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A3 + PLUS >> Corrine Brown gets 5-year sentence, Story below. SCHOOL SPORTS Monday Ex-Tiger claims Munchers JUCO crown See Page 6A See Page 1B TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2017 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM SYRACUSE COP: DUI suspected in crash of county truck Coach had job in New York; County worker was saving up for fake docs facing Officer said he tried to get 17-year-old CAITLYN MAKES 1ST PUBLIC APPEARANCE charges ‘cousin’ a job, too. Aggravated assault with From staff reports deadly weapon alleged in On the day of his arrest, unrelated incident. Rian Rodriguez, 27, had just landed a job in Central New By CARL MCKINNEY York, where he hoped to [email protected] save enough money for fake documents to enter Canada A county employee on with Caitlyn Morgan Friday handed in his resig- Frisina, the 17-year-old nation before his superiors girl reported missing from could fire him over two sep- Fort White arate run-ins with the law five days in October, one for serious- prior, the ly injuring another motor- Syracuse ist while Post- driving Standard under the reported. influence Todd in a work Grant, The vehicle, the New York second for Rodriguez State Police McFarlan aggravated investiga- assault with tor who ended a nation- a deadly weapon, according wide search when he found to his personnel file. the pair Friday afternoon, Travis Raymond shared new details of their McFarlan, 29, of Southwest plan in an interview with Ginger Glen, a motor grad- the newspaper. er operator with the Public Grant, from the New York Works Department, was State Police major crimes set to be terminated Dec. 6 unit, spotted Rodriguez for “off-duty conduct which just as he was leaving an reflects poorly on the coun- employee orientation at ty,” unauthorized use of a a marketing firm Friday work vehicle, driving a work afternoon, the newspaper CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter vehicle while impaired and reported. Ward, Caitlyn and Scarlet Frisina make their first public appearance together in Columbia County since violating a catch-all behav- Grant was driving north returning home from New York, where the family reunited after a state trooper found Caitlyn and her ioral policy, county records in the town of Salina, near 27-year-old traveling partner, Rian Rodriguez. The family will heal the wounds left by Caitlyn’s disappear- show. Syracuse, where he had ance through counseling, prayers and conversation, Scarlet Frisina said. McFarlan was on paid been searching for a 2001 administrative leave from red Mercury Sable with Oct. 18 until Nov. 22, when Florida tags matching the he was placed on unpaid description of the one being Frisina family begins healing process administrative leave. driven by Rodriguez. By CARL MCKINNEY McFarlan is suspected of After spotting a match- [email protected] day search after she disappeared in national TV news outlets. being under the influence ing vehicle, running the late November with 27-year-old Rian “We’re so thankful and blessed to of alcohol when he was license plate number and Wrapped in the embrace of her Rodriguez, remained silent through- have our beautiful daughter, Caitlyn involved in a traffic collision confirming a match, Grant parents, Caitlyn Frisina on Monday out the entirety of a Columbia County Morgan Frisina, back with us,” around 10:30 p.m. Oct. 18 pulled the vehicle over and afternoon made her first public Sheriff’s Office press conference. Frisina said. that caused “incapacitating” arrested Rodriguez without appearance in Columbia County The teen, who was found safe in “Many prayers, conversations injuries to the female driver incident. since she returned home from New New York Friday evening, hugged and counseling” will help heal the of another vehicle, accord- Though he was worried York. her father closely as her mother, wounds left by her daughter’s disap- ing to a Florida Highway The 17-year-old, who became Scarlet Frisina, faced a row of nine COACH continued on 3A the subject of a nationwide, five- cameras belonging to regional and FAMILY continued on 3A WORKER continued on 3A Brown gets Attempt 5-year term to oust in charity manager scam falls flat By JIM SAUNDERS By TAYLOR GAINES The News Service of Florida [email protected] TALLAHASSEE — A group of city employees Describing the fraud as spoke out in support of City “shame- Manager less,” a fed- Wendell eral judge Johnson Monday Monday sentenced CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter night, put- former ting an end U.S. Rep. Robots square off to council Brown Corrine Teams made up of area students compete at Florida Gateway College on Saturday morning to see who Hill member built the best robot. The event, organized by First Tech Challenge, tested how well each squad’s machines BROWN continued on 3A could maneuver and pick up blocks. See more photos in a future edition. HILL continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 177 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Opinion . 4A (386) 752-1293 Obituaries . 5A MILES OF SMILES SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B THE REPORTER: 81 58 Big check for Columbia City, 5A. 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