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2ATallahassee Democrat Saturday, June 7, 2008 From Page 1A wvW.TAI-LAHSSEE.fOm Tallahasseeocom What's hot, what's new and what's coming up on Tallahassee's Web site What's new: Photo Galleries: -Glenn Beil's favorite May photos -FSU vs. Wichita State baseball fan cam and game gallery -TPD Majors -Coast Guard cutter patrols Forgotten Coast -Evening with the Stars -FSU's Buster Posey -Small Business Excel-' lence Awards Videos: -Gary Hilton transported to Leon County -FSUPD conducts bicycle safety wave -Bike commuter gives safety tips Blogs: -Bob Gabordi: Join the club: Everybody's talking about Buster -Lyssa Oberkreser: I'd like a Giant over a Fish -Jesse McKenzie: Capital City Ride for Hope Hope I can do it -Mark Hinson: HBO tees off with engrossing golf doc 03 BY i mm What's hot: Yesterday's most-viewed stories, photos and blogs 1. Photo Gallery: Glenn Beil Favorites of May 2. Photo Gallery: Adopt-able Pets 3. Tallahassee girl hides in bathtub during burglary 4.

Photo Gallery: Limelight 5. Escaped suspect nabbed at Motel 6 The June Numbers To date: 1,741,614 Yesterday: 263,199 Unique visitors: 126,290 FSU's Buster Posey Check out coverage of FSU catcher Buster Posey and join his online fan club at It ft Share Photos: Go to Tallahassee.com to upload your graduation photos and videos. At IfcfoH Want vour event listed 00 our master calendar? Get listed by logging UCl lldieu. on t0 Tallahassee.com and click the "Get Listed" icon to find out how. I iwwub mi HILTON Gettin' down for a good cause "This is about justice.

This is about the lady that he murdered very viciously in cold blood in our state." Larry Campbell Leon County sheriff teacher who was reported missing in December. Her body Was found two weeks later in the Apalachicola National Forest. Hilton was sentenced to life in prison in January for the murder of Georgia hiker Meredith Emerson. He is also a suspect in the death of an elderly couple in North Carolina. Hilton had been trying to fight his extradition since April.

"His efforts have now been proved futile," Campbell said. Dunlap's friends were pleased Friday that the case was progressing. "It's good," said Lori White. Tm glad it's going to be coming to an end." Another friend, Tanya Land, said she still hasn't made up her mind whether she thinks Hilton should get the death penalty. "I go back and forth on that," Land said.

"I don't really know at this point." Contact reporter Nic Corbett at (850) 599-2161 or ncorbett -r tallahassee.com. on unsuspecting people." State Attorney Willie Meggs is expected to personally prosecute the case, Campbell said. Meggs has said hell seek the death penalty. "(Hilton) went to great lengths to destroy evidence, to destroy the victims and to make it, as best as he could, impossible for law enforcement to be able to tie the crimes to him and to convict him," Campbell said. "He should have stayed out of Florida." Hilton was indicted by a Leon County grand jury in February on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping and grand theft in the slaying of Dunlap, a Florida State University nurse and Sunday school some fun, listen to good music and give money to a good cause." The charities are Capital City Youth Services, Big Bend Hospice, Guardian ad Litem, The Magnolia School, Tallahassee 25, TurnAbout and Mothers In Crisis.

Party4Purpose is an organization of young professionals who plan parties to help raise money for local non-profit agencies. Local businesses and volunteers donate goods, services, time and money to be able to host the event at no cost and give all the proceeds to the vanning charity. Dressed in 70's and 80's gear, partygoers will dance to The Groove Merchants at Paradigm, The Superheroes at Clydes, Costellos and Powder Blue at Andrew's Downtown. Admission of $10 gets participants into all three venues. Allie Fleming is director of program and events for the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce.

From Page 1A Diagnostic and Classification Prison, a maximum-security prison in Jackson, to pick him up. Hilton will have his first court appearance from the jail this morning. He's been appointed two assistant public defenders, Ines Suber and Steven Been, who specialize in capital murder cases. In a news conference, Leon County Sheriff Larry Campbell said Hilton would likely be placed in a section of the jail reserved I for inmates facing the most serious charges. i "I don't see him going into solitary confinement," Campbell said.

