FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
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January 25, 2008 Fountain man convicted of murder, arson State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the conviction, in Bay County Circuit Court, of Clint Martin Stagg, on charges of First Degree Murder and Arson. A three males, three females jury deliberated about 90 minutes before finding Stagg, WM, DOB: 5-3-1974, of Fountain, guilty in the July 24, 2006, killing of Tonya Farmer, and the subsequent burning of a vehicle which may have contained evidence. During the four-day trial, prosecutors Larry Basford and Tracy Smith presented evidence that Stagg bludgeoned Farmer to death and then dumped her body in a wooded area. He later burned his mother’s vehicle in an effort to destroy evidence. Sentencing is set for February 26, 2008. Stagg faces a mandatory life in prison sentence for the murder. |