Christmas night burglar collared
DOCTORS INLET – A Doctors Inlet man remains in the Clay County Jail where he is held without bond following his arrest for burglary and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Edgar Tracy Pierre, 34, on Dec. 26 at 1:15 a.m. after conducting an investigation.
According to the police report, Pierre entered his former apartment in the 200 block of Old Jennings Road to collect his belongings around 11:15 p.m. Christmas night. While there, his former girlfriend told him she had changed the locks to the apartment, which made him “enraged,” states the police report. He became further angry when he found his girlfriend’s new boyfriend at the apartment.
Police said he went into the woman’s bedroom and began destroying her mattress with a knife he was carrying and then went outside and began stripping wires and cables from underneath the hood of her vehicle.
Police said Pierre threatened the boyfriend with the knife and pushed his ex-girlfriend.
He is charged with one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, domestic battery and burglary.

Man rams victim with vehicle
ORANGE PARK – An Orange Park man faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and vandalism after an argument at the Little Caesar’s Pizza at 1690 Wells Rd. on Christmas Eve.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sean David Kelsey, 35, on Dec. 24 at 7:30 p.m. after he fled the scene.
The victim told police that Kelsey got into his car and rammed the vehicle into his leg after a verbal argument got out of hand.
“The victim said he was in fear for his life and thought the defendant was going to kill him by running him over with the vehicle,” states the police report.
The victim told police that he put his hands on Kelsey’s car to tell Kelsey to stop “when he realized [Kelsey] put the vehicle in drive.”
Kelsey drove forward abruptly and struck the victim in his left knee with the car bumper. Police said Kelsey backed up his car and struck the victim’s car a second time in the right rear bumper before he backed up and drove out of the parking lot heading southbound on Debarry Avenue.
Police later identified Kelsey’s car when they stopped him at his home in the 2700 block of Oakdale Drive West. Police found blue paint from the victim’s car, as well as the victim’s handprints on Kelsey’s car to corroborate the victim’s story.
Kelsey was booked into the Clay County Jail on charges of vandalism of $1,000 or more and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He has since been released on an undisclosed bond.

Nearly two dozen dead cats found in woman’s home
ORANGE PARK – A seventy-year-old Orange Park woman faces aggravated animal cruelty charges after deputies and Clay County Animal Care and Control officers discovered the corpses of 22 cats spread in multiple rooms of her house at the 300 block of Edson Drive.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Betty Spears Armstrong on the night of Dec. 21 after complaints of “excessive cat activity” led deputies to her front door step. Armstrong signed a waiver allowing the deputies to search her home, which was completely sealed so that no cat could enter or exit her residence, according to the report.
There, deputies discovered the bodies. Some were located in a locked kennel under the carport, some, in the living room. Others remained in the spare bathroom and the living room. And deputies located others still in bedrooms, the report said.
The report said cat urine and feces covered the entire house and furnishings. There was no water located in any part of the house and only sparse amounts of food.
Deputies concluded in their report that Armstrong, “who is of sound mind,” intentionally left 21 cats inside her residence and one outside her residence locked in a kennel without sufficient food or water since July, the report said.
Deputies arrested Armstrong and transported her to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, but she has since been released on an undisclosed bond.

Jacksonville woman charged with Orange Park assault, theft
ORANGE PARK – A Jacksonville woman faces aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, grand theft and other charges after an altercation with her ex-boyfriend resulted in injuries and theft, the report said.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office arrested Elizabeth Maisie Volmar, 43, on Dec. 23 after a report of an assault taking place led deputies to a house on the 300 block of Brier Rose Lane in Orange Park.
The report said Volmar’s ex-boyfriend had been in his home with his girlfriend when Volmar entered the residence without permission wielding a knife in each hand and began to threaten the victim. Volmar allegedly swung both knives at the victim and forced the victim’s girlfriend out of the house. The girlfriend fled to a local gas station to report the incident.
When deputies arrived, they could see blood on the inside of the house and two large cuts on the victim’s right upper arm. Deputies placed Volmar in restraints for safety, according to the report.
Inside Volmar’s car, deputies discovered several sports memorabilia items that belonged to the victim valued at roughly $575, the report said.
Deputies arrested Volmar and transported her to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Volmar was released from the Clay County Jail on an undisclosed bond.

Pedestrian walks in front of vehicle, dies
ORANGE PARK – The Florida Highway Patrol reports that an 80-year-old man died last week near the intersection of Macintosh and Park avenues in Orange Park.
Police said Kelley Boykin, 41, of Orange Park was driving a 2007 Cadillac Escalade heading northbound in the left lane when the crash occurred Dec. 21 at 7:40 p.m.
The pedestrian, Auralus Guerrier, 80, of Orange Park was standing on the center concrete median of Park Avenue and as the Cadillac approached, he stepped into the path of the vehicle. Guerrier was struck by the front of Boykin’s vehicle and came to final rest in the left lane of Park Avenue.
Guerrier was transported to Orange Park Medical Center where he was later pronounced deceased. Police said Boykin immediately stopped and has been cooperative with investigators, however, FHP said charges are pending.