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1A WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Man who Wendy’s hit by shot two intruders may face armed robbers charges Apparent home invasion victim is convicted felon. By ROBERT BRIDGES [email protected] The man who shot an apparent intrud- er to death and wounded another in his home Thursday is himself a convicted felon who may face charges for unlawful possession of a firearm, according to sheriff’s officials. Edgar Nathan Simmons, 25, Lake City, remains on probation for aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer Johnnie Collins and drug charges from 2008, records from the state department of cor- rections show. Under Florida law, convicted felons are not permitted to possess firearms. However, no decision has been made Travis Brown concerning possible charges against Simmons, according to Sgt. Ed Seifert of the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Simmons shot Johnnie Lee Collins A customer drives by a Wendy’s restaurant located at 180 SW Main Blvd. on Tuesday. Kelvin D. Brown, 26, a former employee, robbed the of Lake City, 22, and Travis Rashawn restaurant at gunpoint along with an accomplice, authorities said. Brown, 26, also of Lake City, after they gained entry to his Washington Street home at about 10:30 Thursday night, reports show. One suspect, a former employee, Collins, who had been released from prison weeks earlier following a 2009 shooting in Lake City, died at the scene. Brown was transported to Shands at removed mask and was later ID’d the University of Florida where he was to undergo multiple surgeries over the after midnight Monday. Kelvin D. Brown, 26, of 1018 NW weekend. Was arrested 5 hours Authorities said the Jackson Ave., was charged with aggra- Authorities believe Simmons allowed later; second suspect former employee and vated battery and armed robbery in con- one of the men, whom he knew, into his an accomplice robbed nection with the incident. He was booked home, and say the other followed close remains at large. the restaurant, pistol- into the Columbia County Detention behind. At least one of the men was whipped an employee Center without bond. armed, Simmons told deputies. By TONY BRITT and forced the other Brown was caught after he removed Seifert said Simmons had his own [email protected] Kelvin Brown employees into a freezer his mask during the robbery and was weapon close at hand and fired at both before threatening the later identified by means of photos on his men. A former Wendy’s employee faces manager with a gun, taking the cash and Facebook page, say authorities. The incident was not reported to armed robbery and other felony charges fleeing on foot, leaving a trail of cash and after the store was held up at gunpoint just coins on the street. ROBBERY continued on 6A CHARGES continued on 6A A logistical dream for high school CHS Global Logistics Academy given use of Caterpillar forklift. By TONY BRITT [email protected] The Columbia High School global logis- tics program literally got a lift from a local business that may pay dividends far into the future. Ring Power, the Caterpillar dealer for North and Central Florida, is donating use a Caterpillar forklift to CHS for the entire school year. The forklift is valued at $20,000. Tuesday afternoon Ring Power repre- sentatives, CHS Global Logistics Academy students and school district administrators and officials held a brief ceremony with the forklift as the main attraction. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Rebecca Golden, the Columbia High Ring Power Lift Trucks donated the use of one of their forklifts on Tuesday to the Columbia High School Logistics Academy for the academic School Global Logistics Academy teacher, year. Pictured are Michael Friedman (center left), of Ring Power Lift Trucks, handing over the keys to the forklift to CHS Global Logistics Academy instructor Rebecca Golden and CHS principal Terry Huddleston, surrounded by Logistics Academy students. Todd Sandlin (not pic- FORKLIFT continued on 6A tured), vice president/regional manager of the Ring Power Lake City Branch, was instrumental in the school receiving the forklift. 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