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Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
Man charged with
smoking marijuana with
a 12 and 16 year old
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Timothy
Jordan
Scalzi, 27, 8415 E. Gospel Is-
land Rd., Inverness,took two
youths fishing, Aug. 23, and
ended up being arrested a short Scalzi
time later. According to the ar-
rest affidavit.
According to the Citrus County
Sheriff s Office, they received a report on
Aug. 16 regarding the ingestion of mari-
juana by a 12 year-old girl. The arrest re-
port stated that Scalzi took the 12 year-old
girl and a 16 year-old boy fishing for sev-
eral hours that day, starting at 5:30 p.m.,
and she had returned feeling ill and suffer-
ing from nausea. The girl told personnel
that she had smoked marijuana with Scalzi
earlier that evening. She also tested posi-
tive for the the presence of canabinoids.
Both youths (victims) spoke indi-
vidually with detectives on Aug. 20. Each
said that Scalzi had picked them up at their
residence and took them to an unknown
A memorial placed on the edge of the main spring at the Ellie SchillerHomosassa Springs Wildlife State Parks honors a remarkable man with a
residence within Citrus County
manatee history. The memorial reads: Dr. Jesse Ray White DVM, Marine Mammal Veterinarian responsible for the establishment of the Homo-
to purchase marijuana, which all three of
sassaSprings Nature Park as a sanctuary for rescued, rehabilitated and captive born manatees. Continued on page 2.
them had smoked in the vehicle enroute to
Man Dies In
Man stabs three during attempted
Fort Island Beach in Crystal River. At the
beach, all three had smoked the marijuana,
robbery of CVS Pharmacy
again, at a rocky, secluded area, and the
Bronson
girl had been takern home by Scalzi when
she became ill.The boy said that Scalzi had
From Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
him. He noted that each of the
provided him with marijuana on numerous
Shootout
three people who had pinned
occasions.
An Alexandria, Virginia man, vis-
Kleintank to the floor had been
Scalzi said, however, that he
iting relatives in Citrus County for a few
From Levy County Sheriff Dept.
stabbed. One was bleeding pro-
had never provided marijuana to the two
days with his girlfriend, was arrested by
fusely from puncture wounds
youths. He was charged with three counts
the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, Aug. 25,
At 3:08 a.m., August 25, the Levy
Kleintank
to both his hands. The second
of delivering, or hiring to deliver, a con-
charged with stabbing three people in the
County Sheriff s Office received a 9-1-1
victim had a puncture wound to
trolled substance to a person under the age
Inverness CVS Pharmacy located at 602 W.
call from a female in Bronson reporting that
his left abdomen, and the third victim had
of 18. His total bond was set at $30,000.
Main St.
someone had been shot at her home. As 9-1-
a puncture wound to his left armpit. Emer-
The deputy who answered the call
1 operators obtained information from the
D r i ve S o b e r
gency medical services was called to assist
arrived at the pharmacy about 1:00 a.m. and
caller, it was discovered that an exchange of
the victims.
did not see anyone in the store. When he an-
gunfire had occurred between an occupant
or
Meanwhile, the deputy spoke with
nounced his arrival, he heard a voice yell,
of the home and the defendant John Paul
the first victim who said that Kleintank had
“Back here,” and the deputy ran to the phar-
Robinson, who had been served with an In-
been in the store sometime before 5:00 p.m.
macy located at the back of the store. As he
junction for Protection (Restraining Order)
Get Pulled
(August 24), but he didn’t know if he’d made
came closer to the pharmacy, he saw the sus-
by Levy County Sheriff s Office deputies.
a purchase. He said Kleintank had returned
pect, 31 year-old Jacob C. Kleintank, lying
The Court order instructed Robinson to
Over
between 9:30 to 10:00 p.m. and brought
on his back with three bleeding victims on
vacate the home. This order was to protect
with him an out-of-state prescription to be
top of him. He was grasping a silver/cam-
the petitioner - who is also the 9-1-1 caller -
filled. He said he d told Kleintank, since the
Have A Safe
ouflage knife with a two-inch blade in his
from further violence.
prescription had been written from out-of-
right hand. The deputy grabbed Kleintank s
Shortly before the 911 call was
Holiday
state, he would be unable to fill it for him.
wrist, pried his fingers off the knife, flipped
made, Robinson secretly and forcibly en-
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him over onto his stomach and handcuffed