Dehl Facing Kidnapping and Drug Charges (friend of *)

[maddezmom]

BOISE, Idaho - A woman once held up by the Bush administration as a crusader against domestic violence is now facing kidnapping and drug charges.


Barbara Dehl, 49, conspired with her live-in boyfriend and another man to abduct a young couple after the three found money, jewelry and drugs missing from Dehl's safe, police said in court documents.

Dehl was indicted by a grand jury this week on two felony counts of kidnapping and one count of trafficking methamphetamine. The men also were indicted on a variety of charges.

All were in custody awaiting arraignment May 4, and they were appointed public defenders. Dehl's lawyer, Joseph Ellsworth, was not immediately available for comment reachable by telephone Friday.

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In 2002, Dehl was appointed by Attorney General John Ashcroft to serve on the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women. She attended a ceremony at the White House the next year when President Bush announced initiatives to combat domestic violence.



more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050430/ap_on_re_us/crime_activist_arrest;_ylt=AiSMmduaKq237ElffmW0uQlG2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

[bobthedrummer]

1. Move over Guckert, this could be a pivotal case against BFEE.

Meth labs?
Kidnapping a young couple?
Teenagers?
Death?
Domestic violence crusader for George W. Bush?
Boise, Idaho?

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Nothing will be a pivotal case against Bush

His Teflon coating is reapplied every day by the national media.

He will sail through to the end of his stolen eight years unaffected and will leave office with his smirk intact.

[newscott]

4. Sadly, I fear this is true.

[bobthedrummer]

6. I disagree.

NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW, ok?
Executive Orders and national security can't be used to hide crimes.

Someone's got to prosecute every one of these Bush related criminals.
I'm all for those that are trying to do that. The corruption must go.

[DavidDvorkin]

7. You're describing what should be

Not what is.

[bobthedrummer]

8. Just making a point about the law, nobody is above it.

Don't have to accept things that are unacceptable because "that's the way it is"-nope, I'm not accepting that at all.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. I'm not accepting, I'm predicting

In reality, many powerful people are above the law and always have been. Of course it shouldn't be that way, but it is that way.

[bobthedrummer]

11. Well the ethical majority of law-enforcement has yet to weigh-in

about that prediction, DavidD.

[pinerow]

2. scumbags...

there is no other way to descrube these folks...:wtf:

[NNN0LHI]

5. Crusader Against Domestic Violence Arrested (For Kidnapping and Drugs)

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBSV2XQ58E.html

Woman Who Gained National Recognition for Her Work Against Domestic Violence Now Faces Criminal Charges

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A woman once held up by the Bush administration as a crusader against domestic violence is now facing kidnapping and drug charges.

Barbara Dehl, 49, conspired with her live-in boyfriend and another man to abduct a young couple after the three found money, jewelry and drugs missing from Dehl's safe, police said in court documents.

Dehl was indicted by a grand jury this week on two felony counts of kidnapping and one count of trafficking methamphetamine. The men also were indicted on a variety of charges. snip

Five years ago, Dehl stood teary-eyed next to Gov. Dirk Kempthorne as he signed a law named after her deceased daughter, Cassandra.

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[wndycty]

9. Here she is

http://www.thecassiefoundation.org/biography.htm

Barbara Dehl is a 47-year-old mother of 4 daughters who lives in Nampa, Idaho. On December 4, 1999, after nearly a 3 year battle with local authorities in Soda Springs, Idaho, her 17 year old daughter, Cassandra “Cassie” Marie Dehl, a high school senior, was killed by her abusive older boyfriend. After several years of beatings and attempted strangulation at the hands of her boyfriend, Cassie died. Her boyfriend’s truck plunged 400 feet from a forest service road into an old abandoned mining pit. Cassie’s abusive boyfriend was not in the truck as it crashed down the embankment, but Cassie was. This accident was not reported for more than 15 hours and the fact that Cassie was in the wreckage and left at the scene was not reported for nearly 18 hours. When investigators finally arrived at the scene, Dehl’s beautiful 17-year-old daughter, who wanted to be a first grade teacher, was dead, her body frozen solid.

Within days of her daughter’s brutal death, Ms. Dehl quit her job in the Information Services field, and cashed in her entire retirement and savings to pay the costs associated with writing and passing “Cassie’s Law”, a law to strengthen Idaho’s domestic violence statues and protect minors in abusive dating relationships. On April 3, 2000, one day short of the 4 month anniversary of her daughter’s death, in a crowded and emotional ceremony that overflowed his office, Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne dedicated the bill signing ceremony to the memory of Cassandra “Cassie” Dehl. “This is one of those lasting legacies for a young lady who lost her life. Through a tragedy, you found where there was a void in the law. With the love of a mother you corrected it,” Kempthorne told Barbara Dehl, calling “Cassie’s Law” a gift of love from the Dehl family.

Idaho’s largest daily newspaper, “The Idaho Statesman” has called Dehl the most influential single-issue lobbyist ever in Idaho, and said Legislators had praised Dehl’s tenacity and her ability to win support for her legislation on her first try while others may spend years securing passage for a new idea. Rep. Celia Gould R-Burley, Chairman of the House Judiciary and Rules committee said, “Ms. Dehl’s work is proof that a single person can change state laws when they see a problem.”
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[KC21304]

13. I don't quite understand what the 3 yr battle with authorities

was about. Was her daughter being beaten by her boyfriend already at age 14 ? Doesn't sound like much supervision at the Dehl household.

[brainshrub]

12. If you want to know what a Republican is up to:

If you want to know what a Republican is up to: Look at what they scream loudest against.

If they scream about infidelity, it's because they are cheating on their wives. If they complain about violence, it's because they are violent people. If they point out government waste, it's because they waste the most money.

It's gotten to the point where "republican" is a synonym for "hypocrite."

[Richard Steele]

14. The last line in the story was:

"She appeared on national talk shows, won state citizenship awards and formed an educational nonprofit foundation dedicated to teen domestic violence prevention." (my emphasis/bold)

Am I the only one who would like to see an investigation into the FINANCES of this 'nonprofit foundation' which was founded by a Meth dealer?


EDIT: wndycty already provided link to this foundation above;
it seems odd to me that their "newsletter" is still 'under construction',
while their "scholarships" page is 2 years out-of-date....

Betcha the "donation" button works just FINE though.