THE MOTHER OF A TEENAGER NOW SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR KILLING 13-YEAR-OLD TRISTYN BAILEY ENTERED A PLEA OF NO CONTEST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WAS SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY JAIL AND FIVE YEARS OF PROBATION AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF CRIMES RELATED TO HER SON’S CASE.
CRYSTAL SMITH, THE MOTHER OF AIDEN FUCCI, STOOD ACCUSED OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER, A FELONY.
SMITH, 38, WAS ADJUDICATED GUILTY BY JUDGE R. LEE SMITH WHO ACCEPTED HER PLEA, PART OF A DEAL STRUCK BETWEEN PROSECUTORS AND SMITH’S DEFENSE ATTORNEYS.
ACCORDING TO SMITH’S ARREST WARRANT, SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS HER WASHING FUCCI’S BLUE JEANS HOURS AFTER HE MURDERED BAILEY. SMITH IS NEXT SEEN TAKING THE JEANS TO HER MASTER BEDROOM FOR A WHILE AND THEN BRINGING THEM OUT AND INSPECTING THE PANTS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE PUTTING THEM BACK IN HER SON’S ROOM. THE WARRANT SAID THE JEANS AND THE DRAIN IN THE SINK LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR BLOOD.
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE CHARGES CARRIES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF UP TO FIVE YEARS. JURY SELECTION WAS SET TO BEGIN IN SMITH’S TRIAL TODAY
SMITH DID NOT SPEAK AS THE SENTENCE WAS HANDED DOWN
AND WAS TAKEN FROM THE COURTROOM DIRECTLY TO JAIL, WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO END HER PROBATION AFTER THREE YEARS IF THERE ARE NO VIOLATIONS. SHE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN CREDIT FOR ONE DAY SERVED.
A FLORIDA WOMAN TRIED TO STAB A FLAGLER SHERIFF’S OFFICE DEPUTY IN THE LEG WITH A “SHARP FIX-A-FLAT TOOL” ON THURSDAY AFTER BEING PURSUED ON A BICYCLE IN PALM COAST.
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED BREE ANN GADOURY, 42, WAS RIDING A BICYCLE AGAINST TRAFFIC ON EAST STATE ROAD 100, ALMOST CAUSING SEVERAL COLLISIONS.
DISPATCHERS RECEIVED “MULTIPLE CALLS” THAT THE WOMAN WAS “KEYING” SEVERAL VEHICLES AS SHE RODE HER BICYCLE BY THEM.
A DEPUTY CAUGHT UP WITH HER WHERE AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO APPREHEND HER.
SHE RESISTED, AND BACKUP UNITS ARRIVED. GADOURY “CONTINUED TO VIOLENTLY RESIST ARREST” INCLUDING WIELDING THE FIX-A-FLAT TOOL. SHE WAS FINALLY PUT UNDER ARREST AFTER GETTING TASERED.
GADOURY WAS ARRESTED FOR FLEEING, RESISTING AN OFFICER WITH VIOLENCE, AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND TWO COUNTS OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF RESULTING IN DAMAGE OF MORE THAN $1,000, ALL FELONIES.
RECORDS SHOW THAT GADOURY WAS IN THE FLAGLER COUNTY JAIL ON $11,500 BOND SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO HER PENDING CHARGES, GADOURY’S ARREST HISTORY INCLUDES BATTERY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH BODILY HARM, AND DISORDERLY INTOXICATION,
COLD CASE SPOTLIGHT – STROUD AND HUNTER MURDER 1991
ON A COLD DECEMBER EVENING TWO MEN DROVE DOWN A SHORTCUT ROAD TO VISIT THEIR FRIENDS LIVING OFF OF COLDWATER AVENUE IN SAN MATEO. WHEN THE COUPLE DID NOT ANSWER THE DOOR, ONE OF THE MEN LOOKED THROUGH A FRONT WINDOW TO DISCOVER STEVEN STROUD, 24, LYING ON THE GROUND SURROUNDED BY BLOOD.
THROUGH A BEDROOM WINDOW, THEY COULD SEE DONNA HUNTER, 19, BLEEDING AND BARELY ALIVE. ONE OF THE MEN RUSHED TO A NEARBY CONVENIENCE STORE TO CALL 911.
DONNA WAS RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL, BUT DIED FROM MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS BEFORE THEY COULD ARRIVE. STEVEN WAS DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
INVESTIGATORS NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY AND THE KILLERS WERE LIKELY ACQUAINTED WITH THE VICTIMS. THEY ALSO NOTED BLOOD PATTERNS ON THE FLOOR FROM THE LIVING ROOM TO THE BEDROOM INDICATING DONNA WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM THE SHOOTER.
BOTH DONNA AND STEVEN GREW UP IN SOUTH PUTNAM. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEEKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THIS CASE AS WE SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE FAMILIES OF DONNA AND STEVEN.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT INSPECTOR ZAGAR AT 386-972-9558.
TEARS WERE FLOWING AS MEMBERS OF THE CAST AND CREW PERFORMED THE FINAL SHOW FOR TITANIC THE MUSICAL SUNDAY AT THE JIM PIGNATO THEATRE. THE SHOW FEATURED 19 NEWCOMERS TO THE SHOW WHO HAD NEVER PERFORMED BEFORE. AUDIENCE MEMBERS GAVE THEM A HUGE APPLAUSE AND AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER CAST MEMBERS SURROUNDED AN AUDIENCE MEMBER WHO HAS ATTENDED ALL THEIR SHOWS OVER THE YEARS. ROSA CALLABELLO IS 103AND ALWAYS HAS HER PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE CAST MEMBERS AFTER THE SHOW.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST JOHNS RIVER STATE COLLEGE VIKING BASEBALL TEAM WHO WON THE NJCAA SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION II BASEBALL SUPER REGION AND WILL BE REPRESENTING FLORIDA GOING TO OKLAHOMA FOR THE WORLD SERIES. THEY HAVE NEVER REACHED THIS LEVEL BEFORE. CONGRATULATIONS GUYS!
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