Marion County

The Marion County Sheriff's Office responded to 24900 N.E. 133rd Street, Salt Springs on Wednesday regarding shots being fired. At the scene, the victim told deputies Stanley A. Kaniewski, 72, of Salt Springs fired shots with a handgun. The victim said Kaniewski was angry about a 16-year-old playing his music loudly. "He came out of his house and began yelling obscenities and threatening to kill him, if he did not turn the music down," the report reads.

Darren L. Hagerman, 25, and Jessica L. Huggard, 22, both of Citra are in the Marion County Jail facing charges of burglary and grand theft. At around 11:30 p.m., Thursday, May 9, 2013, a deputy saw a blue Ford van pulling away from NW 68th Avenue and turned onto Highway 40 in Ocala. The deputy thought this was unusual because there are multiple factories in that area and most of traffic is 18-wheelers at that time of night.

Jonathan David Monteith, 25, of Ocala has been charged with having sex with a juvenile. Detectives interviewed the victim who said the sexual contact happened inside Monteith’s home. The juvenile told detectives another juvenile, along with Monteith, were smoking marijuana and listening to music.

John Heatherly, 53, of Summerfield was arrested after he made a threat to blow up the McDonald’s Restaurant at 17890 South Highway 441, Summerfield on Monday.

Marion County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred at 17025 SE 249 Terrance in Umatilla, FL. A verbal altercation started between Brandon Wayne Simmons and Lamar Lee Maddox, when Maddox pulled out an unknown caliber handgun and shot Simmons several times.

A Savannah man wanted for Murder by the Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police Department was arrested in Ocala, Florida by the United States Marshals Service Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force on May 1, 2013.

This Saturday, April 27th, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Ocala Police Department and in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), will participate in the National Pill Take Back Day. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a uniformed officer will be stationed at the following “no questions asked” collection sites:

Marion County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Detectives arrested 46-year-old Mac Vernel Sessler, charging him with two felonies. Deputies contacted Major Crimes around midnight Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in reference to ongoing sex crimes.

Israel Zachariah Smith, 21, and Bruce E. Dutton, 40, both of Belleview, are in the Marion County Jail facing trafficking methamphetamine charges.

Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team and the MCSO Fugitive Apprehension Unit worked together to bring closure to a Prescription Fraud case in Marion County. On July 27, 2012, information was received by Unified Drug Enforcement Strike Team Agent M. Moore regarding the activities of Dorothy Dianne Smith, age 46, who was reportedly filling fraudulent prescriptions in Marion County.

Members of the Fugitive Apprehension Unit arrested Denise Diane Trzeciak, 46, of Ocala on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Trzeciak is the last suspect captured from “Operation Blue Forest.”

Kelvin Lee Coleman Jr., 37, of Ocala, was indicted by Grand Jury for two counts of Murder in the First Degree and one count of Attempted Murder in the First Degree.