Motorist accused of raping stranded woman he stopped to "help"

Motorist accused of raping stranded woman

Rene Stutzman

Sentinel Staff Writer

9:54 p.m. EDT, October 29, 2009


ALTAMONTE SPRINGS - (An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the victim was a teenager. She is 26.)

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS
Police today arrested a 33-year-old man, accused of stopping to help a young woman who was stranded on Interstate 4 then driving to a storage facility and raping her.

Winel Albert Castro Molina of Lake Mary was booked into the Seminole County jail this morning. He's accused of rape and is being held on $25,000 bail.

Altamonte Springs Officer Todd Smith interrupted the rape in progress shortly after 3 a.m, said Special Officer Tim Hyer, an agency spokesman.

Smith was on a routine patrol when he found Castro Molina and the 26-year-old woman in the back seat of her car at a rental storage facility on Douglas Avenue.
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Man pushing motorcycle on Volusia County road killed in crash

Man pushing motorcycle on Volusia County road killed in crash

Bianca Prieto

Sentinel Staff Writer

6:04 a.m. EDT, October 30, 2009


A man pushing his broken down motorcycle on the side of a Volusia County road was killed after being struck by a car, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

John M. Turner, 59, of New Smyrna Beach, was walking the motorcycle on the northbound lanes of a North Samsula Drive near Lettuce Road around 10:30 p.m. when he was hit, according to Florida Highway Patrol.

Troopers say Jamie Sue Parker, 29, of Jacksonville Beach, was driving northbound on the same road when she hit him.

Charges are pending against Parker, said Sgt. Kim Montes
Man pushing motorcycle killed

Restaurants Recognize U.S. Military Veterans

Restaurants Recognize U.S. Military Veterans
Golden Corral

Applebees

McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants Recognize U.S. Military Veterans on
November 8
Seafood Industry Leader Continues 11-Year Tradition of Honoring Veterans with
a Complimentary Entree




PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- For the 11th straight year,
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants (Nasdaq: MSSR) will host its
Veterans Appreciation Event on Sunday, November 8, at participating
restaurants across the country. As part of the celebration, McCormick &
Schmick's will offer U.S. military veterans a complimentary entree in
appreciation for their service to our country.

"As we enter the second decade of this program, we are privileged to honor the
men and women who have bravely served our country," said Bill Freeman, CEO of
McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurants. "McCormick & Schmick's is a great
place to celebrate with friends and family over a delicious meal and we're
proud to keep this tradition alive in each of our restaurants."

McCormick & Schmick's is known for its fresh seafood and the special menu for
the Veterans Appreciation Event will be no exception. Veterans will be able to
choose a complimentary lunch or dinner entree on November 8. Some of the
mouth-watering selections include Cashew-Crusted Tilapia, Grilled Atlantic
Salmon, Seafood Fettuccini Alfredo and Cedar-Planked Salmon, to name a few.
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Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter collided off California coast

Military aircraft collide off Calif. coast

THOMAS WATKINS - The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Oct 30, 2009 8:03:16 EDT

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said.

The crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles off the San Diego County coast and 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Allyson Conroy said.

A pilot reported seeing a fireball near where the aircraft collided, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said, and the Coast Guard informed the FAA that debris from a C-130 plane had been spotted. Seven people were on board the plane, and two people were aboard the helicopter, he said.
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In pre-dawn darkness, Obama salutes victims of war

President Obama witnessed the return to U.S. soil of the bodies of 18 Americans killed in Afghanistan, an experience he called "sobering." (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/associated Press)

In pre-dawn darkness, Obama salutes victims of war
By Michael Fletcher and Ann Gerhart
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 30, 2009

On Wednesday, President Obama started his day in the Oval Office as he always does, with intelligence and economic advisers alerting him to trouble spots and bits of improvement. He ended it 20 hours later, after a surprise trip to Dover Air Force Base, where he witnessed the return of 18 Americans killed this week in Afghanistan.

His day already had been crowded. By nightfall, the president had appeared in public five times. He honored a Senate pioneer, named an opponent to a panel, signed the defense bill, planted a tree and held a reception for a crowd jubilant over a new law. He made jokes, offered embraces, posed for photos, spoke firmly. He had dinner with his two girls, on the eve of their first Halloween in Washington. His wife was in New York at the first World Series game.

All the while, he knew the most sober and grim public duty of his new presidency awaited him after midnight.
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