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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 2003
Page
5
FBI agents on a drug investigation found one of 55 stolen Oscars three years after the theft. The Academy verified the statuette as stolen from a Chicago to Los Angeles shipment. Fifty-two others were recovered near a trash bin shortly after the theft.
In Philadelphia a second man, James Burns, 30, was found guilty of abducting 7 year old Erica Pratt. The jury deliberated four hours over two days before returning the verdict, tied to the basement capture and Pratt's escape by chewing through duct tape.
A 35 year old man, David E. Mitchell Sr., is charged with false imprisonment and making threats after allegedly locking his wife in their home for two years. Police rescued the 28 year old woman and her four children ages 2, 3, 7 and 8 on June 2.
Defense Minister Andre Flahaut said Belgium may modify its war crimes laws after U S officials faced lawsuits over Iraq war operations. The threat from the Bush administration to Belgium as NATO host spurred calls to ease anger and revise the statutes affecting figures like Gen. Tommy Franks and Secretary Colin Powell.
Sir Roger Moore earns knighthood on Elizabeth II's birthday list for UNICEF and Kiwanis charity work. Helen Mirren becomes a dame, Jane Goodall a dame, Anita Roddick a dame, Jamie Oliver an MBE, Sting a CBE, and Alexander McQueen a CBE.
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