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Sheriff's office charges man with choking girlfriend


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 A Bronson man was arrested May 6 on
a charge of choking his girlfriend until she
blacked out.
 Eric Steven Brookins, 19, 7651 N.E. 131
Terrace and his girlfriend had been hanging
with friends on May 5 when he believed
she was flirting with his friends.
 The sheriff's office said he walked
outside with his girlfriend and after a few
minutes became angry and grabbed her
around the neck. He picked her up off the
ground and strangled her until she blacked
out.
 After the victim regained consciousness,
she walked into the house and tried to hug
Brookins. He responded by shoving her in
the face and making her nose bleed. The
sheriff's office also said he grabbed her
around the ankle and' attempted to break it.
 Brookins was arrested on a felony charge
of domestic battery strangulation.
 Bond was set at $5,000.
 E An Inverness man robbed a man and
woman of prescription pills on May 3 as
they sat in their car at a Shell Station in
Inglis at the intersection of County Road
40 and U.S. 19.
 Jason A. Davis, 30, entered the vehicle
of the victims and told the wife, who was in
the passenger seat, if she moved he would
kill her, according to the sheriff's office.
 Davis's accomplice, David Fries, 25,


Ocala, hit the husband in the back of the
head with a closed fist as Davis was stealing
the pills from the victim's wife.
 Davis took three bottles of Oxycodone
containing about 120 pills, approximately
20 Oxycontin and three Trasedone pills in
bottles prescribed to her husband. Davis
also took a CD and loose change, the
sheriff's office said.
 Davis ran back to a vehicle driven
by Fries and left the scene. Inglis police
stopped the vehicle carrying the two men.
Officers found numerous Oxycodone pills
in plain sight lying on the floor of the
vehicle and on the center console. Also
lying in plain view on the front passenger
seat were 40 Oxycodone pills and five
grams of marijuana in a clear plastic bag.
 The female victim identified Davis as
the man who entered her vehicle and stole
the medications. Her husband identified
Fries as the man who slugged him in the
back of the head.
 Officers located 91 Oxycodone pills in
the vehicle. The other pills and the CD were
not found. A background check revealed
Davis has one prior conviction for robbery.
 Davis was arrested pn charges of robbery,
possession of a controlled substance without
a prescription and possession of less than
20 grams of marijuana. His bond was wet
at $17,500. Fries was arrested on charges


of possession of a controlled substance and
battery. His bond was $7,500.
 Tammy Michelle Schiappucci, 34,
11450 N.E. 50th St., Bronson, on charges
of battery and criminal mischief. Bond
$5,000.
 Joseph Vigliotti, 20, 10990 N.E. 60th
Place, Bronson, at 11:15 a.m., May 7, on
a Levy County warrant for violation of
probation grand theft. He was released,
sent back to court, and sentenced to 1 year
in state prison.
 Pamela Pimous, 45, 650 S.E. 10th St.,
Williston, at 12:04 a.m., May 8 on Alachua
County warrant for failure to ,appear
for arraignment driving with license
suspended or revoked. Bond $2,000.
 A 15-year-old Williston boy was
arrested May 6 on a juvenile pickup order.,
No bond.
 Gregory P. Budge, .25, 19171 S.E.
 136t Terrace, Dunnellon, at 8:04 p.m., May
 6 on a Levy County warrant for violation
 of probation driving under the influence.
 No bond.
 Karon Creal, 40, 621 Marshburn
Drive, Bronson, at 12 noon, May 6, on
a Levy County warrant for violation of
probation driving under the influence. No
bond.
 Hubbard Reginald Hunter, 51, 11470
N.E. 103rd Terrace, Bronson, at 7:07 p.m.


was arrested on a charge of domestic
battery. Bond $5,000.
 M Timothy Deandre Neal, 23, 314 N.E.
3rd St., Chiefland, at 2:20 a.m., May 6 on
a charge of never having had a driver's
license. Released on own recognizance.
 Scott L. Bostic, 27, 13051 N.W. 90th
Ave., Chiefland, at 12:12 a.m., May 6, on a
charge of domestic battery. Bond $5,000.
 Brett Parker Watts, 21; 8750 N.E.
113th Lane, Bronson, at 8:10 p.m., May 5,
on a judge's order of arrest on a charge of
battery. Bond $2,500.
 David Dwayne Greene, 35, 261 S.E.
 10th St., Williston, at 3:30 p.m., on a Levy
 County warrant for failure to appear sex
 offense against child, fondling. No bond.
 Debra Diane Picard, 18, 19430 S.E.
 56th Court, Inglis, on Levy County warrant
 for violation of probation grand theft,
 three counts. No bond.
 Vincent D. Peterson, 48, 7831 N.E.
 185th Ave., Williston, on out of county
 warrant writ of bodily attachment. Cash
 purge of $800.
 Karen L. Brillon, 48, 4150 S.E. 138th
 Terrace, Morriston, at 3:17 a.m., May 2 on
 a charge of domestic battery. Bond $2,500.
 Brandy Nicole Cornish, 29, Old Town,
 on Levy County warrant for larceny theft
 $300 to $500, and fraud illegal use of
 credit card. Bond $3,000.


