At a rock concert in May 1980, Zess was arrested for smoking marijuana. While training at the Milwaukee Police Academy, Bembenek met and became close with another female trainee, Judy Zess. Bembenek stated that when female and minority trainees became members of the police force, they were often severely punished or fired for minor infractions during their probationary period while white male officers went unpunished for more serious offenses. She further claimed that female and minority officers were routinely subjected to harassment and abuse during training. In her autobiography Woman on the Run, Bembenek claimed that the Milwaukee Police Department was then composed of 'brutal, lazy, apathetic and corrupt' police officers. Bembenek graduated from the Academy in the summer of 1980 and was assigned to the South Side Second District of Milwaukee. Bembenek later said she believed the accusation was made by the wife of a Milwaukee police officer who confronted her at a party about her clothing and accused Bembenek of leading her husband on. Bembenek denied the charge which was investigated but never substantiated. While still a trainee, an anonymous tipster reported that Bembenek was seen smoking marijuana at a party. In March 1980, Bembenek began training at the Milwaukee Police Academy. In 1978, she appeared as 'Miss March' in a calendar distributed by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. Career and marriage ДЄfter college, Bembenek worked in retail and had a brief stint as a model. Upon graduation, Bembenek attended Bryant & Stratton College, where she earned an associate degree in fashion merchandising management. She later transferred to Bay View High School where she graduated in 1976. Д«embenek was raised a Roman Catholic and attended St. Joseph Bembenek had previously worked for the Milwaukee Police Department but quit after witnessing what he described as corruption within the department. Д«embenek was the youngest of three girls born to Joseph and Virginia Bembenek in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 15, 1958. On November 20, 2010, Bembenek died at a hospice facility in Portland, Oregon at the age of 52. At the time of her arrest, she was working for Marquette University's Public Safety Department in downtown Milwaukee. She worked briefly as a waitress at the Lake Geneva, Wisconsin Playboy Club. Prior to her arrest, Bembenek was fired by the Milwaukee Police Department and had gone on to sue the department, claiming that it engaged in sexual discrimination and other illegal activities. Four years after, she sought to have the sentence overturned. Upon winning a new trial, she pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to time served and ten years' probation in December 1992. Her story garnered national attention after she escaped from Taycheedah Correctional Institution and was recaptured in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, an episode that inspired books, movies and the slogan 'Run, Bambi, Run'. 'Odd girl,' he muttered to himself as he pulled the top book from the stack and lost himself in it.Lawrencia Ann ' Bambi' Bembenek (August 15, 1958В вЂ“ November 20, 2010), known as Laurie Bembenek, was an American police officer convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife. TheyвЂ™ll heal in a day or two anyways,' he reassured her before getting up and taking a seat at the table where his books were placed. Taken aback, Leonard locked eyes with her for two seconds before shaking his head. вЂњI donвЂ™t think youвЂ™re a child,вЂќ she stared at him with a crystal-clear gaze. 'IвЂ™m not a child!вЂќ Leonard huffed at her. 'Mama told me this will make the pain go away,' the girl held her hand close to her chest as she shared her past memory. Leonard swatted her hand away, a hint of pink appearing on his cheeks embarrassed, 'W-what are you doing?' Remembering what her mother used to do when she got a bruise, Vivian brought her sleeve to her mouth and blew warm air on it before placing it on the boy's cheek, taking him by surprise. 'Does it hurt?' Vivian asked, gently kneeling beside him and examining the several bruises covering his face. 'What? Never seen a bruise before?' Leonard scoffed at the girl. But before she could learn to blend into the background like the other servants, the Duke's young son calls to her, Like everyone else, Vivian was repeatedly reminded not to disobey the rules. Rules that must be followed by all servants and maids. Serving one of the most respected and elite pureblood families in Bonelake, there were rules. Disowned for being a human, Vivian was taken in as a maid at the age of seven by the Carmichael household.

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