Arrests, Levy County, Florida, August 15-20, 2022
9150 NE 80th Ave., Bronson, Florida 32621
Michael Dwayne Anderson, 44, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Chiefland Police Department, August 18, charged with stalking - following, harassing or cyberstalking another person; and soliciting, inducing, enticing, or procuring another person to commit prostitution, lewdness, or meet a person in secret ($175,000 bond).
Ashley Avis Batten, 34, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 18, charged with battery ($1,000 bond) and withholding support of child or spouse ($1,270 cash only bond).
Joey Berry, 34, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 15, charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs $30,000 bond).
Jeann Carlos Bosa, 21, of Bronson, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 16, charged with battery, a repeat offense ($40,000 bond), and probation violation (no bond).
Guy Romero Bowers, 26, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 19, on an out of county warrant ($250,000 bond).
Jimmy Ryan Daniel, 43, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Williston Police Department, August 15, charged with trespassing on property - not a structure or conveyance ($5,000 bond).
Stacey Deer, 50, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Chiefland Police Department, August 15, charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked ($2,500 bond).
Harry Wood Dermody, 60, of Macclenny, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 19, charged with simple assault of a law enforcement officer, firefighter or emergency medical services proovider, etc.; and resisting or obstructing an officer without violence ($10,000 bond).
Cuncy Lee Dillards, 31, of Archer, FL, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol, August 16, charged with child neglect without great bodily harm, possession of cocaine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and possession of drug equipment ($121,000 bond). He was also charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana (release on his own recognizance bond).
UPDATED: Ocean Cary Dunn, 24, of Morriston, FL and Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 18, charged with non-premeditated murder during the commission of a felony ($1,000,000 bond). Three other people were also arrested on Levy County, FL warrants on related charges (their names will be revealed later).
On August 14, deputies with the Alachua County Sheriff's Officer (ACSO) arrived at Shands UF Health Emergency Center Kanapaha ("ER"), located at 7405 SW Archer Rd. in Gainesville, FL, due to a man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen being dropped off by two men in a black four-door (Kia) passenger car. The gunshot victim was later pronounced deceased at the ER (his name will not be revealed due to Marsy's Law). After dropping off the gunshot victim at the ER, the Kia passenger car left the area.
Deputies uncovered evidence that included a handprint of one of the men who dropped off the gunshot victim at the ER, which was obtained from the ER door, along with the ER surveillance video. A traffic stop was conducted on the Kia, and the man who left his handprint on the ER door was located at his residence in the Tower Oaks area of Gainesville, FL.
According to a male witness/crime participant, he and his girlfriend had traveled to Levy County, FL, where they'd met with the gunshot victim and another person at the Dollar General store, located at 7090 SW State Road 24 in Cedar Key, FL.
The girlfriend told deputies that she and her boyfriend had picked up the gunshot victim and another man, and she'd driven them to a residence in Cedar Key, FL where the men planned to commit a robbery for drugs and money. She said that she stayed in the car while the three men exited the car, all wearing face masks, to commit the robbery. She said she heard two shots and the three men all came running back to the car, that she then drove to a residence in Chiefland, where they planned to obtain drugs, which is where they allegedly learned that the gunshot victim had been shot, and they then drove him to the ER and dropped him off. She identified Ocean Dunn and his residence from photographs.
The male witness told deputies that Mr. Dunn and another man had been casing a residence, located in the 7000 block of SW 122nd Terrace in Cedar Key, FL, and that he, his girlfriend, another man, and the gunshot victim had gone to the residence to commit a home invasion robbery for drugs and money. He said that entry into the home was made by one of the men (he was armed) kicking in a door, and the gunshot victim (he was also armed) was standing nearby. The witness said, as he (the witness) ran toward his car, he heard two shots being fired. He said that Dunn and the other man, who had both coordinated the robbery, had not gone near the residence because they were worried that the owner would be able to identify them. The witness also told deputies that they transported the gunshot victim to a Chiefland residence and then to the ER in Gainesville, FL. He was able to identify Dunn and his residence from photos shown to him by deputies. He said that the gunshot victim had been taken to Dunn's residence for first aid, prior to his being transported to the ER in Gainesville.
