Rachel Hoffman

Rachel Morningstar Hoffman, (December 17, 1984 – May 9, 2008) [cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&gsfn=Rachel+M.&gsln=Hoffman&=&gsby=1984&gsb2co=2%2CUSA&gsb2pl=12%2CFlorida&gsdy=2008&gsd2co=2%2CUSA&gsd2pl=12%2CFlorida&=&=&=&sbo=0&sbor=&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=allgs&gss=&so=3 |title=Rachel M. Hoffman |accessdate=2008-07-28 |work=ancestry.com (subscription only) |publisher=The Generations Network, Inc. ] was a 23-year-old Florida State University graduate who was killed during a botched drug sting that started on May 7, 2008.

She was under drug court supervision for possession of 25 gramscite news |title=Updated: Friends, family remember Hoffman during funeral in Palm Harbor |url=http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080513/NEWS01/805130320/0/COMP |work=tallahassee.com |publisher=Tallahassee Democrat |date=2008-05-13 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ] (0.9 oz.) of marijuana during a traffic stop on February 22, 2007. [cite news |first=Brian |last=Ross |title=The Life and Death of Rachel Hoffman |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/popup?id=5445285&contentIndex=1&page=7&start=false |work=20/20 |publisher=ABCNews Internet Ventures |date=2008-07-26 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ] On April 17, 2008, [cite news |first=David |last=Schoetz |title=Fla. Cops Under Fire After Informant's Murder |url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4844484&page=1 |work=ABCNews |publisher=ABCNews Internet Ventures |date=2008-05-13 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ] she was busted in her apartment by Tallahassee, Florida police for possession of 151.7 grams (or 5.328 ounces) of cannabis and was threatened with a charge of manufacturing. Faced with a possible prison sentence if charged and convicted, she agreed instead to serve as a confidential informant to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 ounces of cocaine, and a handgun, using $13,000 cash in a buy-bust operation. While she worked undercover, police lost track of her and she was killed by two assailants.cite news |first=Brian |last=Ross |coauthors=Vic Walter |title=Botched Sting: Killed With Gun She Was Supposed to Buy |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5450550 |work=20/20 |publisher=ABCNews Internet Ventures |date=2008-07-25 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ] Deneilo R. Bradshaw, 23, and Andrea Jabbar Green, 25, have been charged with armed robbery in connection with the events leading up to Hoffman's death. Additional charges are pending. [cite news |first=Nic |last=Corbett |title=Hoffman's parents want clarity on judge's order |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080726/NEWS01/807260331/1010 |work=tallahassee.com |publisher=Tallahassee Democrat |date=2008-07-26 |accessdate=2008-07-26 ] The Tallahassee Police Department admits that Hoffman had no training to work undercover, she did not know the two men targeted in the sting, and she had no experience with cocaine or firearms.

The two have been charged by a grand jury with first degree murder. [cite news |first=Nic |last=Corbett |title=Updated: Police chief responds to grand jury findings in Rachel Hoffman case |url=http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080801/NEWS01/808010350/1006 |work=tallahassee.com |publisher=Tallahassee Democrat |date=2008-08-01 |accessdate=2008-08-29]

References

External links

* [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=42256525219 Rachel Hoffman group on Facebook]
* [http://ssdp.org/rememberrachel/ Students for Sensible Drug Policy on Rachel Hoffman]
* [http://rachelmorningstarfoundation.org/ Purple Hatters Ball in memory of Rachel Hoffman]