BAIL ALLOWED FOR STUDENTS CHARGED IN NEWBORN'S DEATH.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two teen-agers accused of killing their newborn son and dumping his plastic-wrapped body in a motel trash bin were freed Tuesday on $300,000 bail. High school sweethearts Sweethearts may be:
Amy Grossberg (born 1978) delivered a baby at a Comfort Inn in November 1996, assisted only by her then-boyfriend Brian Peterson were reunited "Reunited" was a #1 hit in the United States in 1979 by the Washington, D.C.-based group Peaches & Herb. Preceded by "Heart of Glass" by Blondie Billboard Hot 100 number one single May 5 1979 Succeeded by "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer with their parents at separate undisclosed houses in Delaware, where they will be held under house arrest until electronic monitors are set up in their homes in the affluent suburbs of Bergen County, N.J. ``They're both very scared young teen-agers. They know where they've been. They know what they're facing in the future. We've got a long road ahead of us,'' said Charles M. Oberly, an attorney for Grossberg. Prosecutor Peter Letang said the state did not oppose bail for the two 18-year-olds to avoid revealing its case in a bail hearing. The teens are charged with first-degree murder and could face the death penalty. It is rare, but not unprecedented, for bail to be allowed in death penalty cases in Delaware. Superior Court President Judge Henry duPont Ridgely ordered the teen-agers to give up their passports, sign extradition extradition (ĕkstrədĭsh`ən), delivery of a person, suspected or convicted of a crime, by the state where he has taken refuge to the state that asserts jurisdiction over him. waivers, live with their parents under an 8 p.m.-6 a.m. curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. and wear electronic monitoring ankle bracelets. ``I think we've done everything we can to assure they return,'' Letang said. ``They are not a risk to other people.'' Letang said the defendants could be home in New Jersey in two to three days. Peterson attorney Jack Litman said he hopes they will be home by today. The judge did not prohibit the two from seeing each other. ``They are young people who obviously have a close, loving relationship,'' Litman said. ``There's no reason they can't get together.'' |
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