{"id":52622,"date":"2023-03-29T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T21:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52622"},"modified":"2023-03-29T14:52:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T21:52:43","slug":"two-who-allegedly-targeted-attacks-on-florida-reproductive-health-services-charged-with-civil-rights-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=52622","title":{"rendered":"Two Who Allegedly Targeted Attacks on Florida Reproductive Health Services Charged With Civil Rights Conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A federal grand jury in Florida returned a superseding indictment<\/a> charging two additional Florida residents with federal crimes arising out of a series of targeted attacks on pregnancy resource facilities in the state, officials stated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caleb Freestone, 27, and Amber Smith-Stewart, 23, were previously\u00a0charged<\/a>\u00a0with the same offenses in March.<\/span><\/p>\n

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According to the superseding indictment, Gabriella Oropesa and Annarella Rivera, along with Freestone and Smith-Stewart, engaged in a conspiracy to prevent employees of reproductive health facilities from providing those services. <\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the conspiracy, the defendants allegedly targeted pregnancy resource facilities and vandalized those facilities with spray-painted threats, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the co-conspirators are alleged to have spray-painted\u00a0 threats, including \u201cIf abortions aren\u2019t safe than niether [sic] are you,\u201d \u201cYOUR TIME IS UP!!,\u201d \u201cWE\u2019RE COMING for U,\u201d and \u201cWe are everywhere,\u201d on a reproductive health services facility in Winter Haven, Florida. <\/span><\/p>\n

Facilities in Hollywood, Florida, and Hialeah, Florida, were also allegedly targeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n