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Wednesday September 26, 2007
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A Publication of
Permit No. 4
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Newscaster Publishing
Sally Price Correspondent
Squawk Box Inmate
Survives
With Mike Moore
"Steamed"
Razor Blade
Oh I am really steamed this
past couple of weeks. I've been
Attack
off running around in north cen-
tral Ohio taking pictures of the
flood damages there for FEMA.
Just before 9:00 a.m., Sept. 15, a Cit-
Several hundred families took a
rus County Sheriff's Office deputy was dis-
hit on their property. As responsible govern-
patched to the Citrus County Detention Fa-
ments do, ours ran in and tried to help in the
cility in Lecanto with a report of a battery
normal FEMA fashion; which depending on
where an inmate had cut another inmate on
which side of the fence you are on, could be
the arm with a razor blade.
viewed as either good or bad. The people of
When the deputy arrived at the jail,
Ohio are an industrious hard-working breed;
he spoke with 18-year-old inmate, Mario James
I saw affluence everywhere. Completely the
Allen, of 2604 W. Woodland Ridge Dr.,
opposite of the mess in New Orleans. These
Lecanto. Allen told the of-
folks cleaned up and started making repairs
ficer, that when he was in
almost immediately. As a photographer and
his cell with another in-
documentarian, I had to run fast to keep up
mate, he heard voices in
with the changes happening everyday. I'm
his head telling him, "Cut
betting Findlay, Ohio will use the flooding
him, before I cut you."
disaster more as a 'tidy'ing up" excuse than
Allen said he kept telling
anything else.
the corrections supervisor
While I was out there though news
to remove him out of his
Mario Allen
hit the streets that the Federal Housing Ad-
cell, or else he was going
ministration (FHA) was thinking about bail-
to cut his cellmate, but the supervisor refused
ing out some of the massive amounts of fore-
to move him out of the cell. He said he then
Phillip Zimmer and Keith Pomeroy, responded from the gas company, put a plug in
closures that are starting to accumulate. What
asked a corrections officer with whom he's
the old propane tank so they could control the venting of gas.-Photo by Sally Price
kind of crap is this! Greenspan has made easy
previously (allegedly) exchanged sexual let-
Quick Response Prevents Propane Fire
money the facade of the Bush
ters back and forth with, to slide a razor blade
administration's massive military spending for
to him, under the door, and she complied with
years. Those unusually low teaser rate Ad-
his request. Allen told the deputy, once the
By Newscaster Correspondant Sally Price
ser going up in the air. Zimmer said as the
justable Rate Mortgages (ARM) we saw
razor blade came under the door, he picked it
propane comes out, it is at 44 degrees below
Excitement centered around the Rock
about four years ago were of course allowed
up and turned to the victim, who was sitting
zero and freezes the moisture in the air, that is
Store at 616 Hwy 40 W in Inglis Thursday
by the Fed; is it just me or in retrospect do
on his bed, and began cutting him on the arm.
what caused the mist. Zimmer described it
afternoon about 4:30. A bushhog operated by
they seem very suspicious as how well they
He said the victim started screaming and bang-
looking like cold steam and said if you get in
Daniel Cummings Lawn Care hit the top of an
ing on the door, yelling that he had been cut
Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box
it, you could get frost bite. The area looked
old 120 gallon propane tank buried in the
with a razor blade. He said the corrections
like a disaster area with all emergency re-
ground and obscured by high weeds. Accord-
Adopt A Pet
officer who (allegedly) gave him the razor
sponses and the men fitted out in complete
ing to Philip Zimmer from Florida Public Utili-
blade had opened the door, allowing the in-
gear and tanks. Traffic had to be rerouted on
ties (formerly Davis Propane), the relief valve
jured cellmate to leave the cell.
see page 2
Hwy 40 in front of the store. Susan Sims and
was clipped off and failed completely. Zimmer
When the deputy asked inmate Allen
daughter Caroline and neighbor Tiffany
and Keith Pomeroy, who also responded from
if he any scars, marks or tattoos, Allen lifted
Hendricks were still hanging out at dusk after
the gas company, had to put a plug in the
up both sleeves exposing his left and right
the scare, the excitement. and then the depar-
tank so they could control the drain. Lines
forearms and stated to the deputy, "I am a
ture of an amazing amount of law enforce-
were run out into the yard, set afire and al-
cutter." The deputy reported that both of
ment and firemen that turned out.
lowed to burn the propane from the tank. The
Allen's forearms were, "Completely covered
The Rock Store was built in 1928 and was
torches burned well into the dark attended by
in scars." The deputy then asked Allen to
the local grocery for south Levy for many
the men.
complete a Sworn Written Statement regard-
years. The building was originally built as a
When the incident happened, neighbors
Continued on page 10 - Razor Blade Attack
Continued on page 3 - Propane Incident
heard the noise and said it looked like a gey-