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Wednesday January 13, 2010
A Publication of
Sally Price - Correspondent
Permit No. 14
Newscaster Publishing
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Squawk Box
With Sally Price
The Natives
Are Restless
With every new law,
regulation or rule, we lose
more rights. People have
no idea what the rules
even are anymore. America is waking up
and so are the residents of south Levy. You
will see some “TEA PARTY” type move-
ment here soon. Folks are tired of where
government at ALL levels is heading.
People are elected to represent the people,
not smother them into submission or al-
low the “big dollar businesses to buy their
agendas.”
There is a movement stirring to
disband the Town of Inglis and go back
to county rule. Asking around, some of
the responses show that this could ac-
tually happen here because people are
tired of what is happening. Responses
Include: Only 2 towns in Citrus County,
Crystal River and Inverness, have city
Gregory A Jones (right) of Lakeland took the “Best of Show” in Fine Arts Multi Media this past weekend at the Manatee Festival in Crystal
government and still function. It’s just
River. Jones has placed “Best of Show” in over 100 art shows as well as judged many shows. His belief in art is to make something of noth-
another layer of government, unnecessary
ing. A cup of coffee in a window won and his remark was that it was such cold weather the cup of coffee won the judges attention. It was so
and costly with agendas that are putting
cold at the festival everyone was wrapped up and looked like they were up north. (left photo) It was BRRRRRR cold in Inglis Saturday morning
more rules and taxes on folks in a de-
at the Kangaroo Station on the corner of Hwy 19 and Follow That Dream Parkway (Hwy 40). Angela Barrett and Renee Cooley, from the store,
pression climate where saving the home
ran out and scooped up a snow ball or sleet ball off this car. One customer said it was snowing at his house at 4:30 AM. (inset photo) The
and buying food are daily trials to many
thermometer in Cyndee and Bob Ulmer's yard registered 18 degrees Monday morning. Photos by Sally Price.
citizens. No Citrus County city has a po-
Three arrested at two Hernando
Levy Co. Man
lice department. The Sheriff has blanket
coverage over Citrus County under one
Arrested for
coordinated leader with no duplication of
cannabis grow operations
service. Study your bills and see the 10%
franchise fees tacked on each that is Inglis
Unlawful Sex Act
Three Hernando residents were ar-
the residence in a Ford F-150 pickup truck,
revenue. Folks outside the city limits ap-
rested by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office,
so a traffic stop was made, and the woman
pear to have more freedoms, less assess-
Involving a Minor
Jan. 7, related to a drug investigation.
was detained and brought into the residence.
ments, fewer taxes and the same services
Arrested were Luis Alberto Bal-
The two men and the woman all claimed
paid for with their county tax bills. Many
verde,33, 1725 E. Fletcher St.; and Niuria
that they do not speak English, so a deputy
people feel the Inglis government during a
Calzada, 35, and Michael G. Martinez, 31,
read the search warrant to them in Spanish.
recession is growing and spending when
Bronson_On January 8, 2010, De-
both of 763 E. Gaines Ln.
The second search warrant was
they should be down sizing and looking
tective Jay Crooms ar-
According to the arrest reports, a
executed at Calzada’s and Martinez’s resi-
for ways to save folks from losing their
rested Phillip Alexander
search warrant was obtained by the CCSO’s
dence on E. Gaines Ln. Again, no one came
for Unlawful Sex Act
Continued on page 4- Squawk Box
Tactical Unit for both residences. The first
to the door. Deputies entered, and no one
and Lewd and Lascivious
search warrant was executed on Balverde’s
was found inside the residence. However,
Free H1N1
Molestation on a minor.
Fletcher St. residence. No one came to the
7 grow rooms containing a total of 322
On January 8,
door when the officers knocked and an-
marijuana plants were located inside the E.
2010 the sheriffs office
Vaccine Now
nounced their presence. The officers made
Gaines Ln. residence.
received a tip from an
entry by way of the back door and found no
Mr. Martinez was interviewed in
friend of the victim that
available to the
one home. Officers found numerous mari-
Spanish at the Fletcher St. residence. He
the victim was being as-
Alexander
juana plants, approximately 5 feet tall, in an
admitted to closely working with Balverde
sault. The victim then
General Public in
added room on the east side of the residence,
on the marijuana grow operation, on a daily
confirmed the story with the sheriff's of-
along with two Hispanic males who were
basis. He told investigators that he lives at
fice and advised that Phillip Alexander did
taken into custody. Additional marijuana
Levy County
the E. Gaines Ln. residence, but often assists
indeed commit those acts upon her. Later
plants were found inside two sheds and a
Mr. Balverde, who lives at the marijuana
that afternoon Phillip Alexander post Mi-
barn. The total number of plants confiscated
grow operation on Fletcher St. Martinez
Details on page 3
randa at the Levy County Sheriff’s Office
at the Fletcher St. residence was 81.
stated that he rents his residence for $1200
confessed to having sexual intercourse with
While the search was ongoing, an
per month, but has not paid his rent recently,
officer noticed a Hispanic female drive by
Continued on page 2 - Lewd and Lascivious
Continued on page 3- Grow Operations