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Wednesday August 19, 2015
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Permit No. 14
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Mike Moore - Photojournalist
Community
Please help CCSO
identify and locate
this man
At 2:30 pm, Aug. 12, a 20-year-
old female was leaving an Inverness busi-
ness located on Forest Dr. when she was
approached by a man who grabbed her and
attempted to pull her into his truck. The
woman and the man got into a scuffle, and
witnesses approached, which caused the
man to flee the area in his truck. According
to the Citrus County Sheriff s Office, the
victim received minor injuries due to her
struggle with the man.
Detectives are asking for help
Sign of the times. iPads were handed out for half of the 8th grade at Lecanto middle school last week. Orientation on the devices will continue
in determining who the man is. He is de-
through this week! Students at Citrus Springs Middle School also went through iPad orientation last week. Photo courtesty Citrus County public
scribed as a black male, approximately 20
Suspect Arrested
schools and Lecanto Middle School.
Deputies Seeking Suspect
to 30 years old, about 6 feet tall with a slen-
der build. He is bald, with a mustache and
facial hair on his chin, a tattoo on his neck
in Suntrust
and wearing square-shaped reading glass-
After Shots Fired/Stabbing
es. He was wearing a white, short-sleeved
shirt and blue jeans.
Robbery
He was driving an older model
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
Hwy. 19, Crystal River, where he had been,
black Chevy S10 pickup truck with a regu-
earlier that night (or morning).
lar cab and tinted windows, black rims and
From The Citrus County Sheriff Dept.
He informed his friends at the Liq-
Crystal River - Deputies with the
a blue/white license plate on the front. Af-
uid Lagoon about the shooting, and a fight
Citrus County Sheriff s Office responded to
ter the incident, he was traveling east on
After some old fashioned leg work
broke out in the parking lot, involving sev-
a series of calls, late Saturday evening, Au-
Forest Dr., heading toward Independence
following up on new-fangled social media
eral people. The second 911 call was made
gust 8, actually into the early morning hours
Hwy.
leads, detectives with the Citrus County
requesting deputies to respond to Liquid La-
of Sunday, that involved shots being fired, a
If you have any information about
Sheriff s Office made an arrest in the Sun-
goon, because of this fight.
physical altercation and a stabbing. All the
this incident or recognize the suspect from
Trust Bank robbery in Inverness, which
During the fight at Liquid Lagoon,
incidents occurred in Crystal River.
the sketch, please call 911. To remain anon-
occurred on Monday morning, August 10.
Tevin Smith, 23, of Ocala, was stabbed.
The first 911 call came in around
ymous and be eligible for a cash reward,
After surveillance footage of the robbery
Smith ran to the Race Trac gas station and
2:00 am - regarding a shooting - summon-
call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-ANY-TIPS or
was posted on the CCSO's Facebook page,
asked for help due to his injuries. The Race-
ing deputies to the Race Trac gas station,
visit CrimeStoppersCitrus.com to submit
tips started pouring in. After investigating
Trac gas station is located less than a mile
located at 1030 SE Hwy 19 in Crystal River.
your tip.
dozens of leads, detectives zeroed in on El-
north of Liquid Lagoon, on the opposite side
Witnesses stated that the suspect fired sev-
len Tracy King, 32, of 2044 Forest Dr., In-
of U.S. Hwy. 19. It s the same RaceTrac
eral shots into a vehicle, striking the vehicle
Pigskin Predictors
verness, as the suspect.
where the shots were fired at the man, earlier
on the driver's side, as well as a concrete pil-
When detectives confronted King
in the evening.
Returns
lar located adjacent to the gas pump. No one
at her place of employment on Wed. morn-
Deputies were again dispatched to
was injured in the shooting, and the suspect
ing, Aug. 12, with evidence that had led
Sept. 2nd
the Race Trac gas station. Smith collapsed
fled on foot, heading south.
them to her as the suspect in the robbery,
onto the floor, and due to the severity of his
After the shooting incident, the
she soon confessed. King said she robbed
Details on page 12
wounds, he was air lifted to Ocala Regional
driver of the vehicle that had been fired upon
the bank out of desperation because she is in
Medical Center in Ocala. His condition is
(at the Race Trac gas station) drove to Liq-
Continued on page 4 - Suspect
uid Lagoon bar, located at 2035 NW U.S.
Continued on page 4 - Shooter