10-25-2010, 10:35 AM
well, well... daddy is in jail. finally. the police got whatever they could get out of him, now he will lawyer up. his charges are NOT related to Zahra's disappearance. i'll check later to see what bond is set at his first appearance. it may be bond plus pay or stay on the worthless checks. don't know yet.
EDIT TO ADD: Baker was being held on $7,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 18.
HICKORY, NC (WBTV) - Authorities said Monday morning that a missing 10-year-old girl's father had been charged and was being held in jail.
Adam Baker, the father of Zahra Baker, was not charged with allegations related to her disappearance, unlike Zahra's stepmother, who is being held on an obstruction of justice charge related to the search for the girl.
Full Coverage: The Search for Zahra
Adam Baker, who first reported his daughter missing in a 911 call Oct. 9, was charged Monday with 5 counts of worthless checks and 5 counts of failing to appear in court. He is being held in the Catawba County Jail on a $7,000 bond.
The charges against Baker came after authorties said Friday that they had completed their search of a Caldwell County landfill and that they had been looking for a specific mattress associated with the missing 10-year-old girl, Zahra Baker.
EDIT TO ADD: Baker was being held on $7,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 18.
HICKORY, NC (WBTV) - Authorities said Monday morning that a missing 10-year-old girl's father had been charged and was being held in jail.
Adam Baker, the father of Zahra Baker, was not charged with allegations related to her disappearance, unlike Zahra's stepmother, who is being held on an obstruction of justice charge related to the search for the girl.
Full Coverage: The Search for Zahra
Adam Baker, who first reported his daughter missing in a 911 call Oct. 9, was charged Monday with 5 counts of worthless checks and 5 counts of failing to appear in court. He is being held in the Catawba County Jail on a $7,000 bond.
The charges against Baker came after authorties said Friday that they had completed their search of a Caldwell County landfill and that they had been looking for a specific mattress associated with the missing 10-year-old girl, Zahra Baker.