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Crystal River man pleads guilty to having child porn
By Times Staff
Published October 1, 2005
A Crystal River man accused of 56 counts of possession of photography of sexual performance by a child has pleaded guilty in exchange for a maximum sentence of three years in prison and 10 years of sex offender probation, according to court records. Phillip P. Sellers, 31, was arrested in July 2004 after authorities found images of child pornography on his home computer. Sellers told authorities he downloaded the images by accident and saved them to a folder on his computer so he could delete them, according to a Citrus County Sheriff's Office report. But detectives said images found on a CD-ROM in his computer room contradicted this statement. He entered the plea at a pretrial conference Sept. 29. Sellers is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. Nov. 8 in Courtroom B at the Citrus County Courthouse.
Mother gets probation in boy's drowning
Renee Daigle, a young mother whose toddler son drowned in the family's swimming pool, was sentenced to 5 years' probation for her son's death, according to court records. Daigle, 23, of Lecanto was charged with manslaughter and child abuse in December 2004 in the Aug. 26 death of her 22-month-old son, Jason Schaefer Jr. She told investigators she fell asleep after leaving Jason in the living room. When she awoke two hours later, she found Jason's body floating, partially submerged, in the family's pool. Daigle called 911, but emergency workers were unable to revive the toddler. The plea agreement was reached at a pretrial conference on Sept. 1, according to court records.
Bottled water donations needed for emergencies
Two-thirds of the supply of bottled water held in storage by the Beverly Hills Emergency Network is outdated. Residents can make bottled water donations from 10 a.m. to noon today and Oct. 15 in the rear parking lot at One Civic Circle Drive, behind the Surveillance Unit, SkillBank, Civic Association and Community Building meeting rooms. The old water will be kept for nonconsumption but must be replaced with bottled drinking water to be available in case of an emergency. Call Doug Vollmer at 746-6265.
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