Bodine heads to Georgia to avoid extradition:

Diane Bodine, wife of #11 NASCAR driver Brett Bodine, will travel to Walton County [GA] to face felony charges that she harassed a Loganville woman her husband met via his association with Hooters Restaurants. Capt. Ray Parker of the Walton County Sheriff’s Department said Bodine has offered to appear in Monroe on Feb. 4 with her attorney to avoid extradition. Walton County issued felony arrest warrants for Bodine based on harassing phone calls Bodine allegedly made to the Loganville woman Brett Bodine met through Hooters of America Inc., sponsors of his race car. The Sheriff’s Department in Volusia County, Fla., arrested Bodine Jan. 16 at her Daytona Beach home. Bodine had allegedly been placing harassing phone calls to the Loganville woman since July 2002 and had also made felonious threats according to police accounts.( Gwinnett Daily Post ), see past news on my #11 Team News and Links page .(1-31-2003)