THIS YOUNG MAN LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY

 

16-YEAR-OLD ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY OF DOLLAR GENERAL STORE CUSTOMER


Marion County, Florida (November 29, 2016)- On Monday, November 28, 2016, Marion County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes detectives arrested 16-year-old Travis Charles Sharpin (DOB: 11/09/2000) for attempting to rob a customer at gunpoint as the customer exited the Dollar General store located at 15090 South US Highway 441 on the evening of November 8th. Deputies immediately interrupted Sharpin when a confrontation occurred and Sharpin fled on foot. A MCSO K9 then followed a track that lead directly to Sharpin’s residence. Sharpin was unable to be located that night, but he left his brown and gray bicycle behind at the scene.

Sharpin was arrested the next day for separate incidents to include a strong armed robbery and several armed residential burglaries. During a search warrant of his residence, detectives found numerous stolen firearms, suspicious masks, and holsters in his bedroom. Family members and neighbors also identified the bicycle found at the scene of the attempted armed robbery as Sharpin’s bicycle. Additionally, Sharpin was positively identified by the attempted robbery victim as the suspect during a photo-lineup. 

Sharpin has been arrested and charged with felony Attempted Armed Robbery and is being held in the Marion County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Detention Center.

 — with Belinda Davis.

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Marion County Sheriff's Office with Linda Payne Mitchell.

November 18 at 12:56pm ·

PICTURED: MCSO Corporal Michael Mitchell's injuries before treatment.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

ARRESTED: Ryan Malloy (DOB:10/97/1991)
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
On Friday, November 11th, MCSO Corporals Philip Minton and Michael Mitchell responded to 19400 SE Highway 42 in reference to the man threatening his neighbors. When they got on scene, defendant Ryan Malloy (DOB:10/97/1991) threatened to kill deputies. Deputies stood in the door way ordering Malloy to come outside, at which time Malloy began to charge at them. Corporal Minton deployed his taser on Malloy, but the taser had no effect. As Malloy began to run back into the residence, deputies confronted Malloy and both deputies were struck in the facial area by Malloy. Malloy became compliant once he was secured in handcuffs. Malloy was arrested and charged with Aggravated Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer, Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer and Resisting an Officer with Violence. 

Corporal Minton received only minor injuries, but Corporal Mitchell received a laceration above his left eye, which required 9 stitches. Corporal Mitchell will make a full recovery.
This is just one example of the dangers that our law enforcement officers face when they come to work each and every day. The men and women of the Marion County Sheriff's Office sometimes have to put themselves in harms way in order to keep the peace and protect our citizens. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Theft

11/20/2016 05:10 PM

16300 BLK SE 83RD AVE, OCALA, 34491, FL
GRAND THEFT 5K LESS THAN 10K DOLS
Case number: 16038546.

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Theft - 163XX BLK SE 83RD AVE, OCALA, 34491, FL

GRAND THEFT 5K LESS THAN 10K DOLS

16300 BLK SE 83RD AVE, Ocala, FL 34491 US

 

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

IT'S A GO!!!

Hello, neighbors!

After meeting with New Bethel Church on 157th tonight,

they have willingly agreed to host our community meetings.

This was after submitting written information about the program

and making a verbal presentation to their board.

What we have in mind as the organizer, is to try and
schedule at least three meetings that will take place

on the 2nd, third or fourth Saturday of any month

starting in December with the first gathering that

will be a "Meet and Greet" with every one bringing

their own snacks and non alcoholic beverages, a

"Christmas Neighborhood Cheer" get together.

The Saturday can be scheduled with the majority

of neighbors providing their preferred date.

These meetings do not have to be monthly, but

will be scheduled per committed neighbors.

What we need is a commitment of at least 25 to 30

neighbors in order to organize a gathering.  The second

meeting will be to invite The Marion County Sherriff Dept

and the third will be open to anyone who would like to

provide a short presentation about a business or

community service they are doing or would like to do.

All get-togethers will be enjoyable, casual and

include everyone, and will not be a town meeting.

There are no officers, directors, membership or dues,

and no speeches or reports. Just neighbors being friendly.

We hope to have fun and laugh a WHOLE LOT!!!

There will be a chance for anyone to express any

concerns and get everyone's suggestions and opinions.

We are not associated with The Home Owners Association

and we ask that this not be a recruitment meeting for them.

They have their own monthly meetings and agenda and

we ask that concerns about them or from any of the

members who come be reserved and addressed to them.

We are open to ALL community residents, and we ask

that this one request be followed. We could not meet at

The Clubhouse because we do not have any monetary

means to rent the facility, which is $130 to non members-

$100 to members with a $50 deposit in case of cleaning.

