Suspect of a deadly stabbing denied bond at first court appearance

BRADFORD COUNTY, Fla. (WCJB) -A man accused of stabbing another man to death in Bradford County made his first appearance in court today.

Gary Alvin Weeks Jr. is behind bars on first-degree premeditated murder charges. Weeks was arrested Wednesday for stabbing Emory Lee Crew Jr. to death.

According to a new report, the stabbing could be related to a drug bust at the Sonic restaurant in Starke last week.

Bradford County Sheriff’s deputies say they found text messages from suspect Gary Weeks Jr. accusing the victim Emery Lee Crew Jr. of having a sexual relationship with one of the two women arrested in the drug bust.

In the arrest affidavit, deputies say Crew’s was dropped at the HCA Florida Starke Emergency Hospital’s parking lot with a stab wound and later died.

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Baker County Court Judge Lorelie Brannan is overseeing the case. State Attorney Shawn Thompson asked the judge to keep him in jail without bond.

“According to the probable cause affidavit, it’s quite evidence,” said Thompson. “Based on the statute I filed a notice to seek pretrial attention.. I’ll follow that up with a motion within three days so I’m asking for a no bond in this case.”

Judge Brannan granted that request and ordered weeks not to contact other people involved in the investigation.

Joshua Ward and Dianne Chamberlain were arrested for tampering with evidence. Deputies say the two were involved in trying to clean up the vehicle they used to take Crews to the hospital.

In the morning of April. 25. a judge denied Week’s bond in court.

He’s behind bars on first-degree premeditated murder charges.

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