A3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM SUNDAY + PLUS >> ‘Trump train’ roars Alaska 1st day through Live Oak to Fla. early vote tally stout, runner 1B See below hits LC Playing through pain 8A See 3A FEDERAL CASE TOSSED Coked-out cop claim fizzles Judge sides with ex-LCPD officer in false arrest lawsuit 6A A SPRINT TO THE FINISH ‘Sluggish’ raccoons shot by police Residents should be on the lookout for other animals acting strangely. By TONY BRITT [email protected] Photos by COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter The Hunter Peeler and Stephanie Finnell camps campaign Saturday morning in front of the supervisor of elections office. Lake City Police Department officers shot two raccoons within a 24-hour period after residents of a local neighborhood called and First-day reported the animals were acting strange and appeared to be sick. early vote “We’ve had a couple of raccoon incidents in the past 24 hours,” Lt. Andy Miles said Thursday tally stout afternoon. “We’ve dispatched both of the raccoons.” Lake City, Fort White The first raccoon was total is 1,750 ballots. reported near the intersec- tion of McFarlane Avenue and By COREY ARWOOD Grandview Street Wednesday [email protected] around 7 p.m. With 1,750 total votes from the “I don’t think there is any dan- first day of early voting, local offi- ger to people,” Miles said. “The cials said it was “the first time in raccoons were acting sluggish. a long time” a turnout had been And one of them actually had that high before election day. mucus coming out of its nose, There were 1,333 votes cast which is an indicator a lot of times by county residents at the of distemper.” Supervisor of Election’s Office on West Duval Street, said RACCOONS continued on 2A Supervisor of Elections Liz Horne just after polls closed Saturday. Fort White Community Center received 417 ballots, she said. Lines formed early on the first day of early voting at the county supervisor of 10-year Horne said attendance kept elections office on Saturday and trailed out the front door. lines out headquarter doors most of Saturday. term for “We opened the polls at 8:30 a.m. and it stayed busy like that with people out the door until robbery I would say 1 p.m., maybe 1:30 p.m., somewhere along in there By TONY BRITT before it started dropping back,” [email protected] Horne said. She said the day went by smoothly with no reports of A Daytona Beach man agreed voting machinery mishaps or to the terms of a plea deal and malfunctions. will serve 10 years in prison for Early voting will continue his role in a July through Saturday with both armed robbery locations open from 8:30 a.m. to of a police infor- 6 p.m. mant who was Horne said there were 3,400 working in a local vote by mail ballots to canvass undercover sting which would begin Monday. She said she wanted the rest operation. Michael of the week to be like Saturday. Berry “Oh my goodness I wished Anthony Berry, it would,” Horne said. “I loved 19 at the time the crime was com- it today having all these people mitted, was sentenced to 10 years come in. It’s just been marvelous School Board District 1 candidate Narrie Smith (center) shares a light moment for the armed robbery count, to see people out and willing and with State House candidate Ron Williams II. A man at left holds a sign for wanting to vote.” Smith’s opponent, Danny Green. More photos, Page 6A. 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