Hendry Sheriff Arrests This Week

ARREST BLOTTER
07/15/2024 – 07/21/2024

Felony / DUI Arrests

William Patrick Ferrer, 22, LaBelle was arrested on July 15, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff A. McCarty on charges of Theft of Motor Vehicle

Lazaro William Mayor, 38, Clewiston was arrested on July 15, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Givans on Felony Probation Violation

Geraldine Lee Osceola, 54, Clewiston was arrested on July 15, 2024, by Sgt. L. Hernandez on Outstanding Felony Warrant

Redyl Manuel Amador Rosario, 20, unknown, was arrested on July 15, 2024, by Cpl. Afonso and Det. C. Earl on charges of Operating a Motor Vehicle without a Valid DL, Possession of Marijuana under 20 grams, Unlawful Possession Personal Identification Information, Possession of Counterfeit Credi Cards, Possess of Forged Bills and Possession of Stolen Credit Cards/Debit Cards

Salvatore Phillip Katz, 39, Lehigh Acres, was arrested on July 16, 2024, by Deputy Seriff D. Givans on 3 counts of Felony Probation Violation

Porscha Lana Dela Cruz, 34, LaBelle was arrested on July 16, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Reaves on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

Lawrence M. Whaley, 46, Ft. Myers, was arrested on July 16, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Givans on Felony Probation Violation

Kemar Kyle Hyman, 21, Lauderhill, Fl, was arrested on July 16, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Reaves on charges of Fleeing & Eluding and Reckless Driving

Joel Flores, Jr., 29, Ft Myers, was arrested on July 16, 2024, by Sgt. J. Lock on charges of DUI and Fleeing and Eluding

Jhon Alexnader Mesa, 19, LaBelle was arrested on July 17, 2024, by Det. S. Bustamante on charges of Motor Vehicle Theft, Grand Theft, Robbery and Battery

Isaac Aaron Rodriguez, Jr., 28, LaBelle was arrested on July17, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Coronilla on charges of Felony Possession of Marijuana

Manjaro Bondi Carrington, 44, Clewiston, was arrested on July 17, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff J. Keith on charges if DUI and Hit & Run

William Patrick Ferrer, 22, LaBelle was arrested on July 18, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff A. McCarty on charges of Burglary of Occupied Dwelling

Jhon Alexander Mesa, 19, LaBelle was arrested on July 18, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Givans on charges of Felony Violation of Probation

Pablo Buergo Gonzalez, 25, LaBelle was arrested on July 18, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff G. Camacho on Outstanding Felony Failure to Appear

Javier Dela Cruz Apolinar, 29, Clewiston was arrested on July 18, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff B. Dibernardino on charges of DUI, Battery and Operating a Motor Vehicle without a Valid Driver’s License

Joseph Thomas, Hill, Jr, 39, Cape Coral was arrested on July 19, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff D. Coronilla on charges of Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Marijuana under 20 grams

Travaughn Andre Gaines, 43, LaBelle was arrested on July 20, 2024, by Deputy Sheriff S. Monteiro on charges of Battery on Person 65 years of age or older

Theatre Auditions This Month

The Firehouse Community Theatre will hold several Open Auditions at 241 North Bridge Street LaBelle.

The first scheduled open audition will be Musical Auditions for the season opener FIDANZA EXTRAVAGANZA; Auditions will be Tuesday July 30th at 6:30pm.

The next OPEN AUDITIONS for actors/actresses, directors, tech support, stage design, back stage, etc., will be held on Saturday August 24th at 10am and then another is scheduled for Monday August 26th at 6pm.

If you have any questions or if you need additional information, please call the theatre at 863-675-3066. Leave a message and someone will call you back!

The Firehouse Community Theatre is a non profit organization and is operated fully by volunteers from the community. Please support community theatre!

The Firehouse Community Theatre, Inc has been a cultural part of LaBelle for 32 years! Have you been to the theatre? Check it out and you will be pleasantly surprised!

Agency On Aging Host Public Meeting August 26

AREA AGENCY ON AGING FOR SWFL HOSTS ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING

WHAT: On Monday, August 26, 2024, Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida (AAASWFL) will host its annual public meeting to propose direct services under the Older Americans Act. Services include:

education/training intake
technology assistance
transportation
caregiver training/support group
tailored caregiver assessment and referral
health and wellness workshopsA Matter of Balance
Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (Living Healthy)
Powerful Tools for Caregivers
Savvy Caregiver
Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program
Arthritis Foundation Tai Chi
Walk With Ease
Tai Ji Quan: Moving for Better Balance

WHEN: Monday, August 26, 2024
9:00 a.m.

