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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2001 6 Lake Sentinel News to Note Police Lo Mom asks police to arrest 3rd-grader two days. The boy left class again Monday, kicking over trash cans, officers said. He was suspended for two more days. The boy's mother told officers Wednesday that he becomes physically violent at home and that he needed help. The boy( who is enrolled in a special-education program for emotionally handicapped children, is charged with battery on a school official, He was released to his mother.

The state Department of Juvenile Justice will handle the charges. "This is becoming more and more likely with the kind of frustration teachers are dealing with in the classrooms," said Eustis police Capt. Carmine Aurigemma. "This teacher was Calls by Area Man wearing bra charged LADY LAKE -A 20-year-old man was charged with harassing children while wearing a bra at an elementary school in The Villages' industrial park. The suspect stood next to a fence Monday where a kindergarten class was playing outside.

He wore a red and white bra, stuffed with paper, and blue jeans while whistling at the children, according to the Lady Lake Police Department. Edward Kahkonen of Lady Lake is charged with disrupting a school function. He was released from the Lake County jail on $250 bond. Man iands fish, then dies DUNELLON A Leesburg medical examiner will try to determine today how a Marion County fisherman died on the Rainbow River. Jeffery Scott Artman, 43, of Dunnellon used a cell phone to call his wife about 6:45 a.m, Wednesday and reported that he had caught a large fish from his boat at a popular fishing spot.

By 8 a.m. residents on the river spotted Art-man's boat floating in the current. Marion County's deputy sheriffs searched the area and located the man's body floating in the water. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the apparent accident. The 4-pound fish was located inside the boat.

Ask a Cop Question: How do law-enforcement officers monitor school problems? Answer: We have school resource officers in almost every high school and middle school in the county with the exception of special-education facilities. We have two officers at South Lake and Eustis high schools because of the size of those campuses. Eustis Police Department handles the ninth grade center there, and the Leesburg Police De partment han DANIELS dles Leesburg High School and Oak Park Middle School. We have DARE officers responsible for a number of elementary schools, where they spend half a day every week at each school. We also have three canines two passive drug dogs and one bomb dog assigned full time.

Eight of our positions are funded by the Sheriff's Office, four are funded through federal grants and 11 are funded through Lake County's safe schools budget. If the school resource officers had a department of their own, they would be the fifth-largest department in the county. Lake County Sheriffs Office Capt. Chris Daniels answered today's question. Phone Numbers Emergency 911 Lake County Sheriffs Office 352-343-9500 Astatula police 352-742-2422 Clermont police 352-394-5588 Eustis, administration 352-483-5400 nonemergency 352-357-4121 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 800-342-9620 Florida Highway Patrol 352-360-6511 Fruitland Park police 352-787-1813 Groveland police 352-429-4166 Howey-in-the-Hills 352-324-2030 Lady Lake, administration 352-751-1570 nonemergency 352-751-1565 Leesburg, administration 352-728-9860 nonemergency 352-787-2121 Mascotte police 352-429-3111 Minneola police 352-394-3060 Montverde police 352-343-2101 Mount Dora, administration 352-735-7131 nonemergency 352-735-7130 Tavares police 352-742-6200 Umatilla police 352-669-3561 WebSites Eustis Police Department: eustis.orgPolice.html Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: www.state.fl.usfwc Florida Highway Patrol: www.fhp.state.fl.us Lake County Sheriffs Office: lcso.org Leesburg Police Department: cl.leesburg.fl.uspolice Mount Dora Police Department: cl.mount-dora.fl.uspolice Tavares Police Department: tavarek.orgpolice.html 1 even willing to work with the student longer, but the mother wanted something else done." The school first reported problems April 3 when the boy left class and kicked the according to police.

Officers said the school suspended him for one day. Two days later, the student became angry again and left the school campus. Police officers returned him to school, where he was suspended for 1 Mount Dora garding a disturbance and arrested a man on charges of loitering and prowling. Leesburg SECOND STREET, 100 block, 7:30 a.m., Monday. A large opossum was running around inside a business, and an officer caught it and moved it into the woods.

