not just a pretty face-she shoots too

[Glocktogo]

Hmm, looks like the beauty queen wants to cash in on her misfortune. Anyone have 15 minutes of fame they'd like to loan her?

http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/03/24/032411-news-killer-beauty-queen-1-3/

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By Kayleen Schaefer Thursday, March 24, 2011

Killer beauty queen Meghan Brown is hoping her pink pistol will make her some green.

Just days after Brown, 25, used a pink .38-caliber pistol to fatally shoot a burly ex-convict who barged into her Florida home, she tried to cash in on the incident by posing for steamy lingerie photos.

Brown modeled thigh-high stockings and a black corset laced up with a hot pink ribbon — all while aiming a shiny pistol. She even used Photoshop to replicate the pink gun now in the possession of police, though The Daily obtained an untouched image to go with this story.

The professional pinup pictures were taken in hopes of capitalizing on her gun-wielding ways, preferably in the form of a sponsorship deal with Smith & Wesson or the National Rifle Association.

“I wanted to make some money,” Brown told The Daily. “I wanted to capitalize on this. I’m the perfect example of why women should have a gun.”

Early the morning of March 12, Brown pumped four bullets into Albert F. Hill, 43, who she said forced himself into the home she shares with her fiancé of three years, Bobby Planthaber. Before she started shooting, Brown said, there was a scuffle during which Hill demanded money and repeatedly punched Planthaber, 43, in the face.

The gun was a Christmas gift from Planthaber, along with a Louis Vuitton bag. Occasionally, Brown carries them both together. (She also totes her dog, a Chihuahua named Vixen.) Their Tierra Verde, Fla., mansion bears a plaque that says “Phat City.” Brown reigned as the 2009 Miss Tierra Verde.

A year before the fatal shooting, Brown was arrested on charges of domestic violence against Planthaber. Brown refused to discuss the incident. According to St. Petersburg cops, Planthaber called for help after Brown beat him up when he tried to break up with her.

In the police report, Planthaber said she slapped him — and repeatedly hit him in the face and chest — while the two were arguing in a parked car. Brown admitted she slapped him, but said it was because he threw Vixen out of the car. Planthaber declined to press charges.

At 3 on the morning of the shooting incident, Hill, wearing a bandanna around the lower half of his face and a baseball cap pulled low, knocked on the door, Brown said.

She said she thought it was a friend who needed a place to crash and unlocked the door, but then Hill barged inside and attempted to drag her upstairs. Brown was able to get to her gun — which she stores in the bottom drawer of her bedroom nightstand — as Planthaber woke up and started wrestling with Hill.

“I grabbed my gun and waited,” she said. “To be honest with you I’m not really that great of a shot, and he was on top of my fiancé. It was pretty nerve-racking.”

Brown said Hill was a stranger, but the Pinellas County Sherriff’s Office said the relationship between the couple and Hill, who previously had been imprisoned for burglary, grand theft, selling cocaine and other crimes, is unclear and the investigation is ongoing.

Before she killed Hill, Brown had fired the gun only once. That happened in January, when Planthaber took her to shooting range.

“I thought it would be a hobby of ours to go down to the shooting range,” Brown said. “I never thought I would need the gun.”

As for the provocative photo shoot, Brown said she wouldn’t mind posing for more lingerie shots.

“It was fun to do,” she said.

Our guess is we’ll probably be seeing even more of her soon.

 

[HMFIC]

Looks like ol' Bobby has given away his share of multi thousand dollar rings...

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/05/SouthPinellas/Wedding_skips_a_beat_.shtml

http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/12/SouthPinellas/Losers_of_31_000_ring.shtml

© St. Petersburg Times
published February 12, 2003
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Wedding skips a beat and perhaps a year
A couple wants to wed on that special day, but which year? It falls to an insurance company to
By JANEL STEPHENS
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 5, 2003


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TIERRA VERDE -- They had their first date on Valentine's Day last year.

Two weeks later, Robert Planthaber asked Krissie Sudol to marry him. They planned the event for this Valentine's Day, only nine days away -- a mere heartbeat for Cupid.

He sold his custom Harley, his boat and his yellow Dodge Viper to buy an expensive diamond, flown in from Israel, to make a jewel that would double as engagement and wedding ring. Retail value: $31,000. The money also helped to buy a nice home in Tierra Verde.

He presented the ring to Krissie at their engagement party in April. Life was good.

Then she lost the ring.

The last time the couple saw it was Dec. 11. They had an appointment for premarital counseling at 3 p.m. that day. They left the office after 5 p.m. and went to dinner at the Moon Under Water, 332 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg. After a few drinks, the two had a spat. That was the last time they both saw the ring.

"I guess I had taken it off at some point," said Sudol, who is 28. "I don't remember taking it off. For some reason I think I might have put it in my pocket in my jacket."

