Beyond Belief
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ST. PETERSBURG - A woman and her roommate were arrested Wednesday, accused of withholding food from the woman's 9-year-old daughter to the point where her weight dropped by more than a third, authorities said.
Melissa Samoraj, 27, and Raymond LaFountain, 31, also are accused of forcing the girl to wear a soiled diaper and of locking her in her room at least once, with her hands tied behind her back, for an extended period of time, St. Petersburg police Detective J.P. DeLuca said.
Each was charged with one count of aggravated child abuse and booked into Pinellas County Jail, with bail set at $50,000 each. Specifically, they unlawfully and intentionally caused great bodily harm to a child younger than 12, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said.
Samoraj works as a secretary in a doctor's office, said a woman who answered the door to her apartment Wednesday. LaFountain is unemployed, DeLuca said.
LaFountain told DeLuca he was
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Melissa Samoraj, 27, and Raymond LaFountain, 31, also are accused of forcing the girl to wear a soiled diaper and of locking her in her room at least once, with her hands tied behind her back, for an extended period of time, St. Petersburg police Detective J.P. DeLuca said.
Each was charged with one count of aggravated child abuse and booked into Pinellas County Jail, with bail set at $50,000 each. Specifically, they unlawfully and intentionally caused great bodily harm to a child younger than 12, police spokesman Bill Proffitt said.
Samoraj works as a secretary in a doctor's office, said a woman who answered the door to her apartment Wednesday. LaFountain is unemployed, DeLuca said.
LaFountain told DeLuca he was
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