The Voice of the Gem City

local news 4/4/2023

A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER A WOMAN’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A SATSUMA HOME SUNDAY FOLLOWING A STANDOFF BETWEEN THE MAN AND PUTNAM COUNTY DEPUTIES.

ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE, DEPUTIES WERE FIRST CALLED TO THE HOME SUNDAY AT ABOUT 3:20 P.M. BY THE WOMAN WHO WAS LATER FOUND DEAD. SHE CALLED THE NON-EMERGENCY LINE TO REPORT CHRISTIAN ALAN WILKINSON, 25, HAD STOLEN HER PHONE AND GUN.

THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID TWO DEPUTIES RESPONDED WITHIN 20 MINUTES TO THE MARLIN DRIVE HOME, BANGING ON THE DOORS AND CALLING THE NUMBER THE WOMAN LEFT AS A CONTACT NUMBER. DEPUTIES SAID THEY DIDN’T SEE ANY DRIVABLE VEHICLES AT THE PROPERTY AND THERE WAS NO INDICATION ANYONE WAS AT THE HOME.

JUST OVER AN HOUR LATER, AT 4:55 P.M., DISPATCHERS RECEIVED A SECOND CALL ABOUT WILKINSON FROM A FAMILY MEMBER, SAYING HE WAS THREATENING TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

WHEN DEPUTIES ARRIVED THE SECOND TIME, WILKINSON WAS INSIDE THE HOME REFUSING TO COME OUT. INFORMATION DEPUTIES RECEIVED FROM FAMILY MEMBERS SAID WILKINSON HAD THREATENED TO HARM HIMSELF AND THAT THERE WAS POSSIBLY A DEAD PERSON INSIDE THE HOME.

DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO TALK TO WILKINSON ON A CELLPHONE, AND HE SURRENDERED, ALLOWING DEPUTIES TO PERFORM A SAFETY SEARCH OF THE HOME, WHERE THEY FOUND THE WOMAN DEAD OF A GUNSHOT WOUND IN A BEDROOM.

THE WOMAN IS NOT BEING IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME, DEPUTIES SAID, BUT THEY SAID SHE IS A NON-INTIMATE FAMILY MEMBER OF WILKINSON.

BEFORE SUNDAY’S SHOOTING, DEPUTIES HAVE RESPONDED TO THE HOME 10 TIMES SINCE OCTOBER 2022, THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID. NONE OF THE CALLS WERE OF A VIOLENT NATURE TO OCCUPANTS IN THE HOME.

WILKINSON HAD A PRIOR ENCOUNTER WITH DEPUTIES IN OCTOBER IN WHICH HE REQUESTED A BAKER ACT FOR HIMSELF DUE TO SELF-HARM THOUGHTS.

A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR WILKINSON SHOWS ONLY TRAFFIC OFFENSES.

WILKINSON WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO THE PUTNAM COUNTY JAIL,

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF PUTNAM COUNTY IS ASKING YOU TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY PARTICIPATING IN A “SIGN WAVE” EVENT AT THE PALATKA MEMORIAL BRIDGE.

TODAY FROM 4-6 PM ON THE PALATKA SIDE OF THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. YOU ARE ASKED TO BRING YOUR TRUMP SIGNS OR FLAGS IF YOU HAVE ANY OR AN AMERICAN FLAG AND WEAR TRUMP OR PATRIOTIC CLOTHING. THEY WILL HAVE SOME SIGNS AND FLAGS AVAILABLE

THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND REHABILITATION WORK FOR THE CR310 BRIDGE LOCATED BETWEEN SR19 AND CR315 NORTH OF LAKE OCKLAWAHA (RODMAN RESERVOIR). WORK EFFORTS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW MORNING APRIL 5, AND IS SCHEDULED TO RUN THROUGH THE FALL OF 2023. IT IS ABOUT A 26 MILE DETOUR.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CRYSTAL SMITH, THE MOTHER OF CONVICTED KILLER AIDEN FUCCI, IS EXPECTED TO HAVE HER FINAL PRETRIAL HEARING TUESDAY.

SHE’S CHARGED WITH EVIDENCE TAMPERING AND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY. DEPUTIES SAY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HER WASHING BLOOD OUT OF HER SON’S JEANS AFTER HE STABBED HIS ST. JOHNS COUNTY CLASSMATE OVER 100 TIMES.

ACCORDING TO DEPUTIES’ REPORTS, WHEN SMITH WAS WITH FUCCI IN THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE INTERROGATION ROOM, SHE ADVISED HIM TO “FIND HIS STORY AND STICK WITH IT.” 

REPORTS SAY SHE ALSO “ATTEMPTED TO CONVINCE HIM” HE WAS WEARING KHAKIS THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER, RATHER THAN THE ALLEGEDLY BLOODY BLUE JEANS. 

THE REPORTS SAY SMITH WHISPERED THE WORD “BLOOD” TO HIM AS IF TO REMIND HIM THE PANTS WERE NOT CLEAN.

FUCCI WAS BOOKED INTO PRISON LAST MONTH FOLLOWING AN EMOTIONAL SENTENCING HEARING. THE TEEN WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF HIS CLASSMATE TRISTYN BAILEY.

FUCCI WAS BOOKED INTO THE SUWANNEE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION WHICH IS LOCATED IN LIVE OAK, FLORIDA. 

THE LIFE SENTENCE CAME AFTER THE 16-YEAR-OLD PLEAD GUILTY TO MURDER PRIOR TO JURY SELECTION IN FEBRUARY.

FLAGLER COUNTY

FRIDAY, APRIL 19

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE

WHEN: NOON TO 3 P.M.

WHERE: 75 PINE LAKES PARKWAY S.

COST: FREE

DETAILS: MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF PALM COAST INVITES THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE “THE 7 SAYINGS FROM THE CROSS.” SEVEN SPEAKERS WILL ADDRESS THE TOPICS OF FORGIVENESS, ASSURANCE, AFFECTION, ABANDONMENT, SUFFERING, VICTORY AND SUBMISSION.

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