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Tuesday, October 31, 2206
Tips, tricks & treats
Rockford Register Star
Temperatures will be in the mid-40s and eventually dropping into the 20s. Most local areas start thier trick-or-treat hours around 5 p.m. For a full list of times, see the Halloween site here.Woman gets 12 years for attempting to keep baby
Mike Wiser
Maria Salinas was involved in a plot to keep and raise the newborn baby of a mentally impaired
woman as her own. The woman was impregnated while she was living with or being cared for by Salinas. Salinas kept the woman from the baby by having her stay at the homes of acquaintences while she raised the child. Salinas pleaded guilty, in September. Her sentence was three years shy of the statutory limit for attempted aggravated kidnapping. Judge Rosemary Collins sentenced her to 12 years in prison on Monday saying she felt she needed to send a message to people who prey on the disadvantaged and mentally handicapped. "There are many good people who help people and religious people who do good things to help people," Collins said, "Maria Salinas was in it for Maria Salinas."Full Article...
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