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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 2007
Page
3
Lashuan Harris 24 was found guilty of second degree murder for throwing her sons aged 6, 2, and 16 months into San Francisco Bay in 2005. A judge ordered she be committed to a mental hospital indefinitely, with potential release if she is later deemed sane.
Firefighters rescued dozens from a three story apartment complex in Colorado Springs by breaking windows. Early Wednesday they searched for anyone left inside as 24 people were injured the previous day. Memorial Hospital Central treated 23 with sprains and fractures. one firefighter was also hurt.
Walter Forbes, former chairman of Cendant Corp, received a 12 year seven month prison term and 3.275 billion dollars in restitution for leading a vast 1990s accounting fraud. A jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and two counts of making false statements, while finding him not guilty on one securities fraud count. The case was among the early major corporate accounting scandals that shocked investors.
An independent inquiry led by Eric Holder found inadequate training for campus police at Gallaudet University after the Oct 6 2006 protest against Jane Fernandes president selection. It notes students partly blocked officers from entering a building and a officer's push was excessive.
Tina Marie Winston 34, also known as Tina Gilmore, was sentenced to four years in federal prison and ordered to repay about 24000 after pleading guilty to a decade of scams. She claimed New Orleans home damage and two daughters died in floods, using a fake Social Security number to obtain FEMA aid and other disaster benefits totaling nearly 6000.
Indiana Supreme Court granted a temporary stay for Norman Timberlake, 59, sentenced to death for the 1993 killing of a state trooper, while awaiting a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Panetti case on mental competence and the Eighth Amendment. The stay delays Friday's scheduled lethal injection pending the decision.
Legal spokesmen for Timberlake declined comment on ongoing matters as reporters sought responses from the firm. No further details were provided, and the situation remains under active consideration by counsel.
Justin Eugene Thurber, 23, was charged with capital murder in the death of 19 year old Jodi Sanderholm, a member of Cowley College Tigerette Danceline. Sanderholm was found beaten and strangled last week after authorities linked a stalking case to the dancer and the college team. Police Chief Sean Wallace said the aim is to bring the family peace through justice.
Michael Devlin, 41, a suburban St. Louis man, was arrested after police found two kidnapped boys in his apartment in Kirkwood. The AP reports he is a major lead in the 1991 disappearance of Charles Arlin Henderson of Moscow Mills and is linked to other cases including a 2000s molestation charge.
Teresa the chimpanzee at Chimp Haven gave birth to a girl last week despite all seven males in her group having vasectomies. Managers will test hair samples to identify the father and may perform another operation on the male. Chimp Haven, on 200 acres near Shreveport, opened to care for former research chimps in 2005.
The head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority ordered annual ceiling inspections in all Boston highway tunnels following last summer's fatal I-90 connector tunnel collapse. Six years without inspection preceded large concrete panel failures that killed Milena Del Valle, 39, with the tunnel reopening last weekend. State investigators say earlier checks might have found faulty bolt-and-epoxy mechanisms blamed for the collapse.
Two youths escaped an unlocked juvenile detention home in Nelsonville and started the Hocking Valley Scenic Railway locomotive early Tuesday. They rode about 12 miles toward Logan, blown whistle to wake residents, and stopped at a grocery store before deputies detained them.
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