Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org Kelley Brannon is a well known name throughout the Suwannee County area. Three years after they were put up, the missing person posters are now faded and hard to…
Category: Crime
Death penalty in child rapes to take effect
Jim Turner, News Service Florida Contributor A new law that could lead to imposing the death penalty on people who rape children under age 12 took effect Sunday, Oct. 1, along with…
Domestic dispute ends in arrest
Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org On Wednesday, Sept. 6, the Live Oak Police Department (LOPD) was sent to Walker Avenue in response to a call from Johnny Lopez regarding his two siblings. Upon arriving…
85-year-old man pulls gun on two people
Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org On Sunday, Sept. 3, Cpl. Justin Stout with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) was dispatched to to 164th Street in McAlpin in reference to two people who felt…
SCSO and SCSD release joint statement on Fentanyl crisis
Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) and Suwannee County School District (SCSD) released a joint statement to combat public fears regarding the fentanyl crisis across…
Gang member arrested three years after shooting during robbery
Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org On March 24, 2020, Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies responded to a call at the Holiday Inn Express on U.S. Highway 129, in Live Oak, in reference to…
Woman arrested for lewd behavior
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org On Saturday, July 29, Aujaree Alopa Esther Rogers was arrested on multiple charges for lewd behavior. Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) was called to Hamilton County Correctional Institution (HCI)…
Burglary and petit theft arrest
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org On the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 2, Corporal Mike Landis with the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to a call reporting a burglary and theft from a residence on…
Arrest made in December 2021 fatal wreck
Danny Federico reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com A Lake City resident was arrested on Monday, July 24, on charges of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence (DUI) for a fatal accident in Hamilton County in…
Hamilton County shooting suspect arrested
Danny Federico reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com A Georgia woman was arrested by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 8:13 p.m. on Saturday, July 22, after deputies responded to a call in reference to a…
Man arrested for drunk driving twice over the legal limit
Christian Peterson: Reporter@riverbendnews.org On Sunday, June 11, Deputy Dustin Wagner was on patrol when he saw a white Dodge pickup truck speeding down Highway 247. Deputy Wagner attempted to stop the vehicle…
Live Oak woman arrested for alcohol substance
Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office Contributor On the evening of Saturday, June 3, Deputy Pete Merola from the Patrol Division of the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report about a…
Live Oak sex offender sentenced to 40 years
Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office Contributor In June of 2021, Larry Marshall Worley of Live Oak, Fla., was arrested after an extensive investigation provided scientific evidence in the form of DNA showing that…
Jasper man arrested for multiple sex crimes
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org On Wednesday, May 24, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to a call for a possible voyeurism incident with Paul Henry Baker Jr. The next day Thursday, May…
Jasper man arrested after high speed chase
Danny Federico reporter3.riverbendnews@gmail.com A Jasper man was arrested on Saturday, May 20, following a high speed chase that occurred on Tuesday, May 16, in Hamilton County. According to the arrest report filed…
O’Brien woman arrested for years of thievery
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org Theresa Gunter Koon was arrested on Tuesday, May 16, for grand theft in the first degree. For years, Koon had been stealing money from her former employer. While working…
Live Oak man arrested for sexual battery of three children
Christian Peterson Reporter@riverbendnews.org0 On Tuesday, March 28, 22-year-old Juan Alberto Pecina, of Live Oak, was booked into the Suwannee County Jail on multiple counts of sexual crimes against minors. According to an…