WHERE: Attend the meeting in person:
Area Agency on Aging for Southwest Florida (Main Conference Room)
2830 Winkler Avenue, Suite 112, Fort Myers, FL 3391

Or online: Microsoft Teams Meeting
ID: 254 219 933 312 Passcode: wtDDvd

Florida Keys' Watercolor Kapers By Bob Kranich

Florida Keys’ Watercolor Kapers”
by Bob Kranich

Robert’s Best, (Part 12, Excerpt 97)

This is a new story. Robert’s Best is a sail boat. Grandfather Roberts is going to sail it on the Intercostal waterway from Texas to Key West, Florida. That will be an adventure. Then his grandchildren and their parents will come to Key West on a visit. There will be a lot of funny happenings until the criminals from a previous story get into action. A side note is that a 1935 antique Chris-Craft Model 557 Cabin Cruiser is going to play an important part in the rest of the story. Grandfather Roberts has arrived in Key West. He has meet Honest Dave and had a tour of his Chris-Craft. Both He and Dave are looking around Key West for a house for Grandfather Roberts. They have just hired a carriage and driver and the driver found Grandfather Roberts a house on the Atlantic to purchase.

Roberts’ Best

He and Bessie, clop, clopped off down the street.

“Tom, I know it’s been busy, but if you're hungry, I’ll buy. You need to see and eat at Sloppy Joes. I don’t drink, and I’m guessing you don’t either. However, they do serve a great steak and fries!”

“Dave, I’m for that. Now that I’ve got my house, thanks to you and Franklin, I’m rested, not a care in the world. How do we get there?”

“It’s only a couple of blocks from here, on Duval and Green. We can walk.”

Sloppy Joe’s was a one-story structure, right on the corner. In fact, it was kind of an open air establishment. It had many openings with folding double doors. There were five, six-foot wide openings right out onto the sidewalk and street. It was decorated inside with all kinds of paraphernalia, stuffed game fish, rods and reels, pirate stuff, boat hardware, and signed photos of all the famous people who had visited.
We went in and took a table between two doors off Green Street. “It’s not very classy, but it’s the place to visit when you’re in Key West. Of course you know, Tom, that Joe and Hemingway were just like this,” as he crossed two fingers, “real deep sea fishing and carousing buddies in the 1930’s.”

“Is that right, Dave? I guess now that I’m an islander I will have to read up on the history. Sounds like you’re on top of it!”

“Can I help you, Sirs?” the waitress asked.

“Yep, your steak and fries, please,” Dave answered.

“I’ll take the same,” I added.

“Drinks, Sirs?”

Dave put in, “We’re teetotalers, we’ll take some sarsaparilla.”

“I only have Ginger Ale,” she answered.

“Yep,” Dave and I both replied.

“Well, Dave tell me about your Homestead antique business.”

“Tom, it’s like this, I’ve been interested in and collecting antiques since as long as I can remember. Never could pass up a yard sale or an antique shop. I’ve got a couple of consignment locations, you know, antique malls. Also I’m set up in an old barn on the edge of the Everglades. That is my center of operations, furniture refinishing and tons of antiques I’ve bought over the years. I fixed me up a little suite in that barn, and I can hold up there and fix antiques to my heart’s content. I also have a few other endeavors, such as flea markets where I sell authentic treasure maps to the tourists. Well, that was a mouthful. How about you, Tom?”

“Oil engineering. I started right out of college with a West Texas wildcat drilling company. They hit it big, crude oil, brought in a couple of wells right after I joined. I bought into the company, and we hit it big a couple more times. By age fifty-five I had a good share, so I sold out and then invested some in a few other companies. They also made it good. I guess I was blessed by the Good Lord. I’m not a millionaire, but I’m set up OK. I’ve been tinkering around ever since.”

“I’ve got a great son, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren. Wife’s with the Lord.”

“Tom, I guess we have to take the good with the bad. Here comes our food. I’m famished!”

While Dave and I talked and dined, we didn’t see the two men who came in one of the far door openings. They eased up to and sat at the bar.

“What’re you guys drinking?” the bartender inquired.

“We’ll take a couple of Sloppy Joe Specials.”

They were dressed a little sporty, though not so wild they stood out, because in Key West, anything goes. Hawaiian shirts peeked out from under their light-colored sport jackets. Tropical dress pants and leather sport dress shoes finished their attire.

One was tall and thin, the other, kind of average height but stocky and with a scar across his forehead. Both had black hair and were tanned. The tall one had a faint moustache.

