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.
If my dog had a face like that, I’d shave her butt and teach her to walk backwards.
One look at her mug shot and this has to be called a “mercy killing.”
Pro-gun Control, too? It's all part of the bundle.
Guilty, your honor.
It was only five days but it seemed like a haunted eternity.
Yo mama’s so ugly, when she moved into the projects, all her neighbors chipped in for curtains.
And wouldn't get back into bed with her, so she found him, and shot him - is my guess.
They were out for a walk at 10:30 and got in to a dispute and she shot him. I want to see a picture of the hubby now.
What was that, one bullet for each day of wedded bliss?
I’m wondering if they were really married or if it was all part of some wierd stalker fantasy on her part...
Was she wearing her beaten down bedroom slippers? I think I've seen her shopping at my local Food Lion!
Now THIS is irony for you!
This reminds me of the “million mom” organizer who opened fire on some innocent guy with a Tec-9 and crippled him.
Damn! Guilty as HELL!
I’m wondering whether the husband didn’t get the better end of the deal, after all.
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