A persistent panhandler has been arrested at a church in The Villages.
Donyell Annata Brown, 43, who is homeless, was at St. Timothy Catholic Church at about 8:30 a.m. Thursday causing a disturbance, according to an arrest report from the Lady Lake Police Department. She had been panhandling.
Brown had been warned by church staff not to disturb the parishioners, but Brown continued to return to the church.
Police had been called to the church several times due to Brown’s persistent panhandling. She had been issued a formal trespass warning and was ordered not to return to church property…