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Inmate Charged With Having Hacksaw Blade

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By LISA A. DAVIS | The Tampa Tribune

Published: October 18, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A jail inmate awaiting trial on a first-degree murder charge now has another charge to fight: introducing contraband into a correctional facility.

Lawrence Tener (2004)

Lawrence Tener, accused of bludgeoning a woman to death and then burying her on his Moon Lake property, now is accused of having a hacksaw blade in Land O' Lakes Jail.

A detention deputy on Wednesday was escorting the 25-year-old from his cell to the shower and noticed a pen sticking out of his sock, according to a Pasco County arrest affidavit. When the deputy removed the pen, he discovered a hacksaw blade attached to one end, the arrest report states.

Tener was arrested in December 2004 after investigators unearthed Tammy Lee Bowles's body on his 5-acre property. Bowles, 43 and a mother of four, went missing around Halloween of that year. Relatives searched for her but never reported her missing.

Detectives investigating the attack of a woman at Tener's home in December 2004 were tipped off that a body might be buried there.

Detectives think both women were beaten with the same fiberglass ax in separate attacks.

Tener is has not gone to trial in either case. He is being held without bail.

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