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Person killed in Ocala house fire
OCALA, Fla. — One person is dead after a house fire in Ocala. Crews responded to a fire at a home in the 2600 block of Northeast First Avenue Thursday night around 11:30 p.m. "Despite efforts to make an interior attack, deteriorating fire conditions forced a withdrawal after a...
Sovereign citizen jailed 30 days for contempt of court after he refused to sign his name
Self-described sovereign citizen Michael Aaron Patton, charged with grand theft/$100,000 or more and utter forged check, was supposed to stand trial and represent himself this week. But he asked for a lawyer after the jury was selected, the judge wound up declaring a mistrial, and Patton eventually landed in jail...
Driver who failed to pay ticket arrested with fentanyl and meth
A driver who failed to pay a traffic ticket was apprehended with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Derrick Stanley Januszyk, 47, of Summerfield, was driving a white Honda SUV on Thursday afternoon in the 1400 block of SE 145th Street in Summerfield when a deputy spotted Januszyk and was aware his license possibly had been suspended for failure to pay a ticket, according to an arrest report from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
5-year-old boy dies after being rescued from swimming pool
A child hospitalized after being rescued from a family pool several days ago has died. Ocala police officials said Alexander "Abe" Everts died at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville on Thursday. The 5-year-old boy was autistic/non-verbal, officers said. On April 17, police were dispatched to a home in the 900 block of...
Clerk arrested in theft of lottery tickets from Circle K in The Villages
A clerk has been arrested in the theft of lottery tickets from a Circle K convenience store in The Villages. The store manager at the Circle K at 3431 Southern Trace at Southern Trace Plaza was conducting an inventory on Wednesday morning and discovered that the store was $150 short on revenue from Florida Lottery tickets, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. The manager checked the in-store surveillance that showed the night shift employee, 41-year-old Vairley Ann Nickerson of The Villages, taking $170 worth of scratch-off tickets. She concealed the tickets in a garbage bag as she cleaned.
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