NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
October 28, 2007
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
  (850) 651-7420

STABBING VICTIM IN STABLE CONDITION

     A Fort Walton Beach teenager has been charged with aggravated battery in connection with an early morning stabbing. 18-year old Christopher Tyler Bedsole of 512 Winthrop Street was arrested Sunday by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. He’s accused of stabbing 19-year old Dante Quinn of Destin around 12:15 Sunday morning outside 411 Cobia Avenue on Okaloosa island. Quinn suffered a cut to the throat and is currently in stable condition at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola.

     Investigators say Quinn and Bedsole got into a fight over money.

     Deputies are currently looking for two other suspects. They are also trying to locate Bedsole’s car, which was used during the crime. It’s a late 90’s model black Ford Taurus with Florida tag number G940YX. Bedsole says it was stolen from where he had parked it on Lowery Drive after the incident.

     Anyone with information on the crime or the location of the car is asked to contact the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS.

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