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Fla. Woman Charged With Transmitting HIV To 200 Partners
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Posted on 03/09/2003 12:04:12 PM PST by chance33_98



Fla. Woman Charged With Transmitting HIV To 200 Partners

Posted: 8:05 a.m. EST March 8, 2003 Updated: 9:36 a.m. EST March 9, 2003

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A Jacksonville woman is facing charges that she criminally transmitted the HIV virus to at least 200 unprotected parters. Melissa Jernigan, 24, told police that she tested positive for the virus in 1999 and continued to have unprotected sex.

It is a third-degree felony in Florida, punishable by five years in prison, for an HIV-positive person to have sex with a partner but not first informing them about the diagnosis of the virus.

"This crime is actually in the area of attempted murder," Sgt. H.R. Atkinson of the Duval County Sheriff's Office sex crimes unit told the Florida Times-Union for its Saturday editions.

Jernigan was being held Friday at the John E. Goode Pre-Trial Detention Facility in Jacksonville. It could not be immediately determined if she had obtained an attorney.


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1 posted on 03/09/2003 12:04:12 PM PST by chance33_98
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To: chance33_98
Melissa Jernigan sounds like a slut.
2 posted on 03/09/2003 12:09:06 PM PST by Ken522
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To: chance33_98
Did she write "You have AIDS" in lipstick on the mirror?
3 posted on 03/09/2003 12:10:40 PM PST by steveo ("Officers, officers! There is a man in a Major Domo outfit...")
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To: chance33_98
What kind of behavior will she exhibit while in prison?
4 posted on 03/09/2003 12:20:40 PM PST by WellsFargo94
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To: chance33_98
200 partners in four years? I think she is a prositute.
5 posted on 03/09/2003 12:22:51 PM PST by John123
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To: WellsFargo94
She had unprotected sex with over 200..not transmitted the virus. Its not 100% that she will transmit HIV.
6 posted on 03/09/2003 12:23:16 PM PST by pitinkie
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To: chance33_98
A 24 year old child who can document having sex at least 201 times ?
Speechless .
8 posted on 03/09/2003 12:26:09 PM PST by Ben Bolt
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To: pitinkie
It is unusual for men to get Aids from women. More common the other way round. What is going on here?
9 posted on 03/09/2003 12:26:42 PM PST by js1138
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What is going on here?

It is a third-degree felony in Florida, punishable by five years in prison, for an HIV-positive person to have sex with a partner but not first informing them about the diagnosis of the virus.

Thats whats going on here.
10 posted on 03/09/2003 12:30:05 PM PST by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll keep getting what you always get)
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To: chance33_98
Here, my bet is that Ms. Jernigan is of the white race persuasion. The basic reason is that no left wing media outlet would dare report that a 24 year old black female had had sex with 200 men.
11 posted on 03/09/2003 12:30:51 PM PST by Tacis
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The headlind strongly implies that 200 people got HIV form her. I doubt it. Her legal problem is unrelated to whether they were infected.
12 posted on 03/09/2003 12:32:23 PM PST by js1138
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To: chance33_98
Alleged patient abuse

A patient at the Northeast Florida State Hospital, Melissa Jernigan, 24, removed her brassiere, tied it around her neck, and attempted to strangle herself on September 7. Sharon Brown, 44, of Lawtey and June Pace, 32, of Sanderson both employees of the state hospital at the time, were present and made no effort to help Jernigan.

Deputy James Nickels was present when Gary Hopson of Department of Children and Families Adult Care Division investigated the incident for elderly abuse and neglect on December 18.

Hopson stated that another employee saw Jernigan in distress and contacted the nurse who assisted Jernigan. He also learned that Brown and Pace had been fired since the incident.

http://www.bcstandard.com/News/2000/1227/Sheriff/11.html

 

 

13 posted on 03/09/2003 12:32:29 PM PST by Registered
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A 24 year old child who can document having sex at least 201 times ?
Speechless.

200 is probably just an estimate.
Double-speechless.

14 posted on 03/09/2003 12:34:19 PM PST by Salman
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A 24 year old child who can document having sex at least 201 times ?

A lot of 24 year old women have been having sex with 5 or 10 men almost daily since they were 14 or 15. No need to actually document the 200+ figure.

15 posted on 03/09/2003 12:34:43 PM PST by templar
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That comes out to about one partner a weekend. That is more on the slut level. Had a roommate that averaged that and she was not a pro she just had the morals of an alley cat.
16 posted on 03/09/2003 12:35:10 PM PST by CathyRyan
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To: chance33_98
According to a new U.N. report, more than 5 million people worldwide contracted the AIDS virus in 2002, bringing the total number of those infected to 42 million, up 2 million from a year ago. Of those who died from HIV/AIDS, 610,000 were younger than 15, and almost half were women
17 posted on 03/09/2003 12:36:35 PM PST by Neuromancer
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To: chance33_98
I doubt if she "gave" anyone AIDs, My guess is that they bought it.(so to speak)
18 posted on 03/09/2003 12:40:53 PM PST by Newbomb Turk (Live from the ladies room here at Tubbys)
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To: templar
You serious ? Alot of women 24 years old have sex that often ? Goodness ... I honestly had no idea . I'll take your word for it but I'm honestly shocked .
19 posted on 03/09/2003 12:41:02 PM PST by Ben Bolt
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To: chance33_98
It would be interesting to read the back story on this woman. How did she get to this point??? What happened to her to make her want to hurt others? I crinch thinking about it....
20 posted on 03/09/2003 12:41:50 PM PST by BossLady (ChIRAQ & Saddam sitting in a tree.....K.I.S.S.I.N.G...)
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