Woman charged with killing husband is lobbyist for a domestic violence group

[cali]

Atlanta News 12:57 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2010


By Rhonda Cook

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 45-year-old woman, charged with ending a domestic dispute by killing her 26-year-old husband of five days, is a registered lobbyist for a group fighting domestic violence.
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Arelisha Bridges was ordered held without bond in the Fulton County Jail. She is scheduled for a preliminary hearing later this month on charges of felony murder, murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Officials said Bridges claimed she was unemployed. But records show she is a lobbyist for an organization called the National Declaration for Domestic Violence Order; its Web site says the group is pushing legislation to create a database of those convicted of sex crimes or domestic abuse.

Usually an accused felon will appear at a preliminary hearing a day later, but Bridges' hearing was within hours of the shooting death of Anthony Rankins. Officials said the court appearance was moved up because of the unusual circumstances around the crime.

Witnesses told police that Bridges was wearing a nightgown and a shower cap as she argued with Rankins on the sidewalk on North Avenue near West Peachtree Street around 10:45 p.m. Monday.

And moments later, witnesses said, they heard shots. They said she then "calmly walked away."

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[Liberal_in_LA]

1. Irony! Interesting.. husband was young enough to be her son.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. "In a nightgown and shower cap," and then got into the car to...

"go home" after shooting the guy on the sidewalk.

There's a lot more to this, not that I'm terribly interested in hearing it all.

(where do you carry a gun in a nightgown?)

[MineralMan]

3. Well, the back story on this one should be interesting.

[reflection]

4. .

:popcorn:

[mike_c]

5. women who complain about domestic violence are ticking time bombs....

Made you look, didn't I? :evilgrin:

For the humor challenged, that was ironic :sarcasm:.

[Bitwit1234]

6. Another recommendation for "I think thou dost protest too much"

see she complained about domestic violence, while all the time she had it in the back of her mind. That is what I keep say about all those gay protesters ...they think the same thing.

[WVRICK13]

7. There Must Be A Misprint

they meant to say she was a lobbyist for a pro-domestic violence group. On a serious note, I am sorry for the loss of this young man.

[Cal Carpenter]

8. The organization's website:

http://www.nddvo.info/Home_Page.html

:shrug:

Looks sorta shady...

[Edweird]

9. They were married for 5 days. How did that happen? Did one of them lose a bet or something?

She's 45, he's 26 and dead after 5 days of marital bliss. Something truly bizarre is going on here.

[proteus_lives]

10. Oh, there's more to this story.