Page 4 September 26, 2012
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Area Police Beat
Remembering the past
A Sworn Complaint was filed with the State Attorney s Office against Barry B.
Smith, 31, 588 Hwy. 40 W., Inglis, charging him with retail theft from the Inglis Kangaroo
store and resisting a merchant on Sept. 5th. According to the incident report, an Inglis Police
Officer was dining in a restaurant and saw Smith running through the parking lot, wearing
jeans and no shirt. The officer knows Smith, thought it strange, and noted the time and place
of the incident. Approximately five minutes later, the Kangaroo store manager told the of-
ficer that Smith had stolen several (six) lighters, which she had viewed on video. She had
attempted to stop Smith and detain him for police, but he threw two of the lighters near the
front door and took off running, heading south. The officer viewed the surveillance video
and saw Smith take two lighters. then four lighters, one at a time, prior to leaving the store.
The incident took place over a timeframe of about six minutes.
Lundy Boyd Elkins, 34, 11611 SE 196th Lane, Dunnellon, was arrested by the
Inglis Police Department, Sept. 8, charged with grand theft (felony). According to the arrest
report, Elkins is a firefighter and used a Town of Inglis Wright Express fuel credit card for
purchasing gas for his personal vehicle without the town s permission. The report stated
twenty-six purchases were made between June 30 and Sept. 3, 2012, totaling $1,502.58. El-
kins admitted that he made these transactions prior to being transported to the Levy County
Jail.
Frank William Daly, 42, Kansas City, Mo, was arrested by the Inglis Police Depart-
This cartoon appeared July 4, 1970 in the Palm Beach Post-Times with a story
ment, Sept. 17, on an arrest warrant from Sarasota County, FL for failure to appear (con-
of a Dixie Lime and Stone Co of Ocala 350 foot barge carrying 6000 tons of dolomite making
sumption/open container).
a trial run and calling it a success through the western end of the Cross Florida Barge Canal.
Jonathan Thomas Cooper, 25, 10509 S. Pitcher Point, Homosassa, was arrested by
Florida Canal Authority Chairman IC Ringhaver said the shipment was “the forerunner of things
the Chiefland Police Department, Sept. 18, charged with disorderly intoxication in a public
to come” and showed the canal would attract new industries.
place causing a disturbance and obstructing a law enforcement officer without violence; his
Eye-witnesses William Patterson, Bill Vance and other Yankeetown residents who
total bond was listed at $6,000. He was also arrested on an out-of-county warrant (no bond
witnessed the event said the barge went hard aground in the 12 foot deep channel and stuck
listed).
through 3 tides while 2 tugs struggled to get her free. Patterson said a deck-hand on one
Shaylin New, 27, 92 Neeld St., Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis Police Depart-
of the tugs told me she stuck earlier coming through the Inglis lock and bumped all the way
ment, Sept. 19, charged with violation of probation.
down, calling it a dirty ditch. Patterson said about noon Wednesday the barge was floated off
According to the Levy County Sheriff s Office Inmate Report, Barbara Sapp, 41,
on an “exceptionally high tide” and continued it’s trip to South America.
33 60th St., Yankeetown, was arrested by the Inglis Police Department, Sept. 19, charged
Gene Tillman a veteran able bodied seaman from Maitland who left the barge before
with driving while license suspended (1st offense).
the trip saying he knew it would run aground said the barge was a small half loaded, obso-
Michelle Johnston, 33, 8901 N. Basswood Dr., Crystal River, was arrested by the
lete from World War II barge. The draft of the channel is only 12 feet and empty the Dixie
Levy County Sheriff s Office, Sept. 20, charged with driving while license suspened (1st
barge was 12 feet and with 6000 tons it was 14. Opponents fighting to halt construction of
offense).
the 1/3 completed $220 million canal claimed that although it was built for traffic by ocean
According to the Levy County Sheriff s Office Inmate Report, Roger Lee Daniels,
going barges, it was not engineered to handle them.
42, 5781 SE 195th Place, Inglis, was arrested by the Inglis Police Department, Sept. 20,
Citrus County Port Authority to meet Wednesday, September 26 at 9am
charged with driving while license suspended (1st offense). His bond was set at $5,000.
The Citrus County Port Authority will meet Wednesday, September 26 at 9am at
Randall Lamar Harvey, 39, 6455 Canalilly Ave., Homosassa, was arrested by the
the Citrus County Courthouse, Room 100, to discuss the business of the Port Authority. The
Levy County Sherff s Office, Sept. 22, charged with commiting domestic battery by stran-
Courthouse is located at 110 N. Apopka Ave., Inverness, FL 34450. Open to the public.
gulation.
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