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2010.02.03 - Today's Current News - ***NO DISCUSSIONS HERE PLEASE ***



Video: Scottsdale Woman Arrested 2:37
Tammi Smith, 37, of Scottsdale, is facing charges in missing Tempe baby case.
http://www.azcentral.com/video/64616568001

Video: Tammi Smith faces several charges in case of missing baby Gabriel 7:05
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83411862&sec=528732

Video: Potential adoptive mother of missing Tempe baby arrested 3:06
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83362862&sec=507182

ETA: *Added For Easy Reference For Everyone!
PDF: Probable Cause For Arrest Of Tammi Smith
http://www.azcentral.com/ic/pdf/0202smith-arrest-probable-cause.pdf
 
*Missed this yesterday!

Gabriel's dad on desperate search to find baby boy
Posted on February 2, 2010 at 7:29 PM
<snipped>
Logan McQueary is fed-up with no answers from the baby's mother .

So, McQueary is on his way to San Antonio to find his son, Baby Gabriel, who was last seen in S.A. on December 26.

Video: Gabriel's dad on desperate search to find baby boy 2:14
http://www.kens5.com/video?id=83401537&sec=547077

Article:
http://www.kens5.com/news/Gabriels-dad-on-desperate-search-to-find-baby-boy-83401537.html
 
*Missed this article & videos yesterday!

Search for missing Mesa baby comes to Tucson
Posted: Feb 02, 2010 7:49 PM EST
Updated: Feb 2, 2010 05:49 PM
<snipped>
No one has seen Gabriel Johnson since Christmas but it's thought that he came through the Tucson area with his mother, Elizabeth Johnson, at some point around then..

Tuesday the baby's dad, Logan McQueary, came to Tucson to retrace the mother's footsteps.

McQueary is stopping at hotels and convenience stores, from here to San Antonio, where he knows the mom and baby ended up at one point.

McQueary is especially optimistic after today's arrest of Scottsdale resident Tammi Smith.

"Maybe she's going to sit in jail and think about exactly what's going on. Maybe she'll come clean with everything that she knows. Maybe it will lead to finding Gabriel. That's what I'm hoping for," he says.

Video: Search for missing Mesa baby comes to Tucson 1:10
http://www.kold.com/global/Category...default&clipId=4510401&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Video: San Antonio Landfill Blocked Off To Search For Missing AZ Baby 0:27
http://www.kold.com/global/Category...default&clipId=4497049&flvUri=&partnerclipid=

Article:
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=11922784
 
Arrest in Case of Missing "Baby Gabriel"
Woman Who, with Husband, Sought to Adopt Him, Is Taken into Custody; Cops: She Probably Doesn't Know Where Infant Is
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 3, 2010
<snipped>
Tammi Smith, 37, was interviewed at Tempe police headquarters and later booked into the Maricopa County Jail on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and forgery.

Lt. Mike Horn said the charges stem from Smith's repeated and apparently desperate attempts to adopt 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson, not from the boy's Dec. 26 disappearance in San Antonio, Texas.

"The only thing I can surmise here is that the authorities think she knows something that she hasn't told them," Tammi Smith's lawyer, Michael Kimerer, told reporters.

In a Tuesday court document detailing the charges against Tammi Smith, police describe for the first time the lengths to which she went to adopt Gabriel.

Before Johnson left Arizona with Gabriel, those efforts included repeated phone calls and text messages to his father, Logan McQueary, pressuring him to relinquish his parental rights to the Smiths, according to the probable-cause statement.

