Bounty hunter guilty of Virginia abduction
A Petersburg Circuit Court jury sentenced Earl D Fields to 38 years in prison for abducting and attempting to extort money from Leroy Bonner who failed to repay his bail debt. Bonner testified he was handcuffed and beaten during the abduction after being taken from a nightclub to a bondsman’s home and later jailed.
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Petersburg
Earl D Fields
Leroy Bonner
Fields
Bonner
Chesterfield County
Charles J. Perry
Perry
Perry Bonner
Rostenkowski seeks license for stealing in court brief
Prosecutor says Rostenkowski aims for a virtual license to steal citing proposed rules that would shield actions as non legislative. The indictment accuses the Democrat of converting 700k in federal and campaign funds, ghost workers, personal gifts, and misused official resources. He has stepped aside as Ways and Means chair pending resolution.
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Washington
Dan Rostenkowski
Illinois
U.S
John M. Campbell
Rostenkowski
House
Campbell
House Post Office
Ways and Means Committee
Norma Holloway Johnson
Feds to crack down on smoking in mines
Federal regulators will conduct surprise inspections at coal mines for cigarettes and lighters after a cigarette sparked an explosion that killed eight miners. The action follows a history of tobacco-related deaths in mines and a summer sweep by the Mine Safety and Health Administration across five states, with 32 mines fined.
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Feds
Pikeville, Ky
U.S
Thomas Bondurant
Southmountain Coal Co
Norton
Southmountain
Virginia
U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
Cubans chase la lista to find friends names
Cuban exiles obsess over la lista a growing roster of rafters detained at Guantanamo or the U S mainland. Roberto Penalver in Orlando drives 250 miles to Miami to check copies at Medina’s Grocery. Rodolfo de la Torre in Coral Gables scans the list after midnight while volunteers at the Miami foundation field calls. The list brings joy when names appear and dread when they do not, as families seek loved ones deemed safe.
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Miami
Roberto Penalver
Orlando
Rodolfo de la Torre
Coral Gables
Bumby Avenue
Miami Recordo
Cuban American National Foundation
Spain
Canada
New Jersey
de la Torre
WMCQ
Guantanamo
Humberto Castellanos
Foundation
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Rico Cabrera
Tribal court bans two youths to isolation islands
In Klawock Alaska the Tlingit elders banish Adrian Guthrie and Simon Roberts for at least a year to uninhabited islands in the Alexander Archipelago after a 3 1/2 hour hearing. Max Whittlesey offered forgiveness for his son’s attackers and praised tribal justice over prison. The two youths will be monitored and given tools to live off the land while awaiting potential later prison time if rehabilitation fails.
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Klawock
Alaska
Max Whittlesey
Whittlesey
Adrian Guthrie
Simon Roberts
Sepa
Alexander Archipelago
Tim Whittlesey
Everett
Wash
Washington State
Ington
Rudy James
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Charleston
S.C
Charleston Naval
Group 6
Soviet Union
United States
Rick Buckner
Goose Creek
TVA
Knoxville
Tenn
U.S. Labor Department
Tennessee Valley Authority
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Glenn McMillian
IBEW
McMillian
Chiropractic
Dr. Lois A. Flemming
S. Glenburnie Rd
la Lista
The
Associated Press
Fidel Castro
United Nations
Leo Buck
B & R Lanes
Kathy Pistey
Josh Prince
Mike Albert - Lee
Treas
Braxton Brosam
Josh Towne
New Bern Yaba League
Buck
H&r
H&r Block
Berne Square
Roses
Twin Rivers Mall
New Bern
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