Tuesday, March 09, 1999
Suspect called a violent drunk
Ex-school official denied lower bond
BY DAN HORN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Prosecutors say Ebbie Gadd spent a lifetime working with children as a school administrator. But after consuming alcohol, they say, he turned into the kind of man who could fire a gun into a minivan carrying a family with children.
“He has a drinking problem that is not controlled,” assistant county prosecutor Heather Russell said Monday.
At a hearing in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, Ms. Russell described Mr. Gadd as someone who becomes violent after drinking.
She said Mr. Gadd, a retired assistant superintendent at Kings Local School District, revealed his dark side on Feb. 3 when he pulled his car alongside a minivan and fired a handgun through the van's passenger window.
Driver Pamela Devlin of Pleasant Run, who did not know Mr. Gadd, was cut by shattered glass. Her husband, Daniel, and their two children, ages 8 and 13, were uninjured.
A short time later, Ms. Russell said, Mr. Gadd drove into Kentucky and got involved in an altercation with a motorist there. She said the argument ended when Mr. Gadd drew the gun and pointed it at the other man.
She said Mr. Gadd also has a prior arrest for domestic violence involving his girlfriend in 1996. She said Mr. Gadd had been drinking in that case, too.
Although Mr. Gadd's attorney had asked Judge Thomas Nurre to reduce his client's $100,000 bond, the judge said the history cited by the prosecutor justified the bond.
“In view of the very serious charges, plus the background of violence when drinking, I'm going to deny that motion,” the judge said.
Mr. Gadd is charged with felonious assault and could face up to seven years in prison.
His attorneys have said he has no memory of the shooting incident and deeply regrets it.
Prior to his work at Kings Local, Mr. Gadd was superintendent of New Miami Schools. He also worked in the Lakota School District for 14 years.
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