Powell extradited after charges dropped in U S case
ALTON AP The Justice Department dropped charges against Theodore Bruce Powell a 46 year old Florida man linked to a Southern Illinois marijuana ring so he can begin serving time in a Colombian jail under a March 1982 treaty. Powell was indicted in East St Louis on conspiracy to import and distribute marijuana racketeering and continuing criminal enterprise. Colombia has 60 days to present its case at a formal extradition hearing.
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Proud
Colombia
Powell
Colom
Bian Appeals Court
East St. Louis
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
U.S
Los Angeles International
Rio de Janeiro
Alton
Boston
Fireworks blamed for Centralia tank blast death
Illinois Fire Marshal investigators say preliminary findings point to fireworks as the cause of a Centralia oil storage tank explosion that killed 16 year old William Stein Jr. and injured four others. Firecrackers and bottle rockets bought in Joplin Mo were brought to Centralia and ignited, triggering the blast that also severely burned Stein Sr. and left two other youths hospitalized.
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Centralia
Illinois Fire Marshal’s Office
Earle Heffley
Marshal’s Office
Joplin
William Stein Jr
St. John’s Mercy Medical Center
St. Louis
Stein
St. John’s
Scott Dunaway
William Stein Sr
St. Mary’s Hospital
Heffley
Goetz Victim Charged In Rape Case On Elevator
Bernhard Goetz’s allies say James Ramseur Jr., an 18 year old, was charged with rape and robbery after an attack on a young woman at a Bronx housing project elevator on May 5. Ramseur held on 20000 dollar bail. rape and robbery carry up to 25 years.
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New York
Bernhard Goetz
Manhattan
Goetz
James Ramseur Jr
Bronx Criminal Court
Coleman King
Ramseur
Associated Press
Barry Slotnick
Mario Merola
Bronx
Coleman Will Face Federal Trial In Ohio Case
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Simon Leis Jr accepts a federal order to return Alton Coleman to federal custody. U.S. District Judge Walter Rice of Dayton ordered Coleman and Debra Brown to federal authorities by July 1, arguing Coleman could delay execution by serving a 20 year federal sentence for kidnapping. Coleman has two death sentences for the murder of a 15 year old Cincinnati girl and a Norwood woman. Leis warns the order could upset the judicial system while the federal move risks contempt charges if ignored.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Common Pleas
Simon Leis Jr
Alton Coleman
Leonard Kirschner
Leis
U.S
Walter Rice
Dayton
Coleman
Norwood
Kirschner
Rice
Ms. Brown
Father kills daughter in hospital mercy killing
In Miami a three year old girl Joy Griffith with severe brain injuries died after her father Charles Griffith shot her twice in a hospital nursery at Children's Hospital. Police say it appears to be a mercy killing and Griffith was arrested with his wife Rebecca present at the scene.
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Stein
Mike Barton
Clinton County
Miami
Charles Griffith
Children’s Hospital
Jim Hutton
Metro-Dade
Griffith
Rebecca
Joy Griffith
Hutton
City faces mass layoff notices over federal aid funds
Nearly 1,300 Chicago city workers received layoff notices as City Council fights over spending for community development block grant funds. About 150 of 200 social service agencies could close without other support, with day care centers forced to shut and 26 children left without care. AFSCME plans a protest Monday while the mayor seeks a compromise to extend funds through July 15.
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Chicago
South Side
Cynthia Williams
South
American Federation of State
Henry Bayer
Afscme
Illinois
Illinois Power to load nuclear fuel at Clinton plant
Illinois Power plans to begin loading nuclear fuel into Clinton plant reactor in early January after receiving fuel by August 19. The project remains 68 days behind on radiation-monitoring system, with internal rehearsals set for July 24 and September 4.
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Springfield
Illinois Power Co
Clinton Power Station
Illinois Commerce Commission
Harold Deakins
Illinois Power
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Deakins
Marilyn Strain
Clinton-DeWitt County
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