“There they are, Vince, the two guys I told you about. The one with the long side burns and pony tail has got that old Chris-Craft. He thinks it’s a cruiser, it’s just an old tub! Ha, he should see ours, then he'll know just what a cruiser really is!”

“What about the other guy?”

“He’s got a small sailboat, one mast, about twenty-eight to thirty feet. Heard that he sailed down from the Houston area.”

“They got any dough?”

“I haven’t had any time to look into it. But it looks like the sailor may have bought a house down by the end of United Street.”

“How do you know that, Frank?”

“He and Chris-Craft rode that tourist horse and carriage down there, went in, and a realtor showed up. Course it had a For Sale sign out front. When the realtor dame came out she had some papers in her hand and was smiling.”

“Well, check ‘em out. You know, even Chris-Craft may be loaded!”

“I’m on it, Boss.”

Back at the Key West harbor on the pier: “So what’s your plan, Tom?” Dave asked.

“The realtor will naturally verify the check. So, I’m going to touch base with the owner, see if she wants to part with any furniture. I’ll live on this boat until I can move in, sooner better than later. Then I’ll complete the furnishing of the place, and see if I can talk my son into coming down for a visit. Hopefully, he will leave my grandson for a two-to-three week visit.”

“Let’s see, that will be in a month to five weeks. Tell you what, I’ll call you and come back and then we’ll tour, cruise, and sail around if you want?”

“It sounds good to me, Dave.”

From the Author:

My second full-length book , Florida Keys’ Watercolor Kapers is composed of 336 pages. There are 12 stories running from 6 pages to as many as 72 pages. It is fully illustrated with 88 watercolors and sketches. The watercolors I made roaming around Key West after I finished my 750 mile hike from Georgia to Key West. (See book or Don Browne’s SouthWest Florida Online News records, A Walk Across Florida.) As you read these stories you will experience Key West, the Keys, and the Caribbean. These stories span the time of the early 1800’s to 1969. bkranich.wixsite.com/bobkranich

Obituaries - Martha Carolyn Tyrrell, Terrance Lee Combass

Mrs. Martha Carolyn “Caroline” Tyrrell age 84 of Clewiston, Florida went to be with her Lord on July 14, 2024 while being a resident of Clewiston Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Caroline was born on March 19, 1940, in Chosen, Florida to the late Leon and Mary Ann Gibbs Miller. She married Thomas Michael Tyrrell. Caroline worked for most of her adult life as a teacher, working first in Belle Glade at Gove Elementary, then at Pioneer Park Elementary, and then she worked at Moore Haven Elementary in Moore Haven, Florida for a few years and she retired from working as a teacher at Geo in Moore Haven. Caroline enjoyed horseback riding, water skiing, bowling, loves any and all songs of Elvis, enjoyed any type of movie, spending time with her family and friends.

Caroline leaves fond memories with her husband Thomas Michael Tyrrell of Clewiston, Florida, her daughter Nicole Anne Tyrrell also of Clewiston, several cousins, nieces and nephews and other extended family members and close family friends.

Her brothers and sisters; Betty M. Allen, Eleanor Seyler, Zane R. Miller, Sr and Burrell S. Miller preceded Caroline in death.

Caroline’s life will be celebrated on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at Akin-Davis Funeral Home where a visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, July 22, 2024 and another visitation hour before the service on Tuesday. Burial will be in Fort Denaud Cemetery in LaBelle, Florida immediately following the celebration.

Caroline’s family suggest donations be made in Caroline’s name to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Caroline’s celebration was entrusted with Akin-Davis Funeral Home – Clewiston.

Terrance “Terry” Lee Combass, 63, passed away at his home on July 17, 2024 with his family by his side. Terry was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 4, 1961. He spent most of his childhood in Belle Glade, Florida where he attended Glades Central High School. 

He settled in Clewiston, Florida where he began his 41 year career with United States Sugar Corporation. In addition to being a dedicated employee, he was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He supported his children and grandchildren in all of their endeavors and especially enjoyed the family vacations.

He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Kathy; daughter; Jaime Long (Buck); son, Jared Combass (Sarah); grandsons; Aiden Combass, Carter Combass, Case Long and Crew Combass; brothers; Kenny Combass and Keith Combass; and sister, Sandra Mosley (Danny). He was preceded in death by his parents, John William Combass and Clara “Tommie” Mullis and his brother; William “Billy” Combass.

A celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2024 at the John Boy Auditorium in Clewiston, Florida at 11:00 a.m.