SOUTH 14TH STREET, 1300 block, 11:51 a.m., Monday. A motel owner called the police after he couldn't wake a guest who knew that check-out time was 1 1 a.m. The police entered the room and after approximately two minutes were finally able to awaken the sleeping man. The officers noticed marijuana in plain sight and arrested the man on charges of possession of marijuana with the Intent to sell within 1,000 feet of a church, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of alcohol by a person less than 21 years of age. WAITMAN AVENUE AND GEORGIA AVENUE, 12:33 a.m., Tuesday.

A man was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine, obstruction of justice and possession of drug paraphernalia after he dropped a crack pipe on the ground when he spotted the officer approaching. KRISTEN STREET, 1 1 00 block, 1 2:28 p.m., Tuesday. The police made a report of grand theft after a resident told them that the back door to an apartment was found open. MAGNOLIA STREET, 800 block, 8:1 0 p.m., Tuesday. A man complained that he was Involved in a fight at the playground and the police stood by and did not assist him.

NORTH 14TH STREET, 100 block, 10:39 p.m., Tuesday. An officer investigating an accident saw a man hit another man over the head with a plastic garbage can and arrested the man on the charge of disorderly conduct. The other man was taken into custody for an active warrant and while entering the police station, he spit on the officer and said he did ft on purpose. The man was also charged with battery on a law-enforcement officer. DOZIER CIRCLE NEAR VENETIAN GARDENS PARK, 1:43 p.m., Wednesday.

Police officers conducted a covert Investigation In response to complaints of unlawful sexual activity in the park's bathrooms and arrested several men on the charge of solicitation to commit a lewd act. WEST DIXIE AVENUE, 600 block, 2:28 p.m., Wednesday. A man was arrested on a charge of accessory to commit a lewd and lascivious act when he agreed to act as a lookout for an undercover police officer and another man who were about to enter a public restroom to engage in unlawful sexual activity. PINE STREET, 200 block, 1:45 a.m, Thursday. An officer was searching for a Ford Bronco in connection with a battery case and spotted the vehicle parked on Childs Street.

As he attempted to question the occupants, the passenger got out and ran west on Pine Street. After an area search, the man was found hiding under a house and was arrested on charges of possession of crack cocaine and resisting arrest without violence. PIONEER TRAIL, 1200 block, 10:14 a.m., Thursday. A woman was arrested on the charges of uttering a forged Instrument, dealing In stolen property and petty theft after she stole a check and attempted to cash It at a bank. PIONEER TRAIL and Seminole Trail, 1 0:26 a.m., Thursday.

After stopping a gray Honda with no tag visible and getting a positive response from the drug-sniffing K-9, an officer arrested a woman qn charges of possession of cocaine and possesion of drug paraphernalia. By ROBERT SARGENT JR. OF THE SENTINEL STAFF EUSTIS A third-grader at Eustis Heights Elementary School has been charged with attacking a teacher. The 8-year-old boy tried to kick a female faculty member Wednesday morning, police said. The Eustis Police Department said the boy's mother asked for his arrest because she could not control the juvenile.

Following are some of the Incidents reported recently to area poke agencies or the Lake County Sheriffs Office. This Information was compiled from public records maintained by those agencies. The Poke Log is published Thursdays in the Lake Sentinel. County mccall road, near Altoona, Monday. A woman was charged with battery after officers said she hit her daughter in the face.

MARY STREET, near Eustis, Monday. Officers charged a man with child abuse after they said he hit his daughter with a belt. HER MAR ROAD, near Paisley, Sunday. A man was charged with aggravated battery after officers said he hit a pregnant woman in the face several times. U.S.

HIGHWAY 27 AND EAGLES NEST ROAD, near Fruitland Park, Sunday. A woman was charged with driving while under the influence. Officers said she was seen driving erratically. LECONTA DRIVE, near Fruitland Park, Sunday. A man was charged with battery.

