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nmuci iicted to a second lesday as president of juty Sheriff’s ion.dates ran for the post, elected Deputy John t; Deputy Richard sgt Gerard Solan, Iraig Cross,;he voting that getting t would be his firstlifficult time,” Weber )ns have been a very,is been working ntract since Dec. 31.I the county’s pay ble and a state fact iir.”en offering slightly : pay raise over the a fact finder has it increase over that ion is asking for a 25 ivO vears.was oeaten to aeatn in laci, ana Dawn Chatraw, who was fatally shot in 1985. Other men were convicted of murdering them.The testimony from Siegal, the only witness called Wednesday, forms much of the basis for the defense’s contention that Blake cannot be held responsible for the Feb. 10 shooting death of Sheriff’s Deputy David R. Clark. Siegal will be cross-examined today by Chief Assistant District Attorney John G. Duncan.One more expert witness, a Maryland psychiatrist, is scheduled to testify today about episodic discontrol syndrome.County Judge J. Kevin Mulroy said the case could go to the jury Friday. The panel will be asked to decide if Blake isMeleski.Both victims were shot as they led Blake and two other inmates back to jail after an appearance in DeWitt Town Court. Witnesses said Blake shot the deputies with a gun he pulled from Meles-ki’s holster.Siegal said the shooting was so poorly planned it is “difficult to perceive a person of normal intelligence” would do such a thing.He testified to a litany of Blake’s problems:■ The defendant had constant colic as an infant.■ He wet his bed until he was 11.■ His IQ dropped 23 points between the ages of 7 and 14.Officers Round Up 32 Suspected Drug Sellersface, indicating nerve damage.■ His father, William R. Blake Sr., knew William was different from his younger brother and sister.“He was insensitive to pain. There was nothing he (the father) could do to make this kid cry,” Siegal testified.■ Blake’s animosity toward police began when he was 8 years old.Siegal testified Blake’s father said that when William was 8. a school crossing guard was levying a 5-cent toll on youngsters crossing the street. The father told his son to inform a police officer. The young Blake then got into a fight with the guard, during which he was slapped by a poliee officer.“This is the beginning of a lifelong ven-Blake s earlier childhood, when his friends fought with him because he always got to be a cop when they played cops and robbers.■ He has a history of cruelty to animals. Siegal said probation records show Blake set fire to a rabbit at the age of 14.■ During a court appearance as a teenager, Blake fled suddenly, impulsively and without planning.” ■;“He suddenly jumped out a courtroom window having no idea where he wds going,” Siegal said. ; -■ Blake said he was on a six-day cocaine jag” until a few days before Clack and Meleski were shot ;Board OKs(Continued from Page B-l) driCk. 24. Owcra Point Drive. Cazenovna; and OrS23l!for the hepatitis A virus. The outbreak Richmond, 45, 310 cannon St.; each charged withPolice Accuse Teacher’s Aide Of Sexually Abusing Boy, 11By RICK MORIARTV A teacher’s aide at a Syracuse ele- _mentarv school was charged early this m
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Syracuse Post Standard
Syracuse, New York, US
Thu, Jun 25, 1987
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