Video: Arrest in Baby Gabriel Case 1:18
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvoM3zuy6bQ[/ame]

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/03/earlyshow/main6169465.shtml?tag=contentBody;cbsCarousel
 
Today Show Video: Arrest tied to baby Gabriel case 2:05
Feb. 3: Once a "person of interest," Tammi Smith now faces three felony charges, including custodial interference, but Tempe, Ariz., police don't believe she was involved in the child's disappearance. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
[ame="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/35214272#35214272"]Today Show Video Player[/ame]
 
Tammi1.jpg

Tammi2.jpg

In Custody For:
001 FELONY COUNT OF CONSPIRACY
001 FELONY COUNT OF CUSTOD INTRFR/OUT-OF-STATE RET
001 FELONY COUNT OF FORGERY-OFFERS FORGED INSTRUM

Sex: FEMALE
Race: WHITE
D.O.B: 03-12-1972
Height: 5'03
Weight: 147
Eye: BLUE
Hair BROWN


SMITH, TAMMI PETERS #P628048

http://www.mcso.org/index.php?a=GetModule&mn=Mugshot

(sorry if this has already been posted -- didn't see it yet). Mel
 
Woman arrested in baby Gabriel case out of jail
February 3rd, 2010 @ 5:17am
<snipped>
Tammy Smith's husband Jack picked her up at 4th Avenue Jail on Wednesday morning. Her attorney was not present.

She was charged with custodial interference and forgery. "It doesn't mean those charges are gonna stick. It doesn't mean those charges are true. But nevertheless, they were able to do that 'cause they're the guys with the guns," says Tammy Smith.

"You know, those are charges that Tempe Police Department is trying to create a case."

"I felt like she was being completely taken advantage of by the father and the grandfather."

When asked if she knows where the missing boy is, she says "absolutely not."

Article:
http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1259488
 
Police: Scottsdale woman released in baby Gabriel case
Feb. 3, 2010 01:33 PM
<snipped>
A Scottsdale woman who wanted to adopt an Arizona baby missing for more than a month has been released from a Phoenix jail.

As she was leaving jail, Smith told reporters the Tempe Police Department is trying to create a case. Smith it doesn't mean those charges leveled against her "are going to stick. Doesn't mean those charges are true."

Video: Latest developments In The Baby Gabriel Case 1:26
Tammi Smith out of jail on bond.
http://www.azcentral.com/video/64629383001

Video: I-CAST: Tammi Smith Arrest 1:31
http://www.azcentral.com/video/64629392001

Article:
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/02/03/20100203woman-missing-baby-case-released.html
 
UPDATED: Tammi Smith Arrested In Baby Gabriel Case
Tammi Smith Claims Innocence In Baby Gabriel's Disappearance
POSTED: 11:34 am MST February 2, 2010
UPDATED: 7:58 am MST February 3, 2010
<snipped>
According to a statement from the Tempe Police Department, Smith was charged with conspiracy to commit custodial interference, custodial interference and forgery.

She was arraigned late Tuesday night and released early Wednesday morning.

"We all knew this would happen," Smith said as she walked into the Fourth Avenue Jail. "I am innocent. God is with me."

Jack Smith maintains his wife's innocence.

"We have been harassed," he said. "We have been bullied, and we know nothing."

He also said he trusts his wife.

"I've known every single thing -- everything all along the way," he said.

RAW VIDEO: Tammi, Jack Smith Speak Outside Jail
http://www.kpho.com/video/22421326/index.html

VIDEO: Tammi Smith Released From Jail
http://www.kpho.com/video/22420875/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22412133/detail.html
 
UPDATED: Potential adoptive mother of missing Tempe baby released from jail
Posted on February 2, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Updated today at 8:25 AM
<snipped>
"She [Elizabeth Johnson] refused to put his [Logan McQueary's] name down because of the fact ... I can't say why," Smith said after her release from jail early Wednesday morning. "I'm not going to say why on TV, but the courts will know why when I go to court."

Smith, who posted $15,000 bond, said Johnson was going to list a fake name.

"I didn't want her to put a fake name. It's not right to do that, to hurt somebody else's family. In the process, I ended up hurting my family and myself because I didn't want her to make up a phony name have have somebody get a knock at their door one day."

While Smith says police arrested her so they could interrogate her in an effort to get more information, investigators said that's not the case.

The couple vows to continue looking for the baby. "Yes, I love this baby. I will look for this baby until he is found," Smith said outside Fourth Avenue Jail. "I will look for this baby the rest of my life until he's found. Even though it means bringing him back to Logan. Oh well. I'm still going to look for this baby."