Officers said he slapped his wife several times. SOUTH STREET, 1500 block, near Leesburg, Saturday. Officers charged a man with giving liquor to a person younger than 21. They said the man gave beer to two teenagers. MAIN STREET, 2900 block, near Leesburg, Saturday.

Officers charged a man with driving while under the influence after they stopped him for driving after dark with no headlights on. LOOP ROAD, near Groveland, Sunday. A man was charged with battery. Officers said he hit his wife in the face and threatened to kill her dog. MILLER STREET, 300 block, near Fruitland Park, Saturday.

A man was charged with aggravated assault with a weapon. Officers said he threatened a teenager with a gun. 11TH AVENUE, 1000 block, near Mount Dora, Saturday. Officers charged a woman with aggravated assault with a firearm. They said she threatened a man with a shotgun.

CAROLINA AVENUE, 13000 block, near Astatula, Saturday. A man was charged with battery. Officers said he hit a woman on her head with a telephone. CANAL DRIVE, 1 3000 block, near Clermont, Friday. A man was charged with felony battery.

Officers said he tried to strangle a woman. WAITMAN AVENUE AND GEORGIA AVENUE, near Leesburg, Tuesday. Officers charged a man with possession of cocaine. They said he dropped cocaine on the ground as he was walking along a roadway. ALMOND STREET AND HAMPTON STREET, near Clermont, Tuesday.

A man was charged with possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana after officers stopped his vehicle for running a stop sign, WHITE WING CIRCLE, 400 block, near Clermont, Friday. A man was charged with battery. Officers said he hit a woman in the eye with his fist. Clermont CITRUS TOWER BOULEVARD, 1100 block, 7:57 a.m., Monday. The police were called to the Olympic Training Center construction site to look into the theft of a trailer and miscellaneous plumbing supplies valued at $7,300.

HAMPTON STREET AND ALMOND STREET, 10:12 p.m., Monday. After being stopped for running a stop sign, a man was arrested on a charge of possession of marijuana, less than 20 grams, when an officer spotted a marijuana cigarette in the armrest of his car door. EAST STATE ROAD 50, 600 block, 7:30 p.m., Monday. An officer was called to the garden center of a store and told that someone stole a palm tree and perennials valued at $37.68. A store employee gave the officer a description of the truck and driver.

SCOTT STREET AND DESOTO STREET, 5:08 p.m., Tuesday. After observing what he recognized as a street-level drug transaction, an officer attempted to stop a suspect who Ignored his orders. The man was tackled, restrained and arrested on a charge of obstruction without violence. STATE ROAD SO AND WEST AVENUE, 9:1 1 p.m., Thursday. An officer stopped a blue Bronco after seeing it run a red light and arrested a passenger on the charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia.

Pin STREET, 700 block, 10:34 p.m., Thursday. A woman was arrested on the charges of battery and aggravated assault with a motor vehicle. A man told an officer that she chased him with her car. JUNIATA STREET, 700 block, Friday. A juvenile was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana and obstruction with violence after an officer recognized him as having an active warrant for his arrest.

The juvenile struggled with the officer and was captured after a foot pursuit. STATE ROAD 50, 11:42 p.m., Saturday. A man was arrested on charges of driving under the Influence after an officer noticed his car swerving in and out of the traffic lanes. Eustis DEIDRICH STREET, first block, Saturday. A resident said his bicycles had been stolen.

CENTER STREET, 900 block, Sunday. Residents said children were knocking on windows of their houses. NORTON AVENUE, first block, Tuesday, Someone stole a resident's cellular telephone. TITCOMB STREET, 700 block, Saturday. A resident reported getting harassing telephone calls, CITRUS AVENUE, 900 block, Friday.