"I don't i want him to have a pri-. vate room. Hell be right 1 out there with the rest of them. We don't want him to have cruel and unusual punishment. We want him to be with his peers." SILVER LAKE From Page 1A est.

"Yes, we've cut some trees, but we're doing that in order to create a more managed site so that there's less environ- mental damage down the road." The management plan for the Apalachicola forest was adopted last year, after the Forest Service in 2005 decided to restrict motor vehicles to roads and designated trails. In Leon County, the plan calls for 56 miles of trails for ATVs and motorcycles and 57 miles of trails for motorcycles only. The service has also tak- en down about 15 trees on two acres at Silver Lake to create a training area for riders to learn how to" be better stewards of the land. New regulations By Allie Fleming SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT Last year, more than 900 people donned bright clothes and leggings to help raise $10,000 for the winning Party4Purpose charity. This year, organizers expect hundreds more at the group's 70's vs.

80's Prom. The annual event will be held 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. tonight and early Sunday at three downtown locations, Paradigm, Andrews and Clydes Costello's, and all money taken at the door will be given to one local charity drawn at midnight. Two years ago we gave almost $6,000 cash to the winning charity, Tallahassee 25," said Party4Purpose founder and GT Entertainment president Greg Tish.

"Last year we gave $10,000 to Kefuge House. This year, who knows how much we will raise for one of our seven lucky charities the sky's the limit! It's all up to how many people in Tallahassee want to come downtown, have Lottery results FLORIDA LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS FOR 6608 CASH 3 (noon): 66 -8-9-2; 65 -0-5-5 CASH 3 (night): 66 -6-6-2; 65 -6-0-7 PLAY 4 (noon): 66 -4-8-0-4; 65 -2-4-7-1 PLAY 4 (night): 66 -3-6-0-7; 65 -8-5-3-9 FANTASY 5: 66 -13-12-33-25-23; 65 -26-27-31-36-23 LOTTO: 64 -4-6-8-40-22-37 MEGA MONEY: 66 -39-34-8-38 9 For lottery Information, call (850) 487-7777. CORRECTIONS To report a correction, please or fax 599-2295. Campbell addressed critics who said Florida shouldn't spend the money to bring Hilton to Tallahassee. "This isn't about money," he said.

This is about justice. This is about the lady that he murdered very viciously in cold blood in our state." It's possible that Hilton will be connected to other crimes, Campbell said. "We are highly suspicious because of his modus operandi, if you will, that there are other crimes that should have been attributed to him that have been undiscovered so far," he said. "He was a very calculating, ruthless, dangerous man that's roaming through our society and preying that start July 1 require children under 16 to complete ATV or motorcycle safety courses. Kent Johnson, owner of Florida Motorsports of Tallahassee, said ATV sales have been declining the past two years as trails get closed off to motor vehicles.

He said it was fair to open trails near town and for the government to pay for training the state requires. "I feel like they ought to provide the proper area to get that training," he said. "Safety training is a wonderful idea" but shouldn't be mandated by the government, he added. The trails, which are currently being marked, are in a diamond-shaped area bordered by Blount-stown Highway to the north, Bloxham Cut-Off to the south and Spring-hill Road to the east. Riders who ignore the rules will face fines in the hun Wanted on a charge of violation of probation.

Keith D. Campbell, 41, 6-foot-1, 250 pounds. Wanted on a charge of violation of probation. Maple Forest Drive, 5600 block: mp3 player, CD's. Nez Perce Trail, 2600 block: American flag.

Old Bainbridge Road, 7200 block: liquor bottle, carton of eggs, beer. Tharpe 3000 block: car stereo. Tower Wood Trail, 5500 block. Wedgewood Drive, 2000 block: 100 gallon fuel tank, plastic tool box. Commercial Tower Road, 5400 block: tools.

