A3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM >> SUNDAY + PLUS She’s Helf takes Tigers romp charge at to easy win good at City Hall ghoulish 6A Opinion/4A Trunk or Treat SPORTS/1B LIFE/1D MICHAEL’S PATH A day out of prison, man shot, killed by stepson Domestic violence suspected; charges DAVID GOLDMAN/AP Photo unlikely to be filed. Dave Mullins looks out over the damage in front of his home, where he rode out hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach on Friday. “Right now I just need communication,” said Mullins of not having cell phone service. “If I can get out here I would.” By CARL MCKINNEY [email protected] The day after getting his freedom back, a freshly released state pris- oner who served time for domestic battery by strangulation was shot County opens heart and killed by his 15-year-old stepson, Columbia County deputies say, in what prosecutors believe to be a case of self defense. to hurricane victims Thompson Scott Lee Thompson, 47, died Some have gone in person, in a shooting on Frontier Street Thursday night — but investigators others sending donations. consider him more suspect than vic- tim, said Columbia County Sheriff’s By CARL MCKINNEY Office spokesperson Murray Smith. [email protected] Investigators from CCSO and the Third Circuit State Attorney’s The sights rolled by as they drove deeper into Office found no probable cause for the disaster zone. Remnants of neighborhoods. arrest when they responded to the Trees ripped from the ground, held up by noth- scene around 7:20 p.m. Thursday, ing but power lines. Smith said. Survivors with nowhere to go, begging for food Thompson’s stepson appeared to and water. be the victim of domestic violence, Welcome to Panama City. Smith said. “I come to these places and we work these Third Circuit State Attorney Jeff storms,” said Tia Albert, a search-and-rescue vol- unteer from Lake City. “And we know at the end SHOOTING continued on 2A of the day, these people The carnage don’t even have a bed to reminded Tia sleep in. It’s heartbreak- Albert of helping in ing.” New Orleans after Albert is a member of Fleet of Angels, which Woman shot; Hurricane Katrina. specializes in rescuing ‘You look around, horses from disaster suspect jailed and you’re like, zones but conducts broad- ‘where do we start?’ er search-and-rescue operations throughout the after standoff country. She was one of about a dozen members of the FW woman to face fleet’s North Florida-based Group 17 to arrive in agg. battery charge. Panama City. About 73 volunteers in total came from the fleet or affiliated organizations such as By COREY ARWOOD the Cajun Navy. [email protected] The carnage reminded Albert of helping in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The area had just dodged a major COURTESY “You look around, and you’re like, ‘where do hurricane, but a storm brewing we start?’” Albert said. A sheared off power line near Panama City. Columbia County residents have descended on the area in the wake of Hurricane Michael to offer help in the between occupants of a rural mobile home swept up a RELIEF continued on 3A form of food, water and other supplies. local SWAT team who talked a shoot- ing suspect out of a trailer around 3 a.m. Thursday. Manhole gets permanent lid Luckette Marie Wilson-Sadler Wilson-Sadler, 33, was arrested on after two years of complaints aggravated battery with a dead- ly weapon and resisting officers, Pennsylvania Avenue, who “It was fixed Monday,” By COREY ARWOOD Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office called the open manhole said Lake City Public [email protected] a dangerous eyesore and Works Director Thomas reports show. City officials have a hazard for school kids, Henry. Sheriff Sam St. John said their capped an open manhole said the city had previous- Henry said the problem SWAT team was called to the rural — permanently, this time, ly provided just temporary was vehicles hopping the Suwannee County residence with a they say — that residents fixes and flimsy barri- curb and crushing the Lake City address early Oct. 11 in have complained about for cades. storm drain’s frame. response to calls of a female shoot- two years. This week they got “It ended up breaking COREY ARWOOD/Lake City Reporter ing victim. Homeowners off SE relief when the city pro- the inside seam all the A cover has now been welded onto a city Church Street and SE vided what it said was a manhole to keep it in place. The hole had STANDOFF continued on 2A permanent solution. MANHOLE continued on 2A been open for the last four months. Vol. 143, No. 401 Obituaries . 3A CALL US: TODAY’S WEATHER (386) 752-1293 Opinion . 4A Puzzles . 2-3B Leg up for local workforce SUBSCRIBE TO THE REPORTER: 88 65 Business . 1C Man helps young people get GEDs, 1C Voice: 755-5445 Life . 1D Fax: 752-9400 Sunny, 2A 2A SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2018 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER Pair caught on tape stealing money QUICK HITS Scripture of the Day “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith bag from used car dealership: Cops the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” — Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) By TONY BRITT Thursday, has a $10,000 the time he was free, Bowen additional cash. [email protected] bond. Both face third-de- was ready to leave. The video reportedly gree grand theft charges. After Bowen left, one showed Bowen and Beane Thought for Today A Lake City man and his According to Columbia of the owners noticed the were left in the main Change before you have to. girlfriend who said they County Sheriff’s Office dealership’s money bags office by themselves brief- — Jack Welch, born 1935, U.S. businessman were looking to trade in reports, containing ly. Bowen walked to the their vehicle at a local used Deputy sales tax main exterior entrance of car dealership were arrest- Cpl. Chris cash was the office and closed the ed for allegedly stealing Parker missing door, the report said. He Winning Lottery Numbers a bag of cash containing was dis- from the and Beane then approached more than $4,500 from the patched to front desk. the desk in the main office Pick 3: (Friday p.m.) 7-8-9 car dealership’s office. Turn Key After and Beane walked past Pick 4: (Friday p.m.) 1-3-2-2 Fantasy 5: (Friday) 8-9-28-31-35 John Leonard Bowen Jr., Beane Motors, Bowen reviewing and stood in the threshold 42, of SE Doritha Street, and 140 SE security between the main customer his girlfriend, Suncherra Cider Terrace, around 5:44 footage video, the owner area and rear offices while Cecelia Beane, 48, of SE p.m. Monday in reference reported seeing Bowen Bowen grabbed the money See an error? Sharon Lane, both remain to a theft. shut the front door and then bag and stuffed it into the The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news jailed in connection with When speaking to the stuff the money bag down front of his pants, the report items. If you have a concern, question or suggestion, the case. Bowen, who was owners and the reception- his shorts while his girl- stated. please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will booked into jail Thursday ist, Parker was told Bowen friend, Beane, watched the Bowen and Beane run in this space. Thanks for reading. morning just after 11 a.m., came to the dealership door, reports said. remained in the office is being held on $25,000 around 4:17 p.m., but one of The bag reportedly con- for a few more moments bond, while Beane, who the owners was busy help- tained more than $4,500 before leaving the property, Submissions The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption was booked at 10:35 a.m. ing other customers and by in cash from sales tax and reports said. 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 Robert Bridges at [email protected]. Lake City Reporter HOW TO REACH US BUSINESS.............. 754-0419 Main number ........ 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