A gun was stolen from a resident's house. LAKEVIEW AVENUE, 1200 block, Friday, 0ff4 Robert Sargent can be reached at 352-742-5909 or at rsargentorlandosentinel.com. CITRUS BOULEVARD, 2200 block, 4:35 p.m., Thursday. A police sergeant stopped a vehicle suspected in a gasoline drive-off theft and, acting on a positive response from the drug-sniffing K-9, searched the vehicle and arrested a woman on charges of possession of cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia and retail theft. A passenger was arrested on an unrelated active warrant.

STATE ROAD 44 NEAR LEESBURG AIRPORT, 5:23 p.m., Thursday. A large alligator was spotted near the roadway in front of the airport. A trapper from Wildwood was called to remove the reptile. rambo STREET, 100 block, 1 1:17 p.m., Thursday. An officer looked into a reported breaking and entering after a man told her that someone threw a red brick through his backdoor window.

BIRCHWOOD CIRCLE, 1700 block, 11:21 p.m., Thursday. A woman told an officer that a former boyfriend ripped a gold necklace valued at approximately $500 from her neck. The man was arrested on charges of robbery by sudden snatching and grand theft. MCCORMICK STREET AND JOHNS STREET, 11 a.m., Friday. After stopping a red Buick with extremely dark window tint, an officer arrested the driver on charges of driving with a suspended license and failure to pay child support.

COUNTY ROAD 468, 100 block, 4:22 p.m., Friday. Leesburg police assisted a Lake County deputy investigating a criminal-mischief complaint in which the suspect had a handgun pointed at himself. The man was taken Into custody at 4:45 p.m. SOUTH STREET, 1500 block, 7:22 p.m., Friday. An officer spotted two men and two juveniles huddled together by the side of a convenience store and arrested a man on the charge of purchasing alcohol for a person under the age of 21 MAIN STREET AND THIRTEENTH STREET, 9:13 p.m., Friday.

Two men were arrested on charges of throwing deadly missiles into an occupied vehicle and carrying concealed weapons after a woman and her husband told an officer that the men drove by and threw several eggs against and Into their car. Officers found two 24-count packages of eggs In the men's car, along with a sheathed machete and a baseball bat. FOURTEENTH STREET, 1000 block, 10:38 p.m., Friday. A man was arrested on a charge of giving a false report to a law enforcement officer after he filed an unfounded battery report saying that someone hit him with a baseball bat. WEST MAIN STREET, 2900 block, 2:26 a.m., Saturday.

An officer noticed a vehicle at a stoplight that did not have headlights on and arrested the driver on a charge of driving under the influence. SOUTH 14TH STREET, 1400 block, 8:03 p.m., Saturday. After responding to a motel in regards to a well-being check, two officers noticed a male juvenile smoking a cigarette and asked him for some form of identification. The father of the juvenile told the officers to leave the property and refused to allow his son to step back outside to talk to the officers. The officers repeatedly advised the man that he was obstructing them from doing their job.

The man attempted to walk away and struggled with the officers for several minutes as they arrested him on the charge of obstruction without violence. U.S. HIGHWAY 27-441, 2700 block, 5:46 p.m., Sunday, A woman told an officer that a regular customer, a man about 60 years old, put his hands on her breasts. Mount Dora U.S. 441, 20000 block, Thursday.

A man was charged with disorderly conduct after a bouncer at a bar said the man refused to stop cursing and would not leave. NORTHLAND ROAD AND EUDORA ROAD, Thursday. Officers charged a man with his second offense of driving while under the influence after they found him in his car asleep with the car running and in gear. FIRST AVENUE, 1 500 block, Monday. A woman was charged with throwing a deadly missile into an occupied dwelling after another woman said the suspect threw a glass through a window of a house.

SECOND AVENUE AND RHODES STREET, Monday. A man was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after officers stopped his vehicle for a traffic Infraction. OLD U.S. 441 AND EUDORA ROAD, Friday. A man was charged with driving while under the influence after officers stopped his vehicle for having a missing tire.