Williston arrests

Wave of uttering hits Levy,
 Brenda C. Brust, 42, Hawthorne, at 6:31 p.m.,
 May 5, on charges of uttering uncurrent bills and
 possession of cocaine.
 Michele M. Beer, 45, Hawthorne, at 6:31 p.m.,
 May 5, on charges of uttering uncurrent bills and
 possession of drug paraphernalia.
 William C. Dean, 29, 8390 N.E. 113th Lane,
 Bronson, at 9:38 p.m., May 6 on a charge of driving
 with license suspended or revoked.
 ChastitycAndersoen,32, I11811 N.E. 64th Place,
 Williston; at 7t29 p.m, May 10, on a charge of donimstic
 battery.
 E M. Holly Butler, 31, Old Town, at 3:50 p.m., May
 5, warrant arrest.
 Dwayne Macques Edwards, 25, 4051 N.E. 213th
 Terrace, Williston, on a charge of resisting without
 violence.
Abduction, from Page 1A
for. He said he can't explain why the people watching the
children on the playground didn't see or weren't alarmed
by the children leaving the campus.
 (Capt. Evan Sullivan said there were about 80 children
on the playground when the incident occurred and there
was supervision, but he said he would let the school district
respond to questions about supervision on the campus at
the time of the incident.
 If readers have any information regarding this'incident
please contact the Levy County Sheriff's Office at 352-
486-5111, If you wish to remain anonymous, call Crime
Stoppers at 1-877-349-8477.


Chiefland police make prostitution arrest


 By Terry Witt
 Staff Writer

 An undercover investigation by the Chiefland Police
 Department led to the arrest Friday of a Chiefland man
 who investigators said had been advertising prostitution
 over the Internet.
 Arthur Ramos, 319 S.W. 10th Circle, was using
 Craigslist, an Internet site, to develop prostitution clients.
 He told police after his arrest that prostitution is the oldest
 profession and he saw nothing wrong with what he was
 doing. ,,; ,Au
 Arrested with Ramos was Jessie Eugene Young, 35,
 who police described as a lookout for Ramos at Room 216
 at the Holiday Inn Express.
 Police Chief Robert Douglas announced the arrest of
 Ramos at Monday's City Commission meeting.
 "It's a shame to me we got this mess in town. I really
 want to get rid of it," Douglas said.
 Police said they received a tip from an individual
 indicating Ramos was conducting prostitution from his
 home and that one of the main sources of contact for his
 prostitution business was Craigslist, an Internet web site.
 An undercover officer found an advertisement posted on
 Craigslist showing a picture of Ramos. The advertisement
 listed a service in the "casual encounters" portion of the
 personals section. It said Ramos specialized in "Man
 Rubs." He listed his fictitious name as Helen Bedd.
 The officer contacted Ramos by Gmail, a free Internet
 e-mail service, identifying himself by a false name and
 claiming he was a married man looking for a "discreet full
 service encounter." The street definition of the term "full

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service" means sex in all forms.
 Ramos and the undercover officer corresponded by
e-mail about the price of the prostitution services. They
agreed to $250 per hour. Officers set up a stakeout in room
216 of the Holiday Inn Express where Ramos and the
undercover officer had agreed to meet for sex.
 When they met in the room, Ramos demanded the
money first before he would engage in sex with the man he
thought was a prostitution client. When the money changed
hands and Ramos went to the bathroom, task force officers
in an adjoining room came forward. They were met by
Jessie Y' ong who Yad been posted as a lookout, city police
said.
 Young was taken to the ground. Officers searched him
and found cigarette pack containing a hand rolled green
leafy cigarette which tested positive as (marijuana. They
also found a folding knife, two cell phones and a piece of
paper with the undercover officer's phone number on it in
Young's pockets.
 "Further investigations revealed that Ramos has been
possibly working prostitution out of his residence at 319
S.W. 101 Circle for approximately three years," an arrest
report said. Ramos.dhad an advertisement listed with an
online escort service. The ad carried reviews by prior
customers. One customer's review of services was posted
in 2006. The act of prostitution allegedly took place at
Ramos' home.
 "Ramos spontaneously admitted numerous times to
being a prostitute and that it was the oldest profession in
the world and (he) did not see what the big deal was," the
arrest report said. "Ramos also spontaneously stated that
he has had a prostitution business in Miami."
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 KhalidE. Brown
 Williston
FTA DWLSR Knowingly
 $10,000 Bond


 Carolyn A. Garback
 Trenton
VOP Fraudulent Use Person
 ID
 No Bond


 Ryan P Garrity
 Morriston
FTA DWLSR Knowingly
 $5,000 Bond


 Decoda K. King Philip W. Jefferson Jay S. Williams
 Williston Bronson Old Town
 FTA DWLSR Knowingly FTA DWLSR 3rd of Subsq FTA DWLSR Knowingly
 & False Report to LEO $10,000 Bond $25,000 Bond
 $25,000 Bond


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