Time for Healing Advances Results Committee Votes in Probe Unanimously in ‘If I Would Have Done Favor of Measure
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1 TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Man robs bank branch on US 90 Suspects walks away According to a news release from the drive through and ATM stayed The suspect was last seen heading Lake City Police Department, the open. east on U.S. 90 toward Gondolier after holdup; amount man walked into the Bank of America Steve Shaw, LCPD’s public infor- Italian Restaurant on foot, Shaw taken not disclosed. branch at 2357 W. U.S. 90 about mation officer, said the suspect is said. 11:56a.m., went to one of the tellers between 6 feet and 6 feet, 2 inches No one was injured during the rob- By DEREK GILLIAM and said “This is a robbery. Give me tall and between 40 and 50 years bery, according to LCPD. [email protected] your large bills.” old. Suwannee County Sheriff Tony The release did not say if the sus- Shaw said the suspect wore a blue Cameron said he suspects the man A man robbed a bank in Lake City pect was armed. shirt and dark blue pants and may who robbed the bank may have COURTESY LCPD then escaped on foot with an undis- The bank closed down for more have been wearing a wig. He also Black and white surveil- closed amount of cash Monday. than an hour after the robbery, but had a brace on his left wrist. ROBBERY continued on 3A lance still of robber. Senate School Internet paddling cafe ban Time for healing advances results Committee votes in probe unanimously in ‘If I would have done favor of measure. that I’d be in jail,’ said By JAMES L. ROSICA student’s mother. Associated Press By DEREK GILLIAM TALLAHASSEE — Nearly [email protected] a week after a multistate ille- gal gambling investigation The mother of a Richardson led to dozens of arrests and Middle School student filed a the resignation of Florida’s complaint with the Columbia lieutenant governor, a County Sheriff’s Office after state Senate panel Monday her son was cleared its version of a ban paddled by on the gambling establish- an adminis- ments commonly known as trator, which Internet cafes. she said The Senate gaming com- caused blood mittee voted unanimously to blisters and approve the bill (SB 1030), b r u i s i n g which now has evolved Murphy across the into an outright prohibition student’s but- on the strip-mall casinos. tocks and upper thigh. The vote follows a House William Murphy, assistant committee’s clearing of its principal at RMS, paddled the own bill on Friday banning student on Friday after he misbe- Internet cafes. Photos by JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter haved, School Superintendent The Legislature is feel- Jimmy Baiardi, Corrections USA chairman, consoles Paula Thomas (center), mother of slain Columbia County Terry Huddleston confirmed ing the pressure to act on Correctional Officer Sgt. Ruben Howard Thomas III, and Thomas’ fianceé, LeeAnn Royster, after presenting them Monday. Murphy first received the storefront gambling with the Medal of Valor award. permission from the student’s dens after Lt. Gov. Jennifer mother, he said. Carroll resigned last week The Lake City Reporter is in the wake of an investiga- Slain prison guard memorialized not reporting the mother’s tion into the Allied Veterans name in order to protect the of the World charity. It was identity of the child. accused of running a $290 By AMANDA WILLIAMSON The mother said the pad- million illegal gambling busi- [email protected] dling was excessive and the ness that directed most of student, who was punished for quietness overtook the proceeds into its owners’ misbehaving in class, was cry- the crowd — seem- pockets. ing when he was dropped off ingly louder than That probe has now result- by the school bus. the 21-gun salute ed in at least 57 arrests. The mother took the student - at Columbia Carroll had provided pub- to Shands Lake Shore to docu- ACorrectional Institution as lic-relations representation ment the injuries. the family of the fallen officer to the operation before her The medical report from the walked behind a police escort election; she has not been hospital said there were contu- to their reserved seats. The charged. sions across the buttocks and footfalls of booted officers, the “Internet cafes are oper- right upper thigh. The report soft wrinkle of tissue and the ating in a gray area which documented pain and tender- murmured cry of each family has created uncertainty and ness in the area. member punctuated the silence. inconsistency in the applica- “If I would have done that The day marked the one-year tion of existing laws,” Senate I’d be in jail,” the mother said. anniversary of the death of President Don Gaetz said in “... I’m upset. I don’t want it to Correctional Officer Sgt. Ruben a statement. Gaetz sat off to happen to another child.” Howard Thomas III. the side of the dais during Emma Grace Thomas, 2, fits her hands inside handprints made in a She said the bruises were brick plague in front of a memorial monument for her father, Columbia still evident but had begun to BAN continued on 3A MEMORIAL continued on 3A Correctional Institution Correctional Officer Sgt. Ruben Howard Thomas III. yellow on Monday. The mother contacted Child Protective Services and took Double-teamed photos of the bruising. On Monday, another party posted Girl bitten by snake the photos on Facebook. The mother said CPS contacted at weekend festival her and told her to take them down, which has been done, Ed Seifert, public informa- By AMANDA WILLIAMSON go to college, she responded, tion officer for the Columbia [email protected] “Harvard.” County Sheriff’s Office, said “I thought, well, you’re an informational report and WHITE SPRINGS — An going to have to sell a lot of other documents associated 11-year-old girl was bitten by hot dogs,” he said. with the case were sent to the a rattlesnake Saturday at the He received a call later in state attorney’s office and the Wild Azalea Festival. the day notifying him that the school board. Town Vice Mayor William girl had been working out- No criminal charges were McKenzie said he stopped by side the food vendor trailer, filed, though. a booth labeled, “My College perhaps picking up garbage, Huddleston said the school Fund,” on Saturday to pur- when she was bitten on the district was investigating the chase a hot dog from two finger by a rattlesnake. matter. He said administrators young girls. She had to be airlifted to do not receive special train- “I thought it was charming Shands at the University of ing on how to apply corporal that a couple kids were out Florida in Gainesville for punishment, but “generally we there trying to raise money antivenom treatment, but JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter limit them to no more than for their college fund,” he said. remained in intensive care Justin Morgan, of Davie, and Tom Clark, of Riddick, flank a steer in the team three” strikes. When he asked the older of roping competition at the Florida Gateway Pro Rodeo on Sunday. See more the two where she intended to BITE continued on 3A photos, Pages 5-6A. PADDLING continued on 3A Vol. 138, No. 295 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 79 44 People. 2A PEOPLE WEDNESDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Chance of showers Obituaries . 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics . 3B Lohan takes Local news Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles . 4B plea deal. roundup. 2AWEATHER 2A LAKE CITY REPORTER DAILY BRIEFING TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 Page Editor: Jim Barr, 754-0424 Celebrity Birthdays Saturday: Monday: Monday: n Actress Renee Taylor n Actor Bruce Willis is 58. 1-6-24-27-33-53 Afternoon: 1-8-6 Afternoon: 5-5-0-2 Sunday: (”The Nanny”) is 80. n Guitarist-keyboardist x5 Evening: N/A Evening: N/A 1-6-11-21-31 n Actress Phyllis Newman Gert Bettens of K’s Choice is 80. is 43. Actress Ursula Andress n n Rapper Bun B of UGK is 77. 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