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Nicholas Huff, 46, W. Henry Blair Ln., Dunnellon, was arrested by the Levy Coun-

A homeless woman in the Lecanto area found herself, not only in the slammer, but

ty Sheriff's Office, Dec. 15, charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The on television in several national media outlets, Dec. 22, after going on a wine and food binge

arrest report stated that the sheriff's office was contacted by two Inglis residents that Huff, inside the Lecanto Walmart store.

a family friend, had visited the home on Dec. 13 to help them out, and as Huff was leaving,

Twenty-five year-old Josseleen Elida Lopez was arrested on misdemeanor charges

he'd taken two firearms that had been mounted on the wall for about twenty years and had of possession of drug paraphernalia (three syringes) and petit theft of less than $300, with

taken them with him. The complainants said they did not wish to prosecute Huff, they just her total bonds set at $1,500.

wanted the firearms back (a Martin 22 cailber rifle and a Remington Model 740 30-06). Huff

The incident occurred not long before 3:30 pm. According to the arrest report, the

returned the firearms to the owners, but since he showed a felony conviction in New York store's loss prevention officer noticed that Lopez was behaving in a suspicious manner while

state, he was placed under arrest. At his first appearance, the $10,000 bond was charged to driving a motorized shopping cart inside the store. When the officer noticed a half-empty

Huff being released on his own recognizance.

wine bottle inside the cart, he continued surveillance and watched as she allegedly opened

Two women were arrested on charges of grand retail theft of $300 or more, but less a package of shushi, ate a piece and replaced the package back on the shelf, then did the

than $5,000 on Dec. 18. The women, 25 year-old Victoria Scuddiero and 30 year-old Jamie same with a package of mini muffins and a package of cinnamon rolls. The store officer then

Lynn Washburn, both of Ocala, are charged with taking $572.25 in items from the Inverness watched as she consumed the majority of a rotisserie chicken while on the sales floor, and

Walmart Supercenter without paying for the items. The report stated that a deputy, who was that is when he contacted the sheriff's office.

at the store on another unrelated retail theft call, was walking through the garden center with

The store officer then escorted Ms. Lopez to the store's loss prevention office and

a loss prevention employee of the store, and both watched the two women as they passed totaled the items she'd allegedly opened and ate from or while inside the store ($31.30 pre-

all points of sale without paying for the merchanside that filled their shopping cart. When tax). Sheriff's office deputies found the syringes inside Lopez's purse and one of her two

the deputy detained the women they told him they were looking for a Christmas tree. The backpacks, the report stated, when she was taken to the Citrus County Detention Facility.

deputy didn't believe their story, and they couldn't provide a receipt for the items, so they Lopez told deputies she'd used the (now empty) syringes with needles to inject herself with

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but afterward, she'd rinsed

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Destiny Nichole Beasley, 29, 207 E. Harvard St., Inverness, was issued a citation amine residue would be found inside them.

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by a Terri's Taxi driver in Inverness that was traveling 59 mph in a 35 mph zone, and a was wrong, but she'd done it anyway.

trafic stop was made on the taxi driver. A K-9 alerted to the smell of narcotics inside the

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vehicle, and the taxi was searched. Inside Beasley's purse were three lisinopril tablets (ACE

inhibitor-type blood pressure reducing pills) which Beasley did not have a prescription for.

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According to the report, Beasley told deputies, that when she purchased the tablets, she

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thought they were a Scheluled narcotic.

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Crystal Patricia Calculli, 24, Homosassa, was arrested by the Citrus County Sher-

iff's Office, Dec. 19, charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation; no bond was

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Phillip John Houle, 36, Homosassa, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's

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Office, Dec. 19, charged in two separate cases. In one case, he was charged with traffic or

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endeavor to traffic in stolen property and petit theft of $100 or more, but less than $300,

with his total bond set at $6,000. In the other case, he was charged with traffic or endeavor

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to traffic in stolen property and grand theft of $300 or more, but less than $5,000, with his

total bond set at $7,000.

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Toby Franklin Johnson, 42, Homosassa, was arrested by the Citrus County Sher-

iff's Office, Dec. 19, charged with felony domestic battery. His bond was set at none.

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Ebony Rose Bishop, 30, 8397 W. Doe Ln., Homosassa, was arrested by the Cit-

rus County Sheriff's Office, Dec. 20, when a deputy made a traffic stop on a vehicle in

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Homosassa after noticing that the right, front female passenger (Bishop) was not wearing

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a seatbelt. The driver told the deputy that he had a concealed weapons permit and was in

possession of a firearm on his person, which the deputy secured in the patrol vehicle during

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the traffic stop. Bishop told the deputy that the bag on the floorboard was not hers, but it

might have drugs in it, that she was on the way to drop off the bag to a friend whose name

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she did not know. Numerous drug items were found inside that bag, including 7.8 grams of

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methamphetamine, 12.7 grams of an unknown substance that did not test positive for meth-

amphetamine, a glass pipe with methamphetamine residue, 2.2 grams of cannabis, 1 hydro-

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morphone 8 mg pill, 5 alprazolam 0.5 mg pills, 2 alprazolam 0.1 mg pills and 3 alprazolam

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2 mg pills. The driver denied any knowledge or ownership of the drugs. Bishop was charged

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with 5 counts of possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and

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ofthan  grams. Her total bond was set at $12,000.

possession  cannabis less 20

Robin Claxton,50,Yankeetown, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's

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Office,20,charged withunder the influence (DUI) of alcohol.

 Dec.   misdemeanor driving 

According to the incident report, a traffic stop was made at 135 Hwy. 40 West in Inglis on

thevehicleClaxtonat35 zone. The report stated that

   was driving  53 mph in a  mph speed

Claxton smelled of alcohol and agreed to submit to roadside sobriety testing. She performed

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poorly on the testing and was arrested on the charge. She was given a verbal warning about

the speeding. At the Levy County Jail, her breath alcohol testing results were both 0.173

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