U.S. 41 1 AND GABLES DRIVE, Saturday. Officers charged a man with driving while under the influence after he was involved in a vehicle crash. Tavares BURLEIGH BOULEVARD, 3300 block, Monday. Officers were asked to talk to an allegedly intoxicated man who was causing a disturbance, MADISON STREET, 800 block, Wednesday.

An argument between two people ended after one man left in a taxi cab. BURLEIGH BOULEVARD, 100 block, Wednesday. Officers were asked to check on three small children left unattended in a vehicle. RIDGE PLACE, 500 block, Saturday. A woman said a man had assaulted her.

GREENWAY AVENUE, Saturday. An 1 1 -year-old boy said his mother's boyfriend was chasing him around his house. PATRICIA STREET, 500 block, Sunday. A woman said her two sons were fighting and one was bleeding. Sentinel correspondents Sara Sheckler and E.

Thomas Lowe compiled this report from police information. 'ION LAKE COUNTY Lady Lake (441) Fruitland VJs Park v- Tavares Leesbura 1 (so) Clermont G3 cers talked to parents of teenagers who were accused of making harassing telephone calls. Fruitland Park NORTH CITRUS BOULEVARD, 2S00 block, 8:13 p.m., Tuesday. A store manager told an officer that a woman entered the store without any merchandise and later tried to exchange a microwave oven valued at $69.51, She was arrested on a charge of retail theft. PINE STREET, 4700 block, 11:54 p.m., Thursday.

A man was arrested on charges of aggravated child abuse and aggravated assault after a witness told an officer that the man shot a paint ball gun at a juvenile, hitting her in the left eyebrow area. WEST BERCKMAN STREET, 500 block, 11:50 p.m., Friday. An officer arrested a man on a charge of aggravated assault with a weapon after a juvenile and a witness told the officer that the man showed the juvenile a black and silver gun and asked him if he was afraid to die. The gun turned out to be a CO'-charged BB gun. U.S.

HIGHWAY 27 441 and Eagles Nest Road, 12:45 a.m., Sunday. After stopping a car that was weaving, an officer arrested a woman on a charge of driving under the influence. Lady Lake FENNELL BOULEVARD, 400 block, 9:14 a.m., Tuesday. The police investigated a forgery complaint in which someone changed a mailing address without authorization. LINDSEY LANE, 1 000 block, 4:44 p.m., Wednesday.

An officer filed a battery report after responding to a complaint of a physical disturbance. LONGVIEW AVENUE, 200 block, 5:10 p.m., Wednesday. After answering a disturbance call, an officer arrested a man on five counts of burglary that happened in March. SKYLINE DRIVE, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday. A man gave a sworn statement to a detective after he was arrested on a charge of armed burglary accusing him of breaking into and entering a home where he and two accomplices stole five loaded pistols, two men's wrlstwatches, one school ring and several small knives.

LOMA POSEO DRIVE, 400 block, 11:29 p.m., Wednesday. A woman told an officer that a man threatened to kill her and that there were weapons In the house. The officer arrested the man on the charges of domestic assault and resisting a law-enforcement officer without violence. U.S. HIGHWAY 27-441 and Griffin View Drive, 6:45 a.m., Thursday.

After a traffic stop, a man was arrested on an active Sumter County warrant for driving with a suspended license. GRIFFIN VIEW DRIVE and U.S. Highway 27-441, 1 1:43 p.m., Thursday. An officer stopped a green Ford that was speeding and noticed the barrel of a gun on the rear floorboard. After Investigating, the officer arrested the passenger on charges of possession of a concealed firearm, possession of a Chinese SKS machine gun and dealing in stolen property.

ORCHID STREET, 700 block, 12:47 a.m., Saturday. A woman told the police that someone was trying to take a window out of her house, LAGRANDE BOULEVARD, 10:24 p.m., Saturday. A man told an officer that someone vandalized his vehicle, BUG TUSSLE LANE AND GRIFFIN VIEW ROAD, 2:14 a.m., Sunday. Officers responded to a call re- i.