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Subscribe to RSSThe woman set aflame, allegedly by her son’s father, in a Boynton Beach, Fla., gas station is speaking out about the incident.
Naomie Brenton, who sustained burns to 12 percent of her body, told the Palm Beach Post the situation could have been prevented if a judge would have granted her a restraining order against her boyfriend.
“I don’t think I would be in this situation right now,” Breton, 34, told the Post in a phone interview. “They said there wasn’t enough physical evidence.”
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Her boyfriend, Roosevelt Mondesir, 52, is facing charges of attempted murder in the first degree, after drenching Brenton in gasoline, lighting her on fire and chasing her with a long knife, officials said.
Brenton recounted the dramatic moments before the fiery attack to the Post. She said Mondesir did not bring their son to the 7-Eleven gas station Monday as they had planned and as she tried to leave, Mondesir poured a gallon of gas on her body. She said she bolted inside the gas station, trying to shut the door on her attacker, but her purse, caught in the door, kept the door ajar, allowing Mondesir to force it open and light her body on fire.
Watch a video of the incident: Warning - graphic video
“I was trying to keep myself alive for my children,” Breton said. “I remember everything.”
During her 911 call released this week by authorities, Brenton told police, “He set me on fire! OK! On fire!”
She continues, “Hurry up! Please, please, please. I’m burned.”
Two weeks ago Brenton, a mother of three, had asked for a protective order to keep Mondesir away from her, saying that he was a threat. She wrote that Mondesir cut up furniture and threw all her belongings around the house, and threatened to hurt her and put her out of their home, Palm Beach County court records said.
"Police have been called to the house on many times. On March 26 he hit me and I hit him back and was arrested," she wrote.
She also said that she left and got her own place, but was threatened daily after that through text and voicemail messages.
But family court Judge Thomas Barkdull denied the woman’s request just an hour after she presented it, saying there was insufficient evidence for the protective order, court records said.
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What can I tell you: When criminals make the laws, criminals are free to break the laws, and the innocent suffer under those very same laws which are created-supposedly for their protection.
Wait, 2 weeks ago she filed for an order, however, she had contact with him after that. Even if she had been granted the order, she STILL would've had contact with him. They had planned to meet at the 7/11.
I'm not saying it's ok, I'm saying regardless of a piece of paper, this would've happened and it can't be blamed solely on a judge.
No, if she had been granted the order of protection, the order would most likely have included her children, thus denying him visitation/custody rights. Then they would have not had any reason to meet.
I wonder if the judge will grant her the order of protection now.
"Brenton recounted the dramatic moments before the fiery attack to the Post. She said Mondesir did not bring their son to the 7-Eleven gas station Monday as they had planned and as she tried to leave, Mondesir poured a gallon of gas on her body. She said she bolted inside the gas station, trying to shut the door on her attacker, but her purse, caught in the door, kept the door ajar, allowing Mondesir to force it open and light her body on fire."
I'm going to assume they had met there so she could take their son. I'm sure she picked a place that may have somewhat been safe, as it is a public place. Most of the time abusers won't make too much of a scene in a public place and if they do, maybe, just maybe, a good samaritan would step up. Had she got the protection order, they would have had to go through a 3rd party when it came to the man's time with his son. She wouldn't have been able to meet with him, because she would have been in violation of the order. So, yes, if she had been given the protection order, this probably would have never happened.
Nosferatu, I agree with your assessment that they would have been in contact after a restraining order would have,[should have] been granted.
What she should have done was after being denied the order of propection was to request that all drop off and pick up for visitation be done INSIDE her local police station.
It probably would not of mattered if she had the order or not . From the article anyway it sounds like he was out to get her no matter what. Who would attack someone in a public place of buisness with who know how many witnesses. It takes too long for the police to respond when they are called anyway. Learn to protect yourself.
It appears that California is not the only state with idiots for judges. They ignore the law in order to make decisions based on their personal prejudices. They ignore the safety of our children when it comes to making decisions concerning things such as custody and visitation. I've seen some pretty stupic decisions coming from our judges, who are, by the way, mostly protems. The constitution means absolutely nothing to them. I doubt they even know what it says. Prosicutors are getting away with so much trickery in the courtroom. When they speak of high conviction rates, that only tells me they are cheating left and right, and getting away with it, because the judges allow it. There are thousands of innocent people in prison for which taxpayers are payng a huge price, because of law-makers' and prosecutors' political ambitions, and greed. They make a lot of money by keeping the prisons full while we pay the bills for it.
This woman certainly should have gotten her restraining order, and there was absolutely enough evidence for it. This judge should be sentened to prison right along with the boyfriend.