A3 + PLUS >> FWC: Gator killers done in by profile pics, Story below BABE RUTH BASEBALL wCHS WRESTLING Next up: State Tigers headed tournament to the Big Easy See Page 1B See Page 1B TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM ‘ACTIVE NATIONAL RC EVENT MOLESTATION SHOOTER’ False No jail alarm Racing the rain time in rattles Crews prepare track for big weekend abuse nerves case at VA Woman assaulted sleeping daughter, 5; first claimed Computer error to her husband made her do it. blame, say officials. By COREY ARWOOD By TONY BRITT [email protected] [email protected] A 38-year-old woman avoided jail A computer error was after admitting in court Monday blamed for an erroneous to sexually abusing her 5-year-old active shooter alert that was daughter at her sent to Lake City VA Medical husband’s urging. Center employees Monday Heather Marie morning, causing some brief Sheppard pleaded scrambling at the facility. guilty to aggra- The error occurred while vated child abuse VA Police were conducting instead, an offense a software upgrade to a sys- Sheppard that still carries up tem that manages the facility’s to 30 years in pris- alarm systems. on and a $10,000 fine. “When the upgrade got However, she won’t serve a day, Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter pushed out to the system, it Lance McDonald, Gateway RC Club president, lays the tarp down on the race track after a receiving instead eight years’ pro- exposed an area for one of Monday afternoon shower. Wet weather has hampered the efforts to prepare the track for bation under terms of a plea deal. the buttons we use to acti- this weekend’s 2018 ROAR Fuel 1/8 Off-Road Nationals. vate the system and it appears SHEPPARD continued on 2A the button is miswired,” said Todd Lenavitt, Lake City VA Medical Center police depu- 300 participants signed up ty chief. “When it’s miswired and the system upgrades, it Show will go on, 10-year said one of those alarms had despite weather. been depressed, which we did sentence By TONY BRITT ALARM continued on 2A [email protected] in child- other nature can be a tough foe and Mmembers of the sex case Gator killers Gateway RC club are bat- tling her on a daily basis as done in by they work to set up the local By COREY ARWOOD track for national competi- [email protected] profile pics, tion this weekend. “Things aren’t look- A Lake City man will serve 10 ing real good,” Lance years in prison after he pleaded says FWC McDonald, president of the Gateway RC Club, said over guilty to sexual bat- the weekend. “Over the past tery and molesta- By COREY ARWOOD five days since we’ve had tion of his niece for [email protected] our track builder here, we’ve a two-year period, had rain. We’ve had some from when she was A Lake City couple got no horrendous downpours, but 14 to 16. likes from the Florida Fish it’s been a massive strug- Mark Anthony and Wildlife Conservation gle.” Moore, 59, is now Moore Commission after posing for The race — expected to deemed a sexual new Facebook profile pics draw hundreds of partici- predator by the state. pants from around the world with the body of a young He will be in jail until he’s 70 if — will go on regardless. alligator they had just killed, By Monday afternoon, he serves the 120 months he was FWC reports. McDonald’s perspective sentenced to concurrently for each However, the images of three sexual battery charges hadn’t changed much, Jimmy Raulerson uses heavy equipment to shift dirt at the Southside Raceway as he and other members of the Gateway GATOR continued on 3A RACE continued on 3A RC Club prepare the track for races this weekend. MOORE continued on 2A Vol. 143, No. 312 CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A SUBSCRIBE TO Puzzles . 2B Scholarship winners THE REPORTER: 88 70 Advice & Comics . 3B From Columbia, Branford, 6A. Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 Chance of storms, 2A 2A TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2018 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER Trump, Kim open summit QUICK HITS The Associated Press dizzying weeks of negoti- ly predicted the two men meeting of the Group of Scripture of the Day ations over logistics and might strike a nuclear deal Seven industrialized econo- “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted SINGAPORE — With policy. or forge a formal end to mies in Canada to alienate among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.” a handshake, President Trump and Kim planned the Korean War in the America’s closest friends — Psalm 46:10 (KJV) Donald Trump and North to meet one on one for most course of a single meeting in the West. Lashing out Korea’s Kim Jong Un of an hour— joined only by or over several days. But over trade practices, Trump kicked off a momentous translators. Then aides to on the eve of the summit, lobbed insults at his G-7 Thought for Today summit Tuesday, creating each were to join for more the White House unexpect- host, Canadian Prime an indelible image of two discussions and a working edly announced Trump Minister Justin Trudeau. My sunglasses are like my guitar. unorthodox leaders as they lunch. But even before they would depart Singapore by Trump left the summit — Patti Smith, born 1946, American punk rocker began a conversation that met, Trump announced Tuesday evening, meaning early, and as he flew to could determine historic plans to leave early, raising his time with Kim would be Singapore, he tweeted that peace or raise the specter questions about whether fairly brief. And Secretary of he was yanking the U.S. out of a growing nuclear threat. his aspirations for an ambi- State Mike Pompeo sought of the group’s traditional Winning Lottery Numbers In the first meeting of tious outcome had been to keep expectations for the closing statement. Pick 3: (Sunday p.m.) 1-4-3 a sitting U.S. president scaled back. summit in check. As for Singapore, the Pick 4: (Sunday p.m.) 0-0-6-8 and a North Korean lead- Up early in Singapore, “We are hopeful this White House said Trump Fantasy 5: (Sunday) 4-10-16-20-22 er, Trump and Kim con- Trump tweeted with cau- summit will have set the was leaving early because verged at a luxury resort tious optimism: “Meetings conditions for future suc- negotiations had moved on Singapore’s Sentosa between staffs and repre- cessful talks,” Pompeo said, “more quickly than expect- See an error? Island, clasping hands as sentatives are going well describing a far more mod- ed,” but gave no details about The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news they stood on a red carpet and quickly ... but in the est goal than Trump had any possible progress in pre- items. If you have a concern, question or suggestion, in front of a backdrop of end, that doesn’t matter. We outlined days earlier. liminary talks. On the day please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will alternating U.S. and North will all know soon whether The sudden change in before the meeting, weeks run in this space. Thanks for reading. Korean flags. Trump was or not a real deal, unlike schedule added to a dizzy- of preparation appeared to first to arrive at the sum- those of the past, can hap- ing few days of foreign pol- pick up in pace, with U.S. mit site, followed by Kim, pen!” icy activity for Trump, who and North Korean officials Submissions both readying for the 9 a.m. In the run-up to the shocked U.S. allies over the meeting throughout Monday The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption meeting that culminated talks, Trump had hopeful- weekend when he used a at a Singapore hotel. information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and information to Associate Editor Steve Wilson at The message, which went was not our police service.” country and this was part [email protected]. 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