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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher

Wednesday September 23, 2009

Inglis, FL 34449

Tom Russell - Consulting Editor

A Publication of

Sally Price - Correspondent

Permit No. 14

Newscaster Publishing

Mike Moore - Photojournalist

Squawk Box

With Sally Price

Garbage In

Garbage Out

Years ago

there was a garbage service in

old Homosassa who’s slogan

was “Satisfaction guaran-

teed or double your garbage back.” That

made me think of the fiasco the Town

of Inglis has been going through as the

present commission made the decision to

enforce instead of amend the mandatory

garbage rule made 29 years ago in 1980,

according to town hall. Waste Pro of

Florida Inc has the contract on garbage

contracted service in the Town of Inglis

until March 30, 2010. The present rate is

$22.77 for residential pickup with those

over 65 paying $21.19 with a senior citi-

zen discount to the 217 present custom-

ers according to Waste Pro. The Town of

Inglis gets 10% of this back in franchise

fees.

A meeting with Waste Pro pro-

duced a contract to provide the manda-

tory service to 732 residences according

to Mayor Lake. The contract was voted

and approved on August 13 by 4 votes

with Commissioner Bob Webb absent.

Traffic was backed up for a time in both directions Monday following the crash of a DAB constructors truck that was northbound shortly ater 2

It would have lowered the payments to

p.m. The driver, 38 year old Craig Lede was air lifted to Tampa General Hospital - Photo by Jerry Allegretti. More on page 4 and 12.

$16.00 a month for all 732 residences

Truck Crash on Homosassa Couple Charged

and the senior discount 10%, town fran-

chise fees remaining enforce. Attorney

Fugate provided the paperwork for the

U.S. 19 Bridge With Capital Sexual Battery

Levy County Tax Collector to collect

this money through property assessment

to the tune of $6000 in this years budget

and more cost will come from Fugate to

Sends Driver to

The sheriff’s of-

From the Citrus County Sheriff Dept.

negotiate this new ammended contract at

fice attempted an inter-

Jesse Edward Laramee, 35, and

the Thursday night budget meeting. On

view with Laramee, and

Jane Marie Marcy, 27, both of Homosassa,

September 9, a turn out of approxi-

the Hospital

he agreed to answer ques-

were arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s

tions, but after several

Office, Sept. 15, each on a capital felony

Continued on page 12- Squawk Box

questions were posed to

charge of the sexual battery of a child less

A single truck accident on the U.S.

him, he asked for an attor-

than 12 years old. According to the sheriff’s

Are You Ready

19 Canal Bridge Monday afternoon sent

ney, and the interview was

office, the children involved are 7-years-old

Craig A Lede of Spring Hill to the hospital

stopped.

and 2-years-old.

for treatment. Lede, 38, was driving a 2004

For Some

However, Marcy

The 7-year-old girl stated that Lara-

Laramee

Mack dump.

answered questions and

mee had abused her sexually and that he had

According to the Florida Highway

Football?This is

told investigators that the

also pulled her hair, slapped her, yelled at

Patrol the truck belonging to DAB Contrac-

victim was accurate in her

her and called her names while sexually bat-

tors Inc. of Inglis was north bound over the

statements. According to

tering her, the reports stated, and that most

Our Tenth Year

bridge. A DAB spokesman Tom Brady, said

Marcy’s arrest report,”The

of the incidents had occurred at Marcy’s

that as Lede came over the bridge he saw 2

defendent (Marcy) stated

house, the house of a relative of Laramee’s,

DAB dump trucks at the foot of the hill in

that the codefendent (Lara-

or in Marcy’s van, and that Marcy had usu-

line to turn left into the construction area.

mee) is very abusive to her

ally been present when the incidents had oc-

Behind the 2 dump trucks were 2 personal

and the victim.” Marcy also

curred. The child also stated that Laramee

trucks, the latter pulling a trailer with mow-

Marcy

admitted to knowledge of

had made her perform inappropriate actions

ing equipment on it. In a split second deci-

the sexual abuse and admit-

on her little sister, while he watched, and

Page 8

sion that probably saved lives, Lede, who

ted that she had participated in some of the

told her not to say anything to anyone or he

saw the situation, jammed on his brakes

would kill her, the report stated.

Continued on page 3 - Sexual Battery

Continued on page 12- Crash