In article >, "Jason
Tinling" > wrote:

> "FERRANTE" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
>
> "and according to neighbors seemed like a normal guy."
>
> <more snip>
>
> "Seemed" being the operative word...
>
> From MSNBC.com.
>
> "Smith has been arrested at least 13 times in Florida since 1993,
> according to state records. He was arrested in 1997 in Manatee County
> on kidnapping and false imprisonment charges, but was acquitted a
> year later.
>
> Smith served 17 months in prison for heroin possession and
> prescription drug fraud and was released in 2003. He was arrested
> eight days later on the cocaine possession charge and was placed on
> probation for three years. In 1998, he was acquitted of kidnapping
> and false imprisonment of a 20-year-old woman. She told deputies that
> 'he got on top of me and told me to shut up or he would cut me.'
>
> Smith called it a misunderstanding.
>
> 'He testified he believed the woman was going to try to harm herself
> by throwing herself into traffic,' said prosecutor Brian Iten, who
> said the acquittal surprised him. 'He said she misinterpreted his
> actions because of his tattoos.'
>
> Normal? Hardly. Should have been off the street long ago? Most
> likely.
>
> 'Tis a shame the way the world seems to be headed.

> Jason

"Seems" being the operative word...
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> updated 1-31-04
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail;
a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn,that was fun!"