Arrests, Citrus County, Florida, May 9-15, 2022
ARRESTS AND ARREST UPDATES WILL BE POSTED DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 9-15, 2022, AS INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
Monday, May 9, 2022
Richard Ray Robinett, 60, of Homosassa, FL, was charged with felony aggravated battery using a deadly weapon (no bond).
Adam Shane Pavone, 34, of Lecanto, FL, was charged with illegal possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia ($3,000 bond).
Michael Edward Jewell, 25, of Floral City, FL, was charged with possession of a controlled substance ($2,000 bond).
Corey Joseph Feronti, 46, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with child abuse without causing great bodily harm, and domestic battery (no bond).
Steven James Ernstes, 46, of Crystal River, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge ($2,000 bond).
Matthew Lee Carr, 37, of an unstated location of residence, was arrested on an out of county warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Kevin Douglas Wright, 42, of Crystal River, FL, was arrested on an out of county writ of bodily attachment warrant ($1,570 bond).
Anthony Rodriguez Irizarry, 30, of Haines City, FL, was charged with aggravated battery on a pregnant victim (no bond).
Zoey Swim, 19, of Homosassa, FL, was issued a notice to appear in court citation, charged with retail petit theft of more than $100 but less than $750.
Brenden Michael Taylor Sorrentino, 25, of Inverness, FL, was arrested on an out of county warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control (no bond).
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Jerald Lamar Rainwater, 47, of Hernando, FL, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia ($1,000 bond).
Glenn Alex Atkinson, 55, of Floral City, FL, was arrested on an out of county warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Clayton Wayne Ervin, 21, of Inverness, FL, was charged with violation of misdeemeanor probation or community control (no bond).
Lawrence Daniel Varnes, 63, of Crystal River, FL, was charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, third offense with a precious conviction; attaching a tag to a vehicle not assigned to it, and operating an unregistered vehicle ($3,000 bond).
Sean Michael Kennedy, 18, of Inverness, FL, was charged with driving while license unknowingly suspended or revoked ($500 bond).
Donald Edward Hespeler, 67, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control (no bond).
Steve Cruz, 52, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of an injunction for protection against domestic violence by communicating with the petitioner (no bond).
Asia Nickole Cessna, 27, of Floral City, FL, was charged with three counts of violation of felony probation or community control (unstated bond) and falsely identifying herself or giving a false name to a law enforcement officer ($1,000 bond).
William Joseph Dlugos, 47, of Homosassa, FL, was charged with three counts of burglary to a structure or dwelling with damages over $1,000, four counts of petit theft of $100 or more but less than $750, one count of petit theft of less than $100, eight counts of burglary of an unoccupied structure, five counts of criminal mischief of $200 or more but less than $1,000, two counts of criminal mischief of $1,000 or more, two counts of grand theft of $750 or more but less than $5,000 one count of illegal possession of a controlled substance, and one count of driving with a license expired for longer than six months ($74,000 bond).
Clarissa Jeanelle Brown, 23, of Beverly Hills, FL, was charged with domestic battery (no bond).
Kasie Lynn Craft, 35, of Inverness, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for theft of a motor vehicle, and possession of drug paraphernalia ($3,000 bond).
Joseph Lynn Tate, 31, of Inverness, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for theft of a motor vehicle, and driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, third offense with a previous conviction ($4,000 bond).
UPDATED: Javier Reyes Cruz, 41, of Hernando, FL, was charged with child abuse without causing great bodily harm, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill (no bond). He was also arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control ($455 bond).
The Citrus County Sheriff's Office was symmoned to a Citrus County residence, where a woman told deputies that Mr. Reyes had cut her juvenile child's face with a knife. She said, while she was at work, she'd received several calls from Reyes, who was very loud on the phone, telling her she needed to get her child out of the residece before he kills him/her, that he'd already cut her child once. (The child will be referred to with the non-gender pronouns zir, they, them or their, etc.) The woman told deputies, when she arrived home, Reyes said to her in a profance manner, to look at her child and see what he'd done to them. She said, while she cleaned her child's wound and tried to find out what had happened, Reyes went into the kitchen and grabbed a knife, then came into the room where she and her child were, and grabbed her child's face. She said she was able to take the knife from Reyes before he could harm her child again. She said Reyes then went into another room and advised everyone in the residence, that if anyone disturbed him, he would kill them all.