Sudol didn't realize the ring was missing until the next morning. She woke up about 10 a.m. and felt for her ring, which she admits she does often. It was gone.

She searched her jacket and the snug jeans she wore that night. The ring wasn't there. She called Planthaber at work -- he's an arborist who has had his own company for 17 years, Planthaber Trees in Tampa. He cuts trees in the Culbreath Isles and Palma Ceia areas in Tampa, which he says provides a six-figure income. Planthaber immediately came home to help her search their house.

"We've turned this place upside down," Planthaber said from his recently purchased home on 863 Third Ave. S, Tierra Verde.

The couple retraced their steps and revisited the gas station they stopped at that night before heading home along with the restaurant. Planthaber searched his 1999 Cadillac Escalade several times. No luck.

"We've done everything," Planthaber said. "It boils down to one thing: The ring is definitely lost. We can't find it."

They filed a police report on Dec. 12. Because the ring was insured, the insurance adjuster met with them the following week to take their report.

This was the second jewelry claim Planthaber made in 2002. Before losing the ring, he misplaced his $18,000 Rolex watch, which was later found by his car detailer. He called the insurance company and canceled that claim.

Following policy, the insurer wanted to document everything before paying up and to talk to anyone who knew anything about the ring.

The couple wants the ring or the money for a new one in time for a Valentine's Day wedding. That's not likely.

Otherwise, they are planning to postpone their wedding until Valentine's Day next year. "They've basically ruined everything," said Planthaber, 35. "We don't want to get married after that. We wanted to get married on Valentine's Day because it means something to us."

But the insurance company says it's not delaying anything, just checking things carefully and following its policies, said Kathy Thomas, communications specialist with Allstate Insurance Co.

"We want to work with Mr. Planthaber. We're just following the process according to our policy," Thomas said. "We wouldn't want to stand in the way of his wedding. We're doing everything we can to follow our policy and work with him," Thomas said.

As of now, the wedding is off. The insurance company and the couple will sit down with attorneys for a taped deposition on Feb. 21 to sort out what's what


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Re: Wedding skips a beat and perhaps a year, Feb. 5.

I read Janel Stephens' story about Bobby Planthaber and Krissie Sudol and their tragic circumstances. It brought me to tears. When I reflect on the nearly 30 years of wondrous marriage to my wife, I thought how gallant Bobby is. He sold his custom Harley. He sold his Dodge Viper. He sold his boat. All to present his betrothed a $31,000 rare diamond ring. Then an engagement party and armoire. Joy turns to shock when, on the day of premarital counseling, the ring goes missing.

Adding insult to injury, the insurance company our Arthurian hero does business with wants to document and talk to everyone who knows anything about the diamond ring. The cads. Have they no sensitivity? Have they no compassion? True love cannot -- nay, must not -- be stifled, subdued or cast upon the rocks of cruel actuary tables!

I want to help. I must help in order to put true love back on course. I would like to give Bobby and Krissie my "Gasparilla 2003" coin.

Kris and Bobby, may Athena guide you both through these difficult times.
-- M. Hodgkin, St. Petersburg

Ring buyer needs head examined
Re: Wedding skips a beat and perhaps a year.

Let me get this straight. A young couple have their picture taken for a local paper looking pouty over the loss of a $31,000 engagement ring. They own a piece of property in expensive Tierra Verde and feel their insurance company "has basically ruined everything" (their Valentine's Day wedding plans) by not yet reimbursing them for the cost for the ring.

Anyone who would spend $31,000 on an engagement ring (money that could feed an entire African nation for a few years) needs to have his head examined.
-- Susan Talley, St. Petersburg

If true love reigns . . .
Re: Wedding skips a beat and perhaps a year.

Since when do you need a $31,000 engagement ring to get married? If true love reigns, why postpone the scheduled Valentine's Day wedding?

"They've basically ruined everything," they said. Are they blaming the insurance company?
-- Sally D. Northrop, North Redington Beach

Spoiled, selfish and immature
Re: Wedding skips a beat and perhaps a year.

I couldn't believe your newspaper would give the space for the "wedding-plans-hit-a-$31,000-glitch" article. There are so many people in need, unemployed and on a very limited income, and this couple wants pity. Please! Poor guy, he had to sell his custom Harley, his boat and his beloved yellow Dodge Viper. We must not forget that he also could afford to purchase his nice home in Tierra Verde.

It sounds to me like they are both spoiled, selfish and immature young adults. That "woe is us" attitude just doesn't cut it with me, especially after reading about his misplaced $18,000 Rolex watch.
-- Donna Grove, Dover, Pa.

 

[HMFIC]

And some video of him and her speaking...

http://www.baynews9.com/video?clip=...ideo/bn9/web_video/Home_Invasion_Folo_316.f4v

 

[Subsonic]

Maybe they should put her on "Top Shot." Probably better then those cry babies they have on there now.

 

[Jefpainthorse]

New Money is usually tacky.