Astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak now faces first degree attempted murder charges following her arrest after attacking a fellow astonaut in Florida. Maybe she should change her name to "whack" rather than "No-Wak"-babel How say ye?
FOX News reports:
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A NASA astronaut earlier ordered released on bail Tuesday after being slapped with attempted kidnapping charges later was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
A reporter with FOX affiliate WFOL in Orlando, Fla., said a jail spokesman said that Lisa Marie NowakLisa Marie Nowak will now not be released from prison.
Orange County jail spokesman Allen Moore said Orlando police were in the process of adding the more serious charge that Nowak tried to kill Colleen Shipman.
"Even though she satisfied the bail for the other charges, she won't be released from jail," Moore said.
Orange County Judge Mike Murphy had earlier said Nowak could be released on $15,500 bond provided she stay away from the other woman and wear a monitoring device.
Before the attempted murder charges were added, Nowak was charged with attempting to kidnap a romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections, and was told to wear a tracking device and not to contact her alleged victim.