These are all our ideas to get started and we welcome

any and all suggestions and responses. So, what we need

now is a confirmation from all you wonderful neighbors

who have supported us in our effort to bring our

community together for a common goal of awareness

and hospitality. We now have 185 neighbors on our

outreach list, increasing every day. We plan on getting

back out into our community soon.

We are very grateful to:

New Bethel Church at Orange Blossom Hills for their

hospitality to our community.

Thank you so much for being a good neighbor!

Janet LaCroix

spokesperson/organizer

      

       Taken from The Villages News.com

         

GREAT NEWS OBH NEIGHBORS!

We are already seeing some wonderful things happening in our Marion County Sheriff Department with the new administration coming and the election of sheriff  Billy Woods.They are hiring 20 deputies according to The Marion County Sheriff Department facebook page.

 

ALSO, below is an incredible opportunity for us to engage with the Department. OBH Community Awareness Program Organizer will be attending these classes. They are right at The Mulberry Rec Center starting Jan 24th, very close for us! For anyone who cannot attend, we will be forwarded pertinent information learned. There is no fee or homework for these classes.

Emory Schley: See local government from the inside

MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE·WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Marion County Sheriff's Citizens Academy teaches citizens, you and me, about all the enormous work that goes on behind the scenes in law enforcement and related fields.

Government is a huge, largely unwieldy operation that affects our lives daily. It spreads all across our society and extends its tentacles into just about everything we do: health care, traffic safety, what you can do and what you cannot do with your property, what you can sell or buy, who gets or does not get governmental relief. It's an endless list.

But one of the biggest services local government provides is protection of its citizens through law enforcement. That one facet, in itself, is monstrously complicated and involves thousands of individuals from the janitor all the way up to the very top.

Trying to figure out our place in such a mammoth operation is almost enough to cause severe headaches and depression. However, there is ONE program out there — and freely available to all — that makes a valiant attempt at defining where we all fit into the system and how the system works to serve us. The program is called the Marion County Sheriff’s Citizens Academy, and it teaches citizens, you and me, about all the enormous work that goes on behind the scenes in law enforcement and related fields.

Meetings are once a week during the 13-week course, which obviously requires a considerable investment of your time. But being as Dearly Beloved and I participated in a Citizens’ Academy earlier this year, I can assure you the time you spend in that course is worth every golden moment.

There is a lot to be learned, and many insights to be gained by attending. You’ll spend time in the classroom, go to the Inmate Work Farm on Maricamp Road, visit the jail and its various facilities, even go to the courthouse and get to see the courtroom from the judge’s point of view. You will also see how prisoners are securely taken to the courtroom and get a view of the situation from their unenviable position. It’s all quite enlightening!

I HIGHLY recommend this course.

There will be two classes starting in January, one on Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at The Villages Mulberry Recreation Center starting Jan. 24; the other at Master the Possibilities in On Top of the World on Thursday mornings 9 to 11:30 a.m. starting Jan. 26. Registration for the OTOW class is open to everyone but must be done through Master the Possibilities. Call 854-3699 or go to MasterThePossibilities.com.

Both courses run for 13 weeks. It’s kind of like being in school again, but without the tests, the fees or the homework.

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To apply, visit the MCSO website at www.marionso.com and fill out an application. For more information, contact Volunteer Coordinator Kassi Reidt at kreidt@marionso.com or call her at 369-6849. Her cell phone number is 816-5169. Kassi is a delightful young lady who watches over her brood of students like a Mother Hen. You’ll love her. GUARANTEED!

And of course, you can tell her Emory sent you!

Sonic robbery Update

11/12/2016 06:16 PM

17900 BLK S US HIGHWAY 441, OCALA, 34491, FL
RESIST OFFICER-OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE
Case number: 16037673.
Arrest - 179XX BLK S US HIGHWAY 441, OCALA, 34491, FL

RESIST OFFICER-OBSTRUCT WO VIOLENCE

17900 BLK S US HIGHWAY 441, Ocala, FL 34491 US  View Source

SUSPECT APPREHENDED AFTER COMMITTING DOLLAR GENERAL ARMED ROBBERY

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on November 7, 2016, two armed robbery suspects entered the Dollar General store located at 19998 North Highway 441 in McIntosh. The robbers, who were wearing dark clothing, masks and armed with handguns, demanded money from two store employees and threatened to kill them if they did not cooperate with their demands. After the two suspects stole an undetermined amount of cash from the store they bound the employees’ hands and feet with duct tape and took one of the victim’s cell phone so they could not call for help. Several minutes later, Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputies arrived on scene. A MCSO K9 developed a track in a north westerly direction from the business and located a black duffle bag filled with money. Shortly after, deputies located a vehicle parked on the shoulder of the road approximately 300 yards away from the crime scene with a naked man in the front seat, later identified as defendant Traquail Lamont Fort (DOB: 07/17/1997). 

