08-23-2014, 12:30 PM
^ Florida police say they will not likely charge grandma Linda Maddox.
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Authorities say the Tampa woman who shot her 7-year-old grandson after mistaking him for an intruder probably won't face charges. Hillsborough County Sheriff's officials told the Tampa Bay Times the Tuesday shooting has been labeled an accident.
"She thought there was an intruder. She had no way of knowing [it] was only her grandson, so I think the decision not to press charges is justified," Tampa criminal defense lawyer Bryant Camareno - who is not connected to the case - told the Times. "The fact that she just fired into the darkness, that in and of itself is not a crime."
The paper reports there was also no crime in Maddox's leaving the loaded .22-caliber pistol within reach of her grandkids. In Florida, adults can only be charged with culpable negligence for storing a loaded gun near children if a minor uses it to hurt himself or someone else.
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-florida...e-charges/
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Yet, a woman who fired a warning shot against an abusive husband without hurting anyone was sentenced to 20 years in Florida and now Angela Corey wants to put her away for 60 years (consecutive instead of concurrent sentences for 3 charges) if she's convicted at her retrial.
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Authorities say the Tampa woman who shot her 7-year-old grandson after mistaking him for an intruder probably won't face charges. Hillsborough County Sheriff's officials told the Tampa Bay Times the Tuesday shooting has been labeled an accident.
"She thought there was an intruder. She had no way of knowing [it] was only her grandson, so I think the decision not to press charges is justified," Tampa criminal defense lawyer Bryant Camareno - who is not connected to the case - told the Times. "The fact that she just fired into the darkness, that in and of itself is not a crime."
The paper reports there was also no crime in Maddox's leaving the loaded .22-caliber pistol within reach of her grandkids. In Florida, adults can only be charged with culpable negligence for storing a loaded gun near children if a minor uses it to hurt himself or someone else.
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/cops-florida...e-charges/
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Yet, a woman who fired a warning shot against an abusive husband without hurting anyone was sentenced to 20 years in Florida and now Angela Corey wants to put her away for 60 years (consecutive instead of concurrent sentences for 3 charges) if she's convicted at her retrial.