FORT WALTON BEACH — After it was determined that all black bears in Florida qualify as Florida black bears, Okaloosa County Judge T. Patterson Maney ruled Friday that Ralph Ward indeed had illegally killed two of them. Swiatek argued that … Read More
FORT WALTON BEACH –Wearing a special device that allowed him to hear attorneys, 82-year-old Ralph Ward shared an old-fashioned perspective Thursday on the relationship between man and animal at his trial for shooting two Florida black bears. Under questioning from … Read More
FORT WALTON BEACH — The question of who fired the shots that killed two black bears in Ralph Ward’s yard will be debated in front of a judge, not a jury, if the criminal case against him makes it to … Read More