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Lesbian couple pleads guilty of attempted murder
Planet Out ^ | Thu, Aug 12, 2004

Posted on 08/12/2004 7:41:19 AM PDT by Area Freeper

Two lesbian lovers confessed Monday in a San Diego federal court to several failed attempts to murder one woman's husband, in an effort to get his life insurance money.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that Astrid Tepatti, 21, admitted to shooting at her husband, Sgt. Stephen Tepatti, on Jan. 4 while he slept -- using a potato as a silencer for the gun.

She missed, shredding the potato, and waking him up.

She ran away from the scene, but when her husband saw her minutes later, he realized that she was wearing the same outfit as the person who just fired at him.

That evening, Astrid Tepatti was driving with her girlfriend Ebony Woods, 21, when they had problems with their car and had to pull over. A California Highway Patrol officer stopped to help, but became suspicious when the two women couldn't give the same story on why their car was damaged.

Inside the car, investigators found a .30-caliber Ruger revolver, 48 rounds of ammunition and several baggies containing homemade ricin, a poison listed by the federal government as a biological weapon. The women learned how to make ricin from a white supremacist Web site, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors also say the women paid a hit man $10,000 to kill Stephen Tepatti in August. While the hit man stabbed Tepatti in the neck, he survived.

In another unsuccessful attempt, according to the prosecution, the women tried feeding Tepatti food laced with Valium and other tranquilizers, but the drugs just made him tired.

Astrid Tepatti faces nearly six years in prison at a hearing set for Oct. 29.

Woods may get up to nine years at her Nov. 5 hearing, because she wanted a share in Stephen Tepatti's $500,000 life insurance proceeds.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: California
KEYWORDS: homosexual; homosexualagenda; homosexualcommunity; lesbian
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1 posted on 08/12/2004 7:41:20 AM PDT by Area Freeper
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To: Area Freeper

Why does the girlfriend face more time than the attempted murderer?


2 posted on 08/12/2004 7:47:49 AM PDT by KellyAdmirer
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To: Area Freeper

Never bring a potato to a gunfight.


3 posted on 08/12/2004 7:48:08 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Let's Droll!)
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To: Vic3O3; cavtrooper21

Guess they were making hash browns out of that potatoE!

Semper Fi


4 posted on 08/12/2004 7:51:35 AM PDT by dd5339 (A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path.)
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To: Area Freeper
Ooooh, lesbians. Yummy.
5 posted on 08/12/2004 7:55:34 AM PDT by martin_fierro (Let's Droll!)
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To: Area Freeper

Read last sentence.


6 posted on 08/12/2004 7:56:36 AM PDT by Kirkwood
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To: Area Freeper

HEY! I saw that potato-as-a-silencer method on an old episode of GET SMART! ;}


7 posted on 08/12/2004 8:02:01 AM PDT by MARK4
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To: dd5339

stabbed in the neck, poisoned, shot at, that dude is a tough one. lol ...


8 posted on 08/12/2004 8:03:51 AM PDT by RolandBurnam
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To: Area Freeper

Reality is not exactly like Tara and Willow.


9 posted on 08/12/2004 8:05:09 AM PDT by biblewonk (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK...AND I USE IT TOO.)
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To: Area Freeper

Thank the Lord for stupid women. If not for that, this guy would be dead.


10 posted on 08/12/2004 8:06:31 AM PDT by Havoc (.)
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This happens when you marry Rasputin.


11 posted on 08/12/2004 8:06:46 AM PDT by vollmond (DS2 CV-66 83-87)
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To: martin_fierro
At least she got the DAMN POTATO!

DIE Mr. Potato! DIE!

12 posted on 08/12/2004 8:11:21 AM PDT by Shryke (Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.)
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To: Area Freeper

Hmmm, they tried drugs, Ricin, a hitman, and finally a gun....

...sounds like 4 counts of attempted murder on each lesbian.

They should be sentenced accordingly i.e. 10 years X 4!

And that very lucky Sgt. needs to live alone for a while.


13 posted on 08/12/2004 8:23:44 AM PDT by snuffy smiff
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To: ItsOurTimeNow; little jeremiah; scripter; ArGee; lentulusgracchus; Bryan; MeekOneGOP

Ping


14 posted on 08/12/2004 8:26:37 AM PDT by EdReform (Support Free Republic - All donations are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your support!)
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To: Area Freeper
I think there might be some irony in a woman called Ebony learning how to make ricin on a white supremacist web site...
15 posted on 08/12/2004 8:27:21 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Area Freeper

Five and nine years, for conspiracy and multiple murder attempts? WTF, over. Ah, now I see, it's California.


16 posted on 08/12/2004 8:55:25 AM PDT by skepsel
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To: skepsel
Ah, now I see, it's California.

As a Californian, I cordially invite you post the above remark again when Scott Peterson walks.

UNbelievable incompetence out here.

17 posted on 08/12/2004 9:33:09 AM PDT by MARK4
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To: Area Freeper
Several baggies of homemade ricin?! Maybe I'm missing something, but the headline seems watered down.

It's no wonder Planet Out can't find any investors.

18 posted on 08/12/2004 9:46:37 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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To: RolandBurnam
stabbed in the neck, poisoned, shot at, that dude is a tough one. lol ...

We should send him to Najaf to challenge Al Sadr to a little mano a mano in the streets. Winner takes the town.

Shalom.

19 posted on 08/12/2004 10:32:05 AM PDT by ArGee (After 517, the abolition of man is complete)
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To: Area Freeper; EdReform; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; stage left; ...

- Homosexual Agenda PING -

Wow...were the "Just Damn" and "Hold Muh Tater" lists pung here too?

I, for one, am surprised that the article mentioned the fact that she's a lesbian. Usually they neglect those sorts of facts.

(If you want on or off this ping list, please Freepmail me.)

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20 posted on 08/12/2004 2:27:47 PM PDT by ItsOurTimeNow (God doesn't call the qualified - He qualifies the called.)
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