Posted on 03/03/2010 12:25:07 PM PST by madprof98
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.
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."
A MARTA police officer stopped her as she was getting into her car, perhaps to return to her home nearby on Centennial Olympic Park Drive.
According to Atlanta police, Bridges told investigators that she and Rankins had been dating for a few months and were just married on Feb. 24.
-- Staff writer Mike Morris contributed to this article.
Nasty black widow.
Mating ends badly.
Oooooooo! Where's the mug-shot. I'm bettin' she's "cougar-licious"! /s
Arelisha ?
Whaddiya expect. It’s Atlanta, fer cryin’ out loud.
Shouldn’t the headline read “Cougar kills mate”?
What kind of man would turn up the opportunity to sleep with a woman in a shower cap and nightgown? Let me guess what her political affiliation is?
Arelisha won that argument.
And, I’m kinda hoping that she fashions her personal style after another Georgia “babe” ...Cynthia McKinney
Yikes!
Wow! Only five days. That went superbad in a superhurry.
Yikes!!
GUILY! Capital Offense!
Yikes!!!
Do as I say, not as I do.
Wow! That face will inflict both domestic and international violence.
She will use a battered spouse defense and make herself out to be a victim.
you really can’t make this stuff up
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