Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday March Nation In brief Q I 1 2002 I Court overturns NYPD officers’ convictions in Louima case J WINSLOW TOWNSHIP N ( AP) —The balk window of a minivan in this southern New Jersey towp has a message written in strap: “In memory of Aunt Una RIP" In front of the house where Una Bethune her boyfriend and two others were killed flowers and stuffed toys are tied to a fence next to yellow police tape Bethune 30 was among six people killed in a two-da- y crime that committed this month was her earlier allegedly by spree nephew who lived witlrBethune Police say it was the deadliest attack by one suspect in New Jersey in at least 30 years Many neighbors fearful of violence in the neighborhood refused to talk about the boy whose name has not been released Many who live in ramshackle or modest homes in the area are related to each other and the boy “People don't want to get involved because of what went on" said neighbor Donnie Thompson 33 The boy made his first appearance in a closed Camden juvenile court Monday He has been charged as a juvenile but prosecutors have asked a judge to move the case to adult court Police say the boy's neighborhood a wooded area about 23 miles southeast of Philadelphia caught the attention of authori- lies as a drug hot spot at least two months before the killings The boy had been charged in January with dealing cocaine NEW YORK (AP) — In stunning turq in pne of the nation’s most shocking police - SAN DIEGO (AP) — An autopsy confirmed Thursday that the body (if a child found in the desert east of town is that of Danielle Van Dam who disappeared from home nearly a month ago The identification was made through a comparison of the ' taken from the body missing girl's dental records and San Diego County District Attorney Paul Pflngst said The cause of death could not immediately be determined because of the body’s state of decomposition he said Danielle's neighbor David Westerfield 30 has been charged with killing the girl He has pleaded innocent to charges of murder kidnapping and possession of child pornography Volunteers who had tirelessly searched for the little girl found the body Wednesday near a small grove of oak trees just off a two-lan- e road 23 miles east of San Diego The child was wearing a plastic necklace similar to one Danielle was seen wearing in thousands of fliers distributed after her disappearance An earring matching the description of a pair she was wearing at the time of her disappearance also was found Initial reports ' indicated the body had been burned but authorities dedinnl to discuss the condition of the remains Unplugged detector forces evacuation LOS ANGELES (AP) — The discovery of an unplugged ' metal detector forced the evacuation of at least four terminals at Los Angeles International Airport early Thursday and delayed several flights authorities said ' Hundreds of airline passengers were sent to be rescreened at security checkpoints idler authorities discovered the metal detector wasn’t working' said Federal Aviation Administratiotr spokesman Jerry Snyder “One of the metal detectors was found unplugged’’ Snyder said “We do not know if it was malicious or not" ' Between four and eight terminals on the south side of the air- port were evacuated as a precaution about 5:30 am Passengers began the rescreening process about 45 minutes later ' Some outgoing flights Were delayed but it wasn’t immediately known how many airport spokesman Tom Winfrey said border tunnel found o TIERRA DEL SOL Calif (AP) — The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Wednesday it had discovered a tun-n- cl under the bolder that was used to smuggle drugs The tunnel approximately 1000 feet long connected a te home in the mountains east of San Diego' to a house in the Mexican border town of Tecate said DEA spokesman Don Thomhill The tunnel about 4 feet Wide and 4 feet high was reinforced with wood and equipped with electric lights and six-inplastic piping to bring in airlt had steel rails that would allow carts to be pushed within it “This was one of the more sophisticated tunnels that we’ve seen” Thornhill said - He said the tunnel built about 20 feet underground may also have been used to smuggle illegal immigrants It appeared the tunnel had been in operation for two to three years he said' USl-Mexi- co pri--va- ch of Athiee-judg- e sustain the obstruction-of-jus-tic- e convictions of Schwarz AP photo 36 and officers Thomas Wiese 38 and Thomas Brud-e- r 35 Wiese and B ruder had been Two police officers stand guard outside of the 70th Precinct in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Thursday In a stunning turn in a major police scandal a federal appeals court overturned the convictions of three white police officers in the Abner Louima torture case finding insufficient evidence they obstructed justice- - accused of lying to cover up - Authorities: Montana militia plotted assassination spree KALISPELL Mont (AP) — A Montana militia organi- zation was planning to assassinate as many judges prosecutors and police officers as possible amassing a weapons cache that included 30000 rounds of ammunition a targeted sheriff said “It all certainly supports the County Sheriff Jim Dupont said Wednesday “The last I heard it didn’t take 30000 rounds of ammo to kill a tutkey” He said the group which called itself “Project Seven” hoped to kill enough officials to force the state to call in die National Guard The militia then hoped to kill enough National Guard troops to catch the federal government’s attention beginning an unchecked escalation Dupont said Among the items in the group’s arsenal woe fully automatic weapons survival equipment booby traps body armor and explosives als Dupont said The militia group also collected “intelli- gence files” on