Meet 27 y/o Rykihia Moore of Oldsmar, Florida. That’s her below. She looks nice doesn’t she? She works at a local Ruby Tuesdays and has, er she had, a boyfriend named Mario Thornton (no picture available).
On Saturday, June 6th, 2015, Rykihia and Mario were at Mario’s house when the conversation turned to Mario’s alleged infidelity. Not unexpectedly, given the topic of discussion, things got heated and, a literal domestic beef ensued (you can read the Complaint / Arrest Affidavit here), morphing sweet Rykihia into this…. not-so-sweet Rykihia (June 6th mug shot below)…
According to the cops (and per her own admission) Rykihia threw a hamburger at her boyfriend, striking him in the eye and earning herself a night in jail and an arrest for misdemeanor domestic violence battery (yes, the law is clear that you can commit a battery by causing someone to be struck by an object which you put into motion, even a hamburger patty). I told you that this was a literal domestic beef….. All kidding aside:
But do not forget that if you…
Rykihia Moore =’s Exhibit “A”. That said, Memo to the Folks: Domestic Violence (DV) cases present wrinkles for everyone in the system (the Defendant, the State and the Court), as they almost always involve emotional charged folks who’s lives are either interdependent or interconnected, the potential for repeat or escalated violence is almost always high and there is more often then not the likelihood that a victim will, for whatever reasons, wish not to prosecute the perpetrator. For these reasons, in FL DV cases Defendant’s suffer aggressive prosecution (more aggressive than many other offenses), the State feels obligated to “force” all victim’s to “help themselves” (which serves the dual purpose of covering its own ass in the event of a subsequent violent altercation) and the Court engages in pure self-protection (no Judge wants to read her/his name in the paper as being responsible for “cutting loose” the repeat DV offender who re-injures, more seriously injures or kills a victim when the Court could have acted to prevent the same from occurring). These are the practical realities of DV cases that we all must live with and it is for these reasons that there is a mandatory 24 hold (a statutorily required cooling-off period) for anyone booked into a FL jail for any DV case and that DV victim’s are afforded special protections, are required to be evaluated (if only by responding officers who have a DV “checklist”) and are required to be provided information about alternatives to returning to “life” with the alleged perpetrator. Fortunately most cases do not result in any serious injury and ultimately amount to little more than an unfortunate but otherwise understandable incident. Still, the potential for danger, and especially for escalating levels of violence, is always there, so please be cognizant and careful.
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THIS BLOG POST (AS ARE ALL OF HABERPA BLOG POSTS) IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED, BY WAY OF REAL WORLD EXAMPLE, TO ASSIST THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN AVOIDING CONDUCT WHICH COULD FORESEEABLY RESULT IN ARREST AND PROSECUTION!
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