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Project1:Layout 1 6/10/2014 1:13 PM Page 1 NHL: Condensed schedule taking its toll on teams /B1 WEDNESDAY TODAY CITRUSCOUNTY & next morning HIGH 88 Partly sunny and LOW breezy. 72 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com MAY 5, 2021 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community $1 VOL. 126 ISSUE 209 NEWS BRIEFS Crist running for governor Citrus County COVID-19 cases St. Petersburg Democrat originally elected to post in 2006 as a Republican According to the Flor- ida Department of Health, TOM URBAN AND Democrat, was the U.S. Rep. Val worth fighting for is easy,” lawmakers and DeSantis, 18 positive cases were JIM SAUNDERS first major candi- Demings of Or- Crist said. “I am announc- describing their agenda reported in Citrus County News Service of Florida date to formally lando are widely ing today that I am running as “shameful.” since the latest update. enter the 2022 gu- expected to run. for governor of Florida, for “The deck is stacked No new deaths were re- TALLAHASSEE — bernatorial race. Crist, 64, made a Florida for all.” against the middle class, More than a decade after But DeSantis’ po- ported, for a total of 445. the announcement Crist listed priorities aided and abetted by Gov. walking away from the litical committee during a sun- that are Democratic sta- Ron DeSantis and his Re- To date in the county, governor’s office, U.S. has been piling up splashed event in ples, including making it publican allies in Tallahas- 11,054 people have Rep. Charlie Crist cash in anticipa- Charlie St. Petersburg. The easier to vote, expanding see,” Crist said. “This is a tested positive (including launched a campaign tion of a re- Crist podium displayed Medicaid eligibility and governor who doesn’t lis- 99 nonresidents). Tuesday to try to unseat election campaign, and the campaign theme: treating climate change ten, who doesn’t care and Four new hospitaliza- Republican Gov. Ron De- Democratic Agriculture “Florida For All.” like the “existential doesn’t think about you.” tions were reported, for a Santis in 2022. Commissioner Nikki “This won’t be an easy threat it is.” He also total of 720 hospitalized. Crist, a St. Petersburg Fried and Democratic fight, but nothing in life bashed Republican See CRIST/Page A2 Totals reflect prelimi- nary reports received by the state, and are subject to revision. Register for vaccines Water restoration projects resume DOH-Citrus’ preregis- tration system to sched- ule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for all indi- viduals 18 and older and frontline health care work- ers is now available. Individuals can now be added to a waiting list for vaccine appointments and be notified when ap- pointments are available in Citrus County by visit- ing myvaccine.fl.gov or by calling 866-201-0442; TTY is 833-476-1036. As a reminder, the DOH-Citrus COVID-19 Vaccination site has moved and is no longer at the Central Ridge District Park. All first and second doses of the Moderna vac- cine are now provided at the Duke Energy/DOH-Cit- rus COVID-19 Vaccination Site, 8200 W. Venable St., Crystal River. For informa- tion, visit www.Citrus CountyHealth.org. Chronicle seeks D-Day veterans MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle Sunday, June 6, marks Sea & Shoreline site supervisor Travis Benavivez uses a PVC pipe to strike a water-filled bag that collects organic materials taken from the the 77th anniversary of Hall’s River in Homosassa. Striking the bag unclogs the porous material allowing water to escape while containing the organic materials D-Day, the allied armed collected from the river. The project intends to help native eelgrasses to grow and thrive. forces invasion of Eu- rope. The Chronicle is Efforts to clean King’s Bay, Homosassa River continue to show results seeking stories of veter- ans who were a part of BUSTER THOMPSON the invasion the day of or Staff writer the immediate days after- ward. If you have infor- Spring cleaning arrived for two mation or know of a of Citrus County’s major water veteran, please contact systems. Editor Jeff Bryan at 352- April 1 kicked off the annual and separate restoration endeavors on 564-2909 or email jeff. the Homosassa River and in King’s bryan@chronicleonline. Bay, Crystal River. com or contact Managing Both cleanups were born from Editor Brian LaPeter at the respective citizen efforts of 352-563-3293 or email grassroot groups Save Crystal River blapeter@chronicle Inc. (SCR) and the Homosassa online.com. River Restoration Project Inc. (HRRP) to vacuum dredge their Carnahan mulls local waterways of muck before re- third term planting sandy bottoms with natu- ral eelgrass. County Commission “We’re really excited,” SCR Chairman Scott Carna- Board President Lisa Moore told han