Where is lisa warzeka now

At the time, it seemed like a harsh sentence for first offenders, and a risk that the girls who went in as teens would come out as hardened criminals. But four years later, Lisa is not exactly doing hard time at the Gatesville Women's prison outside Waco, Texas. During her time, she's managed to graduate from high school, earn an associate's degree and has been accepted by the University of Texas for her bachelor's degree. Very aggressive, very hostile," recalls Lisa's father, Rand Warzeka.

But today, the old Lisa is back. But I definitely appreciated, kind of, the experiences, in a sense, because it's gotten me closer to my family," she says. However, there have been disappointments. Last year, Lisa was turned down in her first attempt at parole. Does she think it's possible that she'll have to serve her entire seven-year sentence? In response to several inquiries from readers who speculated about the whereabouts of Kingwood's infamous "Queens of Armed Robbery," the Observer located the teenage offenders.

During the course of a little more than a month, from May 30 to July 9, , the teenagers allegedly held several convenience store employees in Harris and Montgomery Counties at gun point and plundered cash registers on five occasions. The girls reportedly spent the stolen money on drugs and body-piercings. The teenagers were subsequently found guilty of the armed robberies and sentenced to varying prison or probation terms according to their individual degrees of involvement in the crimes.

Krystal Maddox was 16 at the time of the robberies and the youngest of the group, but nevertheless tried as an adult. Maddox, who was dubbed the ringleader of the operation because she reportedly supplied the hooded sweat shirts and the weapons used in the robberies, is currently serving part of her seven-and-a-half-years sentence in Dallas County Jail.

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When the washing machine was broken for two weeks, Brian told us to drop our laundry by his house, and he'd do it for us. Brian and Tyler are the kind of people who smile when they see you coming. They're the kind of landlords who make you want to share your beer. By now, any TV buff knows this show. Diverse characters come together under demanding conditions and fend for themselves on a remote island. Darwinism depletes their numbers as the weak-willed get culled -- voted off the island -- while others thrive on the primal challenges for their tribes.

Survivor scored big in the summer season on Channel But by the time it aired, the station was already painfully aware of its own Survivor scenario. Veteran anchors vanished, voluntarily or otherwise. Sage Steve Smith shipped out, Sylvan Rodriguez succumbed to cancer, and Marlene McClinton made her exit in a surprise on-the-air resignation. Also gone were Charles Hadlock and Clare Casademont.

Rival stations were certain that viewer ratings would be the vote that cast this beleaguered station off its island. However, they didn't think a relative unknown would step forward to rally the KHOU troops. Lisa Foronda arrived in '97 after weekend-anchor stints in minor markets. Foronda was destined, it seemed, to be little more than an attractive accessory to what KHOU saw as its savior: Greg Hurst, a reputed network news heavyweight brought in from New York.

Over the course of the next year, Hurst wowed nobody. But Foronda carried him, and lifted the rest of the news operation even more. For one, she's smart, in a rare common sense sort of way. She's serious about the news, and that's something that viewers don't see much of these days. But she also doesn't take herself too seriously, a fresh and welcome trait in the pompous world of TV news. Working your way up from places like West Texas can instill humility.

And being matched with a hollow hair-head like Hurst shows that distinction so clearly. Some of the rival newsrooms, in trying to explain how Channel 11's ratings remained respectable, speak in awe about the "Foronda factor" at work.

This leader of the survivors is every insider's choice for leader on an anchor desk -- or a remote island, for that matter. This annual members-only party takes place in early summer, but blessedly, it's during the cool of evening, when it's pleasant to stroll the grounds. Stuff your offspring full of free hot dogs, sodas and ice cream. Sway to the reggae band. Watch the clown wobble on stilts and juggle flaming sticks. Or -- oh, yeah -- look at the animals.