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this is a real news story...omg!

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Emily
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this is a real news story...omg!

Cleveland woman sentenced for dragging kids back into burning house

Associated Press

Thursday, September 14, 2006 8:10 AM
CLEVELAND (AP) — A judge rejected a prosecutor's request for more than 50 years in prison for a woman who admitted that she set her home on fire and then dragged her two daughters back inside after they ran for help.

Laquana O'Neal, of Cleveland, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Jose Villanueva on Wednesday.

The prosecutor's request for the maximum sentence was inappropriate given that O'Neal had no prior criminal record and functions normally when medicated for her paranoid schizophrenia, the judge said.

O'Neal pleaded guilty Aug. 15 to charges of aggravated arson, felonious assault and child endangering. She apologized in court Wednesday and told the judge that she “had lost my mind” when she set the fire Feb. 5, 2005.

A court psychiatrist determined O'Neal knew right from wrong at the time of the crime and found she was competent for trial, leading to the plea.

O'Neal's daughters, then ages 8 and 12, rushed to tell their mother they smelled smoke and then ran to a neighbor's. O'Neal dragged them back inside the home and poked them with burning incense sticks while interrogating them about sex, Assistant County Prosecutor Ronni Ducoff said.

A neighbor saw smoke and pulled O'Neal and the girls out of the home. All three were treated for smoke inhalation.



Posted 9/14/06 10:58 AM
 
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Re: this is a real news story...omg!

pple r so insane

Posted 9/14/06 10:58 AM
 

Emily
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Re: this is a real news story...omg!

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pple r so insane



i can understand the lady being po'd about her young kids having sex...but that is insane!! Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 10:59 AM
 

Michi
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Posted by muchinluvmichi

pple r so insane



i can understand the lady being po'd about her young kids having sex...but that is insane!! Chat Icon



exactly!!!! it just amazes me that some pple woulf FATHOM doing sucha thing!!! we live in a crazzy world

Posted 9/14/06 11:00 AM
 

LadyMaravilla
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OMG!!!!!!!!! What a mad woman!!!! That is so horrible. Thank God the girls were rescued! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 11:00 AM
 

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Chat Icon Chat Icon OMG

Posted 9/14/06 11:00 AM
 

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I say stick her in a burning building and poke her with insenseChat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 11:03 AM
 

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Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon OMG! what a BEAST

Posted 9/14/06 11:04 AM
 

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Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon And I ask..Why are these people parents?Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 4:59 PM
 

luvsbob4603
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Posted 9/14/06 5:04 PM
 

Eva Luna
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She's clearly insane. 8 and 12?! Chat Icon Loser! Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 5:05 PM
 

MrsERod
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sad!! Chat Icon but that woman certainly does need help!!! Chat Icon

Posted 9/14/06 5:09 PM
 

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Insane

Posted 9/14/06 5:10 PM
 
 

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