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  • 17
    Oct
    2012
    9:20am, EDT

    Florida woman bit boyfriend's 6-year-old son, police say

    Palm Beach County Sheriff's Corrections

    Rachael Bohbot was arrested for allegedly biting her boyfriend's son.

    By NBCMiami.com

    A Florida woman was arrested over the weekend for allegedly biting her boyfriend's 6-year-old son in a contest to see who could bite the hardest, authorities said.


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    Rachael Bohbot, of Boynton Beach, remained in Palm Beach County Jail on $3,000 bond on Tuesday. She faces a charge of child abuse without great harm after her boyfriend's son told his mother that Bohbot bit him several times over the course a weekend he spent with his father, a Boynton Beach police arrest report said.

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    The boy was limping and told authorities Bohbot had bitten him on the leg while playing the "bite game," the report said. He said the game was a contest to see who could bite the hardest and that he lost the game when his thigh became bruised, the report said.

    He said that his reward for winning would be additions to his Halloween costume, the report said.

    When authorities met with Bohbot, she first denied biting the boy but later admitted to biting him on the shoulder harder than normal, the report said. She also said the boy cried uncontrollably and in an attempt to stop his cries, she offered him a toy sword for Halloween, the report said.

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    She told authorities that she bit him on the shoulder, not the leg, and did not have an explanation as to how he got the bruise on the leg, the report said.

    It wasn't immediately known whether Bohbot had an attorney.

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    363 comments

    Some people are just really stupid, especially her!

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  • 13
    Jun
    2012
    11:18am, EDT

    'He set me on fire!' says woman in 911 call

    Surveillance footage shows a woman who was set on fire during an argument at a Florida gas station.

    By NBC Miami and msnbc.com

    In a 911 call released Tuesday, a woman who was severely burned at a Florida 7-Eleven is heard telling police, “He set me on fire! OK! On fire!”


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    The woman, who has yet to be identified, is recovering from severe wounds to her face and body, NBCMiami.com reported.

    “Hurry up! Please, please, please. I’m burned,” the woman told the dispatcher.

    Asked if she needed paramedics, the woman responded, “Yes, yes, yes!” She was then asked her age and said she’s 34.

    “He’s still outside, he has a knife, he set me on fire,” the victim said.


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    The woman was found with severe burns to her face and body, and parts of her shirt were still on fire on the ground when authorities arrived at Boynton Beach gas station store, according to the police affidavit.

    Roosevelt Mondesir, 52, was arrested Monday on a charge of attempted first-degree murder after he drenched his son’s mother in gasoline, set her ablaze and then chased her with a long knife at the gas station, Boynton police said. Police found him hiding in nearby bushes after he fled the scene, leaving his car at the gas station.

    Palm Beach County Sherrif's Office

    This undated police photo shows Roosevelt Mondesir, 52, charged with attempted first-degree murder.

    In another newly released 911 call, a witness reported, "There’s this guy, he has a knife, there’s fire around the entrance of the 7-Eleven.”

    Surveillance video from the gas station shows the woman running into the convenience store, screaming as she tries to shut the front door. She can be heard telling a man to leave her alone, and then a man pulls her out of the store. Moments later she is seen running around outside the gas station engulfed in flames.

    According to police reports, the victim had driven to the gas station to meet Mondesir for their “time-sharing exchange.” She told authorities they share custody of their 4-year-old son.

    But when Mondesir arrived, the woman realized their son was not in his car. Police reports said she turned to leave, but he got out of his car with a red gas can and began dousing her body and car with gasoline.

    Mondesir appeared in Palm Beach County bond court Tuesday and pleaded not guilty. He was denied bond and told he would have to pay for his own attorney.

    The victim had reportedly filed a protective order to keep Mondesir away from her, saying that he was a threat. She alleged that he cut up furniture and threw away all of her belongings around the house and threatened to hurt her, according to Palm Beach County court records.

    “Police have been called to the house on many times,” she wrote. “On March 26 he hit me and I hit him back and was arrested.”

    She also said that she left and got her own place but was threatened daily after that through text and voicemail messages.

    To the dismay of the victim’s attorney, family court Judge Thomas Bardull denied the victim’s request just an hour after she presented it, citing insufficient evidence for the protective order, court records said.

    “Family court didn’t do its homework,” attorney David Fuchs told NBCMiami.com. “Family court had reason to believe that this man had assaulted this lady before. They should at a minimum have called the authorities up in Palm Beach County to see and confirm the background of this guy,” Fuch said.

    The woman is currently recovering from burns at the Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., and is expected to survive.

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    141 comments

    Ladies: I have five daughters and a bunch of grand daughters. I tell them this. If he screams and yells at other drivers, Get away from him NOW. If he gets mad when a baby cries, he's NOT a nice person. If he doesn't open doors for you, find someone that does.

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  • 9
    Mar
    2012
    9:57am, EST

    Fla. woman is run over ... by her own car

    Evan Axelbank reports.

    By msnbc.com staff and news services

    A woman trying to retrieve her mail was run over by her own car Thursday in the suburban Boynton Beach community of Oakwood Lakes, Fla.

    The car, an older model Oldsmobile Toronado was in reverse when Gilda Bartlett, 82, stepped out to fetch her mail on Thursday afternoon.



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    "The door was wide open and it hit her, it knocked her down," Bartlett's neighbor Bob Curcio told news channel WPTV.

    According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's report, the woman was dragged backward for about 30 feet. Witnesses said Bartlett was hit several times by the car as it circled the pavement. Neighbors then dragged her to safety.

    The vehicle continued in a circular motion, maintaining a speed of about 10-15 miles an hour. "It started making loops, this way, to the left, counterclockwise," Curcio told WPTV. "It just kept on going."

    Firefighters and police responded, trying in vain to stop the car by flattening the tires.

    "They tried the strip of nails and that didn't work," witness Tom Bilinski told WPTV.

    Rammed by patrol car
    Firefighter Jody Marlow tried to jump into the vehicle and stop it, but was thrown from the car and suffered minor injuries, the report said. The Oldsmobile was eventually stopped by a sheriff's deputy, who rammed it with his patrol car.

    Bartlett is in serious but stable condition at Delray Medical Center, according to the sheriff's office.

    Bartlett's granddaughter told WPTV the woman had no broken bones, but she had a big cut on the back of her head that had to be stapled.

    WPTV.com contributed to this report.

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    142 comments

    The car, an older model Oldsmobile Toronado was in reverse when Gilda Bartlett, 82, stepped out to fetch her mail on Thursday afternoon. Time to stop driving perhaps?

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