07.24.08 News Break
Today’s break is a month past due but I couldn’t let this one miss the masses. I hurt for my people, I really do.
A fan who shouted “Free R. Kelly!” at the R&B star’s child pornography jury last month was freed from jail Wednesday after spending 33 more days in jail than her hero.
Grandmother of six Debra Triplett, 48, had been in the Cook County Jail since May 22, when she yelled the slogan twice at Kelly’s jury outside an elevator at the Criminal Courts building.
Kelly - who was cleared of child pornography June 13 - spent just one night locked up after his 2002 arrest for allegedly taping himself having sex with and urinating on his underage goddaughter.
Judge Vincent Gaughan ordered Triplett held in custody in lieu of $50,000 bail after her outburst. But unlike Kelly, who posted $75,000 to walk free while he awaited trial, Triplett and her family could not raise the $5,000 they needed to release her.
Jurors said at the time that they didn’t hear Triplett’s outburst, but speaking Wednesday, Gaughan said he had to be extra careful to protect the jury from outside influence.
A fan who shouted “Free R. Kelly!” at the R&B star’s child pornography jury last month was freed from jail Wednesday after spending 33 more days in jail than her hero.
A 68-year-old Tampa woman was arrested today for forcing a severally mentally handicapped man to perform oral sex on her, police say.

Seattle police are seeking a man who stabbed a woman with the stiletto heel of her own shoe, causing an infection that required emergency surgery.A 40-year-old Tukwila woman underwent emergency surgery on Saturday after contracting an “aggressive” bacterial infection, according to Seattle police.According to a police report, the woman was at a barbecue at a friend’s house in the 7600 block of Rainier Avenue South in Seattle on June 29 when an acquaintance asked her to perform a sex act on him.