Deputies noted that Fort was sweating profusely and had vomited on himself. The clothing observed in Fort’s car, along with a camouflage mask and gloves that were found near his vehicle, matched the description of the clothing worn by one of the armed robbery suspects at the Dollar General Store. Fort has been charged with Robbery with a Firearm, two counts of Kidnapping-False Imprisonment, Possession of a Weapon by a Florida Delinquent and Tampering with or Harassing a Witness. He is currently being held in the Marion County Jail with no bond.

The other armed robbery suspect in this case is still at large.

MCSO Major Crimes detectives are in the preliminary stages of their follow-up investigation in regards to whether this robbery may be related to any of the other recent robberies in Marion County. 

If anyone has any information on the location/identity of the second suspect or any of the other armed robbery investigations, please call Detective Bradley Bartlett at 352-438-5932 or to remain anonymous, call the Crime Stoppers of Marion County at 352-368-STOP.

Sunday, November 13, 2016

Good Sunday evening, neighbors!

Just an update on our very own Orange Blossom Hills Coyotes.

A neighbor on SE 89th Ct was out in their garage at night and

low and behold a coyote whizzed on by!

We have found various unsightly debris that obviously did not

come from any neighbors' large dog. Also, on our lawn a not

very good account of an animal that got sick and decided to

leave it for us in the morning!!  So, we have purchased "wolf urine",

soaked it in wool fleece strips and nailed it to trees on our property

so the coyotes will not want our precious little Chihuahuas

for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

PS If you want to try this method of warding off our friendly

     coyote population from getting your pets, be prepared,

     the stuff "STINKS!"

Our coyote population can be heard howling frequently at night

                     Especially when there are sirens

 

 

Genisis 1:24

And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.

 

 

RESIDENT REPORTS:

   November 10, 2016

Deputies charge 2 teens with burglary, gun theft

Sheriff's deputies early Thursday charged two teens with breaking into a home and stealing guns.

One of the teens also was charged with robbery and battery after, deputies reported, he punched a boy in the head several times and stole a bicycle. According to deputies, two boys, one of them with a bicycle, were on Sunset Harbor Road when they were approached by a 16-year-old boy who wanted the bicycle. When told no, the 16-year-old repeatedly punched one of the boys and took the bicycle. While deputies were investigating the bicycle theft, they were told about a burglary in the 8600 block of Southeast 159th Lane. They later learned the 16-year-old who stole the bike and another 16-year-old boy were involved in the burglary. Authorities found both teens and recovered two guns stolen from the home in one of their' book bags, according to the report.  The suspects' names are being withheld due to their ages.

OBH Awareness Program Update

LATEST NEWS: Another car theft in our community yesterday. There is a map below of the vacinity

LOST DOG

We have a lost dog at our house. From a scan of the micro chip we have the owners last name (Clark) and phone 352-396-8539. we have left a message. The Marion ctyshelter is closed today. Dogs name is Peaches. Do you know the person? May belong tosomeone in the area?                     

Jim Mazza  352-693-2881

 

 

Crime

Date

Address

Link

A

Theft

11/10/16 08:30 AM

16400 BLK SW 84TH TER

Details

C

Theft

11/10/16 04:21 AM

17900 BLK S US HIGHWAY 441

Details

For more info, goto http://spotcrime.com

 

Welcome, Neighbor!!

RESIDENT REPORTS: November 10, 2016

To date,

There were helicopters circling our community

election night as well as ground searches.

There was a robbery at The Dollar Store on 441.

There have been a series of robberies at Dollar Stores

in Marion County. One robbery can be view on

The Marion County Sherriff Department facebook page.

There is a group of coyotes living on a farm

behind 155th St, also stray cats and peacocks.

There are also coyotes seen in the field on 157th

and a VERY LARGE HAWK in the vicinity of SE 89th Ct

and 157th, this hawk flew directly into our cars, twice.

Smaller hawks are seen and will attack small pets.

No news after the all car break ins in October.

We are meeting with New Bethel Church next Wednesday

to present a request for them to host meetings as

a service to our community.

There is a new sheriff, Billy Woods elected and we are hoping to establish a relationship with him to address the crime in our neighborhood. The Sheriff Department is

willing to make a presentation when we have a meeting.

We check crime reports via this link:

www.mylocalcrime.com