7 Charged for Aiding FL Murder Suspect's Escape: Several people have been charged as accomplices for assisting a Florida murder suspect and death row inmate escape from a crowded courtroom last Friday. The AP reports that Francine Mesadieu, 31, provided prisoner Dayonte Resiles, 21, with a wig, clothes and colored contact lenses to disguise himself, while Paige Jackson, 18, helped to plan the escape through three-way jail phone calls. Resiles was sitting in the jury box when he slipped out of his shackles, jumped a courtroom barrier and ran past two unarmed bailiffs towards downtown where a car was waiting for him. Fellow inmate, Walter M. Hart II, 22, has also been charged for holding Resiles' shackles while he manipulated them along with Resiles' girlfriend, LaQuay Stern, 18, who was driving the getaway car. Resiles has been rearrested. Sheriff Scott Israel stated that armed deputies will now accompany maximum-security inmates in the courtroom. Resiles is accused of binding Jill Halliburton Su, 59, at both the hands and feet and stabbing her to death during an attempted burglary in 2014.
Death Penalty a Possibility for CA Man who Killed Toddler: San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe is considering seeking the death penalty against a California man accused of sexually abusing and murdering his girlfriend's toddler last year. The SF Examiner reports that David Contreras, 28, faces charges of murder and felony child abuse, among other charges, for the August 2015 sexual molestation and beating death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter, who he claims died after falling from a changing table. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday, and a pretrial conference is scheduled for early December. .
White House to Review Ban on Military Gear for Police: Two police organization directors said Thursday that the White House has agreed to review last year's ban on the transferring of riot gear, armored vehicles and other military-grade equipment from the U.S. armed forces to police departments. Julia Edwards of Reuters reports that Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, and Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, along with eight other police organization chiefs, met with President Obama and Vice President Biden on July 11, just days after a shooter gunned down five police officers in Dallas and days before three Baton Rouge officers were ambushed and killed, to urge reinstatement of military equipment to the police. Under a May 2015 executive order, military equipment like helmets, grenades and tracked armor vehicles were banned amid public outcry of their use during protests in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri. "The White House thought this kind of gear was intimidating to people, but they didn't know the purpose it serves," said Pasco. White House chief legal counsel Neil Eggleston will review the ban.
Death Penalty a Possibility for CA Man who Killed Toddler: San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe is considering seeking the death penalty against a California man accused of sexually abusing and murdering his girlfriend's toddler last year. The SF Examiner reports that David Contreras, 28, faces charges of murder and felony child abuse, among other charges, for the August 2015 sexual molestation and beating death of his girlfriend's 17-month-old daughter, who he claims died after falling from a changing table. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Tuesday, and a pretrial conference is scheduled for early December. .
White House to Review Ban on Military Gear for Police: Two police organization directors said Thursday that the White House has agreed to review last year's ban on the transferring of riot gear, armored vehicles and other military-grade equipment from the U.S. armed forces to police departments. Julia Edwards of Reuters reports that Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, and Bill Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, along with eight other police organization chiefs, met with President Obama and Vice President Biden on July 11, just days after a shooter gunned down five police officers in Dallas and days before three Baton Rouge officers were ambushed and killed, to urge reinstatement of military equipment to the police. Under a May 2015 executive order, military equipment like helmets, grenades and tracked armor vehicles were banned amid public outcry of their use during protests in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri. "The White House thought this kind of gear was intimidating to people, but they didn't know the purpose it serves," said Pasco. White House chief legal counsel Neil Eggleston will review the ban.
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