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Hunting knife in truck leads to arrest
By Times Staff
Published December 13, 2005
INVERNESS - A man was arrested Monday, accused of possessing a knife in a city park that is within 1,000 feet of school property.
Johnathan Wesley Taylor, 18, of 511 S Jackson St., Beverly Hills, was arrested just after noon when a search of his truck, which was parked at Bryant Park off Tuttle Street in Inverness, turned up a hunting knife with an 8-inch blade. He gave deputies permission to search the truck after he was stopped for throwing an alcoholic beverage bottle out the window.
Florida law prohibits possession of a weapon, such as a knife, on or within 1,000 feet of school property during school hours except as authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities. The park is near the Withlacoochee Technical Institute. Violation of the law is a third-degree felony.
Taylor remained at the Citrus County jail on Monday, where bail was set at $2,250.
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