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Wednesday November 5, 2008
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A Publication of
Permit No. 14
Mike Moore - Photojournalist
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Sally Price Correspondent
Pet Patrol Dunnellon
man charged
with illegal
dumping
Sixty-nine-year-old
Howard
Charles Bowman, 11692 N. Kenlake Cir.,
Dunnellon, was charged with commercial
dumping by the Florida Deartment of Envi-
"Lil' Bit is a 15 # 2 yo, n.m. red tweenie
ronmental
Protection
Dachshund that will steal your heart. We,
(FDEP) on Oct. 29. His
also, have a sweet long haired female
bond was set at $2000.
Special Agent
Dachshund. Phone 'Adopt A Rescued Pet,
Chad Paul with the FDEP
Inc.' at 795.9550, loudly and clearly, re-
had received a complaint on
peat your name, number, and pet's name,
Aug. 15, regarding illegal
for his foster mom to return your call,
dumping in wetlands along
later. Check www.adoptarescuedpet.com
the Withlacoochee River in
to see the other pets available and the
Dunnellon, on property Charles Bowman
Ready for the Homosassa Seafood Festival_Inglis realtor Darryl Diamond called to find
adoption calender."
owned by Oscar Leroy
out the dates for this years festival. Its this weekend Nov. 8-9. See details on page 12. This
Attaway, located at 12472 N. Leffant Ter.,
WE
picture is from the 2005 arts, crafts, and seafood festival-Photo by Tom Russell
Dunnellon. According to the report, Mr.
Investigators Searching For
Bowman, the owner of Bowman Tree Ser-
MOVE
vice, had instructed his employees to dump
tree debris on the property.
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Bowman told the investigator that
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two employees had been approached by Mr.
Attaway while they were cutting down trees
The medical examiner's office in
who doted on her children. It could take up
The Shed Store
at a property adjacent to his. He said that
Leesburg determined, Nov. 1, that the gun-
to six months before authorities receive the
Attaway had asked them to dump the logs
shot deaths of Alicia Chomic and her three
results of the autopsy toxicology testing.
156 N. Florida Ave.
onto his property when they were finished
young sons are consistent with a murder-sui-
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Inverness
with the work. Bowman said he'd spoken with
cide. The four bodies were discovered the
Maslowski's, both 45,
Attaway by phone, and he had told him that
morning of Oct. 31 by Chomic's mother,
were taken to Citrus Me-
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Vicki Maslowski and her husband, Greg,
morial Hospital in
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Chomic's stepfather, at their Floral City
Inverness by ambulance,
home, located at 4983 E. Stoer Lane.
due to becoming dis-
Authorities believe that Ms Chomic
traught upon finding the
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shot her three sons, then turned the gun on
bodies, but they were
herself, sometimes during the evening of
later released. Neither
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Oct. 30. The children were Anthony Lietz,
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Alicia Chomic
Jr., fifteen months old; Damian Lietz, two-
cident.
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and-a-half years old; and Thomas Goldsmith,
According to the Tampa Tribune,
Jr., nearly four years old, according to the
the father of Chomic's oldest son, Thomas
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Citrus County Sheriff's Office. Chomic had
Anthony Goldsmith, 25, is incarcerated at the
moved into the Maslowski's home, just three
Wakulla Correctional Institution in
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days earlier, possibly from Pasco County.
Crawfordville. He was arrested on Oct. 9 for
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The bodies were found in a bed-
violating probation and is scheduled to be
room. Anthony, the youngest child, was shot
released in March. Goldsmith has previously
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of the other two boys, Damian and Thomas,
a controlled substance, stalking, battery, and
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firearm was found nearby.
The Tampa Tribune also reported
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Detectives have not found a suicide
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eral reports, she has no history of violence
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and possession of a controlled substance. In
and was known to be a loving, capable mother
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