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Friday, April 19, 2024

Villager’s oft-arrested son back in jail after showing up at Circle K in The Villages

A 38-year-old son of a Villager made his fifth trip this year to the Lake County Jail after he made an unwanted visit to the Circle K on the Historic Side.

Keith Barnum
Keith Barnum

Keith Nicholas Barnum, 38, of 730 Roseapple Ave., had been arrested in July after he groped a clerk at the Circle K. At one point he asked her to pull down her pants and have sex with him, the arrest report indicated. She had no previous relationship with Barnum, who was intoxicated, and said she did not know him.

At at about 1:30 a.m. this past Sunday morning, Barnum returned to the Circle K, from which he has been banned. He was arrested on a charge of trespassing and booked at the Lake County Jail.

In November, Barnum had been sentenced to 10 days in jail after a drunken episode at Applebee’s on Bichara Boulevard in The Villages. You can read more about his criminal history HERE

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