| Sweethearts hit by car on verge of new job, first year of college
With their whole lives before them, the young couple stepped out Thursday to celebrate new beginnings. She was off to college, he was to start a new job.
But everything came to a halt shortly after 11 p.m. when a driver traveling north on State Road A1A struck Brittany Degler, 18, and Alex Vazquez, 20, as they crossed the street near Spanish River Boulevard. Both were rushed to Delray Medical Center in critical condition.
Police still are investigating what happened at the dark, T-intersection along the beach and Spanish River Park.
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FedEx driver one victim of knife-wielding teenage girls
CARLSBAD Two teenage girls who claim local gang affiliation were arrested Tuesday morning and charged with attempting to commit armed robbery, a police report stated. Gabrielle Madrid, 15, of the 200 block of Russell, was charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery. April Parraz, 14, of the 600 block of North Canyon, was charged with accessory to armed robbery. According to court documents, at approximately 9 a.m. Tuesday, outside the Allsup's convenience store in the 1000 block of South Canal, a FedEx driver, Jose Gomez, was preparing to get gas for his truck when a white Ford Tempo pulled up to the gas pump next to him. The young female driver of the Tempo, identified as Madrid, began throwing gang signs at Gomez and asked him if he was affiliated with Sureno 13, a local gang, Gomez told police.
Charges against woman in gun incident reduced
ELKO, Nev. -- Attempted murder charges against a Penryn woman who was involved in an incident in Spring Creek, Nev., have been reduced to accessory charges, according to Rocky Gonzalez, undersheriff for Elko County. Jessica Haddad, 18, of Penryn was arrested in the area early Aug. 16. One of her two teenage passengers, a 16-year-old girl from Sacramento, allegedly had been shooting a gun out the window after a dispute and car chase involving people in other vehicles, Gonzalez said. The younger teenager was charged with five counts of attempted murder, as well as other charges involving the firearm and alcohol, he said. Haddad initially was charged with attempted murder; the charge was later reduced, Gonzalez said. .
Teen charged in beating death case
A 15-year-old girl is facing charges in the beating death of Curtis Arthur Williamson, 58. The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office said Friday the teen is charged with accessory after the fact of murder. The sheriff's office did not disclose the teen's name. The arrest comes a little over a week after a grand jury indicted Susan Marie Neugent, 47, on the same charge. According to court records, Neugent picked up the injured Williamson on June 27 under the direction of Darian Lamont Jones. Authorities think Jones beat Williamson with a bat for taking drugs from him, according to court records. Neugent took Williamson to Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville. He had no identification, and Neugent told detectives she found him on the side of U.S. 158 near Chapel Hill United Methodist Church.
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Two Kidnappers Sentenced
This morning, Josh Perotto and Denise Morris were sentenced in court for the kidnapping of a Bonneville County girl. Apparently the two lured the teen into a car last January and drove around Bonneville County with her. They thought the victim stole the drug money that she had been given to buy drugs. Josh Perotto was sentenced on one count of 2nd degree kidnapping. When it came time for Judge Jon Shindurling to hand down the sentence he said that Perotto has hope of rehabilitation, but if he doesn't take proper steps, the stakes are high. "You gotta understand the time is quickly coming, if you don't take corrective measures on your own you will spend a good part of the rest of your life in prison." Perotto was sentenced to a year in county jail and five to 15 years on probation.
Murder suspect's mother arrested, charged with accessory to murder
A mother who may have been trying to protect her son in a local murder case, may end up serving more than four years in jail. Police arrested the mother of murder suspect Larry Thompson Wednesday night and charged her with accessory to murder. Investigators say Debra Thompson refused to tell police where her son was. They say she also withheld evidence from detectives. Exactly what that evidence is though was not released. Her son, Larry Thompson, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Morris Cuttino. Cuttino was found shot in his car on Grace and Tenth Streets last week. Autopsy results show Cuttino died from a single gunshot wound to his abdomen. According to prosecutors, accessory to murder is a class c felony, with class A being the worst offense.
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