Comcast.net: Wash. mother gets 3 months for attacking sex felon
source: http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20090228/Bat.Sentence/
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According to police documents, Level-3 sex offender William A. Baldwin had moved into his uncle's Puyallup home earlier this month. Following his move, Pierce County deputies distributed flyers around the neighborhood to alert residents of his presence.
On Monday Gibson, an area resident, went to Baldwin's house in the 1800 block of River Road and asked for him.
When Baldwin stepped outside, she claimed she was going to kill him because Baldwin had molested her children. Gibson then proceeded to hit Baldwin repeatedly with her bat, the document said, leaving him with an injured arm.
"I kept swingin' and swingin', and swingin'," Gibson told investigators.
Contrary to what she had said to Baldwin, Gibson later told investigators Baldwin had not molested her children.
She did say, however, that when she saw the flyer, she recognized Baldwin as the man who had chatted up her 10-year-old daughter during the previous summer. It may have been Baldwin's unusual height of 7 feet 3 inches that made him memorable.
"For him to be right there, in front of my house and talking to my child -- made me crazy," she said.
The flyer listed the wrong address for Baldwin, but Gibson knew where Baldwin lived and sought him out.
"And I told him I thought he was a piece of crap and I smacked him," she said. "I just didn't stop hitting him. I just told him that 'if it were up to me, I'd kill ya."'
- 3 years ago
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mik661
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mik661
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It was determined that the victim had done nothing to her children. The vast majority of molestations are by family members and friends. I think sentencing was out of line, not the prosecution for the violent attack.
- 3 years ago
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mik661
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Momsagainstcrime
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mik661:
Watch the CNN vidio son. He was texting her on the computer. VIOLATION ! ! ! DUH!
- 3 years ago
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Momsagainstcrime
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Momsagainstcrime
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It is sad that this brave woman feels she must take matters into her own hands to protect her children because criminals are better protected than her small children.
I say GO GIRL! I support you. I know your frustrations and I wish I could contact you directly.
a criminalized grandma
- 3 years ago
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Momsagainstcrime
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mik661
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While I do not support attacking some one based on an unfounded accusation, this jail sentence seems completely out of line. I have seen people get beaten down severly with little or no provocation and had their attackers walk away with probation or suspended sentences.
- 3 years ago
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mik661
