Marion Man Sentenced to Prison for Violent Liquor Store Robbery Attempt

A Marion County man has been sentenced to more than seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to a brutal attempted robbery of a local liquor store.

Keyobie Dawadrian Bullard, 36, was convicted of Attempted Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon on Monday, August 18, 2025, in the courtroom of Judge Barbara Kissner-Kwatkosky. He was subsequently sentenced to seven years and six months in prison.

The conviction stems from an incident on May 6, 2022, at Beavers Discount Liquor Store on Jacksonville Road in Ocala. According to reports from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), a witness alerted authorities after observing a man in a blue hoodie inside the store, who appeare

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