The juvenile victim told a deputy that zir was in the living room, playing a game on their Xbox, when Reyes began yelling at zir for not studying. Zir said that Reyes then grabbed zir by their shirt, ripping it, while pulling zir into zir's bedroom. Zir said that Reyes went into the kichen, obtained a large kichen knife, then walked toward zir, stating, "I'm going to kill you." The child told the deputy that they grabbed a school book and covered their stomach area with in, in fear. The victim stated that Reyes continued to yell, "I'm going to kill you," while stabbing the book several times, and with the sharp knife blade facing the child's cheek, Reyes then hit the child with the blade, which caused a laceration down the victim's cheek.
The deputy reported that the victim's shirt was ripped, and the victim also had a laceration to their left cheek, there was blood on the victim's shirt, on the floor and on the school book, which also has small puncture marks to its back cover. The deputy also located a large black-handled, stainless steel knife in the kitchen sink, wet from apparently being washed, that the victim identified as the knife Reyes used to cut their cheek.
Reyes, who does not speak English, was interviewed by a Spanish-speaking deputy. He allegedly told the deputy that he'd been arguing with the child for approximately a month about the victim's poor study habits, but he denied that he'd stabbed the victim's book or retrieved a second knife to harm the victim with.
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
James Freeman Wall, 39, of Lecanto, FL, was charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, third offense with a previous conviction; resisting an officer without violence, and fleeing from a law enforcement officer in pursuit in a marked vehicle with lights and sirens activated while speeding and in disregard of safety ($4,000 bond). He was also charged with violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Michael Boyd Glancy, 42, of Leesburg, FL, was arrested on an out of county warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Ryan Lee Ritter, 42, of Floral City, FL, was charged with illegal possession of a controlled substance, trafficking in methamphetamine, and possession of drug paraphernalia ($53,000 bond). He was also charged with two counts of violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Loi Maylene Wiley, 21, of Floral City, FL, was charged with illegal possession of a controlled substance, and possession of drug paraphernalia ($3,000 bond).
Marvin Clay James, 72, of Inverness, FL, was charged with falsely identifying himself or giving a false name to law enforcement officer with harm to another person, driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, and attaching a tag to vehicle not assigned to it ($6,000 bond).
James Monroe Ewing, 46, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Lori Ann Corbin, 60, of Lecanto, FL, was charged with criminal mischief of $200 or more but less than $1,000 (unstated bond).
William Lee Gamble, 44, of Inverness, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for two counts of violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Sarah Elizabeth Cleversey, 23, of Leesburg, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control ($900 bond).
Michael Steven Miller, 29, of Port Richey, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a felony charge (no bond).
Chance Tyler Smithie, 20, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with misdemeanor battery ($1,000 bond).
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Erick Michael Santiago, 28, of Homosassa, FL, was charged with possession of cannabis less than 20 grams, and possession of drug paraphernalia ($2,000 bond).
Jason Dion Munn, 48, of Floral City, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for two counts of animal cruelty (no bond). The arrest is the result of an investigation that began on April 1, 2022, due to violations of Citrus County, FL animal care ordinances for a large number of dogs he was breeding and selling on his properties, located at 6991 and 7033 E. Shadywood Ct. in Floral City. At that time, Munn surrendered 14 dogs to the Citrus County Animal Shelter, 3 in such poor condition, he was arrested, April 18, on 3 counts of aggravated animal cruelty. On April 20, the remains of 2 deceased dogs were located under a tarp on Munn's property (the reason for Munn's current warrant arrest), along with 56 dogs and 28 reptiles living in deplorable conditions, which were seized. Munn also relocated 65 dogs to Iowa, that were seized by the Iowa Animal Rescue League in Des Moines, Iowa, due to their poor health conditions. On May 3, Munn was located and placed under arrest by the Saguache County (Colorado) Sheriff's Office, with the assistance of the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force.
Aaliyah Joanna Sheehan, 20, of Inverness, FL, was issued a notice to appear in court citation at 11:50 am, charged with retail petit theft of $100 or less.
Abigail Nicole Powers, 18, of Beverly Hills, FL, was issued a notice to appear in court citation at 11:50 am, charged with retail petit theft of $100 or less.
Tony Lee Roller, 55, of Crystal River, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge ($500 bond).
Geraldine Winona Moore, 19, of Hernando, FL, was charged with being an accessory before or after the fact of the commission of a felony ($10,000 bond).
Christina Marie Woody, 37, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control (no bond).
Cody Michael Blasberg, 27, of Inverness, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge (no bond).
David Robert Andrus, 41, of Fruitland Park, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a felony charge (no bond).
Jessica Ann Winters, 33, of Beverly Hills, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for possession of drug paraphernalia ($1,000 bond).
Allen Naszkiewicz, 23, of Hernando, FL, was charged with domestic battery (no bond) and possession of drug paraphernalia ($1,000 bond).
Carolyn Ramirez, 30, of Brooksville, FL, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance ($4,000 bond).
