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Deborah Russell - Editor/Publisher Paid
Inglis, FL 34449
Tom Russell - Consulting Editor
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Wednesday October 1, 2008 A Publication of
Newscaster Publishing Permit No. 14
Sally Price Correspondent

Motorcycle
Theft Case
Solved, Three
Arrested on
Drug Charges
On Sept. 27, the Inglis Police De-
partment arrested a 24-year-old Inglis man,
Samuel Garrett, 152
Breezy Way, at the Levy
County Jail on one charge
of burglary and two
charges of grand theft auto,
after a week-long investi-
gation. Garrett was in jail
after being arrested on drug
charges by the Levy
County Sheriff's Office on Samuel Garrett
Sept. 23rd, along with two
other Inglis residents,
Vincent Louis Baker, 158
Sandi St., and Linsey
Cowles, 27, 152 Breezy
Way.
According to the According to store owner, Dinesh Patel (see left photo), there were no damages to the new gas pumps or cash register, and the store is back
Inglis Police Department, open for business. A truck tire grazed a car in the parking lot and crashed through a window at the Seven Rivers Shell Station in Crystal
two motorcycles had been River. Photo by Debbie Russell. (right Photo) Citrus County Sheriff's Office Sergeant/School Resource Officer Ron Frink is working
reported as stolen from a Vincent Baker with the CCSO program called Teen Driver Challenge. More on page 3, photo by Sally Price
garage at a Debra St. resi-
dence on Sept. 20th. Evi-
dence recovered from the
Employees, Customers Three Arrested
scene began the week-long
investigation, led by Sgt. Escape Injury From For Yankeetown
Brandon Roberts, who re-
membered seeing a black Burglaries
Honda Blackbird motor-
cycle, during the morning Linsey Cowles
“Flying Tire” glancing off an unoccupied 1999 Ford van
that was parked in the parking lot, though a
front plate-glass window of the Shell station
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office
of the previous day, while he was running ra- arrested three Inglis residents on charges
By Deborah Russell storefront and into the store, shattering glass related to the burglaries of two Yankeetown
dar on Hwy. 19. He reported that the rider Newscaster Editor all over the store, exploding soda bottles, and
was a large-framed white man, wearing a hel- residences. The arrests were based on infor-
crashing into a display of automotive chemi- mation gleaned from witnesses during inter-
met and light-colored t-shirt. Evidence re- A freakish accident on U.S. Hwy. cals.
covered by police included an empty pack- views that were based on a lead received by
19, Sept. 23rd, luckily resulted in no inju- The store was immediately closed
age of Marlboro Light cigarettes, a fresh ries, but minor damages to the Shell Station Continued on page 5 - Burglaries
while a HazMat (hazardous materials) team
cigarette butt, 3 soda cans and the needle
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across from Seven Rivers Regional Medical contained the chemicals, and the glass was
cover of a hypodermic syringe. Center in Crystal River. cleaned up. The shattered window was
MOVE
Ptlm. Timothy Swiggett and Sgt. Around 3:30 p.m., trucker Roy boarded up, but customers were not allowed
Brandon Roberts recovered both motor- Gaskin, 55, from Branford, Florida, was driv- inside the store until the store could be
SHEDS
cycles on Sept. 27th and returned them, un- ing a 2003 Mack tractor-trailer semi truck, evaluated by a health inspector who arrived
harmed, to the rightful owner. One was lo- northbound on U.S. Hwy. 19, when the rear- on scene around 10:15 a.m. the following
cated in the Bronson area, and the other in
the Dunnellon area, in a forest near Rainbow
most axle separated from the trailer, send-
ing two unrestrained tires onto the highway,
day. Meanwhile, customers could purchase
gas, if they were able to use a credit or debit
(352)637-6607
Lakes Estates. Both of the missing vehicles
were made by Honda, a black 1999 CBR
traveling at a high rate of speed.
One of the tires came to rest on the
card at the pump, but no one was allowed in- The Shed Store
Blackbird valued at $4000 and a red 1999 roadside, without striking any vehicles, but
side the store to pay for gas with cash or
checks, and no food items could be sold.
156 N. Florida Ave.
VFR800 Interceptor valued at $3000. Both
Drug Charges - Continued on page 10
the other tire traveled across the median and
into the parking lot of the Shell Gas Station,
Fortunately, there were no injuries Inverness
Continued on page 4 - Tire Accident