1A FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 17 & 18, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Crime down 6% here Rate for 2012 falls in by the state patrolled by the The sheriff’s office’s clearance D e p a r t m e n t Lake City Police rate, or number of crimes effec- May 17 county, rises slightly of Law D e p a r t m e n t , tively solved, rose to 46.3 percent within city limits. Enforcement. crime rose 3.4 from 35.4 percent in 2011. Charity golf In unincor- percent. The police department’s clear- Kiwanis Club’s annual porated areas The Uniform ance rate increased to 20.6 per- charity golf tournament By DEREK GILLIAM of the county, Crime Report cent from 18.1 percent in 2011. will begin with registration [email protected] patrolled by the tracks murders, The statewide clearance rate for Gilmore and lunch at 11:30 a.m. at sheriff’s office, rapes, robberies, Hunter indexed crimes was 24.8 percent the Country Club of Lake Crimes in Columbia County crime fell 12.2 percent, accord- aggravated assaults, burglaries for 2012, FDLE reported. City. Shotgun start will be fell 6.2 percent in 2012, accord- ing to FDLE’S Uniform Crime and larcenies. The report covers at 1 p.m. Cost is $60.00 per ing to figures released Thursday Report. But in Lake City, which is January to December 2012. CRIME continued on 3A player. For more, contact Carl Ste-Marie at (386) 752- 2266 or Norbie Ronsonet Jr. at (386) 752-2180. POLICE CARC fundraiser The Knights of Columbus Chase ends in arrests will have a “Tootsie Pop Man calls Fundraiser” on Friday at Walmart, Publix and Winn 9-1-1 to Dixie and at Walmart and Winn Dixie on Saturday. Club members will be ask- see if he’s ing for monetary donations and offering Tootsie Pops in wanted return. All proceeds will go to CARC to assist citizens By TONY BRITT with disabilities. For more [email protected] information, call Larry LaTour at (386) 462-7772. A Lake City man, on pro- bation with special condi- tions prohibiting him from May 18 using alcohol or drugs, was Princess party a r r e s t e d Florida Gateway College Thursday cosmetology students are m o r n - giving local girls the chance ing, while to be a princess — at least under the for a day. FGC will host a i n f l u e n c e Princess Party from 9 a.m. of alcohol, to 3 p.m. Girls between the after he ages of 3 and 10 in Florida repeatedly Harris Gateway College’s five-coun- called 9-1-1 ty district are invited. They to see whether police were will receive a new hairdo, looking for him. manicure and pedicure, and Arthur Daniel Harris, 27, makeup fit for a princess. 468 NW Ridgewood Ave., Cost with early registration was charged with public is $15 and $20 at the door. order crimes, resisting To register call (386) 466- COURTESY FHP an officer and violation of 2379, (386) 754-1411, (386) Authorities take a suspect into custody after a chase along Interstate 75 on Thursday. probation. He was booked 754-4264 or (386) 697-9423. into the Columbia County Detention Facility without Charity golf Three wanted in Tennessee caught bond. Voices for Children of According to a Columbia Suwannee Valley’s fourth By DEREK GILLIAM license, aggravated fleeing, elud- the driver did not stop, the report County Sheriff’s Office annual golf tournament will [email protected] ing, reckless driving and driving said. Instead, the driver swerved report, around 2:47 a.m. be at Quail Heights Golf and under the influence, the release into Taylor’s lane, almost hitting his Thursday, Deputy Archie Country Club. It will be a four- Florida Highway Patrol troopers said. Passengers Lynette Lee, 20, patrol car. Crews was dispatched to man scramble. Registration chased down three fugitives from and Mathew Ladd, 24, face charges Sanchez then drove off the inter- Ridgewood Avenue in refer- will be at 8 a.m and tee-off Tennessee Thursday on Interstate of grand theft, possession of less state at the State Road 47 inter- ence to Harris calling 9-1-1 will be at 8:30 a.m. Cost 75 and caught one of them as he than 20 grams of marijuana and change, but lost control of the car, several times and asking the is $65 per person or $240 was trying to flee, according to a possession of stolen property, the which ran over a stop sign before dispatchers if law enforce- per team. Contact Stephen news release. release said. All are from Knoxville, traveling across the westbound ment officers were look- Smith at (386) 867-1387 Heath Barkley Sanchez, 29, the Tenn. lanes, the raised median and east- ing for him. Dispatchers or email VFCSFVevents@ driver, faces charges of grand theft, Trooper James R. Taylor tried to bound lanes. The car stopped on gmail.com. possession of less than 20 grams stop a red 2013 Chrysler heading the south shoulder of SR 47, the 9-1-1 continued on 3A of marijuana, possession of stolen south on I-75 just south of Sisters Charity bowl-a-thon property, driving with a suspended Welcome Road at about 11 a.m., but FUGITIVES continued on 3A Columbia County Senior Services 19th Annual Bowl- Woman a-Thon will be from noon to 4 p.m. Sponsorship is $100 charged for a five-member team and VA center honors law officers includes two games of bowl- ing, shoes and a T-shirt. To By DEREK GILLIAM after man register or to donate, call [email protected] Carol or Dwight at 755-0235 hit by car or 752-5655. Lake City’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center celebrated National Police Week By DEREK GILLIAM Food drive with a ceremony to honor law enforcement [email protected] First Federal Bank of officers Thursday. Florida’s Mall Branch at Veterans Affairs has its own police force A Lake City woman was 2571 U.S. 90 West will have at VA hospitals across the nation. Wayne arrested after she allegedly a community document E. NeSmith, police chief of the North hit a man with her car after shredding and canned food Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health an argument Wednesday drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. System, attended the Thursday’s ceremo- n i g h t , Take personal documents ny. He said VA police are like any other according to be shredded (limit five police agency, but their authority does not to a Lake boxes per person) and extend beyond VA property. City Police donate canned food to help “One major difference is we are in more D e p a r t - local families in need. of a customer service type of role,” he said. ment arrest “If a veteran is acting out, we prefer to get report. Skate park fundraiser that veteran to a treatment specialist or a H a i l e y A fundraiser to support doctor and treated instead of arresting that N i c o l e English construction of a skate park individual.” English, 18, in Branford will be from Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter, 305 SW Randall Terrace, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hatch the keynote speaker at the ceremony, faces a charge of aggravat- Park in Branford. A “skate- talked about the sacrifice law enforcement ed battery with a deadly a-thon” for skate boards, officers have made to keep the peace weapon. bikes, scooters and skates and about the National Law Enforcement City police arrived at will be held. Barbecue will Memorial in Washington, D.C., which 1407 SE Loquat Way after be sold for $5 a plate. Raffle lists the more than 19,000 names of law Rita Worden called police to tickets will be available. DEREK GILLIAM/Lake City Reporter enforcement officers who died serving the say that her son, Jonathon To volunteer, donate or for Navy cadets present the colors at the Lake City Veterans Affairs public. Worden, 20, was hit by more information, call (386) Medical Center for the hospital’s National Police Week Ceremony on 209-1911. Thursday. VA continued on 3A WOMAN continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 338 Opinion ............... 4A CALL US: People................. 2A TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 89 62 PEOPLE SUNDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Partly cloudy Obituaries ............. 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics ....... 4-5B Lynch loves Local news Voice: 755-5445 Puzzles ............... 4-5B Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A shelter mutts. roundup. 2A 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING FRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 17 & 18, 2013 Celebrity Birthdays Thursday: Thursday: n Actor Peter Gerety is 73. Sugar Ray Leonard is 57. 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