Ocean Dunn and his girlfriend were interviewed at the Chiefland Police Department with Dunn's attorney present. The report stated that Dunn's girlfiend told officers that Dunn had told her that he and several friends were buyng"weed" (marijuana) on August 13, and the following day, he told her, that while buying the weed, a man had been shot and he'd died, that there had been an argument, but he did not provie her with further details, according to the arrest report.
Rebecca Farr, 50, of Morriston, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 15, charged with battery ($25,000 bond).
Leonel Gorostieta, 37, of Ocala, FL, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol, August 19, charged with driving under the influence of alcohol with damage to property, operating a motor vehicle without a valid license, bribery of a public servant, and resisting or obstructing an officer without violence ($10,000 bond).
Michael Joseph Harvey, 52, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 20, charged with probation violation (no bond).
Ronald Kimball, 61, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Chiefland Police Department, August 20, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill ($20,000 bond).
Twila Kramer, 50, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 20, charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill, and battery ($15,000 bond).
Thomas Newell, 72, of Old Town, FL, was arrested by an unspecified agency, August 20, charged with driving under the influenc of alcohol (no bond).
James Thomas Norris, 59, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office (LCSO), August 17, after his release from an area hospital, as the result of a nearly year-long drug investigation. On August 15, deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Norris's vehicle, due to the LCSO having sufficient evidence for his arrest, but rather than stopping, Norris accelerated away from deputies. He ran one deputy's vehicle off the roadway, and several times attempted to swerve into pursuing patrol vehicles, and was finally stopped when he cut off one of the pursuing vehicles and crashed his vehicle, acording to LCSO Lt. Scott Tummond. Norris was transported to a hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. No members of law enforcement were injured during the pursuit. Later that day (August 15), a search warrant was executed at Norris's residence, located south of Chiefland. Officers seized 3 firearms, ammunition, more than a half-pound of methamphetamine - the largest amount of methamphetamine ever seized in Levy County, FL - along with another unspecified prescription controlled substance, and marijuana. He was charged with assault of a law enforcement officer, three counts of possession of a weapon or ammunition by a convicted Florida felon, possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, manufacture or deliver; two counts of sale of methamphetamine, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, keeping a residence or vehicle, etc. to use in the sale of drugs; three counts of trafficking in 14 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession of drug equipment ($1,051,000 bond).
Joseph Pate, 30, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by an unspecified agency, August 15, on an out of county warrant ($200 cash bond).
Anica Marie Peeters, 41, of Trenton, FL, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol, August 16, charged with reckless driving, first offense; child neglect without great bodily harm, and possession of drug equipment ($66,000 bond). She was also charged with probation violation (no bond).
Marvin Perpich, 41, of Williston, FL, was arrested by a probation officer, August 16, charged with probation violation (no bond).
Torrance Tyrone Pitts, 51, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Williston Police Department, August 15, charged with driving while license suspended as an habitual offender ($25,000 bond).
Darius Poitier, 31, of Micanopy, FL, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol, August 16, charged with child beglect without great bodily harm, and possession of cocaine ($70,000 bond). He was also charged with withholding support of children or spouse ($570 cash only bond).
Mary Elizabeth Powers, 58, of Inglis, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 15, charged with driving while license suspended, a repeat offense ($15,000 bond).
Michael Salley, 45, of Chiefland, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 16, charged with domestic battey by strangulation, and child abue without great bodily harm ($225,000 bond).
Barbara Anne Teston, 55, of Bronson, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 17, charged with battery ($10,000 bond).
Andrew James Touvelle, 28, of Bronson, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 19, charged with possession of drug equipment, and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription ($6,000 bond).
Sara Nicole Wright, 38, of Williston, FL, was arrested by the Levy County Sheriff's Office, August 16, charged with two counts of probation violation (no bond).