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1 THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2012 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | 75¢ Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM Lake City man faces animal abuse Baya & U.S. 90 charges over incident involving dog Neighbors saw ing. the scene he spoke to three ued wriggling around and Curtis Devon English, 22, witnesses who said they attempting to get loose and animal being 127 SW Falcon Court, was heard a dog outside their away. punched, kicked. charged with animal cruelty camper trailer make a loud, The witness said he saw and resisting an officer in yelping noise as though it English punch the dog By TONY BRITT connection with the case. was hurt or in distress. repeatedly in the head and [email protected] He was booked into the A witnesses said he looked ribs while suspended in mid- Columbia County Detention out the trailer window and air and then English threw A Lake City man was Facility on $4,000 bond. allegedly saw English stand- the dog to the ground and arrested Tuesday and faces According to Columbia ing outside the trailer hold- kicked it several times. animal abuse charges after County Sheriff’s Office ing his dog up in the air and One of the witnesses he allegedly picked his dog reports, Deputy John suspended off the ground grabbed the dog, while Crash JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter up by its rope and repeat- Snipes was dispatched to by the rope attached to its another witness grabbed edly punched the dog in a Falcon Court address for neck. The dog appeared English and told him they Workers cut away support beams from a 40-foot concrete the head and ribs for not a call about the abuse of a to be in distress and was were going to call the light pole after a car slammed into it Wednesday on U.S. complying with his train- dog. When he arrived at being strangled, but contin- police. Highway 90. No one was hurt in the wreck. Shooting review Republicans roar could be GOP unleashes Ryan, Rice lengthy on a night of big names Investigation of and heavy jabs at Obama. incident could DAVID ESPO Associated Press take 3 months. TAMPA — Seizing the Republican By TONY BRITT National Convention spotlight, vice presi- [email protected] dential candidate Paul Ryan welcomed “the calling of my generation” to help lead Several questions con- the country in tough times Wednesday tinue to swirl around a night and pledged that Mitt Romney will Florida Department of Law not duck the difficult decisions needed to Enforcement investigation repair the economy if he gains the White into a Sunday shooting that House this fall. left a Lake City childcare “After four years of getting the run- facility worker dead and a around, America needs a turnaround, and veteran law enforcement the man for the job is Governor Mitt officer on administrative Romney,” the 42-year-old Wisconsin law- leave. maker declared in remarks prepared for Brent Lee Blevins, 23, delivery to the delegates. He spoke at was shot and killed after he a convention dogged by Tropical Storm and Florida Highway Patrol Isaac, downgraded from a hurricane but trooper Derek Maclaren, still inflicting misery on millions along the were involved in a confron- nearby northern Gulf Coast. tation around 2 p.m. Sunday. “We will not duck the tough issues; we The confrontation occurred will lead,” Ryan said. ASSOCIATED PRESS following a high-speed In a secondary role if only for a moment, Republican vice presidential nominee, Rep. Paul Ryan waves toward the delegates during the Republican chase along U.S. Highway Romney accused Democratic President National Convention in Tampa, on Wednesday. 90 east of Live Oak. Barack Obama of backing “reckless defense Authorities have not cuts” amounting to $1 trillion. Addressing released any details regard- the American Legion in Indianapolis, he ing what instigated the said, ‘There are plenty of places to cut in a chase or the subsequent federal budget that now totals over $3 tril- Romney turns his attention to shooting. lion. But defense is not one of them.” FDLE officials say they In Tampa, the Romney team scripted an the nation’s veterans, defense cannot give any information economy-and-veterans-themed program regarding an active inves- and kept a wary eye on Isaac. The storm tigation. remained a threat to levees in the New Says weakening the “There is nothing new,” Orleans area almost exactly seven years said Gretl Plessinger, FDLE after the calamitous Hurricane Katrina. nation’s defense is spokeswoman, who would Inside the convention hall, delegates not a healthy plan. not elaborate on when she cheered a parade of party leaders past, expected the investigation