Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office Detective Jeff Baker takes the oath before testifying in Judge Don Poole’s courtroom Monday. Baker told the court that Shannon Ory was stalking the victim in his upcoming trial.A man free on bond while awaiting trial on charges that he beat and tried to kidnap his ex-wife then later tried to hire someone to kill her is now wanted by police on charges he stalked the woman.
Executive Assistant District Attorney Neal Pinkston called a local detective to the witness stand Monday for testimony that would help revoke Shannon Ory’s bond before his scheduled Nov. 29 trial.
Hamilton County Sheriff’s Detective Jeff Baker testified that Francis Ory, 41, Shannon’s ex-wife, called him Friday from Davidson County and said Shannon Ory was waiting for her outside her workplace.
Shannon, 43, followed his ex-wife into the building where she hid from him in a locked office.
“[She] walked out of the building, saw Ory standing there, and retreated back into the building,” Baker testified. “He went inside, she locked herself in an office and called 911.”