For the victims of abuse: domestic violence advocate and counselor speaks to Monticello Woman’s Club http://www.ecbpublishing.com/for-the-victims-of-abuse-domestic-violence-advocate-and-counselor-speaks-to-monticello-womans-club/
By Capitol News Service | Posted: Mon 8:47 PM, Dec 10, 2018 | Updated: Tue 3:54 AM, Dec 11, 2018 By: Jake Stofan | Capitol News Service December 10, 2018 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) — Rapists can be prosecuted within eight years of the crime, but new legislation would nearly double the statute of limitations for future cases to 15…
Special to the Democrat Published 6:56 a.m. ET Dec. 3, 2018 (Photo: Special to the Democrat) In support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Mary Kay Foundation announced in October $3 million in grants to 150 domestic violence shelters across the country. Refuge House has received a $20,000 unrestricted grant to support local survivors…
After yoga studio shooting, we will find the answer together The three of us — and our criminal justice system — stand with our community against violence of all kinds The murders of two women, and wounding of four more women and one man, at the Hot Yoga studio stunned and aggrieved our community. The gunman’s actions have been…
Help domestic violence survivors by seeing their truth | Opinion Meg Baldwin, Published 8:38 a.m. ET Oct. 5, 2018 (Photo: Democrat files) This year, Domestic Violence Awareness Month arrives during an intense period of activism and national reflection on gender and power-based violence. For us, DVAM gives us an opportunity to show domestic violence survivors in…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) – A Tallahassee organization known for helping victims of domestic violence opened it’s new space Friday. Refuge House celebrated their new office Friday, which is at the Leon County Courthouse. According to the organization, working inside the courthouse allows victims to visit them and seek assistance filing injunctions for protective orders for things…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) – Every major crime index fell in Florida last year, with the exception of one: forcible rape. Victim advocates are applauding the increasing number of reports. Advocate Meg Baldwin says rape is the most under-reported crime in Florida and the nation. “If you take the reported number and multiply it by…
In September 2015, a woman posing as an escort on her Backpage.com advertisement arrived at a Stuckey Avenue apartment building. She was summoned there by Jermichael Lindsey, investigators say. She texted him to confirm the apartment number: 42. The man replied saying he was in the bathtub so the woman decided to leave. It was then that Lindsey, who…
“There was no one to tell and nowhere to hide.” “It’s not your fault.” “Love is not cold. Love is warm.” The phrases are just a few of the dozens painted and stenciled onto T-shirts strung on clotheslines in a Tallahassee Community College courtyard this week, the last of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Read full article on…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) – The Refuge House turned the big “40” Wednesday. The center first opened its doors in 1978 as a battered womens shelter in Tallahassee. They have experienced consistent growth after the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. The Refuge House fields about 4,000 hotline calls each year. More than 2,000 domestic abuse and…