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SUN SENTINELFort Lauderdale police chief's wife got special treatment after arrest, critics say"The wife of Fort Lauderdale's police chief waited only 12 hours after being booked on charges of shooting at her husband to see a judge and get permission to go home.While she went home, at least four people booked about the same time on lesser charges had to spend the night in a jail cell.A special hearing for Eleanor Adderley that allowed her to leave the Broward County Jail on $25,000 bond sparked complaints Thursday that she was given preferential treatment. Broward's public defender said the charges against her should have been harsher and most defendants don't get such special hearings...Police arrested Eleanor Adderley on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting in a dwelling...continue to full post

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