Chipola ¢ The 50 includes tax naming Calhoun-LIBERTY baseball fi eld in honor of Coach Jeff Johnson PAGE 12 OURNALWednesday J CLJNews.com JAN. 22, 2020 8 Offi ce in Bristol, FL Vol. 40 No. 4 Thurman facing charges after fl eeing traffi c stop by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor Law enforcement offi cers in A pursuit set off when a man Jackson County were alerted fl ed a traffi c stop in Calhoun as the chase crossed into their County and ended when he county and joined the pursuit. drove down an unmarked trail Thurman made left turns in Jackson County and hit a tree onto Boneyard Road and Burns head-on. Road before taking a fi nal left The driver, identifi ed as onto KD Road, where he went Tommy Joe Thurman, 40, of Al- down a trail and slammed into tha, was not seriously injured in a tree. He tried to leave the the wreck but was examined by scene on foot but was stopped EMTs after being tased when he by deputies, one drawing a tried to run away from deputies gun on him while the other de- after the crash. TOMMY JOE THURMAN ployed his taser. He is facing a long list of Thurman was handcuffed charges, including failure to appear for a and taken to the Jackson County Jail, where felony offense, aggravated assault on a law he is being held without bond. LEARNING A NEW enforcement offi cer, fl eeing or eluding law enforcement, driv- SKILL WITH 4-H ing while license suspended as a Precision is important. is little seamstress is using clips to habitual offender and resisting an keep her materials in place as she learns something new at the offi cer without violence. monthly Sewing Club meeting with the Calhoun County 4-H Thurman drove off from a Club. Find out more on PAGE 5. traffi c stop at Flatwoods Road and SR 71 around 5 p.m. on Sat- urday, Jan. 11, according to the report from the Calhoun County Bruner sentenced to 13 Sheriff’s Offi ce. Deputy Tim Dillard joined the years for crash that killed 15-mile chase when Thurman crossed CR 286 and continued Brandon Matthew Hall north on St Rose Community BLOUNT- fl uence of meth- Road. The deputy said Thur- STOWN - State amphetamine and man “made numerous attempts” Attorney Glenn ran head-on into to run his patrol car off the road. The 15-mile chase ended when this Hess announced the vehicle of the He was driving a 2007 Chevrolet 2007 Chevrolet Minivan raced down that on Jan. victim, Brandon Minivan at speeds of up to 120 a two-trail road and struck a tree. 15, Starla Lynn Matthew Hall. miles an hour. Bruner, of Altha, The victim, entered a straight- an off duty cor- Lavanway sentenced to 20 years for up no contest plea rectional offi cer, to the charge of died from the for fatal stabbing of 62-year-old man DUI-Manslaugh- injuries he re- ter in Calhoun ceived. BLOUNTSTOWN - Dakota Mitchell Lavanway entered a no con- County Circuit STARLA LYNN BRUNER After hearing test plea to manslaughter with a deadly weapon in Calhoun County Court. Judge Shonna Gay testimony from the victim’s Circuit Court on Jan. 15 and was sentenced to serve 20 years in the accepted the plea and sen- family, Judge Gay sentenced Department of Corrections by Judge Shonna Gay, according to State tenced Bruner to 13 years in Bruner to 13 years in prison Attorney Glenn Hess. the Department of Correc- which was beyond the rec- On Jan. 17, 2019, Lavanway got into a physical altercation near tions. ommended guideline sen- the Mossy Pond area in Calhoun County with Gerald Becker, 62, The charges came from tence. of New Hampshire. Lavanway, 21, beat the victim down and then an incident on June 16, 2018 The case was prosecuted stabbed him. The victim later died at the hospital. wherein Bruner drove her by Assistant State Attorney The case was prosecuted by Assistant State Attorney William vehicle while under the in- William Wright. DAKOTA M. LAVANWAY Wright. Worker charged with taking gun & money after borrowing truck by Teresa Eubanks, Journal Editor A man hired to help pour concrete at a Clarksville home is facing charges after he borrowed the property owner’s vehicle and returned it without the gun that had been inside the glove box. Charles Daniel Har- dy, 40, of Southport, was arrested Jan 7 for grand ANNUAL MLK MARCH HELD MONDAY theft of a fi rearm and pos- session of a fi rearm by a Community members gathered for the annu- culminated with King delivering his most famous convicted felon. al march to honor the late civil rights leader, Dr. address, which is often referred to as his “‘I Have According to a dep- Martin Luther King Jr. The procession is shown a Dream’ speech.” CHARLES D. HARDY uty’s report, Hardy was traveling