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Single-vehicle crash, Crystal River,
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deadly forin unidentified driver the driver
An early morning crash Crystal River, August 17, proved deadly to
involved in the single vehicle crash. The driver s identity has not yet been released. Accord-
ing to the Florida Highway Patrol, the vehicle was a 1997 Toyota SUV that was traveling
south on N. Citrus Ave., south of W. Far Hills Rd. when for unknown reason/s, the driver
drove onto the east shoulder, then over-corrected, traveled back across the roadway and
overturned.
The Toyota then caught fire and became fully engulfed. in flames. The driver sus-
tained fatal injuries and expired at the scene of the crash. Troopers continue to work toward
identifying the deceased driver, which has been complicated due to extensive fire damage.
Dunnellon man dies in Sumter County crash
A 57 year-old Dunnellon man, Thomas Edward Moreland, was killed in a Sumter
County single-vehicle crash on Wed., Aug. 12 at 2:55 pm. According to the Florida Highway
Patrol, the crash occurred at County Rd. 219 and County Rd. 44A. Mr. Moreland was driv-
ing a 2015 Ford F550 truck, traveling west on County Rd. 44A, when (for unknown reasons)
the vehicle traveled off of the roadway and onto private property located at County Rd. 44A
and County Rd. 219. The truck then collided with a fence and continued until it struck a
storage shed, then it came to rest. Mr. Moreland, who was wearing a seatbelt, expired at the
scene of the crash. Alcohol was not a factor in the crash.
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world. Many places in the heart of town that saw history develop are long gone or have name
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financial trouble; her bank accounts are overdrawn, and she is behnd on numerous bills.
King said, on the morning of the robbery, she dropped her dog off at a grooming
kennel, then drove to Inverness Medical Imaging, which is located on the same side of the
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instructed the teller to get the money out of the top drawer and side vault, "no dye pack, and
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The report stated that King took about $1344 from the teller, which contained about
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pm, she went back out and deposited $865 at Wells Fargo Bank, then returned home again.
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the mutilated money (all in one and two dollar bills) by burning them in the FSU cap she d
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The following day, she said, she stayed home from work due to illness. About 7:15
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she dropped into the dumpster at her place of employment. At 8:30 am, detectives came to
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purse and the remnants of the burned hat and the burned one and two dollar bills.
King was charged with robbery and held on $15,000 bond. According to the CCSO
Media Division, King has no prior arrests in Citrus County.
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