present and — possibly — future. KASIE HUNT to be completed. “Each The presidents Bush, George H.W., STEVE PEOPLES investigation is unique.” elected in 1988, and his son, George W., Associated Press Capt. Nancy Rasmussen, winner in 2000 and 2004, were featured Florida Highway Patrol in an evocative video. Arizona Sen. John INDIANAPOLIS — public information officer, McCain, the party’s 2008 nominee, spoke Republican presidential candi- said Maclaren was placed on his 76th birthday and said he wished date Mitt Romney told veterans on paid administrative leave he’d been there under different circum- Wednesday that he’ll make find- following the shooting. She stances. And an array of ambitious young- ing jobs for them a priority as he said it’s standard procedure er elected officials preceded Ryan to the accused Democratic President for an officer involved in a podium, Sens. Rand Paul of Kentucky Barack Obama of weakening shooting. and John Thune of South Dakota among the nation’s defenses. “He gets three days them. Invoking the Sept. 11 terrorist ASSOCIATED PRESS administrative leave, which Former Secretary of State Condoleezza attacks — referring to “a plume Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt is not construed as disci- praised the Republican ticket in a speech of smoke on a clear blue morn- Romney speaks at the American Legion’s national convention in plinary process, it’s just that made no overt mention of Obama. ing” — Romney said protecting Indianapolis, Wednesday. because of the shooting,” “Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will rebuild the country is the president’s she said. us at home and inspire us to lead abroad. highest duty as he worked to Maclaren could be back They will provide an answer to the ques- pitch himself as a potential com- care from the active duty mili- more on the candidate’s biog- to work today. tion, ‘Where does America stand?’” mander in chief. He told veter- tary’s TRICARE health system raphy in order to sell the Blevins, worked at Happy Ryan said in excerpts released in ans meeting in Indiana that he’s if they can’t get timely health Republican nominee to the House, a childcare facility advance that he was accepting “the calling already started planning how services from the VA. American people. In Tampa, in Lake City, where he had of my generation to give our children the to change veterans’ services to Romney criticized the series Fla., speakers at the Republican been employed for a year. America that was given to us.” help them during a Romney of automatic defense cuts that National Convention — includ- Maclaren, 33, has been He added, “The present administration administration. will begin in January 2013 ing 2008 presidential nomi- an FHP trooper since 2006. has made its choices. And Mitt Romney “I’m going to make reform- unless Congress acts to stop nee John McCain and former Rasmussen said Maclaren and I have made ours: Before the math ing that agency a personal pri- it. His vice presidential run- Secretary of State Condoleezza was not injured in the Sunday and the momentum overwhelm us all, we ority,” Romney said, ticking ning mate, Paul Ryan, voted Rice — planned to highlight incident, but she would not are going to solve this nation’s economic through a series of policy prom- to approve the legislation that Romney’s foreign policy cre- release any details about the problems. ises. He said he would allow GI authorized those cuts alongside dentials. investigation. “And I’m going to level with you: We Bill beneficiaries to attend any reductions in domestic spend- Obama, campaigning in “FDLE is the lead investi- don’t have much time.” public school at in-state tuition ing. Virginia, accused his opponent gation agency on this case,” As he spoke a pair of electronic boards rates, encourage states to cre- The American Legion speech of offering words but no action. she said, noting she’s read tallied the nation’s growing national debt, ate a common system to recog- in Indiana gave Romney an “He likes to talk tough but he where it may take up to nize credentials veterans have opportunity to assail his doesn’t have a lot of details three months for the inves- RYAN continued on 6A earned through military train- Democratic opponent far from when it comes to these critical tigation to be completed. ing, and allow veterans to seek where others have focused issues,” the president said. Vol. 138, No. 156 Opinion . 4A CALL US: TODAY IN COMING (386) 752-1293 90 73 People. 2A PEOPLE FRIDAY SUBSCRIBE TO Thunderstorms Obituaries . 5A THE REPORTER: Advice & Comics . 3B How did bin Local News Voice: 755-5445 Fax: 752-9400 WEATHER, 2A Puzzles . 2B Laden die? 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