Brendon Lee Morrill, 22, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond).
Bryant Forrest Fausnaught, 31, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with domestic battery (no bond).
Robert Andrew Nance, 29, of Homosassa, FL, was charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, third offense with a previous conviction ($5,000 bond) and operating an unregistered vehicle ($500 bond).
Friday, May 13, 2022
Daniel Paul Ott, 49, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge ($500 bond).
UPDATED: Sarah Jean Picklo, 29, of Lake Panasoffkee, FL, was charged with theft of a motor vehicle ($5,000 bond). The victim reported that his gray Chevrolet passenger car had been stolen from his residence while he was at work, and the only person he allowed to drive his vehicle was a friend. The vehicle had a tracking device that showed that the vehicle was at a residence, located in the 6000 block of W. Star Court in Homosassa, FL. A deputy arrived at the residence and located both the vehicle and Ms. Picklo, who told the deputy that she is acquainted with the vehicle's owner and his friend, and she'd asked the owner's friend for permission to drive the vehicle when she was at the victim's residence, earlier in the day, when she'd grabbed the vehicle keys from a hook at the residence. Ms. Picko told the deputy that she'd texted the victim's friend, asking for permission to take the car. The deputy reported that the text message stated, "can I shower and slide over there, ill have him take me to Walmart."
Teresa Mary Smith, 62 of Homosassa, FL, was charged with driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level of 0.15 or greater and a passenger under the age of 18 ($1,000 bond).
Nathan Keith Bryant, 34, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with breach of peace, and resisting an officer without violence ($1,500 bond).
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Kevin Gerod Williams, 35, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with trespassing after warning ($1,000 bond).
Donald Earl Barber, 58, of Lecanto, FL, was arrested on a Citrus County, FL warrant for violation of misdemeanor probation or community control (no bond).
UPDATED: Brian E. Edwards, 46, of Beverly Hills, FL, was charged with animal cruelty ($2,000 bond). Mr. Edwards is accused of kicking a dog, several times, because he was angry, according to a witness, that another person had brought several dogs inside the residence due to it being hot outside. The arrest report stated that the witness had made a video recording of the incident, which showed the dog in a corner, being kicked by Mr Edwards, several times, and the dog crying out and attempting to bite Mr. Edwards in self defense. A deputy reported that Mr. Edwards smelled strongly of alcohol, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Jamie Lynn Brown, 45, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on an out of county warrant for violation of felony probation or community control (no bond) and illegal possession of a controlled substance ($2,000 bond).
Frank Martin Smith, 56, of Inverness, Florida, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs ($1,000 bond).
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Dave Erick Roman, 53, of Dunnellon, FL, was charged with resisting an officer without violence, operating a vehicle without a valid driver's license, and fleeing from or eluding a law enforcement officer in a marked vehicle with activated lights and sirens ($3,500 bond).
Andrew Joshua Brandt, 32, of Beverly Hills, FL, was charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, etc. ($1,500 bond).
Dalton Keith Edmonds, 26, of Homosassa, FL, was arrested on an out of county warrant for illegal possession of a controlled substance, operating an unregistered vehicle, and possession of drug paraphernalia (no bond).
Destiny Pearl Postlethwaite, 28, of Beverly Hills, FL, was charged with driving while license knowingly suspended or revoked, third offense with a previous conviction ($5,000 bond).
Ashley Jerome Oliver Santiago, 37, of Beverly Hills, FL, was charged with felony domestic battery by strangulation (no bond).
UPDATED: Joshua Alan Vandermark, 36, of Inglis, FL, was charged with domestic battery, and preventing communication regarding an offense to law enforcement (no bond). After an alleged outing to a bar, Mr. Vandermark is accused of going to an Inglis residence, becomng irate, kicking over a dog bowl and punching a pantry door, and when a person at the residence threatened to call law enforcement, he allegedly chased after the victim, who told a deputy that she believed the door may have hit him when he ran after her, and he then pushed her against a porch railing, which left a small laceration to the victim's left arm, according to the arrest report. While the victim was attempting to dial 911, the report stated, Vandermark allegedly grabbed the victim's cell phone, placed it on a concrete slab and smashed it with his foot. He then allegedly picked up a wooden baby gate and struck the victim's vehicle, and then pushed the victim with the baby gate. He's also accused of pushing a second victim against the vehicle and striking her, numerous times to her face, which caused redness and swelling to the victim's left eye, according to the report. Both victims said that Vandermark then yelled for someone to get him another drink. Vandermark told a deputy that he'd not hit or pushed either of the victims, and he also claimed that the victims had taken his phone, alhough his phone was located on his person.