000DJKS SEE PG Florida fleece: Gator men gobble opponent /B1 C14 THURSDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next morning HIGH 79 Partly cloudy with a LOW slight chance of showers. CLEARANCE 49 PAGE A4 www.chronicleonline.com DECEMBER 20, 2012 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOLUME 118 ISSUE 135 Charges stack up in suspected sex case Citrus County old respectively. Four other out during one of the parties him to stop and most of the as- More women Sheriff ’s Office women have already accused Mc- and woke up to McQuillin hold- saults came after she passed reports. Quillin of rape and other crimi- ing her down and improperly out from alcohol or drug use. Bruce Michael nal sexual behavior while they touching and abusing her. She She alleges McQuillin threw come forward McQuillin, 49, of were minors and, in some cases, reportedly punched him and her into walls and doors and A.B. SIDIBE Inverness, who is as adults. fought to free herself and fled. even threw a knife at her at one Staff writer in custody facing The 22-year-old alleges she The 24-year-old accuser told in- time. She said she has been previous similar was part of a group of young vestigators she had been going to abused at least 500 times by Mc- charges, was ar- teens who congregated at his McQuillin’s home since she was 6 Quillin. Charges against a man accused Bruce of sex crimes against minors and McQuillen rested again home and partied. McQuillin, because she was friends with his She reportedly told investiga- Monday on two she alleges, provided the girls son. tors she was afraid to report the adults have mushroomed once charged with again — this time after two more sexual battery. counts of sexual with alcohol, marijuana and co- However, she alleges when she incidents because McQuillin had women came forward and said he battery on a per- caine. She told investigators was 13 years old the sexual abuse threatened to harm her and her abused them, too. One of the ac- son 12 years or older using force she was 13 and 14 when she and assaults began and lasted family and claimed to be a cusers said she was abused more or a deadly weapon. The latest would attend these parties with into her late teens. than 500 times, according to the accusers are now 22 and 24 years other girls. She recalls passing She alleges she always told See CHARGES/ Page A2 NEWS BRIEF Hero’s homecoming Obama Meeting tonight on CR projects sets gun The Citrus County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a town hall meet- proposal ing at 6 p.m. today to dis- cuss Commissioner Dennis Damato’s pro- deadline posed partnership with the city of Crystal River. The meeting is at the Plantation on Crystal Shooting a River, formerly the Plan- tation Inn. ‘wake-up call’ Damato, a former chairman of the city’s Associated Press Community Redevelop- WASHINGTON — ment Agency, is recom- Spurred by a horrific ele- mending the creation of mentary school shooting, three developments dis- President Barack Obama tricts in the city. vowed to send Congress new He and county officials policy proposals for reduc- told city council members ing gun violence by January. last week the county has “This time, the words recently located impact fee need to lead to action,” revenue that can be used Obama said Wednesday. for some city projects. He tasked Vice President The town hall meeting Joe Biden with leading an will include a PowerPoint administration-wide effort presentation of the MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle to create the new recom- proposal. Lance Cpl. Josh Langston White, center, bows his head along with family members, from left, Jim Langston, grand- mendations and pledged to push for their implementa- —From staff reports father; Heather White, mother; cousin Ryan Hough, 9; brother Matthew White, 10; and father Bob White on Wednes- day evening at the Crystal River National Guard Armory. The Blanton-Thompson American Legion Post 155 hosted tion without delay. The president, who ex- INSIDE the Operation Welcome Home that gave various organizations the opportunity to show their appreciation to White and his family. White lost both legs to an improvised explosive device in August. erted little political capital on gun control despite a se- LOCAL: ries of mass shootings in his first term, bristled at sug- County welcomes home Marine injured in Afghanistan gestions he had been silent A.B. SIDIBE veteran — and a host of other fam- on the issue during his first Staff writer ily members. four years in office. But We are “ “He is a Crystal River kid who he acknowledged Friday’s CRYSTAL RIVER — Sirens grateful for what you grew up and joined the Marines deadly shooting had been sounded, motorcycles thundered and went to Afghanistan and got “a wake-up call for all of and Old Glory fluttered as Marine have done and we badly hurt and now he is dealing us.” “ Twenty children and six Lance Cpl. Joshua Langston with all this emotion and atten- White’s motorcade bounded its way love you . tion,” Josh’s father said. adults were killed when a to the Crystal River National “It is really awesome to see all man carrying a military-style Guard Armory late Wednesday Joe Meek these people come out to support rifle stormed Sandy Hook afternoon. county commissioner. him and as you can see, he smiles Elementary in Newtown, Inside the building, hundreds and handles it all. He handles Conn., on Friday morning. Dolls gave White, 22, a rousing welcome injured by an improvised explosive everything a lot better than I ever The president also called Hernando resident Ben at a special event for the wounded device (IED). would,” Bob White said, fighting on Congress Wednesday to Edney’s Hernando home warrior, sponsored by the Blanton- White lost his legs in the attack back tears. reinstate an assault is filled with hundreds Thompson American Legion Post and suffered extensive additional “But he is the kind of kid — what- weapons ban that expired of dolls — Shirley Temple No. 155. injuries. Since then, he has been at ever challenge you put before him in 2004 and to pass legisla- dolls, Bye-Lo Babies, Various military, civic and veter- Walter Reed National Military he will face it and conquer it,” he tion that would close the Dionne Quintuplets, ans organizations paid the man of Medical Center in Maryland for said. gun show “loophole,” which Victorian dolls, boys, the hour regards and thanked him treatment. County Commission Chairman allows people to purchase girls, realistic “Barefoot for his sacrifice and patriotism. White saluted and easily smiled Joe Meek fulfilled a vow the board firearms from private deal- Children,” dolls in On Aug. 10, the Crystal River na- with those who turned out to wish made to White’s family in August ers without a background cradles, in high chairs, tive was patrolling in the Kajaki him well. He was surrounded by and personally delivered and read check. Obama also said he dolls sitting at a table District in the Helmand province of his mother, Heather, and father wanted Congress to pursue having a tea party — Afghanistan when he was severely Bob White — himself a Marine See MARINE/ Page A2 the possibility of limiting but no Barbies. high-capacity ammunition See story./Page A3 clips. NATIONAL NEWS: “The fact that this prob- lem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing,” Obama said. “The fact that we can’t pre- Family reeling following death vent every act of violence doesn’t mean we can’t NANCY KENNEDY TO HELP THE FAMILY steadily reduce the Staff Writer violence.” ■ Make checks payable to “Brandon German Fund” for The president’s an- Town mourns CRYSTAL RIVER — At deposit at TD Bank (offices in Crystal River and nouncement Wednesday 27, Brandon German had Inverness). underscores the urgency Newtown, Conn., tries to suffered from depression make sense of ■ the White House sees in off and on for years, and High Octane Saloon at 1590 S. Suncoast Blvd., formulating a response to tragedy./Page A10 Homosassa, is taking donations to help with Monday he ended it by tak- the Newtown shooting. Christmas gifts for the children and grocery store gift ing his own life, leaving a The massacre has cards. Call 352-794-3840. 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Tori’s car, a 2005 Tori was trying to find Special to the Chronicle town shooting eases. Obituaries . .A5 gether off and on, detailing Cadillac CTS, was repos- Christmas presents for On Monday, Brandon Obama said it was “en- Classifieds .