| SF mom is insane in killings of sons
SAN FRANCISCO - No one doubted LaShuan Harris was mentally ill when she killed her three children. Now that San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ksenia Tsenin has declared the Oakland woman was legally insane, shell finally get the care everyone always agreed she needed. "Its a sad commentary on our society that something like this has to happen for someone to get treatment for severe mental illness," defense lawyer Teresa Caffese said Wednesday following Tsenins ruling. On Oct. 19, 2005, Harris tossed her three sons, ages 6, 2 and 16 months, over a low railing and into the chilly waters of the bay. A witness watched, fearful and unbelieving, as she first undressed them, struggled a bit with the older ones and hurled them each into the water. Passers-by said she seemed dazed and disoriented.
Two Arrested in Death of Baby
The Hamilton county sheriff's department has arrested and charged two people in last April's death of an 18 month old child. One of those in custody is the girl's mother. It was last April 25 when the child was brought from an apartment complex to a nearby Dallas-Bay fire sub-station. Firefighters tried CPR on Sierra Carpenter, and quickly called EMS. She died soon after. On Friday Hamilton county detectives charged the mother, 19 year old Tracie Leann Carpenter with aggravated child neglect. She had been questioned several times by officers since the little girl died. Also in jail awaiting charges is 24 year old Brian Daryl Rutherford, but he will be charged with first degree murder and aggravated child neglect. Rutherford fled to Florida last year...but is already in jail on a federal gun charge.
El Dorado Furniture Takes its Themed Shopping to Palm Beach
MIAMI-(Business Wire)-February 8, 2007 - Hear the live sounds of a local performer. Enjoy an espresso and a snack in the Boulevard Cafe or simply relax on a park bench next to an old fashioned street lamp. All this with combining facades of vintage city streets and vignettes of exotic countries is what makes El Dorado a different kind of furniture store. .
Fetish nation
Was that you we saw at the Fetish Fair last weekend? If not, odds are someone you knew was there shopping for paddles and handcuffs. Daniel Erikson thinks he has the quick answer as to why thousands of people packed the Sheraton Ferncroft in Danvers last weekend for the New England Leather Alliance’s annual fetish flea market and fair. And when you’re a guy with a handlebar mustache standing in the middle of a crowded room wearing a wearing Doc Martin-style boots and a pleated black skirt with a pistol-shaped sex toy tucked in your waistband, odds are you know what you’re talking about when it comes to fetish fairs. "You’ll find an inverse proportion," says Erickson, who was pitching hand-designed silk corsets for women and men. "The more uptight and conservative the community, the more free-flowing the kink." So how does Erickson, who is from Albuquerque, N.M., rank the repression in New England? "On a scale of 1 to 10, I would rate it a six," he says.
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