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Wednesday November 28, 2007

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Sally Price Correspondent

Squawk Box Drug Dealer

Sought on

With Doug Johnston

Trip to Lexington: Part II

Active

We wanted to get an early

start Friday morning. Our plan

Warrants

was to try and get to our hotel

in Lexington early in the after-

The U.S. Mar-

noon so we could check out the

shals' Tampa Bay Area Fu-

area and locate the U.K. campus. We were

gitive Task Force is work-

told by the hotel personnel when we booked

ing closely with detec-

the room that we were in walking distance to

tives from the Citrus

Commonwealth Stadium.

County Sheriff's Office

I always wake up before my dear wife and

Vice & Narcotics Unit in

this day was no exception. I had showered,

an ongoing investigation

made coffee and retrieved a newspaper by

centered on wanted sub-

7:A.M. and then I decided to wake Kathie.

ject Stephen Bishop Hall,

Most people think my wife is a sweet and

32.

even tempered person who is a delight to be

Stephen Hall

Hall, whose last

around. But most people have not experi-

known address was 1409 Andrew Street in

enced my dear wife early in the morning be-

Inverness, is considered a fugitive from jus-

fore she has had her one cup of coffee. She is

tice. That is, he committed his crimes within

an entirely different person. Waking this an-

the jurisdiction of Citrus County, but is be-

gelic little lady is, I would imagine, like rous-

Reading with Rocky - Homosassa Wildlife Park volunteer, Barbara Cairns, will read to the

lieved to have gone elsewhere in order to

ing a bear from hibernation.

evade the law and avoid its punishment.

After a short flurry of words that would

children from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. She'll read stories, poems, riddles and offer trivia about

The subject is described as a white male, 5'7"

make a sailor blush, Kathie had her coffee,

Florida animals, all of which children can see at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. The

then she transformed into that wonderfully

Continued on page 3 - Fugative

programs will be held on the second Saturday of each month from December 2007 through

sweet and lovely person again; the one that

May 2008. Read full story on page 5.

Neighborhood Missing Woman Taken Into Custody

Continued on page 3 - Squawk Box

Food Ranch

Feud Ends

Citrus

deputy on Friday to say that he was a friend

County Sheriff's Office

of Baird's and had read the recent stories

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detectives were look-

about the missing adult. He wanted to let

With Stabbing

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ing for new leads in a

authorities know that he'd seen and spoken

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missing person case

with Baird in Wildwood earlier this month,

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they've been working

and she appeared to be fine.

Saturday Dec. 8, 2007

25, 2007 Corporal Brian

since early October.

Given this new lead, detectives con-

8am-12noon

Marra arrested Brian James

tacted the Sumter County Sheriff's Office. On

At that time,

Kearney for aggravated

a family friend of

Saturday, Sumter deputies were able to lo-

battery and was trans-

cate Baird at a motel near I-75. Since there

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ported to the Levy County

was an active Hernando County warrant in

Baird, 20, of Floral City

Ashley Baird

Jail.

the system for two counts of worthless

reported to law en-

At 10:45 P.M. the

Prizes

checks, Baird was taken into custody and

forcement that the young woman hadn't had

Levy County Sheriff's Of-

for

transported to the Sumter County Detention

any contact with her family since the Labor

fice received a 9-1-1 call in Brian Kearney

Center.

Day weekend (September 1-3).

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reference to a stabbing.

Her family was notified of her re-

Citrus County Sheriff's Office de-

Upon arrival at 10:51 P.M. the defendant ap-

covery and expressed relief to learn that their

tectives were able to close their missing per-

proached Corporal Marra and confessed to

daughter was okay.

son case on 20-year-old Ashley Baird of Flo-

the stabbing.

Baird told authorities that she'd made

ral City, due in large part to the significant