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A1 + PLUS >> CCSO: Pot lands Wash. pair in jail, Story below. LOCAL LOCAL Apply now for Real plumbing UF plant camp for Rum Island See Page 3A See Below WEEKEND EDITION FRIDAY & SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 & 16, 2017 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $1.00 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM ‘INAPPROPRIATE COMMUNICATIONS’ Coach now School Today worker ‘Mr. Scrooge’s Christmas’ jailed here Fort White High School subject will present a theatri- cal adaptation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas of probe Carol” at 6 p.m. at Fort White Middle School’s caf- eteria and 6 p.m. Saturday Alleged incident involved at the Columbia County School Board auditorium. contact on social media Adults are $5 and stu- with student at CHS. dents $3. Columbia County School Board employees By ROBERT BRIDGES are free with ID. [email protected] ‘Christmas Ball’ A Columbia County School The Lifestyle Enrichment District employee has been sus- Center will host its annual pended with pay pending inves- Christmas Ball from 7 to 10 tigation into possible “inappro- p.m. $10 admission. Drinks priate communications” with provided; bring finger food a student, Superintendent Lex or a dessert to share. The Carswell said Thursday. Backtrack Band will per- The alleged communication form music and there will occurred via social media, sourc- also be door prizes. For es said. more, call 386-755-0235. Carswell said the district’s FILE PHOTOS investigation, which began Holiday play Rian Rodriguez is pictured following his arrest near Syracuse, New York, on Dec.1. Wednesday, does not reveal evi- High Springs Playhouse dence of inappropriate physical is currently staging a live contact between the employee, radio play adaptation of “It’s who works at Columbia High, a Wonderful Life.” The play Booked into CCDF at 5:15 p.m. Thursday and the student. runs today, Saturday and Carswell issued a public state- Sunday. Doors open at 7:30 Will appear before ment Thursday morning saying p.m. and the play begins at judge this morning. the employee had been tem- 8 on Friday and Saturday. porarily reassigned and would Sunday’s performance is at By CARL MCKINNEY have no interaction with stu- 2 p.m. and the doors open [email protected] dents pending the outcome of at 1:30 p.m. the investigation, as per school Rian board policy. A revised state- Saturday Rodriguez, ment several hours later said the the 27-year- employee was suspended. ‘Breakfast with Santa’ old soccer Carswell declined to identify The seventh annual coach fac- “Breakfast with Santa” will ing a felony PROBE continued on 2A be held from 8 to 11 a.m. charge of at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Rodriguez interfering Suites, 213 SW Commerce with a child’s custody after Drive, Lake City. Guests he was found in New York CCSO: Pot will enjoy a breakfast buffet with 17-year-old Fort White featuring scrambled eggs, High School student Caitlyn lands Wash. pancakes, bacon, sausage, CCSO spokesman Murray Smith addresses the media during a Nov. 30 biscuits and gravy, juice, COACH continued on 2A press conference at sheriff’s headquarters. pair in jail coffee and hot chocolate. Children will have an By CARL MCKINNEY opportunity to visit with [email protected] Santa and tell him their Real plumbing for Rum Island Christmas wish list while A traffic stop on Interstate 75 families have an opportu- By CARL MCKINNEY Rum Island has Wednesday morning netted an nity to take photos. Adults [email protected] no permanent 18-pound shipment of marijuana are $10.95 plus tax and chil- restrooms, and many and two arrests, according to the dren are $5.95 plus tax. When nature calls at Rum guests would rather Columbia County Sheriff’s Office. 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ShandsLakeShore.com 92151_SHLAK_ERpldg_10_625x1_5c.indd 1 6/21/16 8:54 AM A2 2A FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017 DAILY BRIEFING LAKE CITY REPORTER COACH QUICK HITS Continued From 1A Frisina, has been extradited back to Scripture of the Day Columbia County. “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, A prisoner transportation compa- as I have loved you.” ny transferred Rodriguez into the — John 15:12 (KJV) Columbia County Sheriff’s Office’s custody around 5 p.m. Thursday, said CCSO spokesman Murray Smith. He Thought for Today was booked into the Columbia County Detention Facility at 5:15, jail Having faith will gift you more strength, more records show. courage and more heart than giving up and giving Rodriguez will make his first in ever will. — A. A. Malee appearance before a judge this morn- ing via video from the jail to the judge’s chambers, Smith said. Winning Lottery Numbers The exact time will depend on how many people are on the court dock- Pick 3: (Thursday midday) 7-9-6 et, Smith said, but it will likely be Pick 4: (Thursday midday) 8-3-9-9 between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. Pick 5: (Thursday midday) 6-3-7-2-4 Smith was unsure whether Rodriguez has hired an attorney. Smith said he didn’t believe CCSO See an error? deputies have spoken with Rodriguez The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news since they traveled to New York to items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, interview him. please call the editor. Corrections and clarications will The state has not ruled out addi- FILE run in this space. Thanks for reading. tional charges. Scarlet and Ward Frisina reunite with their daughter Caitlyn at the office State Attorney Jeff Siegmeister of the New York State Police Dec. 2 after what Scarlet Frisina described as said earlier this week it may take a a five-day “emotional roller coaster.” Submissions week or longer to take statements The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption and begin to build a case, but he home through her bedroom window. her life” if she didn’t leave. information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would hopes it will happen before the hol- A single pair of footprints led away Rodriguez was the boys soccer like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture idays. from the property. coach at Fort White until the school and information to associate editor Justin Caudell at The saga began in late November According to an arrest affidavit, a board terminated him for abandon- [email protected]. when Caitlyn, a student and soc- friend of Caitlyn’s said that Rodriguez ing his job. He had taken over for cer player at Fort White High, and Caitlyn had “hooked up” and that Caitlyn’s father, Ward Frisina, who disappeared from her home with he had “worked his way into her life.” went back to coaching only the girls Lake City Reporter Rodriguez, leaving no clues as to The friend also told investigators team in July. HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS..............754-0419 where they were headed. that Rodriguez had asked Caitlyn to Columbia County Sheriff Mark Main number ........(386) 752-1293 Fax number ..............752-9400 CIRCULATION Family had discovered evidence of “leave the country with him.” Hunter said at a press conference Circulation ...............755-5445 Home delivery of the Lake City Reporter an inappropriate relationship between The affidavit stated Caitlyn had last week that the relationship Online ... www.lakecityreporter.com should be completed by 6:30 a.m. Rodriguez and Caitlyn before depu- told friends they were leaving and between Caitlyn and Rodriguez was The Lake City Reporter, an affiliate Tuesday through Friday, and by 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. ties arrived at the Frisina household. that she “didn’t know how to get out believed to have begun in August or of Community Newspapers Inc., is published Tuesday through Friday and Please call 386-755-5445 to report any Caitlyn appeared to have left the of it.” She feared he would “mess up September. 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