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Area Policewith grand theft ($300 or more, but Identity of Crystal River pedestrian

Two Homosassa residents were each charged

killedofin54crash not yetwho was struck and killed by a

less than $5,000), May 11, accused of shoplifting at the Homosassa Walmart. Their bonds

were each set at $2,000. The accused are Jacqueline Danielle Froehly and Richard Michael

year-old Crystal River man

Fletcher, both 23, of 6620 W. Hilger Ct. The reports stated that each had a shopping cart car in Crystal River, May 11, has still not been released, according to Sgt. Steve Gaskins,

filled with miscellaneous items and went beyond all checkout points without paying for the Public Information Officer with the Tampa Division of the Florida Highway Patrol, as the

items. They both stated they were homeless and had no intention of paying for or returning man s next of kin has not yet been contacted.

The accident took place at 10:00 pm last Monday (May 11) on U.S. Highway 19 at

Philip Lane Morrison, 54, 5578 WJP Ct., Homosassa, was arrested by the Citrus W. Emerald Oaks Dr. in Crystal River as the man was walking in a westerly direction from

County Sheriff's Office, May 12, charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. the Seven Rivers Regional Medical Center parking lot. The pedestrian had walked across

His bond was set at $2,000. The arrest came as the result of a traffic stop in Homosassa at the north lanes of the highway and was struck by a south-traveling vehicle as he stepped into

W. Homosassa and W. Eastpark Trails for speeding (43 mpg in a 30 mph zone), just before the outside, south travel lane, into the path of the vehicle driven by Nina E. Schmidt, age 19

9:30 pm. The report stated that Morrison, the driver, gave permission for the vehicle to be of Tallahassee, a 2005 Hyundai Elantra. Ms. Schmidt received no injuries. The report stated

searched. Ten dilaudid (Schedule II controlled substance) pills were found in the overhead she was wearing a seatbelt, and no alcohol was involved in the crash.

eyewear compartment. The report stated that Morrison told deputies he'd purchased the

Youth seriously injured in crash with school bus

pills for $30 each in Tampa that morning, and he does not have a prescription for them. He

A traffic crash involving a car and a school bus in Dunnellon, May 18, resulted

was also issued a written warning for speeding.

Eric D. Appie, 32, Inverness, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, in the 17 year-old driver of the car being transported to Ocala Regional Hospital with seri-

ous injuries. An 18 year-old passenger in the car received no injuries, and no injuries were

May 13, charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation. No bond was given.

Carla Dian Larder, 32, Bushnell, FL, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's reported to any of 28 students, ages 7 to 12, on board the school bus from Central Ridge

Office, May 15, charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Her bond was set Elementary School in Citrus Springs.

According to the FHP, the accident took place at 3:52 pm on N. Darlington Dr. at

at $2,000. The report stated that a traffic stop was made on the vehicle in which Larder was

5093 S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

a passenger, because the tag had expired on April 22. The driver stated that he was driving W. Hummingbird Dr. The 17 year-old was driving a 2004 Lincoln LS, traveling north on

only because Larder was too intoxicated to drive, because he did not have a Florida driver's N. Darlington Drive. The driver of the 2011 Thomas model Citrus County School Bus was

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Wanda Dentici, 41, of Crystal River. The bus was traveling west on W. Hummingbird Dr. At

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license (due to failure to pay traffic fines and court costs, the report stated).

A trained narcotics detection K-9 made a positive alert for the presence of drugs in the intersection

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the vehicle, so the vehicle was searched and 42 pills were located inside a backpack in a yel- the school bus. After the collision, the car came to rest on the northeast corner of the inter-

low pill container without markings indicating the pills were a prescription. Upon checking, section, and the school bus came to rest in the eastbound lane of W. Hummingbird Dr. The

the pills were found to be phentermine 37.5 mg, an amphetamine Schedule IV controlled report stated that the 17 year-old driver of the Lincoln was issued a ticket for running the

substance. Larder stated that she began taking the pills in 2013 with a prescription, but since stop sign. Both drivers and the passenger of the Lincoln were wearing seatbelts.

that time she had been purchasing them from friends.

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Alex J. Colebrooke, 24, Lecanto, was arrested by the Citrus County Sheriff's Of-

fice, May 1, charged with aggravated battery of a pregnant victim. His bond was set at none.

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Bobbi Jo Pickett Rice, 34, 11433 N. Ginny Lane Pt., Inglis, was arrested by the

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Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 1, charged with a Marion County writ of bodily attach-

ment for $1,160 on an original charge of failure to pay child support.

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William Joseph Schramm, 25, 5730 N. Carl G. Rose Hwy., Hernando, was arrested

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by the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 1, charged with petit theft (value less than $100),

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battery, and burglary of an unoccupied structure. His total bond was set at $2,000. The vic-

tim told the deputy, that about 11:00 am, he noticed that someone had tampered with his

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wallet (in his truck) and removed $100. A co-worker had seen Scramm, who was taking a

break from work, in the vehicle about 10:30 am and had thought nothing of it at the time.

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The victim said he spoke with Schramm on the phone, and they got into an argument. Depu-

ties located Schrmm around 5:00 pm and placed him under arrest.

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Wesley Ervin Derry, 57, 9780 W. Cranberry St., Crystal River, was arrested by

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the Citrus County Sheriff's Office, May 4, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly

weapon without intent to kill (bond $2,000). The arrest came as the result of a road rage

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incident not long before 5:43 pm near a shopping plaza in Crystal River located at 204

SE Hwy. 19. One of the two victims (a man and his wife) said that he was driving a gold

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Chevrolet pickup truck, turning into the parking lot from Kings Bay Dr., following a gray

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Jeep Wrangler   made a  forcing him   on

parked Jeep, he said, Derry stepped out of the Jeep and lifted up his shirt to show him the

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black semi-automatic pistol in his waistband. The victim said he yelled to Derry that he was

callingpolice,and started 

      Derry  chasing him (in his vehicle) in the parking lot. The report

statedDerry wasvehicle theparkinglotwhile spoke with law

    driving his   recklessly in     they

       Whenarrived  with the victims, Derry pulled into

enforcement.  the deputy and was speaking 

the parking lot and parked at Lil Caesar's Pizza. When Derry noticed the deputy coming to

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speak with him, he got out of his vehicle and threw something into the woods, which Derry

said was a 6-pack of beer. The report stated that Derry smelled of alcohol. The Ruger semi-

automatic pistol was located in the vehicle. Derry told the deputy that he cut someone off

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and his shirt may have lifted up, exposing the gun.

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Raymond Ciccone, 40, Crystal River, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's

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Office, May 14, charged with contempt of court (violaion of injunction of protection against

domestic violence) with a $10,000 surety bond and obstruction without violence (resist an

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officer) with a surety/cash bond of $2,500.

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