Warrick Dunn Delivers 173rd Home to St. Petersburg Mother

Giving back is always the right thing to do! In this case, according to Bleacher Report, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Warrick Dunn has gifted a fully furnished house to a single mother who lives in St. Petersburg.

LaToya Reedy and her 18-year-old son, AnTrez Reedy, were the lucky recipients of Dunn’s generosity as they were the 173rd recipients of a home through Dunn’s organization Warrick Dunn Charities and their partnership with Habitat for Humanity. “Being a homeowner now, I can be at home,” she told Tampa Bay Times. “I can be at peace. I can bring sweet memories to my house and I can have my family and my friends over. I have a home now, and that’s something that I’ve always wanted for my son, and for myself.”

She volunteered with Habitat for Humanity helping to construct other homes by completing more than 350 sweat equity hours, more than the 300-hour minimum required as part of Habitat’s homeownership program before purchasing and moving into their Habitat home.

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According to its website, “During our Founder’s inaugural season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Warrick founded Homes for the Holidays (HFTH) to honor his late mother’s dream of homeownership. The program partners with local community organizations to reduce the burden on new, single-parent homeowners by fully furnishing their new house, providing downpayment assistance checks, and stocking the pantry with food. HFTH was created from the belief that a better future starts with hope. In the wake of his mother’s death back in 1993, Warrick had used his mother’s life insurance to purchase a home for their family – a lifelong dream of Betty’s. It was in that home that the Dunn family found hope.”

Warrick Dunn was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State. He was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997. Dunn played 12 years in the NFL as a running back for the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1997-2008. He made three Pro Bowls and won the 2004 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his community work. He retired from the NFL 17th all-time in all-purpose yards with 15,306 and 22nd in rushing yards with 10,967.

Dunn also has a minority stake in the Falcons’ ownership group led by Arthur Blan. He also wrote an autobiography in 2008, Running For My Life which details his mother’s murder and his battles with depression throughout his life.

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Warrick Dunn Delivers 173rd Home to St. Petersburg Mother

Giving back is always the right thing to do! In this case, according to Bleacher Report, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Warrick Dunn has gifted a fully furnished house to a single mother who lives in St. Petersburg.

LaToya Reedy and her 18-year-old son, AnTrez Reedy, were the lucky recipients of Dunn’s generosity as they were the 173rd recipients of a home through Dunn’s organization Warrick Dunn Charities and their partnership with Habitat for Humanity. “Being a homeowner now, I can be at home,” she told Tampa Bay Times. “I can be at peace. I can bring sweet memories to my house and I can have my family and my friends over. I have a home now, and that’s something that I’ve always wanted for my son, and for myself.”

She volunteered with Habitat for Humanity helping to construct other homes by completing more than 350 sweat equity hours, more than the 300-hour minimum required as part of Habitat’s homeownership program before purchasing and moving into their Habitat home.

Related: DeAngelo Williams’ Foundation Has Sponsored More Than 500 Mammograms

According to its website, “During our Founder’s inaugural season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Warrick founded Homes for the Holidays (HFTH) to honor his late mother’s dream of homeownership. The program partners with local community organizations to reduce the burden on new, single-parent homeowners by fully furnishing their new house, providing downpayment assistance checks, and stocking the pantry with food. HFTH was created from the belief that a better future starts with hope. In the wake of his mother’s death back in 1993, Warrick had used his mother’s life insurance to purchase a home for their family – a lifelong dream of Betty’s. It was in that home that the Dunn family found hope.”

Warrick Dunn was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft, after playing college football at Florida State. He was named AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997. Dunn played 12 years in the NFL as a running back for the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1997-2008. He made three Pro Bowls and won the 2004 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his community work. He retired from the NFL 17th all-time in all-purpose yards with 15,306 and 22nd in rushing yards with 10,967.

Dunn also has a minority stake in the Falcons’ ownership group led by Arthur Blan. He also wrote an autobiography in 2008, Running For My Life which details his mother’s murder and his battles with depression throughout his life.

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Amber Guyger’s law team files intent to appeal murder conviction

Amber Guyger’s law team has started the process to overturn the former Dallas cop’s conviction for the killing of Botham Jean with the filing of an intent to appeal.

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Guyger was handed a 10-year sentence for fatally shooting Jean in his Southside Flats apartment, after mistaking his place for her own. One of her attorneys, Robert Rodgers, said that the team has already told the public that they are angling to overturn her sentence and the murder conviction.

In this process, the city is making sure that there are new personnel appointed to the case.

Given that Guyger garnered sympathy from the Judge Tammy Kemp in her case, the Dallas County District Attorney’s office filed a petition to have her recused from overseeing the upcoming hearings and replaced by another judge, NBC 5’s media partner KRLD reports.

The Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot still has to face a contempt hearing.  Judge Kemp found him in contempt for taking part in an interview ahead of the trial, even after she issued a gag order.

Although Guyger’s team has filed an intent to appeal, legal analyst Ed Klein told KRLD it’s just procedure that gives them the leeway for a 90 day extension to file an appeal and doesn’t mean they will actually file one.

But we all know where this is headed, don’t we?

Former Dallas police officer Guyger was convicted of murder in the killing of Botham Jean after a controversial trial that invoked race, police misconduct and legal definitions of self-defense.

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Despite expectations that it would take longer, a jury voted in less than 24 hours to convict. Prosecutors were able to convince them that the Sept. 6, 2018 shooting was not accidental, but an incident in which Guyger deliberately opened fire before properly assessing the situation. The 31-year-old ex-cop has maintained that after a tiring shift, she simply went to the wrong apartment in her residential complex, one floor above her own, believing it was hers and thought Jean, 26, was an intruder.

Guyger was sentenced to 10 years.

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Body of missing Alabama girl, Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney, found; 2 being charged

By JAY REEVES Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Investigators searching through garbage found the body of a 3-year-old girl who was missing more than a week, and authorities are charging two people with murder, police said Tuesday.

Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith told a news conference that the remains of Kamille McKinney were located in a trash bin that had been taken to a landfill. Police had been watching garbage deposits from a certain part of the city, he said.

Smith said police were obtaining murder warrants against two people previously identified as persons of interest in the case, 39-year-old Patrick Devone Stallworth and his 29-year-old girlfriend, Derick Irisha Brown.

Lawyers for both have said they are innocent.

The child, known as “Cupcake” to relatives, vanished while outside a birthday party on Oct. 12. Investigators know of no link between the suspects and the girl or her family, Smith said.

“We believe this was something they thought about and acted upon. They saw an opportunity to take a young child, and they did,” said Smith, who did not reveal a potential motive.

Stallworth, arrested after officers located a vehicle seen near the abduction site, previously was charged with child pornography, but authorities said the charge wasn’t related to the missing child.

It wasn’t clear how long the child might have been dead. Mayor Randall Woodfin said the girl’s parents were experiencing “unimaginable” pain.

“This is a tough moment for our city, a tough moment for the family,” he said.
Gov. Kay Ivey, in a statement Tuesday night, offered her condolences to Kamille’s family.
“The heart of our state is broken…,” Ivey said. “Our prayers remain with Kamille’s family and all who have been touched by this nightmare.”

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Heartbreak: Body of 3-Year-Old Kamille ‘Cupcake’ McKinney Found in Alabama Dumpster; 2 People Charged

Investigators searching for Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney—the 3-year-old abducted from a birthday party more than a week ago—found her body in a dumpster Tuesday night, and authorities are charging two people earlier identified as “persons of interest” with murder, Birmingham, Ala., police said.

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