October 1, 2018
Approximately one
month ago unidentified sources began advertising a block party in East
Williston. The unofficial organizers of this gathering listed local rappers and
other party events in efforts to entice people to attend. Based upon word of
mouth and other sources, an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people were expected to
come join in the festivities.
The Levy County
Sheriff’s Office has been faced with unofficial parties of this size in the
past. Many of these past events created numerous calls for service to our
office with a spectrum of crimes to include: sexual battery, shootings and drug
offenses. Knowing this event was scheduled and with information of how may were
expected to attend, Sheriff McCallum authorized additional patrol units to be
available. “Having to allocate unscheduled resources to an event this size that
has no official planning or identifiable organizers adds additional monetary
stress to an already stressed budget”, Sheriff McCallum said. However, the
increased presence of deputies in East Williston netted multiple drug arrests.
The following
individuals were arrested and/or charged:
Deputies
conducted a traffic stop on SR 121 and CR 335. K-9 Molly alerted to the odor of
narcotics in the vehicle. The road side investigation revealed driver Shelvin
Lucky (7-17-75) of Williston and passenger Stepheon Rives (2-22-87) of
Williston to be in possession of the drug MDMA (aka: molly).
Devonte Dixon
(4-23-2000) of Ocala was arrested for possession of marijuana less than 20
grams.
Shakeria Williams (2-3-94) of St. Petersburg was arrested for possession of marijuana of less than 20 grams.
Shakeria Williams (2-3-94) of St. Petersburg was arrested for possession of marijuana of less than 20 grams.
Darrell Session
(7-22-93) of Palatka was arrested for possession marijuana of less than 20
grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Camirria McDonald
(4-272000) of Ocala was issued a notice to appear for possession marijuana less
than 20 grams.
Yasmine Kennedy
(3-18-98) of Gainesville and Jakirah Johnson (2-21-98) of Gainesville were
arrested for possession of marijuana less than 20 grams and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
A traffic stop was
conducted on SR 121 north. The driver Joseph Carlin Jr. (1-20-2000) of
Morriston, admitted to having a substance he called "flower" in his
car. He advised it was purchased at gas stations and is legal. The substance
tested positive for marijuana. Charges have been filed and Carlin was released
at the scene pending identification of the substance.
Deputies conducted
a traffic stop on SR 121 north. The driver Jose Negron (5-13-85) of Gainesville
was found to have a warrant for his arrest issued in Alachua County for
Domestic Battery by Strangulation.
Deputies
responded to the Circle K North in Williston and observed a subject in the parking
lot involved in a verbal dispute. Deputies had contact with this same person
earlier in the evening and knew the subject was highly intoxicated. Jayson
Martin (5-12-91) of Gainesville was yelling profanities and racial slurs at the
other party, disturbing the peace, and was arrested for Disorderly Intoxication.
Lewis Williams aka:
"Spiderman" (9-29-51) of Williston was arrested for an active Levy
County warrant for Failure To Appear for the original charge of driving a
vehicle with no valid driver’s license and attaching a tag not
assigned to the vehicle.
Sheriff
McCallum said these types of parties not only affect the operations of the Levy
County Sheriff’s Office, but also impact the City of Williston and their Police
Department. Party-goers often filter into Williston and clog the convenient
stores and other open businesses. The on-going assistance of the WPD when
dealing with these events is greatly appreciated. Both agencies work diligently
to control crowds of this size.