Habitual traffic offender stopped with license revoked since 2009
A Leesburg man was arrested after being stopped for driving with a license that had been revoked since 2009. An officer saw 47-year-old Theodore Lamar McNealy driving a dark passenger vehicle without its front headlights and taillights on around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, according to an arrest report from the...
New Ocala Community Coming Soon
A new Ocala community is coming soon from Century Complete. Century Communities, Inc. announced that their Century Complete brand will soon be offering new homes from the $300s at Sable Run, a charming new community in fast-growing Ocala, about 36 miles from Gainesville. Offering two modern, single-story floor plans,...
40-acre wildfire impacting I-75, Marion County roadways this morning
A wildfire that has closed part of a roadway in Marion County on Friday morning is producing smoke that may affect travel on several local roadways and Interstate 75 today. FHP issued a motorist advisory just before 5 a.m. this morning about an active wildfire in the area of NW Gainesville Road and NW 89th Place,...
Pair arrested after police see suspicious smoking devices thrown from car
A Lakeland woman and a Davenport man were arrested on drug charges when officers saw smoking devices get thrown from their car window. Officers observed a white Honda passenger car, occupied by 47-year-old Fidjia Rose Concepcion-Medina and 59-year-old Juvenil Rodrigues-Cardoso, headed north on County Road 468 around...
As Manatee targets illegal casinos, other counties’ crackdowns paid off
Marion County was riddled with storefront gambling dens — until it passed a local ordinance in 2021 that gave deputies more power to shut them down. Within months, the slot-machine parlors vanished. Sumter County saw similar results after adopting its own rules that same year. The 13 gambling businesses...
New Yorker taken to hospital by ambulance after crashing golf cart in The Villages
A New Yorker blamed “travel-related stress” after crashing a golf cart in The Villages. Joseph Anthony Fasano, 62, of Franklin Square, N.Y., was driving a red 2021 Yamaha golf cart at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of Buena Vista Boulevard and Bailey Trail, according to an arrest report from the Sumter...
Hit-and-run suspect with bogus story nabbed at recreation center
A hit-and-run suspect with a bogus story was arrested at a recreation center in The Villages. A woman driving a red Mini Cooper was involved in a crash at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with a black Mercury Milan at the intersection of U.S. 301 and County Road 466, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County...
Rabies alert issued for Marion County after raccoon tests positive
ANTHONY, Fla. (WCJB) - The Florida Department of Health has issued a rabies alert for Marion County after a raccoon tested positive for the deadly virus over the weekend. Health department officials say the rabid raccoon was found in the area of Anthony off Northeast 70th Street. State health officials...
42-year-old resident of The Villages arrested in theft of Lego set
A 42-year-old resident of The Villages was arrested in the theft of a Lego set at Walmart at Buffalo Ridge Plaza in The Villages. Nicholas Cantele, who lives in the Paige Villas in the Village of Sanibel, was at the store at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when he headed for the self-checkout lane, according to an arrest...
Wanted man caught with meth and burnt foil in his underwear
A Wildwood man was arrested on drug charges when officers found burnt foil at his feet and in his underwear during a traffic stop. An officer observed a pickup truck, occupied by 30-year-old Edward Anthony Fuchs, traveling south on U.S. Hwy. 27/441 around 2:15 a.m. Saturday, according to an arrest report from the...
