Bonnie Sweeten, a native of suburban Philadelphia, faces police charges after reporting a fake abduction of her daughter Julia Rakoczy to 911 earlier this week.
Police quickly found out the story did not add up and 24 hours later had tracked Sweeten to a hotel in Disney World packed with "minimal luggage and a hotel room paid till May 29."
Sweeten is being charged with misdemeanors of identity theft and false reports facing probation or even jail time.
A mother of four, friends say Sweeten had always been "the perfect mom," but cite domestic and financial troubles.
The daughter Julia is now safe and unharmed with her father.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Five officers fired in Birmingham, Ala.
Five police officers have been fired after dashboard camera footage surfaced showing them brutally beating a man who seconds earlier was flung from his car after a high speed chase in Birmingham, Ala., leaving him unconscious.
Mayor Larry Langford and Police Chief A.C. Roper told USA Today that these actions "cannot be tolerated." No charges have been filed against the officers yet.
Anthony Shannon Warren, the 38-year-old driver of the van who was beaten on Jan. 23, 2008, was shown driving over an officer in the beginning of the footage. Later, Warren lost control turning up a highway interstate ramp and flipped the car, being flung from it. This is when cops rushed out of their cars and began to barrage Warren with multiple strikes.
Warren, after being held under $1 million bond after the chase, pleaded guilty in March 2009 to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Because of this no trial was held and the footage was not shown for over a year.
Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls told USA Today that race was not a motivation in the beating.
"Over 50 years of combined police experience gone over 11 seconds," Mayor Larry Langford told reporters.
Mayor Larry Langford and Police Chief A.C. Roper told USA Today that these actions "cannot be tolerated." No charges have been filed against the officers yet.
Anthony Shannon Warren, the 38-year-old driver of the van who was beaten on Jan. 23, 2008, was shown driving over an officer in the beginning of the footage. Later, Warren lost control turning up a highway interstate ramp and flipped the car, being flung from it. This is when cops rushed out of their cars and began to barrage Warren with multiple strikes.
Warren, after being held under $1 million bond after the chase, pleaded guilty in March 2009 to first-degree assault and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Because of this no trial was held and the footage was not shown for over a year.
Jefferson County District Attorney Brandon Falls told USA Today that race was not a motivation in the beating.
"Over 50 years of combined police experience gone over 11 seconds," Mayor Larry Langford told reporters.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Fire Trucks Collide in St. Louis, MO
Two fire trucks responding to a fire on Middleton Ave. collided with one another Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Middleton Ave. and Martin Luther King Dr. Brian Westbrook, the driver of the truck heading south on Martin Luther King Dr. and only injured person at the incident, was taken to the hospital after the collision with a concussion and released shortly afterward. Westbrook, a 31-year-old firefighter and paramedic with three years of experience, had no previous accidents. Michael Johnson, the other driver, is 32-years-old and a seven-year veteran firefighter with five years driving experience. Ken Rodriguez, a fire department spokesman, stated that “the accident is under review and the cause is unknown, but once facts are known they will respond accordingly.”
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