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The Point, May 12, 2021: Gas Shortage Hitting North Central Florida As Panic Buying Ensues
By WUFT News
May 12, 2021
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• Gainesville Sun ($): Electric bills expected to rise as GRU credit slips. “The two-notch downgrade is the first of its kind for GRU and is the fifth bond rating downgrade since 2010.”
• WUFT News: Porters Community Residents Are Growing Tired Of Noise And Dust Coming From Neighboring Cement Companies. “For the past several years, neighborhood residents like Fillie have been dealing with waves of dust and constant noise coming from the facilities across the street. Porters is one of very few if not the only Gainesville city neighborhoods that abuts a site zoned for heavy industrial usage.”
One of the deceased inmate s brothers isn t satisfied with what he has learned. I feel it s negligence. They could ve saved him. The job of the guard is to sit there and watch that camera and they didn t do that, Kevin Benedetto said.
It started with an arrest on Jan. 17
Mark Benedetto was arrested at 12:31 p.m. on Jan. 17. The charges: grand theft of a motor vehicle and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. Benedetto was booked into the jail at 12:57 p.m.
An internal affairs probe at the jail showed that Benedetto was present for headcount at 6 a.m. the next day and was in bed at 6:30 a.m. At 7 a.m., he was in a dayroom area and at 7:30 a.m. on his bed.
A Marion County Jail supervisor was demoted, two detention deputies were disciplined and the sheriff s office changed some protocols after an 18-year-old inmate walked away from the lockup one afternoon in February.
Gessica Gonzalez was demoted from sergeant to detention deputy and suspended three days without pay, according to the Marion County Sheriff s Office, which operates the jail. Gonzalez had two agency violations sustained against her: release preparations and dereliction of duty.
Detention Assistant Betsy Iturrey was suspended for five days without pay for what officials called a violation of intake control. Detention Deputy Samantha Davis was suspended a day without pay for violating booking and release procedures.