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WALDO, Fla. (AP) — The north Florida town of Waldo has long had a reputation as a speed trap, and it's no wonder. A small segment of highway that runs through Waldo requires drivers to speed up and slow down six times: 65 mph becomes 55 mph; 55 becomes 45; then goes back to 55; then back down to 45; to 55 again and eventually, 35 mph.

AAA named the tiny town between Jacksonville and Gainesville one of only two "traffic traps" nationwide and even placed an attention-getting billboard outside the limits of the town to warn drivers to slow down before entering.

Now Waldo faces a scandal following allegations that the town victimizes motorists to turn a profit. Two police chiefs have been suspended, the police department has rebelled and the state is investigating possible wrongdoing.

The situation simmered for years until this month, when Police Chief Mike Szabo was suspended Aug. 12, apparently in response to an investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into suspected improprieties in the way officers write tickets.

The issue then burst into the open two weeks later at a Waldo City Council meeting, when a group of police officers said they had been ordered by Szabo to write at least 12 tickets per 12-hour shift or face repercussions.

The officers also leveled allegations at the Aug. 26 meeting against Cpl. Kenneth Smith, who had been picked to fill in for Szabo. The officers complained that Smith had, among other things, mishandled evidence. The city council then suspended Smith.

A 52-year-old man on Tuesday bled to death after he was chopped by an alleged drug addict at Middle Walk Dam, Helena, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara.
The incident occurred sometime around 12:30h. The dead man has been identified as Balkissoon (only name given), a farmer of Lot 107 Helena #2, Mahaica. Information reaching the Guyana Times revealed that the farmer was suddenly attacked by a person known only as ‘Dhanpaul’.
Speaking with this newspaper, the eldest son of the farmer, Hemchand Balkissoon, related that his father was attacked by a “junkie”
He recalled that his father had gone home for lunch and left shortly after midday to return to the back dam. Hemchand said his father was carrying a “motor blower” and a pump on his bicycle when the “junkie” confronted him.
“He was riding in and the man just jump out and pull the cutlass from the bicycle and give he one chop,” the son said. The son disclosed that his little brother and a friend of his father were nearby and witnessed the gruesome ordeal. He noted that after he was informed of the incident he rushed to the scene but it was too late.
“Is far in so by the time meh run and reach deh, he was dead… he bleed to death so we couldn’t get to do anything to save him,” the son stated.
Hemchand noted that the assailant is a very “troubled person” and would usually get into fights with residents.
However, he explained that his father and the man never had any problems. “If you go check the police station, it get numerous reports there from a set a people. He does get lock up steady, steady but the police does loose him back,” he said.
A release from the police said Balkissoon was involved in an argument with another man on Middle Walk Dam during which he was chopped to his neck.
The police further stated that the man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The murder suspect was arrested and taken into police custody to assist with the investigations.

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