along Central Avenue in Blountstown on King delivered the speech while standing on at the worksite early last Monday morning. the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and shared his year when he asked to use the homeowner’s King played an integral role in the organization view of a future for the United States in which all vehicle to pick up a tv he saw on the side of and execution of the March on Washington for people would have equal rights and opportuni- Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. The march ties. JOHNNY EUBANKS PHOTO See GUN STOLEN continued on page 12 Sheriff's Log.......2 Arrest Reports...........2 & 4 Sean of the South.....7 School news............8 Events and Community Calendar......................3 Obituaries and Legals.....9 Job Market........10 Altha man arrested for stealing truck...............4 Horoscope, Sudoku and Classifi eds..............11 Page 2 THE CALHOUN-LIBERTY JOURNAL JANUARY 22, 2020 ARREST SHERIFF’S LOG CALHOUN COUNTY CCSO. •Steven Eugene Keith, out of REPORTS JAN. 20 county warrant, FHP. Compiled by Journal Editor Teresa Eubanks •Kelly Denise Cannon, con- JAN. 19 victed felon registration, CCSO. •Cleatha Ann Simmions, hold- Hawkins arrested on lewd and •Cara Nichole Thompson, vio- ing for Gulf County, GCSO. lation of probation, CCSO. JAN. 17 lascivious charge after truck ride JAN. 19 •Brian Lucas Anders, con- An investigation into an al- ly agreed. Then he began asking •Robert William Andrews, fail- tempt of court, LCSO. leged incident last year involving a if she would let anyone touch her ure to appear, CCSO. •Stacy Marie Sims, trespass- young girl has resulted in charges above or below the waist. JAN. 18 ing, obstruction without violence, being fi led against a Hosford man. The girl’s father and his girl- •Andrew Harrison Guilford, CCSO. Granville Lester Hawkins, 48, was friend were in the front of the grand theft motor vehicle, CCSO. •Brian Lucas Anders, obstruc- arrested Jan. 16 and charged with vehicle. The girlfriend said she tion without violence, LCSO. lewd and lascivious behavior with saw Hawkins put his arm around JAN. 17 a victim between 12 and 16 years the girl and grab her buttocks and •Jerry Allen Mayo, exploitation •Jessica Smiley, holding for of age. told the victim’s father, who then of the elderly, obstruction without Calhoun County, CCSO. According to the Liberty Coun- stopped the truck and demanded to violence, CCSO. •Joshua Lynn Standridge, fail- ty Sheriff’s Offi ce, know what was going •Amos Nicholas Milton, sale ure to report name or residence Hawkins and the on. of cocaine, BPD. change, LCSO. girl were riding in When interviewed •Kenneth Leroy Peterson, sale JAN. 16 the bed of a pickup by investigators, Haw- of cocaine, BPD. •Granville Lester Hawkins, truck on the way kins stated that he •Alan Kenneth Pyles, deliver- lewd behavior on a victim 12 to go swimming was “being accused of ing or distributing methamphet- years old up to 16 years old on Sept. 11, 2019 something that was not amine within 1,000 feet of a place offender 18 years old or older, when he reportedly true.” He said his arm LCSO. acted inappropri- was propped on the of worship or business, BPD. ately with her. The side of the truck and •Micheal Robinson, sale of •James Daniel Spooner, viola- girl’s brother was not around the girl and cocaine, BPD. tion of probation, LCSO. also sitting in the denied ever touching •Adam Tucker Shiver, battery, •Charles Rocky Clemons, un- back of the truck her or saying anything BPD. lawful possession of prescription but did not witness inappropriate. After •Stacy Marie Sims, obstruction drugs, possession of less than 20 anything because he acknowledging that he GRANVILLE HAWKINS without violence, trespassing, grams of marijuana, possession was wearing head- had consumed about CCSO. of drug paraphernalia, driving phones, looking at eight beers before the •Jessica Smiley, exploitation while license suspended or re- his cell phone and had a towel over ride in the truck, he commented, of the elderly, CCSO. voked with knowledge, LCSO. his face. “Well, when I’m drinking there JAN. 15 •Jessica Smiley, holding for The victim said the man asked if might be something that comes out Gulf County, GCSO. she was cold, and when she replied of my mouth but nothing true.” He •Ruben Perez, grand theft that she was he offered to give later said she “bumped his fi ngers” motor vehicle, CCSO. •Josie Jade Miller, holding for her “body warmth” if she would when she sat on the side of the •Kenneth Alan Shaw, violation Gulf County, GCSO. sit next to him. She said his offer truck bed.