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Trial for sibling charged with first-degree murder postponed
Iris Moreland
Chad Moreland
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BONITA SPRINGS — A trial date has been postponed for one of the pair of siblings accused of taking part in a robbery and fatal shooting at a San Carlos Park convenience store last year.
A 20-year-old store clerk working the night shift, Gerald Rabon, was shot in the head during the Aug. 25, 2007 robbery at a Pik-N-Run gas station. He died from his injuries several days later. Rabon, a Fort Myers resident, was a graduate of Cypress Lake High School, and he had taken part in the Explorers program with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a law enforcement training program.
An investigation report in the case shows that Rabon tried to fight off the two people who rushed into the store with a gun that night.
The robbery was caught on the store’s surveillance video, and two Fort Myers residents who had been in jail before — Iris Moreland and her brother Chad Moreland — were arrested Aug. 26, 2007.
Iris Moreland had been out of jail for about a month at the time of the shooting, and she had been arrested multiple times, often on drug-related charges.
Both Iris Moreland, 28, and Chad Moreland, 25, were indicted last October on charges of first-degree murder, armed robbery and grand theft of a motor vehicle.
Iris Moreland had been scheduled to face trial in November, but that date was pushed back as the siblings appeared together in a hearing room Tuesday afternoon at the Lee County courthouse in Fort Myers.
David Brener, her public defender, had requested a confession expert in her case, which the court appointed. Brener told the judge he would be filing a motion to suppress parts of a long statement Moreland gave based on the expert’s views.
Circuit Judge Ed Volz set Iris Moreland’s next court date for Dec. 9.
Chad Moreland’s next court date will be Feb. 17, 2009. He could face the death penalty if convicted. The state is not seeking the death penalty in Iris Moreland’s case.
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Fire up old sparky. Gerald rest in peace
#1 Posted by GOPman on October 28, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Make the lights dim.
#2 Posted by MilaJ on October 28, 2008 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How come she doesn't get the needle?. Total BS.
#3 Posted by RedRyder on October 28, 2008 at 4:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Feed em to the dogs
#4 Posted by Rugbystate9champ on October 28, 2008 at 4:52 p.m. (Suggest removal)
skip the chair and just take'em over to Turkey Point and hook'em right into the grid.
#5 Posted by Spetsnaz on October 28, 2008 at 6:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Chad & Iris...........what a drain on the gene pool. We should have picked our own cotton.
#6 Posted by Paradise on October 28, 2008 at 7:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
These two pathetic excuses for humans are the very reason everyone should carry a handgun for self defense. Does anyone in their right mind think you could talk these cesspool rejects out of harming you? They are pure scum of the earth, and guess what, there are a lot more like them. The courts need to find them guilty, and then kill them the next day.
#7 Posted by cit10driver on October 28, 2008 at 7:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Let em' fry
#8 Posted by maddog59 on October 28, 2008 at 8:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I will bet ya that their lawyer will have them both get rid of those stupid Porgie & Bess hair styles before they go to court.
#9 Posted by CaptKidd on October 28, 2008 at 9:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Iris looks like a man!! This is one ugly girl!!
These two should be put in prison for life!!!
#10 Posted by Hendry on October 29, 2008 at 11:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
How can you even concentrate on their faces or the article with awful hair like that.. haha they're like cartoon characters gone bad.. WAYYYY BAD!
#11 Posted by ziggi8 on October 29, 2008 at 5:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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