Murder Suspect Arrested One Dead, One Critical in Man Charged in Easter Morning Shooting Death of Inverness Woman Cycle Crash A.B
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Opening day: Red Sox bomb Yankees /B1 ALL-NEW XTS TUESDAY TODAY CITRUS COUNTY & next $ morning 399 HIGH PER MONTH 2 ON A 36-MONTH LEASE See it on Pg C12 81 Sunny and warm. LOW PAGE A4 Village 55 000EI5Y Cadillac www.chronicleonline.com APRIL 2, 2013 Florida’s Best Community Newspaper Serving Florida’s Best Community 50¢ VOL. 118 ISSUE 238 NEWS BRIEFS Murder suspect arrested One dead, one critical in Man charged in Easter morning shooting death of Inverness woman cycle crash A.B. SIDIBE rus County Sheriff ’s Office. ing to CCSO spokeswoman “In the area that Holub A motorcyclist was Staff writer After his arrest overnight, Heather Yates. was arrested, our K-9 was killed Sunday in a crash Gregory Scott Holub, 29, of She said the sheriff ’s office able to track to a firearm,” in Lecanto. The crash INVERNESS — Less than Bradenton, is facing second- received a tip that Holub was Yates said. It is unclear what also left his passenger in 24 hours after the shooting degree murder charges in hiding in Ocala, and with the kind of firearm it was or if it critical condition. Gregory death of a Floral City woman, the death of Deseray Lynn aid of the Ocala Police De- was the gun used to shoot Gary Lynn McAllister, Holub the man believed responsi- Bowles, 24, of Inverness. partment and the Marion Bowles. 60, of Grand Ledge, apprended in ble was apprehended in Holub is also charged with County Sheriff ’s Office, CCSO Mich., and his passenger Ocala. Ocala, according to the Cit- aggravated assault, accord- agents raided the hideout. See ARREST/ Page A2 Janice Kay Bayha, 65, of Eustis, were traveling eastbound on State Road 44 on a 2006 Yamaha Fine day for fun and flying Roadstar when a 2004 Lexus struck them, caus- ing the motorcycle to col- lide with a stopped car. The driver of the Lexus, Leonard J. Decisneros, 96, of Lecanto, was trav- eling westbound on S.R. 44 and tried to make a left turn onto Crystal Oaks Drive. The stopped vehi- cle was at the intersection of Crystal Oaks Drive and S.R. 44. According to a Florida Highway Patrol re- port, Decisneros failed to observe McAllister and Bayha and drove into the eastbound lane, striking the right side of the mo- torcycle and launching the riders into the stopped vehicle. McAllister was pro- nounced dead at the scene and Bayha was transported to Ocala Re- gional Medical Center. The crash remains under investigation. Entertainment news moves to A section The Chronicle’s enter- tainment page has moved from the back page of the Sports section to Page A4. The entertainment page is MATTHEW BECK/Chronicle home to the horoscope, Longtime Citrus County educator Paul Heinze helps his 4-year-old niece Charlotte DeClerk lift off her kite Monday afternoon at Wallace Today in History and enter- Brooks Park in Inverness. 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The Path own produce. This season’s crop at The Path Farm Co-op includes okra, eggplant, peppers and zucchini. transported to Citrus Me- ON THE NET morial hospital where she DRONES If you’re going to “ ARREST ■ died from her injuries. Continued from Page A1 For details on how to Continued from Page A1 experiment, we want to know participate, go to Deputies went on a tinyurl.com/d4wyylf. massive manhunt follow- reported more than 1,000 “what you’re going to do and how Bowles was shot and ing the shooting, looking companies are currently killed during the early for a man 6 feet tall, about in the drone business. far it’s going to go. be “flying behind you, tail- hours of Easter Sunday. 180 pounds, with brown Predator drones spot ing you.” Investigators believe she hair and blue eyes. Com- smugglers and illegal im- Edna Mattos “There’s the potential was in a vehicle with an- munications dispatchers drone protestor. migrants, and Global for you being tracked for other person on Rabbit received the initial call at Hawks help NASA record no real reason, just to Lane in Floral City when 3:49 a.m. Sunday. atmospheric data and in- urday, March 23, including mentary school or a senior make sure you’re not the shooting occurred. Yates said investigators vestigate hurricanes. protestors from Citrus center or on the parkway? breaking the law,” The person she was with later received a tip Holub About a dozen police de- County.