Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) received a call for service, where a video was provided showing a six-month-old infant being kicked multiple times by…
Category: Crime
Shooter killed by FHP trooper at Live Oak Busy Bee
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Tuesday, Feb. 7, between 4:45 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) responded to a shooting at the diesel pumps at the Live Oak Busy Bee. A…
Hamilton County man arrested for public indecency
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Feb. 2, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Deputy Jason Herrera was dispatched to an incident involving 18-year-old Javarius Whetstone, who was reportedly standing in the middle of…
White Springs man arrested for Lake City burglary
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Monday, Jan. 23, at approximately 2:35 a.m., the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) responded to Tustenuggee Road in Lake City, Fla., in reference to a possible burglary in…
McAlpin man arrested for Lake City burglaries
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Feb. 2, at 5:23 p.m., the Lake City Police Department (LCPD) responded to Murphy USA, located at 2659 W US Hwy 90, in Lake City, regarding a…
Live Oak thrift store employee gets violent over broken furniture
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Friday, Jan. 20, at approximately 4:30 p.m., the Live Oak Police Department (LOPD) responded to Second Chance Thrift Store in reference to a disturbance. Upon arrival, LOPD contacted…
Woman charged for 2018 White Springs stabbing
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org In October 2022, Shaquila Dakwan Walters Robinson, 45, of Arkansas was sentenced to five years in prison for criminal mischief and battery in Drew County. On Jan. 24, 2022,…
Woman arrested during Suwannee Middle School altercation
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Tuesday, Jan. 17, at about 12:30 p.m., School Resource Deputy (SRD) Rick Collins responded to a fight in progress near the Silas Drive exit gate at Suwannee Middle…
Live Oak man arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting child
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Tuesday, Jan. 3, at approximately 10:42 a.m., the Live Oak Police Department (LOPD) received a telephone call from a woman in reference to a delayed sexual battery. According…
Hamilton Correctional Institution employee arrested for smuggling narcotics
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org According to a Florida Department of Corrections Office of Inspector General report, a Hamilton Correctional Institution (HCI) employee, thirty-nine-year-old Jamie Lynn Smith of Lake Park, Ga., was arrested Friday,…
Jasper resident dead in drug deal gone wrong
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Sunday, Jan. 1, at 9:51 p.m., the Jasper Police Department (JPD) responded to a call at a residence on Martin Luther King Drive. The JPD reports states the…
Jasper man charged with premeditated murder
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Dec. 29, at 11:13 a.m., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to an apparent shooting at Mama’s Burgers, in Jasper. According to a report from the…
Wellborn man arrested for child molestation
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, an 11-year-old girl reported to the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) she had been molested when she was five or six years of age…
One dead in Hamilton County shooting
Grace McAlister Reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Dec. 29, around 11 a.m., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to an apparent shooting at Mama’s Burgers in Jasper. According to Hamilton County Sheriff J….
Collin Ruth found with 32 videos of child pornography
Christian Peterson reporter@riverbendnews.org On Thursday, Dec. 8 Collin Michael-Allen Adams Ruth of Mayo, was arrested on 32 counts of child pornography and on unlawful use of a two-way communication device. Roughly two…
Live Oak robbery suspect apprehended
Grace McAlister reporter1@riverbendnews.org Monte Deaundre Ellis, a 21-year-old Live Oak resident, was wanted by the Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) in connection to several armed robberies that occurred Sunday, Dec. 4 in…
Jasper man attempts to hit ex-partner with semi
Grace McAlister reporter1@riverbendnews.org On Saturday, Dec. 11, the Jasper Police Department (JPD) was dispatched to Sun Stop #349 on US 129 in Jasper, in reference to a man attempting to hit the…