A3 + PLUS >> Dust-up dodged over RSGA start time? Story below SCHOOLS RACING High Fives for Winged sprints Pinemount coming to LC See Page 5A See Page 1B THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM FORT WHITE WIDOWER CCSO Stolen: Unlikely suspect 1,000+ gallons in bank robbery of gas in Man, 75, jailed in Clay Bank of America heist. 11 days How it was taken, where By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] it was stored aren’t clear. Tucked away on a dirt road about six miles By COREY ARWOOD east of Fort White, the man toiling in his yard [email protected] says he’s heard nothing about the accusations against his neighbor. Thousands of dollars in gasoline Just down the road is the purchases on a company credit card home of Noel Arthur Johnson, in under two weeks landed a Lake 75, arrested in Clay County City man behind bars on fraud and after a bank robbery Monday. larceny charges, the “Don’t know anything about Columbia County him,” said Johnson’s neighbor, Sheriff’s Office who didn’t wish to identify him- reports. Johnson self. An employee of Around 10 a.m. Monday, Jacksonville-based Clay County deputies responded to a reported industrial cleaning robbery at a Bank of America on Blanding company, Thompson Boulevard. Summers Industrial Services, A white male reportedly demanded money reported Timothy Shaun Summers, through a threatening note, according to a Clay 30, of SW Celine Court, to CCSO in County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. early June. Summers is accused of After spotting purchasing $3,420.56 in “unautho- Noel Johnson and a match of the rized gas” between May 10-21. his wife, Olive D. vehicle getaway The officer said the TIS employ- Johnson, had a Mt. vehicle, deputies ee provided a list of purchases spotted a match Summers was alleged to have made Dora address at one and conducted a in that time. point. They signed traffic stop. “The unauthorized purchase list a deed in 2014 for A “large sum includes the charge number, trans- the home at 631 SW of money” say PHOTOS COURTESY FHP action date/time, card number, per- Bangor Way in the in the passenger son using the card, how much gas Fort White area. seat, according was purchased, and how much was to the report. TOP: Johnson is hand- spent,” the deputy reported. The driver, cuffed by a state trooper The employee gave the officer text later identified as Johnson, complained about after being stopped on I-10 message transcripts between himself being lightheaded as he was taken into custo- shortly after allegedly rob- and Summers, which the investiga- dy, according to the report. bing a Clay County Bank of tor said included statements from Deputies transported Johnson to their America. LEFT: The alleged Summers acknowledging unautho- Orange Park operations center, then took him getaway car, flanked by law rized purchases. to the Clay County jail in Green Cove Springs. enforcement. On Wednesday Shaun was still in county jail on $5,000 bond. ROBBERY continued on 2A Dust-up dodged over 6th grade center start time? By COREY ARWOOD to work on time. but they were working on a remedy. Assistant Superintendent Todd Widergren, [email protected] Now they can breathe a sigh of relief. “We realize that this may be a bit of an that RSGA students could be dropped off In phone interviews early Wednesday issue with parents that work in the morn- as early as 7:30 a.m. this year. The county sixth-grade center pushed with the Lake City Reporter, administration ing,” said Principal Sonya Judkins. The school announced last week on back the bell on class time for the coming at Richardson Sixth Grade Academy said In calls made later that day to the social media that the school day for 2018- school year, leaving some parents juggling parents who planned to drive their children Reporter, Judkins announced, after consult- how to get their kids to school and make it to school were facing an 8 a.m. drop off, ing with Columbia County School District RSGA continued on 6A Vol. 143, No. 344 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER Obituaries . 3A (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A GATOR GONE SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B Mullen suspends Watkins THE REPORTER: 90 72 Voice: 755-5445 Chance of storms Advice & Comics . 3B after second arrest, 1B. Fax: 752-9400 2A THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2018 D AILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day Hunter new FSA president “I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.” From staff reports — Psalm 119:60 (KJV) Columbia County Sheriff Mark Hunter has been elected president of the Thought for Today Florida Sheriffs Association for 2018-19. Luck is the residue of design. Hunter will be responsi- Branch Rickey, 1881-1965, American sports executive ble for presiding over the association and will work with the staff and board Winning Lottery Numbers of directors to guide the efforts and direction of FSA Pick 3: (Tuesday p.m.) 1-2-0 and its 67 sheriffs. Pick 4: (Tuesday p.m.) 5-0-8-0 Hunter is a native of Fantasy 5: (Tuesday) 2-7-12-18-19 Columbia County and has 24 years of service in law enforcement. He began his See an error? career as a patrol deputy, The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news and school resource officer items. 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