DeBary News - January 1, 2019

and witnesses gave testimony in
Experts
in the stand-your-ground defense
December
Clay Curtsinger, the DeBary man accused of
for
shooting a man in east Orange County
fatally
2017. Orange-Osceola Circuit Court Judge
in
Traver ordered a continuation for
Dan
hearing, saying it would resume
Curtsinger's
22. Curtsinger, 48, is charged with first-
Jan.
murder in the slaying of Jack Radke on
degree
7, 2017 in a Lake Nona area subdivision.
July
said Radke threatened to kill him so
Curtsinger
opened fire with his Taurus 9mm
he
thinking Radke was reaching for his
handgun,
weapon, records say. Radke didn't have
own
gun. Seven spent shell casings and the 9mm
a
found inside Curtsinger’s pickup. Radke
were
shot six times. Curtsinger only remembers
was
first shot, according to WFTV.com.
the
backyard could be teeming with nasty
Your
Learn what's out there - and how you
invaders.
get rid of the worst creatures - during a new
can
called the Natural World Series.
program.
naturalist and author Roger Fulton will
Master
off the series at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12.
kick
Hall Historic Site's stable, 198 Sunrise
DeBary
DeBary.
Blvd,
was visiting Radke's ex-wife,
Curtsinger
Radke, before the shooting. She told
Carla
her ex-husband was abusive and
Curtsinger
on her. Curtsinger was pressure-
spied
her driveway when he spotted
washing
white Ford van on Budworth Circle
Radke's
the Eagle Creek subdivision where Carla
in
lives.
Radke
while behind the wheel of a
Curtsinger,
Dodge Ram pickup truck, pulled next
white
the van and shot Radke, an arrest affidavit
to
states.
defense team says he should be
Curtsinger's
immune from prosecution under
deemed
has published a series of trail guides
"Fulton
Florida, New York and Vermont. His
for
"Safe in the Woods" offers outdoor
publication
and survival tips," Volusia County said in
safety
news release.
a
reservations are needed. For details,,
No
Tracy Mestre at 386-668-3840 or
contact
tmestre@volusia.org.
County’s master gardeners will visit DeBary in January.
Volusia
trained volunteers will be in the River City from 11 a.m. to noon
The
Jan. 15, at the DeBary Public Library, 200 N. Charles R. Beall
Tuesday,
Blvd.
gardeners will share winter gardening tips and answer questions
Master
DeBary and six other Volusia County plant clinics in January.
in
in a plant to have them check it for free.
Bring
details, call University of Florida / IFAS Extension Volusia County at
For
386-822-5778.
Kevin P. Connolly
--
her deposition, Carla Radke said
In
seemed surprised in a phone
Curtsinger
from jail that her ex-
conversation
didn't have a gun.
husband
remember him calling and crying from
"I
and him saying that he -- his lawyer
jail
him that there wasn't a gun," Radke
told
"And he was saying how sorry he
said.
He was so sorry. That's what I
was.
She said she dated
remember."
for four years when they were
Curtsinger
and she lived in DeLand. But they
teens
up when she moved with her
broke
to Orlando. They remained friend
mother
later reconnected sometime before
and
shooting but they were not romantic.
the
said she did have a relationship
Radke
Clay's older brother, Brad. It's
with
her ex-husband thought Clay was
possible
she said. Clay Curtsinger remains
Brad,
without bond at the Orange County
jailed
He pleaded not guilty.
Jail.
Kids Corner will be held at
DeBary
a.m. Jan 12 at DeBary Hall to
9:30
kids about storytelling and
teach
history. Call Education
Florida
Stand-your-ground defense hearing to resume Jan. 22
DeBary News
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By Kevin P. Connolly
Florida's stand-your-ground law.
DeBary Hall hosts discussion about invasive species
DeBary Kids Corner
Tracy Mestre at 386-668-
Coordinator
for details.
3840
Master gardeners returning to DeBary