said Tuesday he’s Divers work under the surface of King’s Bay Thursday, April 29, as organic material is sucked from likely going to seek See WATERS/Page A5 the bottom of the bay into a device that will separate the material and return the water into the bay. re-election next year to a third term. “I feel I’ve got more left in me,” Carnahan said during an interview in which a reporter asked if Ex-detective seeks County’s assistant he has re-election plans. “I think I bring a good common sense approach to the board.” pretrial intervention administrator resigns Carnahan had planned to leave office after his second term runs out in Abuse cases also heard in court Lachnicht wants to ‘try different things’ 2022. “I said I would do eight BUSTER Citrus County Cir- MIKE WRIGHT growth management and community years and then the phone THOMPSON cuit Judge Richard Staff writer services while their director slots calls started coming in, Staff writer “Ric” Howard he were vacant. ‘You need to stay. You waived Conley’s ap- Citrus County will be in the mar- He said in an interview that it was need to go four more Stephen Paul Con- pearance because ket for a new assistant administrator time to leave. ley, the Citrus County years,’” he said. the Homosassa for the second time in three years “It’s more fun being a director Sheriff ’s Office de- 47-year-old and for- following Steven Lachnicht’s deci- than being assistant county man- Carnahan said he tective sergeant who mer sheriff ’s office sion to resign. ager,” Lachnicht said. “I like work- wouldn’t expect a formal resigned before he Stephen deputy and investi- Lachnicht, in a letter Monday to ing with Randy. There’s no animosity announcement until Feb- was arrested for hav- Conley gator of 20 years was County Administrator Randy Oliver, at all. I just reached a point to take a ruary 2022. ing a variety of narcotics, is in treatment. said his last day will be June 4. break and try different things.” “I’m going to wait and trying to end his case with- Trehy said Conley was The former growth management Lachnicht, who earns $121,002 an- see,” he said. “If some- out a conviction. also eligible for a substance director in Alachua County, Lach- nually in Citrus County, said he has body I see can carry the During a Zoom court hear- abuse pretrial intervention nicht has served in Citrus County no other jobs lined up. torch, I’ll say go ahead.” ing Tuesday, May 4, Conley’s since July 2019. His roles in Citrus — From staff reports attorney, Brian Trehy, told See COURT/Page A8 included running departments of See OFFICIAL/Page A8 Classifieds . .C7 Crossword . .C16 INDEX Education . A14 Obituaries . A6 Comics . .C6 Editorial. A11 Lottery Numbers . .B3 TV Listings. .C5 Horoscope . A4 Entertainment . A4 Lottery Payouts . .B3 A2 WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 STATE CITRUS COUNTY (FL) CHRONICLE Teen charged as an adult in Come enjoy the rigged homecoming election Antique Market and Associated Press vote at Tate High School in flagged as fraudulent, the Pensacola. news release said. There PENSACOLA — A Flor- While employed as an as- were 117 votes from the ida teen accused of rigging sistant principal at Bell- same IP address within a Appraisal Roadshow! a homecoming queen elec- view Elementary School in short period of time, the tion with her mother is the same county, Carroll investigation found. Highly Favored Antiques Collectibles being charged as an adult, accessed the school dis- That’s when investiga- prosecutors said. trict’s internal system to tors found evidence of un- and Dudley’s Auction Emily Rose Grover was cast fraudulent votes for authorized access to the still 17 when she was ar- her daughter so that she system linked to Carroll’s rested in March. She turned would win, officials said. cellphone and computers Invites you to the Crystal River Mall 18 in April, and the State The investigation began in at her home. The were 246 Attorney’s Office in Escam- November when the Es- votes cast for homecoming bia County confirmed Tues- cambia County School Dis- court from those devices. th, th, th day that Grover will be trict reported unauthorized Multiple Tate students tried as an adult. access into hundreds of stu- told investigators that Gro- May 7 8 and 9 Grover and her mother, dent accounts. ver described using her Laura Rose Carroll, 50, Investigators found that mother’s system access, or face multiple felony in October, hundreds of of watching her mother ac- charges stemming from votes for the school’s cess records, for years, the You will find Antiques, Collectibles, the October homecoming homecoming court were report said. Vintage Clothing and Jewelry as well as House Speaker) Nancy Pe- he is ready to fight with losi 100% of the time.

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