06-06-2011, 08:01 PM
the mother here (bugs bunny teeth black female) LOOKS highly intelligent doesn't she? 
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The Virginian-Pilot
June 6, 2011
NEWPORT NEWS
The mother of two boys who were reported missing after a possible abduction Sunday afternoon was charged today after her sons were found safe in Halifax, N.C. and the woman who left with them was arrested.
Yovonda Denise Bennafield, 32, of Newport News reported her two sons, 5- and 6-years-old, missing on Sunday, according to a Newport News police news release. She told police that while she was working as a clerk at a Shell station in the 9000 block of Warwick Blvd., an unknown woman entered the store, purchased a pack of cigarettes and asked to use the phone to call someone to drive her to North Carolina. Bennafield said she offered to drive the woman at the end of her shift if the woman would watch her sons until she got off work at 3 p.m.
Bennafield said she gave the woman the keys to her gold Ford Explorer about 12:30 p.m. and told her she could take the children to a park. A TOTAL STRANGER!! The woman was last seen driving south on Warwick Boulevard.
Newport News police were called to the convenience store about 3:30 p.m. Newport News park rangers checked the city’s parks and could not find the vehicle. Newport News police, state police and surrounding city police departments were notified and began looking for the missing children.
About 2:30 a.m. today, detectives learned police in Halifax, N.C. had found the missing vehicle. The two children, Ta-vyion Blockett, 5, and Dante Blockett, 6, were found safe and in good condition. They were placed in temporary custody of Social Services and the woman who had taken them to North Carolina was in custody.
Sommer La-Ruesh Pannell, 26, of Greensboro, N.C. was being held in North Carolina as a fugitive. Warrants charge her with two counts of abduction and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Police are working to have her extradited back to Newport News.
Later today, police charged the children's mother with two counts of felony child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police said the charges were a result of the two children being left unattended in her car for several hours and then allowing a stranger to take her children.
Bennafield was taken into custody this afternoon without incident and was being held at the Newport News City Jail.
Her two children have since been placed in the care of a relative.
The Virginian-Pilot
June 6, 2011
NEWPORT NEWS
The mother of two boys who were reported missing after a possible abduction Sunday afternoon was charged today after her sons were found safe in Halifax, N.C. and the woman who left with them was arrested.
Yovonda Denise Bennafield, 32, of Newport News reported her two sons, 5- and 6-years-old, missing on Sunday, according to a Newport News police news release. She told police that while she was working as a clerk at a Shell station in the 9000 block of Warwick Blvd., an unknown woman entered the store, purchased a pack of cigarettes and asked to use the phone to call someone to drive her to North Carolina. Bennafield said she offered to drive the woman at the end of her shift if the woman would watch her sons until she got off work at 3 p.m.
Bennafield said she gave the woman the keys to her gold Ford Explorer about 12:30 p.m. and told her she could take the children to a park. A TOTAL STRANGER!! The woman was last seen driving south on Warwick Boulevard.
Newport News police were called to the convenience store about 3:30 p.m. Newport News park rangers checked the city’s parks and could not find the vehicle. Newport News police, state police and surrounding city police departments were notified and began looking for the missing children.
About 2:30 a.m. today, detectives learned police in Halifax, N.C. had found the missing vehicle. The two children, Ta-vyion Blockett, 5, and Dante Blockett, 6, were found safe and in good condition. They were placed in temporary custody of Social Services and the woman who had taken them to North Carolina was in custody.
Sommer La-Ruesh Pannell, 26, of Greensboro, N.C. was being held in North Carolina as a fugitive. Warrants charge her with two counts of abduction and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Police are working to have her extradited back to Newport News.
Later today, police charged the children's mother with two counts of felony child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police said the charges were a result of the two children being left unattended in her car for several hours and then allowing a stranger to take her children.
Bennafield was taken into custody this afternoon without incident and was being held at the Newport News City Jail.
Her two children have since been placed in the care of a relative.