Escape prisoner returns home to family and business
Richard Gartner, who fled a 1972 Bucks County burglary sentence, lived under his own name while fearing authorities for 12% years. He was captured last November by a regional fugitive roundup and remains in solitary awaiting parole, arguing he rehabilitated himself and should be with his wife Jeannie and four children.
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Richard Gartner
Gartner
Georgia
Adams County
Ife
Jeannie
Fugitive Investigative Strike Team
U.S
Robert O’connell
Chicago gang hotline draws teens seeking quitting help
A 24 hour gang hotline in Chicago has drawn more than 200 calls since Sunday, many from teen drug dealers seeking to quit. Reverend Paul Hall says ex gang members and volunteers staff the line to offer jobs and guidance, amid ongoing violence and fears of reprisals. Police report 72 gang related deaths last year and about 110 gangs with 10,000 members in the city.
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Chicago
Paul Hall
Hall
Robert Maguire
Subway holdups drop amid Goetz case notes
AP reported a drop from 145 weekly subway robberies to 83 after the Goetz shootings though officials differed on causation. Transit Police Chief Meehan doubted a link, saying subway crime overall stayed similar while debates continued between officials.
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New York
Bernhard Goetz
Transit
James Meehan
Goetz
Jury picked for trial of ex-judge in perjury case
A jury of eight men and four women is seated to try former Woodford County Judge Samuel Harrod III on perjury charges. He allegedly lied about a will that left most of Sidney Winkler's $550,000 estate to a scholarship fund honoring Ronald Reagan at Eureka College. Opening arguments and testimony were to begin in Sangamon County Court.
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Springfield
Woodford
Samuel Harrod III
Reagan
Sangamon
Harrod
Chenoa
Sidney Winkler
Eureka College
Policeman killer Raulerson dies in Florida electric chair
James David Raulerson, 33, was executed at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 1975 killing of Jacksonville policeman Michael Stewart during a restaurant robbery. The father of the slain officer watched as Raulerson entered the chamber at 6:58 a.m. and died at 7:11 a.m. Raulerson blamed a fellow officer and another man for Stewart’s death in his last statement. Police and supporters filled the area, while a small group of opponents observed across a pasture.
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Fla
James David Raulerson
Florida
Raulerson
Michael Stewart
Jacksonville
High Court
Don Gladish
Stewart
Dugger
Richard Dugger
James English
Cution
Florida State Prison
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