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Deborah Russell - Editor
A Publication of
Wednesday September 9, 2015
Inglis, FL 34449
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Community
Beat the Sheriff 5K
Race, Sept. 19
The 19th-annual Beat the Sher-
iff 5K Run 2015 will be held on Sat.,
Sept. 19, at the Courthouse Square in
downtown Inverness.
For a discount on your fee, pre-
register by Sept. 17 in one of two ways:
at www.RunSignUp.com or contact the
Citrus County Sheriff s Office by phone
at 352-726-4488 or by email to bts_5k@
yahoo.com. to learn how to register lo-
cally.
If registering locally, please
make checks payable to "Jessie's Place."
Mail registration form and check to: Jes-
sie's Place - Beat the Sheriff; 1410 S.
Lecanto Hwy., Lecanto, FL 34461.
ENTRY FEES: (Shirts guaranteed to pre-
registered only); $25 (if you pre-regis-
ter by September 17); $18 - CRR Club
Member (if registered in advance); $10
All Students Kindergarten through 12th
grade (by advanced registration only);
$35 - DAY OF RACE REGISTRATION
All Athletes; $2 - Special Fun Run for
the Kids (ages 10 and under, no shirt).
Learn a hobby at free Women's Fishing Clinic. Learn the skills to successfully cast your line into the sea by attending the Florida Fish and
RACE SCHEDULE: 6:30 am - registra-
Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Women's Fishing Clinic on St. George Island on Sept. 19. Participants will not only take home a
tion & packet pick-up; 7:30 am - 5K Race
lifelong hobby, they will leave with a new appreciation for the marine environment. The free, day-long clinic is from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the
Start; 8:15 am - Kids Fun Run. Awards
St. George Island State Park, St. George Island. Advance registration is required; the event is capped at 20 participants. To register or get more
Ceremony to follow race.
Citrus County
information, please email Heather Sneed at Heather.Sneed@MyFWC.com, or call 850-487-0554. FWC Photo.
AWARDS: Overall Individual Male and
Man confesses to burglarizing
Female; Overall Masters (40+) Male and
Female; Medals - 3 deep in 5-year age
Man Dies in
groups (9 and under through 75 and up).
neighbor's home for pain medication
Special Certificates to all athletes who
"beat" the Sheriff! All awards must be
Crash
picked up the day of the race.
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
unsecured due to health reasons, in case of
All proceeds of the race go to:
Jeffrey Ronald Gaines, 41, 2350 N.
an emergency.
Citrus County's Children's Advocacy
Dee River Rd., Inverness, was arrested by
Around 9:00 that morning (Aug.
From The FHP
Center ("Jessie's Place").
the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-
25), the victim set up a video camera inside
You can now place classified ads at the
A head-on traffic crash in In-
fice, Aug. 31, after a neighbor
his home, then left the residence. When he
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verness, on Sat. night, Sept. 5, took the life
produced evidence that his sus-
returned home, later in the day, he found that
New deadline: Monday 12 noon at the Inglis
of a Dunnellon man and seriously injured a
pician about Gaines burglarizing
some of his hydrocodone medication was
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Homosassa man. According to the Florida
his home and taking pain medi-
missing, and his neighbor, Jeffrey Gaines
No refunds for early cancellations
Highway Patrol, 76 year-old Melvin George
Gaines
cation was justified.
was captured on video taking the medica-
Stockum of Dunnellon expired at the scene
A deputy went to a
tion. The victim contacted the sheriff's of-
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of the crash.
nearby N. Dee River Rd. residence and
fice.
The crash occurred at 11:29 pm,
spoke with a neighbor of Gaines, Aug. 25,
The deputy viewed the video and
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as Mr. Stockum was driving a 2001 Nis-
about a theft that had already occurred at his
verified that Gaines was captured on it tak-
san X-Terra, traveling east on State Rd. 44,
home
ing medication from the neighbor's home.
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east of Kensington Ave. (traveling east in a
The victim told the deputy, that
He went to Gaines' residence, but did not
westbound travel lane). At the same time,
during the past month, he'd noticed on sev-
find him home. About 4:20 pm, Aug. 31,
Details on
44 year-old Carlos Martin Colon, of Homo-
eral occasions that some of his narcotic pain
the deputy returned to Gaines' residence and
sassa, was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Cruz,
medication (hydrocodone) was missing, and
placed him under arrest, charged with theft
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traveling west on State Rd. 44, also in the
he believed that Gaines was entering his
of a controlled substance (bond $2,000) and
inside westbound lane. As a result, the two
home and taking his medication while he
burglary of an unoccupied residence (bond
Continued on page 4 - Crash
was away. He said that he leaves his home
Continued on page 4 - Medication