Man deemed criminally insane arrested with van full of guns

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2. How does a criminally insane person get released, never mind get THREE dozen fireams?

Tampa forensic psychologist Robert M. Berland...was one of two psychologists who found Dunaway incompetent to stand trial, prompting Circuit Judge John W. Booth to send the defendant for treatment at the state mental hospital in Chattahoochee. Nine months later, Booth entered a judgment of not guilty by reason of insanity.

It's unclear how long he was hospitalized. The victim's son said that for the first three years, the family was notified whenever Dunaway sought release. But then the notifications stopped. "I thought he was put away for good," said Lt. Caruthers, "but obviously not."

The Fifth Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office, which prosecuted the case, was closed Tuesday. The court clerk's file was not immediately available. Judge Booth, now retired at 89, was recovering from a medical ailment, his wife said.

It's unclear how long he was hospitalized? Well, somebody has got some explaining to do as to how he got UN-hosptialized -- a bureaucratic screwup, or did he escape?


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