres Ter., Homosassa, was arrested by
west shoulder and stopped, and Burns pulled off onto the east shoulder and stopped.
the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Aug. 8, charged with the grand theft ($300 or more but
Burns, who was wearing a seatbelt restraint, was transported by Nature Coast
less than $5,000) of a ring valued at $400. According to the report, Lobell admitted to taking
Emergency Medical Servicess to Citrus Memorial Hospital due to neck pain. Ferguson, who
the ring to trade for prescription pills, because she’s addicted to them. She was released on
was also wearing a seatbelt restraint, had “possible” injuries, according to the report, but
her own recognizance.
was not transported to receive medical care. Tangeman was not wearing a seatbelt restraint
Raymond Marvel Mercer, Jr., 56, 121 Lori St., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis
and received facial injuries. He was transported by Aero Med emergency Medical Services
Police Department, Aug. 9, according to the Levy County Sheriff s Office inmate report.
to Shands Hospital in Gainesville.
He was charged with operating a motor vehicle without a valid license and possession of
The report stated that alcohol was not a factor in the crash, that Tangeman operated
marijuana, not more than 20 gms., along with three out-of-county warrants. His total bond
a notor vehicle in a careless or nefligent manner, and the actions of Burns and Ferguson did
was set at $17,500.
not contribute to the crash. Tangeman was listed as the owner of the vehicle he was driving,
Marian Cockerham Walker, 56, 2828 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Crystal River, was ar-
but the vehicles of Burns and Ferguson were listed as business vehicles.
Additional Victims  - Continued from page 1
rested by the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Aug. 9, on a misdemeanor warrant for failure
to appear (original charge of possession of drug paraphernalia). Her bond was set at $2,500.
Dillin Gerald McCoy, 23, 4314 SW Waterview Ct., Dunnellon, was arrested by
by a 33 year-old Crystal River woman who reported, that on May 9 as she was driving south
the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Aug. 9, on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear
on U.S. Hwy. 19 heading to work, a white Chevrolet truck pulled up beside her, and she saw
(original charge of possession of less than 20 gms. marijuana). His bond was set at $2,000.
Main exposing and fondling his private area. The woman said she had a co-worker drive
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home with her when she left work that evening, driving north on U.S. Hwy. 19, and the
same man in the same truck drove beside her, again exposing and fondling his private area.
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Main’s July 26 arrest was for two counts of exposure of sexual organs and one
count of simple battery. If you think you may have been a victim of Brian Main, please call
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