4/11/2005

Doogie just reported this to me:

Man gets 90 days for attacking girlfriend for supporting Kerry

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - An 18-year-old man has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for attacking his girlfriend for supporting Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry last fall. Steven Soper pleaded guilty yesterday to false imprisonment, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, battery and resisting arrest without violence. Prosecutors say Soper pointed a knife at 18-year-old Stacey Silveira and threatened to kill her. The couple had been dating for two years. Defense attorney Michael Salnick says the teenagers' sometimes-volatile relationship became violent when Soper learned Silveira planned to vote for Kerry instead of President Bush. Salnick says Soper had wanted to join the Army.

Blame Florida.

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