Crystal River Roofer Arrested Citrus County COVID Cases Under an Osceola County Corporations Records
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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 NHL: Vasilevskiy stands tall in net for Lightning /B1 SATURDAY TODAY C I T R U S C O U N T Y & next morning HIGH 89 Partly sunny with LOW isolated showers 66 possible. PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 29, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 233 NEWS BRIEFS Crystal River roofer arrested Citrus County COVID cases under an Osceola County corporations records. He homeowners of a new roof Beville’s criminal cases Accused of warrant charging the voluntarily dissolved his the financial ability to hire because there was no evi- According to the Flor- 38-year-old with grand company in September a responsible roof contrac- dence Beville pocketed ida Department of Health, theft of between $20,000 2020. tor in due time to prevent the money for himself 13 positive cases were defrauding and $100,000. He was State prosecutors allege additional damage(s) …” without the intent of doing reported in Citrus County jailed under a $20,000 Beville defrauded a Bre- Beville’s attorney, the roof work. since the latest update. bond, per the warrant. vard County resident and Michael Kovach, of the Prosecutors said Beville No new deaths were customers Attorneys of the four Osceola Kovach Law Firm in made efforts to buy roof- reported, for a total of BUSTER Florida Attorney County clients out Inverness, could not be ing materials and laborers 462. To date in the General’s Office of of $36,000, dating reached Friday for with the deposits but was THOMPSON county, 11,360 people Staff writer Statewide Prose- back to March comment. unsuccessful in complet- have tested positive (in- cution will be 2018. Prosecutors also noted ing his contracts, and cluding 99 nonresidents). Roughly a year after pursuing the Beville, accord- several other prior in- noted the issues should be One new hospitaliza- prosecutors abandoned second-degree ing to the affidavit stances dating back to resolved in civil court. tion was reported, for a similar accusations felony levied on for his arrest, 2008 in which customers Investigations into the total of 737 hospitalized. against him, a Crystal Beville, attorney Jason Lee would take down from Citrus County com- latest allegations against Totals reflect prelimi- River roofer was arrested general spokes- Beville payments for roof- plained Beville failed to Beville, according to his nary reports received by for allegedly stealing woman Kylie Mason told ing but either complete the work after arrest affidavit, began the state, and are subject $36,000 from five custom- the Chronicle. didn’t finish the job or getting their deposits. when the Rockledge Po- didn’t start it. to revision. ers in two counties. Beville faces a prison Sheriff ’s office deputies lice Department in Bre- Jason Lee Beville sentence of up to 15 years “… Beville used the had arrested Beville in vard County contacted the Keep the turned himself in to the if convicted. down payment monies col- April 2019 on accusations Florida Department of Pool Open Citrus County Detention Beville was the owner of lected from the business he scammed two separate Law Enforcement (FDLE) Facility on Thursday, Crystal River-based Elite and homeowners to enrich locals out of a total $14,700 on March 29, 2019. picnic slated May 27, according to Cit- Roofing & Gutters, Inc. — himself,” the arrest report in roofing deposits from FDLE Special Agent The Beverly Hills Lions rus County Sheriff ’s Office originally Top Knotch states. “Beville’s unautho- January and April 2018. Ryan Bliss learned a Club will host a Keep the records. Roofing, Inc. — since July rized use of the … money In March 2020, the State Rockledge homeowner deprived the business and See ROOFER/Page A5 Pool Open Picnic from Beville was booked 2006, according to Florida Attorney’s Office dropped 4 to 8 p.m. May 29, 72 Civic Circle. On the menu will be hamburgers, cheeseburg- ers and hot dogs, potato salad, cole slaw and va- nilla and chocolate swirl ice cream. Tickets are $10 per Proud of process adult and $5 per child and will be sold at the door. Memorial Day ceremonies planned Weather permitting, Fero Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home will be the site of a Memorial Day ceremony co-hosted by Beverly Hills members of the American Legion Post 237 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10087. Ceremonies start at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 31, at Fero Memorial Gardens, at 5891 N. Le- canto Hwy., Beverly Hills. For more information, call 352-746-4646. In addition, the Herbert Surber American Legion Post 225 will present its 47th annual Memorial Day Observance at 11 a.m. Monday, May 31, at the Hills of Rest Ceme- tery at 7600 S. Florida Ave., Floral City. Turnpike teams with multi-state E-ZPass system MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle Students exit school buses Monday, May 24, at Rock Crusher Elementary School in Crystal River. Students in the 2020-21 school year Florida drivers may have faced unprecedented obstacles because of the COVID-19 pandemic. want to upgrade their SunPass transponders. The Florida Turnpike School district makes efforts to locate missing students amid COVID-19 Enterprise is now partner- USTER HOMPSON school year. throughout the semesters. district social workers ques- ing with 35 toll agencies B T “After 10 days, when they’ve “You get into the cycle of stu- tioning neighbors. across 19 states that use Staff writer not shown up … the school dents who go to school and Even when a student trans- E-ZPass on toll roads, re- When the 2020-21 academic starts working the process of then stop attending,” she said. fers outside the school district sulting in the launch on year came to an end for the Cit- finding where these students “It’s a constant process.” without its knowledge, Hum- Friday of “SunPass Pro,” a rus County School District, al- are,” Director of District Ser- Students leave the school baugh said, their new school new portable that can be most 70 students were missing vices Kit Humbaugh said. “It’s district for a number of rea- doesn’t always request their used on E-ZPass roads. from its attendance rosters. phone calls, it’s home visits.” sons, and, sometimes, their records and report cards. “Florida’s partnership These pupils either didn’t Humbaugh said the school families don’t notify district If the school district, after with E-ZPass is the next show as expected on the district deals with unac- officials. exhausting its efforts, can’t lo- critical step toward na- district’s first day Aug. 20 or counted students each year — “We go through five or six cate a missing student at the tional interoperability cre- they just stopped going to class a regular occurrence — and its people to locate where a fam- end of a school year it removes ating seamless at some point during the number of missing changes ily is,” Humbaugh said about See MISSING/Page A5 transportation options for Florida residents and visi- tors alike,” Florida Depart- ment of Transportation Secretary Kevin Thibault said in a press release. Biden budget: Social spending, business taxes — From staff reports INDEX ANDREW TAYLOR infrastructure and he won result, the government “The best way to grow infrastructure proposal Classifieds . .B7 Associated Press a big victory on COVID-19 must borrow roughly our economy is not from and its $1.8 trillion Ameri- relief earlier this year. Fri- 50 cents of every dollar it the top down, but from the can Families Plan and Comics . .B6 WASHINGTON — Pres- day’s rollout incorporates spends this year and next. bottom up and the middle adds details on his Crossword . .B10 ident Joe Biden on Friday those costs into the gov- With the defi- out,” Biden said in $1.5 trillion request for an- Editorial. A8 unveiled a $6 trillion bud- ernment’s budget frame- cit’s growth his budget mes- nual operating expendi- Entertainment . A4 get for next year that’s work, including Social largely un- sage. “Our pros- tures for the Pentagon and Horoscope . 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