Stolen From The Times-Union
Artimus Pyle, a former drummer for legendary rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, was arrested Monday afternoon on a charge of failure of a sex offender to properly register, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced today.

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The 59-year-old, whose real name is Thomas Delmer Pyle, lives in Asheville, N.C., according to the Sheriff’s Office. He remains in the St. Johns County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Pyle pleaded guilty in 1993 in Duval County on charges of attempted capital sexual battery by an adult on a victim younger than 12 and principal to lewd and lascivious on a child younger than 16. He was sentenced to eight years of probation and designated as a sex offender. He was arrested in 1992 after two girls — 4- and 8-year-old sisters — told investigators Pyle had sex with them.

He is accused of renewing his driver’s license last month in Florida and listing a St. Johns County address. Because of his requirement to register as a sex offender in Florida, the records automatically forwarded to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement sex offender database.

During routine maintenance of the Sheriff’s Office Offender Watch program, it was discovered Pyle had not registered in person properly as required by Florida law, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Detective Kevin Kier attempted to verify the address given on his driver’s license and discovered he had not lived there for many years.

Attempts were made to locate sex offender registrations in other states, but the Sheriff’s Office said Pyle had not registered since 2001. Kier determined he had moved to Asheville. North Carolina authorities said Pyle advised them that he resided in Florida.

He was advised to register as a sex offender in his current state of residency, but he has since failed to change his address and register in person as required by Florida law, the Sheriff’s Office said. Pyle was arrested Monday when he came to the Sheriff’s Office to speak with the detective.

Asheville, NC: Vegan Paradise? (If You Like Hippie Food)

by Laura Leslie

I found this online at…http://supervegan.com

GoVeg.com declared Asheville, North Carolina the most vegetarian-friendly small city in America. I recently had a chance to check out Asheville’s vegan options, and while I found plenty of health food, I’m definitely still glad to be a spoiled New York vegan.

Rosetta’s Kitchen

My first stop was Rosetta’s Kitchen. Rosetta’s is one of those places that buys local, composts, and recycles… but unfortunately, they don’t seem to have put too much effort into the actual food. I got their signature dish, peanut butter tofu with mashed potatoes and kale. Everything lacked flavor, and the tofu was particularly egregious: plain cubes of tofu with some peanut flavor on the outside. Damn those hippies and their tofu cubes; I didn’t know anyone out there still ate like this. (On the plus side, the portions were huge, and their mac and cheese was quite good. But nothing makes up for those lame-ass tofu cubes.) Read the rest of this entry »