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MARION COUNTY, Fla. - Marion County officials announced Oct. 28 that Ronald Exantus is being sent back to Kentucky, where he was released from prison after serving less than half of his 20-year prison sentence.

This decision comes after Marion County authorities were made aware that Exantus was living in a Marion Oaks home near two schools .

Exantus was arrested Oct. 9 for failing to register as a convicted felon within 48 hours after arriving in the state.

By 10 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, Exantus was out of Woods' jail, he said. At 1 p.m., Woods said Exantus would be traveling over the Florida-Georgia line – continuing to Kentucky "where he should be."

Woods told Kentucky to keep Exantus in their state and to not allow him to come to Florida – and definitely not Marion Cou

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