10-25-2010, 10:33 AM
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'Hiccup Girl' charged in Florida slaying
(CNN) -- A Florida teenager who gained national notoriety for a case of the hiccups that lasted for weeks in 2007 has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, authorities said.
Jennifer Mee, 19, was arrested and charged Sunday, according to jail booking information on the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office website.
In 2007, Mee's non-stop hiccups gained national attention. She earned the nickname "Hiccup Girl" and appeared multiple times on NBC's "Today" show.
Mee and two others -- Laron Raiford, 20, and Lamont Newton, 22 -- were arrested and accused of fatally shooting a man during an armed robbery attempt in St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday night.
"Jennifer Mee lured the victim to the address...and Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton robbed him at gunpoint and took miscellaneous items from his person," St. Petersburg Police Sgt. T.A. Skinner said in a statement.
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The three are accused of shooting and killing a man using a .38-caliber revolver, according to an arrest affidavit. The victim "received three gunshot wounds to the chest and one gunshot wound to the shoulder," the affidavit said.
"All three suspects admitted to their involvement and were charged with 1st degree felony murder," Skinner's statement said.
The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
Mee's desperate search for a hiccup cure, first reported in the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, captured the interest of people across the Tampa Bay area -- and beyond.
"We've tried sugar, peanut butter, breathing in a bag, having people scare me," she said in a photo slideshow posted on the newspaper's website in February 2007.
Suggestions -- and interview requests -- poured in. She flew to New York City to appear on the "Today" show. Months later, after her hiccups were cured, she returned for another interview.
But after her hiccups faded, Mee continued to draw attention. In June 2007, local media reported that she ran away from home.
In January 2010, St. Petersburg police once again issued a missing person report for Mee. Her mother told CNN affiliate WFTS that her daughter had stormed off after getting into a fight with her boyfriend. Mee was found after a friend called police, the affiliate said.
(CNN) -- A Florida teenager who gained national notoriety for a case of the hiccups that lasted for weeks in 2007 has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, authorities said.
Jennifer Mee, 19, was arrested and charged Sunday, according to jail booking information on the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office website.
In 2007, Mee's non-stop hiccups gained national attention. She earned the nickname "Hiccup Girl" and appeared multiple times on NBC's "Today" show.
Mee and two others -- Laron Raiford, 20, and Lamont Newton, 22 -- were arrested and accused of fatally shooting a man during an armed robbery attempt in St. Petersburg, Florida, Saturday night.
"Jennifer Mee lured the victim to the address...and Laron Raiford and Lamont Newton robbed him at gunpoint and took miscellaneous items from his person," St. Petersburg Police Sgt. T.A. Skinner said in a statement.
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The three are accused of shooting and killing a man using a .38-caliber revolver, according to an arrest affidavit. The victim "received three gunshot wounds to the chest and one gunshot wound to the shoulder," the affidavit said.
"All three suspects admitted to their involvement and were charged with 1st degree felony murder," Skinner's statement said.
The shooting occurred at 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to police.
Mee's desperate search for a hiccup cure, first reported in the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, captured the interest of people across the Tampa Bay area -- and beyond.
"We've tried sugar, peanut butter, breathing in a bag, having people scare me," she said in a photo slideshow posted on the newspaper's website in February 2007.
Suggestions -- and interview requests -- poured in. She flew to New York City to appear on the "Today" show. Months later, after her hiccups were cured, she returned for another interview.
But after her hiccups faded, Mee continued to draw attention. In June 2007, local media reported that she ran away from home.
In January 2010, St. Petersburg police once again issued a missing person report for Mee. Her mother told CNN affiliate WFTS that her daughter had stormed off after getting into a fight with her boyfriend. Mee was found after a friend called police, the affiliate said.
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