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Melinda Blankenship of St. Augustine and Alicia Metcalf of Green Cove Springs were charged with stealing clothing valued at more than $600.

A security guard reported seeing the women hiding articles of clothing under their children who were sitting in a shopping cart and hiding clothes in a diaper bag.The state was also contacted because the incident occurred in the presence of children.

30-year-old Metcalf is a registered convicted felon and her bond is set at $5,000. She remains in the Clay County Jail. 22-year-old Blankenship also remains in jail held on a $750 bond.

Thefts:
On 07/03/08 money and vended items were stolen from a vending machine next to the club house on Marsh Hawk Lane in Orange Park.  Forced entry was made by prying open the vending machine door.
 
On 07/03/08 Copper items were stolen from an AT&T tower site on Blanding Boulevard in Orange Park.
 
On 07/03/08 a bicycle was stolen from the yard at a residence on Backwoods Drive in Middleburg.
 
On 07/04/08 the air conditioner unit was stolen from a vacant residence on Marsh Rabbit Way (PACE ISLAND) In Orange Park.
 
On 07/06/08 a wallet left unattended at the Mariners Wharf apartments swimming pool on Crossing Boulevard in Orange Park was stolen.

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Thefts:
On 06/30/08 a bicycle was stolen from the yard of a residence on North Fork Road in Green Cove Springs.

On 07/02/08 Power yard tools were stolen from an unlocked shed at a residence on Louie Carter Road in Maxville.

On 07/03/08 the irrigation back flow preventer in front of a business on Wells Road in Orange Park was cut from the PVC pipe and stolen.

On 07/03/08 a mail box was stolen from a residence on Ridgefield Court (FOXRIDGE) in Orange Park.

On 07/03/08 the Florida tag was stolen from a vehicle parked at a residence on Robert King Road in Middleburg.

On 07/03/08 a mountain bike leaning up against the garage door at a residence on Moosehead Drive (CANNONS POINT) in Orange Park was stolen.

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A pair of Japanese macaque cuddle up at the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens in Milwaukee, Wisc., in 2006. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is looking for a similar macaque that was spotted in OakLeaf Plantation.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is seeking the public’s help to find a primate that has been sighted several times in the Eagle Landing subdivision of OakLeaf Plantation.

The monkey, believed to be a Japanese macaque, has been seen on Castle Oaks Court. State investigators received information and photos of the animal recently, said a Fish and Wildlife Commission statement.

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What I've posted below are the list of recent crimes, sent out by the Clay County Sheriff's Office to their Sharing Tree e-mail list.

Let me know if you find this information useful. If so, I will continue posting this list in the blogs as I get them in.

-Jonathan

Armed Robbery:
On 06/30/08 around 12:00 noon an armed robbery occurred at the Bank of America on Blanding Boulevard and Wells Road in Orange Park. A teller was passed a note by a white possibly Hispanic male that demanded money. The suspect grabbed the money exited the bank and left the area in an unknown direction.

Orange Park resident Robert G. Powell has frequently played the Florida LOTTO, using a combination of his birthday and his wife’s birthday.

On June 25, that combination of numbers — 07 09 21 22 44 47 — paid off in a big way as his was the only winning ticket in a $12 million payoff.

Powell claimed his prize in Tallahassee today, choosing a lump sum payout of $6,713,200. He purchased his ticket at the Kangaree Express at 1890 Kingsley Ave. in Orange Park. The retailer received a bonus of $25,000 for selling the jackpot-winning ticket.

Clay County police are on the lookout for a man who robbed the Bank of America branch at 29 Blanding Blvd. in Orange Park around noon today.

The man was white, in his 40s, about 200 pounds, 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-9, with brown hair and mustache. He was wearing glasses with black frames, said a Clay County Sheriff’s Office statement.

The man presented a bank teller a note indicating he wanted money and had a gun, but no gun was displayed or seen, the statement said. The teller gave him and money and he fled.

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Scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test are up statewide and in Northeast Florida, according to information released yesterday morning.

The criminal trial of former Clay County Public Works Director Arthur Ivey, expected to begin next week, has been postponed.

The trial is tentatively being rescheduled for mid-August because the discovery process is still under way, Assistant State Attorney Stephen Siegel said today.

Ivey, 53, faces four counts of official misconduct, four counts of grand theft, four counts of littering, two counts of violating state Department of Environmental Protection rules and six counts of petty theft.

The charges stem from a state and federal investigation into government corruption and illegal dumping in Clay County. The probe began in August 2004. Ivey and County Manager Bob Wilson resigned under fire in April 2005.