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Oh, no, not again
Published May 23, 2007
Kelly Jean Moffitt stood out with her loud, uncontrolled sobbing Monday night while listening to DUI victims share their pain. A judge ordered her to attend the forum as punishment for her seventh DUI. Nine minutes after the forum ended, Tampa police stopped Moffitt, 29, for a broken headlight. The officer noticed she seemed drunk. She gave a false name and refused to submit to a blood-alcohol test, police said.
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by Patty
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05/24/07 12:44 PM
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Hope the Times does as many follow up stories to this serious, sad, dangerous story as it did for the Stanton saga.
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by Pat
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05/23/07 10:21 PM
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Odds are one of these people leaving messages is a fellow alcoholic,there but for the grace of God go you
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by Keven
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05/23/07 10:20 PM
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Jeanette: take it you are not petite, blonde, or blue eyed, just a guess
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by Donna
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05/23/07 10:14 PM
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AA is open to you while in jail and when you get out. Please get help,ignore the hate filled messages
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by Sam
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05/23/07 10:14 PM
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Hate to be in traffic with Jeanette and Tanya, probably shoot me for missing the left turn signal. Moffit: get some serious help while in jail!!!!
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by Taylor
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05/23/07 09:10 PM
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So anyone who is a drunk is also a bimbo? Wow, good to know. An armless man is a bimbo lover? Learning alot
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by Lou
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05/23/07 08:56 PM
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duh people, if she is going to break the law, what difference does having a license make? Any brains in this comment page?
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by Don
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05/23/07 08:31 PM
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Let me guess her next defense in court. I was abused as a child, My father beat me, and I was forced at a young age to be a prostitute. All sounds familiar doesnt it? Why dont they strap the Judge to her front bumper,see how he feels then!
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by Layla
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05/23/07 08:23 PM
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Gee, Tanya, why don't you run for Governor?
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by Edward
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05/23/07 08:18 PM
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This poor woman needs our support, compassion and a stiff jail sentence too. Not name calling
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by Jim
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05/23/07 08:18 PM
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Probably an alcoholic who can't admit she has a serious problem. Someone is going to get killed if this woman isn't put away.
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by Lee
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05/23/07 08:16 PM
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Funny how alcoholism is the one disease that liberals like Tanya and the others don't defend
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by Pat
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05/23/07 08:14 PM
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As a former drinker, this makes perfect, and tragic sense to me. Anything shameful and scary will require a drunk to drink. It is the only way an active drunk knows how to cope.
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by Kel
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05/23/07 08:12 PM
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Wow, a woman with a drinking problem is drunk at a painful event in her life, listening to MADD speakers, who saw that coming? Duh, that is part of the disease!!!!
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by Pat P
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05/23/07 08:09 PM
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She is obviously sick with alcoholism, she needs our sympathy for her disease and our commitment to keeping her off the streets. Tanya and Jeanette are cave women
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by Bruce
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05/23/07 06:05 PM
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Just looked at her mug shot. DEFINITELY NOT a cute blonde!!
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by jim
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05/23/07 05:49 PM
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is this a judge that was elected?? did anyone check his mentality? 8xs drunk driving?? and poor person has to go to a FORUM?? WHY NOT JAIL!???????
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by Melissa
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05/23/07 05:42 PM
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She was close to home when they picked her up b/c her address is a Harbour Island address. It's obvious this woman has a severe drinking problem and needs help. What is the system waiting for? Her to kill someone?!?
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by kitty
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05/23/07 03:49 PM
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Whatever happened to 3 strikes? I know a woman who was required to surrender her license on the spot when she got her third, or risk life behind bars. How is it possible this woman has gotten EIGHT strikes and isn't in jail???!!!
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by Lynn
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05/23/07 03:03 PM
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I think her and the Judges that set her free in the past "all" need to serve time!
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by Bernie
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05/23/07 02:45 PM
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Okay, if she doesn't go to jail (for real), then the guy with no arms and legs should be allowed to drive!
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by Cindy
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05/23/07 02:05 PM
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Book 'em Dano!!!! She should go straight to jail, do not pass go and do not collect $200!! What is wrong with the system that someone with no regard for the law or peoples lives still be on the road and not seeming to care! I hope she rots!!!!!!!!
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by Sara
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05/23/07 02:04 PM
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What is this criminal doing out of jail? When are we going to realize that people drive regardless of revoked or suspended licenses. When are we going to start confiscating the cars - "driving" is in the name of the crime.
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by jack s
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05/23/07 01:32 PM
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ms. Moffitt is no doubt an alcoholic with a deep seated emotional trauma fueling her alcoholism. She needs to be entered into a mandatory lockdown physical and mental rehab facillity. jail time alone wont help her.
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by Harold
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05/23/07 01:17 PM
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How do people like this get automobiles? There are too many cars in America, and people are getting killed because of them.....
I know, sounds stupid. I guess I slipped into the same logic used for guns.
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by ted
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05/23/07 01:08 PM
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makes ya wonder who she KNOWS, if you get my drift!! appalling!!!!
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by Benjamin
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05/23/07 12:38 PM
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The poor lady is suffering from alcoholism. She is not a criminal, she is suffering from a disease. She should be getting treatment, not punishment. Putting this poor woman in jail is absolutely unconscionable. She should be in rehab.
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by jas3rd
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05/23/07 12:32 PM
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The only way to keep someone off the road that dosen't have a license is to put them in jail! HOW can they be stopped? they can't! There will always be someone to sell a car to someone without a license & someone to lend their car. Build more jails!
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by TANYA
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05/23/07 11:49 AM
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WHY HAS SHE NOT BEEN CHARGED AS A HABITUAL OFFENDER? THEN SHE RECEIVES 3X THE PUNISHMENT. I'M SURE SHE DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE.
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by Jeanette
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05/23/07 11:26 AM
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I bet she's a petite blond bimbo that bats her blue eyes to the judge...need I say more? Let's hook her up with the armless driver, like mentioned below!
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by Bill
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05/23/07 11:09 AM
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well, shes in jail now. go to the Hillsborough County Arrest inquiry website and see her current status
http://www.hcso.tampa.fl.us/pub/default.asp?/Online/qdisp/bn=07032810
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by Brian
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05/23/07 10:50 AM
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Get this woman off the streets! She needs to be in jail. For a long time. She obviously has no respect for the law or others. Judges who pass the buck and are too lenient are what's wrong with our judicial system. Put her away!
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by Patt
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05/23/07 10:27 AM
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get her off the streets, she has no feeling for other people and what a terrible accident she could cause. What does she have to do?
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by Ashley
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05/23/07 10:17 AM
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How is it this person still has a license or does she? I thought after the third DUI your license was permanently revoked. Throw her in the slammer and lock away the key because I don't want to be on the road with this idiotic woman.
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by John
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05/23/07 10:09 AM
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I think it's about time she did some jail time. What are going to do, wait unitl she kills a few people?
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