the officials and their families Dupont said five-ye- ar had thoughts of nuking ’Nam Nixori obstructing a police officer in a November 2001 incident COLLEGE PARK Md Dupont said Burgert faked his own death and disappeared (AP)' — Thinking big President Nixon raised the idea of as a judge was ordering he be taken off house arrest and using a nuclear bomb against North Vietnam m 1972 but placed in jail He was nabbed after an informant member of Henry Kissinger quickly dismissed the notion Project Seven led officers to “I’d rather use the nuclear the home of Tracy Brockway bomb” Nixon told Kissinger where Burgert was hiding out his national security adviser a -- - Burgert and Brockway few weeks before he ordered a remain jailed major escalation of the VietInvestigators said a search nam War of property the two were shar“That I think would just be turned “hit conlists” ing up too much” Kissinger replied taining die names of local law softly in his baritone voice in officers a prosecutor and a conversation uncovered judges The list included arid addresses numbers among 300 hours of Nixon phone David Burgert right with beard tapes released Thursday is booked into the Flathead information on spouses and Nixon responded children was said he Dupont County Detention Center in “the nuclear bomb those on the list among KaOspel MoriL on Feb 8 Does that bother you?” he Brockway 32 is charged asked Then he closed die subwith obstruction of justice for Dupont said charges were by telling Kissinger: “I also She expected though it was ject is Burgert unclear how many people suspected of using her job as a just want you to think big” He also said “I don’t give a belong to the organization cleaning woman at the White-fis-h He said the group was headdamn” about civilians kilted Police Department to ed by Dave Burgby US bombing gather information about offiert who was arrested earlier That exchange on April 25 cers and their families this month after an armed 1972 is contained in foe militia’s The name refers to standoff that lasted nearly Flathead County license largest batch of tapes ever seven hour released by the National plates which all begin with Archives the number seven Burgert had been awaiting trial on charges he assaulted a police officer in January 2001 Bishop He also faced charges of - matter-of-fect- J ' - : Civil rights leaders and Louima supporters expressed outrage over the ruling which reopens an explosive case that inflamed racial tensions and touched off street protests The Rev A1 Sharpton called the decision “a shocking display of how the judicial system continues to fail to protect citizens from police abuse” Louima at nis home in Miami had no comment The appeals court entered a judgment of acquittal for all three officers on the obstruction charges effectively bringing an end to the case against Wiese and Bruder The two men had been given prison sentences but have been free on bail during their appeal However the court ordered a new trial on the civil rights charges for Schwarz who is serving 15 years behind bars in Oklahoma w 10 trouble I!!! 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Car Accident Victims!!! ed ant panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that Charles Schwarz’s lawyer did not defend him adequately and that the jury was tainted by news reports when it convicted him of violating Louima’s civil rights by holding him down during the 1997 assault in a police station bathroom The court also said there was insufficient evidence to Scripps Howard News Service non-clon- Haitian-immigr- years Abner Louima Study: Obesity risk for clones It’s not easy being a clone Your cells age prematurely toward a shorter life span you’re prone to develop arthri- tis at a young age — and you get fat A new study found that cloned mice were not only 'larger but also heavier than a comparison group of mice starting' at 6 to 8 weeks of age Earlier studies had demon- strated that mouse clones were prone td be bigger than otherwise similar mice Researchers at the University of Cincinnati ted by Randall Sakai went further and looked at all the factors that make a creature obese Their work involving nine cloned mice is being pub- - ' ' lished Friday in the journal ' Nature Medicine J: They found that by measuri food intake arid the ing r physique and body fat mass as well ak levels of insulin and1 hormbne th? weight-contr-ol teprih the “ckmed mice are V truly obese and not jtist laiger The ruling did not affect the guilty plea of the main attacker Justin Molpe 37 who admittedjfe sodomized the handcuffed Louima with a broken broomstick in a fit of rage Volpe is serving 30 brutality scandals a federal appeals court Thursday threw out the convictions of three of the four white officers sent to prison in the torture X-ra- ys ’ Schwarz’s role ‘ Body of missing San Diego girl found USf-Mexc- ose StiMniung Mm m ttaiirta® crime spree that killed six people rocks NJ community Two-da- y 752-082- 3 Bridgerland Applied or Stan TEaiNOLbGY 753-532- 1 College Professjonal Truck Driving Training - - Opportunities in the truckirigindustiy have never been better BATC js offering a new programttyneet the needs of local Industry Glassies taught in a facility: BATC instructors are folly certified and bring many years of experience to the training program Contact Neil Anderson for more infomation regarding this exciting opportunity at (435) 750-309- 1 state-of-the-- art A 1: j T2-we- ek :' i 'fuel 'y-ii'-' r: t VVi'ii'---!- ' v " V LSgovUT 14321 I' ' " - ' ‘i ''rjr i : " v' 1301 North tiOO i‘ i BridpriandAppM Tschhcfegy PBegii: than controls” according to die study fc' t training program 8 aim to 2:30 pnrM--F Following PTDIA (Professional Truck Driving Institute of : America) curriculum r Tuition includes DCit physical CDL book arid : ‘ 1 1'- '1 |