SOUTHWEST Residential Burglary Bark Drive 4200 block: television, back pack. Campbell 500 block. Chapel Drive, 400 block: video game car- P) GEORGIA LOTTERY CASH 3 (noon): 66 -3-8-3 CASH 3 (night): 66 -na CASH 4 (noon): 66 -5-8-9-1 CASH 4 (night): 66 -na FANTASY 5: 66 -na WIN FOR LIFE 64 -9-22-23-26-30-32 -14 MEGA MILLIONS: 63 -4-19-24 32-54 -5 For more Information on the lotteries, see Page3A. contact Jane Parrish at 599-2349 CIRCULATION CUSTOMER CARE DEPARTMENT 599-2282 (local calls) 1-800-999-2271 EDITORIAL Crime Stoppers corner Tallahassee Democrat 277 N. Magnolia Tallahassee, FL 32301 or P.O.

Box 990, Tallahassee FL 32302-0990 GAhMLTT Main Number: (850) 599-2100 To subscribe: (850) 599-2282 or 1-800-999-2271 dreds of dollars, Smelser said. "We want to decrease the amount of environmental damage by keeping people from going just everywhere and anywhere," Forest Service spokeswoman Denise Rains said. The Friends of the Apalachicola National Forest, a group of biologists and other forest users, say the Forest Service reached a good compromise restricting motorized vehicles to an area that isn't too environmentally sensitive. Todd Engstrom, the group's president, said he would have preferred motor vehicles be restricted to areas where much damage has already been done, such as Tate's Hell State Forest in Franklin and Liberty counties. Engstrom said the plan will be an acceptable compromise if use of the trails Big Bend Crime Stoppers telephones are hot recorded and do not have Caller ID.

Anonymous rewards up to $1,000 are paid for information leading to an fridges. Levy 1500 block. Main 2100 block: two incidents. Ridgeway 2800 block. Vehicle Burglary Forest Wood Drive, 8500 block: marine battery.

Vehicle Theft Call 1700 block: two incidents. Capital Circle, 4700 block. SOUTHEAST Robbery Park 1300 block. Residential Burglary Beaver Creek Way, 900 block: computer, digital camera, video game. Country Living Circle, 5800 block: computer, screwdriver.

Woodrich Drive, 2900 block: two incidents. is policed, something the Forest Service has struggled with because of the lack of resources. "That is an ongoing challenge," Smelser said. "We hope that there will be lots of buy-in from the public in general, but then we do need to step in and start educating youth so that they are aware of the regulations and how they need to be a part of that." Smelser said the Forest Service hopes to recruit volunteers to act as trail rangers educating the public. "I think that there's enough of a separation (with other Silver Lake park users), and the (motor vehicle) folks will be heading off to the trail and people down at the beach will still be able to enjoy the peace and quiet down there," Smelser said.

"But I think only time will tell how it affects the numbers." arrest. As of June 6, the individuals featured on this page were assumed wanted as verified by various law-enforcement databases. Big Bend Crime Stoppers assumes no responsibility for those featured who were not wanted by law enforcement at the time of publication. NE East of Meridian RoadMonroe St north of Tennessee SLMahan Dr. NW North of Tennessee St, west of Monroe StMeridian Road SW South of Tennessee St.

west of Monroe StWocxtville Highway SE South of Mahan Drive, east ol Monroe St Woodville Highway Vehicle Theft Apalachee Parkway, 3500 block. Call 1000 block: two incidents. Darryl Drive, 1900 block. Vantage Point Lane, 300 block. From Police Department and Sheriff's Office reports.

Key People wanted by local law-enforcement agencies and Big Bend Crime Stoppers will be featured here on a daily basis. If you know how to locate one of these people, call the Crime Stoppers hot line at 574-TIPS or (888) 876-TIPS. Thomas L. Washington, 28, 5-foot-7, 170 pounds. Crime report Reported Wednesday to Friday.

Crimes reported In Leon County are listed by area In I these categories: robbery, residential burglary, vehicle burglary, vehicle theft and commercial. Only categories with crimes are included. I NORTHEAST Residential Burglary I Belgrand Drive, 6300 block: three shotguns. Cranleigh Drive, 3200 block. NORTHWEST Residential Burglary Old Bainbridge Road, 1600, 2600 and 7200 block.

Tennessee 2500 block. I Vehicle Burglary Georgia 800 block. Mainsail 4200 block: radio stereo. MISSED DELIVERY For replacement of missing, damaged or Incomplete copies in select areas of Leon County, please call the Circulation Customer Care Department from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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