Video: Potential adoptive mother of missing Tempe baby released from jail 3:06
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83362862&sec=507087

Video: AZ Family Morning Headlines (Interview w/Tammi from this morning included!) 1:34
http://www.azfamily.com/video/?id=83339447&sec=507087

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/...-of-missing-Tempe-baby-arrested-83362862.html
 
Baby Gabriel investigation zeroes in on San Antonio
Posted on February 3, 2010 at 8:20 AM
<snipped>
The Scottsdale woman who went from person of interest to suspect in the case of Baby Gabriel posted bond and walked out of jail this Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after her arrest.

"All of the information we had led us to this arrest," said Sgt. Steven Carbajal of the Tempe Police Department.

Video Included In Article: Baby Gabriel investigation zeroes in on San Antonio 5:36
Includes interview from this morning w/Tammi!

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/home/relate...gation-zeroes-in-on-San-Antonio-83440787.html
 
Tammi Smith: I will look for this baby for the rest of my life
Posted on February 3, 2010 at 7:19 AM
Updated today at 7:37 AM
<snipped>
Once a person of interest in the Baby Gabriel case, Tammi Smith is out of jail this morning after posting $15,000 bond. Police arrested Smith Tuesday morning on charges of conspiracy to commit custodial interference, custodial interference and forgery.

*I'll add a direct link when it is avaliable!
Video Included At Link: Tammi Smith: I will look for this baby for the rest of my life 4:18

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/home/relate...is-baby-for-the-rest-of-my-life-83436867.html
 
UPDATED: Dad Embarks On Search For Baby Gabriel
Logan McQueary Plans To Retrace Elizabeth Johnson's Path Between Tempe, San Antonio
POSTED: 8:15 am MST February 3, 2010
UPDATED: 8:28 am MST February 3, 2010
<snipped>
Using tips from the Internet and even psychics, the family plotted points on a map where they thought Johnson might have stopped, including the Mountain View Motel in Tucson.

"We got several tips &#8230; talking about a Mountain View or Mountain Inn Hotel," McQueary said. "This is the only one we could find and track down. We decided &#8230; it's worth checking out along the way."

The motel led to a women's shelter, then to a bowling alley, then to another women's shelter.

On Wednesday, McQueary planned to meet with a private investigator who offered to look into the case for free before the family headed to San Antonio, where the search is now centered.

VIDEO REPORT: Baby Gabriel's Dad Stops In Las Cruces
http://www.kpho.com/video/22424117/index.html

Article:
http://www.kpho.com/news/22420462/detail.html
 
Police: Several red flags led to Smith's arrest
Posted on February 3, 2010 at 9:35 AM
<snipped>
Less than 24 hours after Tempe police arrested her in connection with the disappearance of Baby Gabriel, Tammi Smith walked out of jail, continuing to maintain her innocence.

The focus of the investigation now shifts to San Antonio, where authorities are actively looking for Gabriel Johnson.

Video Included At Link: Police: Several red flags led to Smith's arrest 2:06

Article:
http://www.azfamily.com/home/related/Police-Several-red-flags-led-to-Smiths-arrest-83447397.html
 
Scottsdale Woman in Missing Baby Case Released from Jail
Updated: Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010, 6:22 PM MST
Published : Wednesday, 03 Feb 2010, 12:21 PM MST
<snipped>
Smith was interviewed at Tempe police headquarters Tuesday and later booked into Maricopa County jail on charges of custodial interference, conspiracy to commit custodial interference and
forgery.

Lt. Mike Horn said the charges stem from Smith's repeated and apparently desperate attempts to adopt 8-month-old Gabriel Johnson, not from the boy's Dec. 26 disappearance in San Antonio.

As she was leaving jail, Smith told reporters the Tempe Police Department is trying to create a case. Smith it doesn't mean those charges leveled against her "are going to stick. Doesn't mean those charges are true."

*2-Videos Included At Link!

Article:http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/phoenix/smith_released_020310
 
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