A3 SATURDAY/SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15-16, 2020 | YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER SINCE 1874 | $2 WEEKEND EDITION Lake City Reporter LAKECITYREPORTER.COM >> LOCAL LIFE/1D SUNDAY + PLUS CHS HOOPS From Chiles on tap Man, 80, Alligator Town in district faces hit- 1D to Lake City semis run charge Sean of the South Opinion/4A SPORTS/1B BELOW TRAVEL TALES HOMICIDE Body found Photos by TONY BRTT/LCR next to OLUSTEE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TODAY; SEE BELOW idling sedan STATE INVESTIGATION Linville Curtis, 54, was slain Thursday. By TONY BRITT [email protected] A Lake City man was Local shelter’s ex-chief found dead in his driveway next to his idling Chrysler 300 Thursday night, a gun- shot wound to the chest. Linville Curtis, 54, was found by Columbia County subpoenaed by House Sheriff’s Office deputies at his home in the 300 block of Southwest Donovan Donna Fagan, who used to run Another Way Glenn shortly after 7 p.m. “There was a family of Lake City, sits on the board of the Florida member inside the home Coalition Against Domestic Violence, whose that heard the shots and CEO made $7.5 million in three years’ time. came out and found the deceased victim,” said Lawmakers want to know who OK’d her salary. Murray Smith, CCSO pub- Fagan 5A lic information officer. Curtis was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office SLAIN continued on 2A Man, 80, charged in DUI hit-run By TONY BRITT [email protected] An 80-year-old Lake City man faces DUI charges Photos by TONY BRITT/Lake City Reporter after he struck a pedestri- LEFT: Dwight Boozer prepares to spice things up. RIGHT: Youngsters in period dress. TOP OF PAGE: Scenes from the an in a motorized scooter Thursday Oaklawn Memorial Service Friday morning. From left: Ann Brown, Annette Lindsey place a wreath; state Rep. Chuck night and Brannan addresses the crowd; local officials clad in period garb observe the ceremonies solemnly. drove away from the scene, say Olustee festivities continue through Sunday police. Anthony parade through downtown. The parade event in Wilson Park, near Lake DeSoto Alejo Festival wraps up today; will be followed by performances from — the festival’s first year at the venue. Rodriguez Rodriguez, re-enactment is Sunday. local entertainers, a children’s play zone, There will also be a battle demon- of NW and sales of food and arts and crafts by stration at 3:30 p.m. at the Olustee Common Loop, was By TONY BRITT vendors at the festival site. Battlefield Historic State Park, east of charged with DUI and hit [email protected] The Blue-Grey Army, the organization Lake City in Baker County. and run. He was booked Festivities for the 42nd Annual that hosts the local festival paying homage Sunday, the 44th Annual Olustee Olustee Battle Festival continue today to soldiers who lost their lives in Florida’s DUI continued on 2A with a fun run, 5K race and a 10 a.m. largest Civil War Battle, is holding the OLUSTEE continued on 3A ity Repo C rt e e k r a L E R C E I A HO $ DERS’ C CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFERS. MUST BE PRESENTED TO SALES STAFF AT TIME OF ORDER. COUPON EXC100LUDES REMNANTS AND CLOSEOUTS. $1000 MINIMUMOFF PURCHASE. VALID 02/15/20 - 02/21/20 Vol. 145, No. 242 TODAY’S WEATHER CALL US: Opinion . 4A (386) 752-1293 Sports . 1B SUBSCRIBE TO Classifieds. 5B THE REPORTER: 67 47 Voice: 755-5445 Business . 1C Fax: 752-9400 Mostly sunny, 2A WWWWW 2A SATURDAY/SUNday, FEBRUARY 15-16, 2020 LOCAL LAKE CITY REPORTER CALL CCSO WITH TIPS QUICK HITS Body found next to idling car Scripture of the Day “For thou art my hope, O Lord God: thou art my CCSO detectives are statement. “With crimes to do is develop a time line trust from my youth.” — Psalm 71:5 (KJV) SLAIN asking that anyone who of this nature, the first few from the shooting back to Continued From 1A had contact with Curtis days are critical, therefore, at least 2 p.m.,” Smith said. on February 13 between if you have information Authorities have not yet 2-7 p.m. call (386) 758- please contact us immedi- determined a motive in the Thought for Today in Jacksonville which will 1095. ately.” shooting. determine the cause of “Our detectives and dep- When authorities found “In investigations like Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves. death. uties will work around the Curtis, the door to his vehi- this we start with the peo- — Emily Bronte, 1818-1848, English novelist Smith said the initial find- clock to solve this heinous cle was open and Smith ple that know him and then (“Wuthering Heights”) ings are expected within a crime and give closure said detectives are investi- we go out from there,” week and some of the medi- to the family,” Columbia gating every angle. Smith said. “Every clue cal examiner’s investigation County Sheriff Mark “The first 48 hours are that we’ve seen so far, this Winning Lottery Numbers reports will take longer. Hunter said in a prepared critical and what we want was not a random act.” Pick 3: (Thursday p.m.) 3-1-1 Pick 4: (Thursday p.m.) 0-3-7-6 Fantasy 5: (Thursday) 3-11-15-23-27 vehicle strike the pedestri- looked toward the direction Rodriguez, at the intersec- DUI an and was following the where she heard the noise tion of West US Highway Continued From 1A vehicle. coming from she saw the 90 and Northwest Cole See an error? When the officer arrived maroon-colored truck hit Terrace, and performed The Lake City Reporter corrects errors of fact in news into the Columbia County at the scene, he saw the vic- the victim, throwing him a field sobriety test on items. If you have a concern, question, or suggestion, Detention Facility but has tim laying on the sidewalk. 3-4 feet before he landed Rodriguez. please call the editor. Corrections and clarifications will since been released on The victim said the left side on the sidewalk. Rodriguez reportedly run in this space. Thanks for reading. $6,000 bond. of his body was hurting. She said the driver then told the officer he had four According to Lake City Other officers were able stopped near Southwest beers about an hour earlier. Police Department reports, to get behind the suspect’s Baya Drive and Southwest After the field sobriety Submissions an officer was dispatched vehicle and later conducted Columbia Avenue before test, the officer had him The Lake City Reporter accepts photographs and caption to the intersection of a traffic stop. The officers fleeing the scene. taken to jail for a breath information to run at the discretion of the editor. If you would Southwest Baya Drive were able to identify the The witness told test. like to see your organization in the newspaper, send the picture and South Marion Avenue driver as Rodriguez. authorities that she saw Reports say that Rodriguez and information to [email protected]. around 6:42 p.m. in refer- Another witness said she the driver and when the had a BAC of .068. ence to a crash. was at the traffic she saw officer showed a picture “Based on the totality Sgt. Mike Lee, LCPD a maroon-colored truck of Rodriguez, she said of the circumstances, the word o the Lake City Reporter heading northbound on he was the driver of the investigatingGet officers wereut! public information officer, HOW TO REACH US ADVERTISING said the pedestrian was Marion Avenue make a maroon-colored truck and able to establish that he left turn onto Baya Avenue gave a written statement. (Rodriguez) was impaired Main number ....... 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