Original Blog Entry: False Imprisonment Charges Dropped Against Nun

truesee — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 00:25:55 GMT

False Imprisonment Charges Dropped Against Eustis Nun

Posted: 10:51 am EST February 25, 2011

Updated: 11:05 am EST February 25, 2011

WFTV.COM

TAVARES, Fla. -- Prosecutors on Friday announced that they have dropped charges against a nun accused of false imprisonment.

Laura Caballero, who also goes by the name Sister Mary, at the St. Filumena Church in Eustis, had been charged with false imprisonment after a family from South Carolina said they allowed her to take their little girl to deliver to another relative while they dealt with a family emergency. Instead, the Lake County Sheriff's Office said, at the time, she took 2-year-old Maria Lopez to Argentina and refused to give her back to her parents.

In a memorandum released Friday the State Attorney's Office said, Based on the inconsistencies in the testimony of the parents, the falsification of the notary's application, jurisdiction issues, and the exclusion of the evidence collected during the search warrant, there is no reasonable likelihood of conviction at trial.

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