Overview
- Marion County deputies arrested the 42-year-old at a Marion Oaks home next to Sunrise Elementary School and booked him into jail without bond.
- An arrest affidavit says Exantus obtained a Florida driver’s license on Oct. 3, was told on Oct. 6 to register as a convicted felon within 48 hours, signed paperwork acknowledging the requirement, and then failed to appear.
- Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said his office worked with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and the 5th Judicial Circuit state attorney to secure a warrant and is coordinating his return to Kentucky.
- Exantus was released from Kentucky custody on Oct. 1 under the state’s Mandatory Reentry Supervision law after serving less than half of a 20-year sentence stemming from assault convictions; a jury previously found him not guilty of murder by reason of insanity in the 2015 killing of Logan Tipton.
- Kentucky officials emphasize the Parole Board unanimously opposed his release, and Kentucky State Police and the FBI are investigating threats to board members linked to misinformation about the case.