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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 2000
Page
4
A Providence incident involving a police shooting escalates controversy as officials and residents demand transparency. Local authorities investigate the shooting and community leaders call for accountability amid rising tensions.
Police say revenge was the motive in a Jefferson Parish apartment fire that killed four people, ages 14 to 7, on Thursday. Deputies believe Whitney Spencer poured flammable liquid and ignited it, with a 10-year-old girl and two others escaping upstairs with their grandfather, who could not save the others.
In Orlando a traffic stop escalated when Emmanuel St Natus of Mirani allegedly opened fire on two officers. Officer George DeSalvia, 29, was killed. Officer Edward Diaz, 28, survived serious back and shoulder wounds. St Natus faces first degree murder and related charges.
The Supreme Court granted a stay for 52 year old Robert Lee Tarver Jr. who challenged Alabama's use of the electric chair as cruel and unusual punishment. The order paused his 12:01 a.m. execution at Holman Prison for the 1984 robbery and killing of Hugh Sims Kite, 63.
In Tellico Plains Tennessee an eight year old is accused of stabbing his mother’s 41 year old boyfriend to death with a kitchen knife. Authorities say the man may have been beating the boy’s mother before the fatal stabbing Sunday night. The county sheriff’s department filed a petition to bring juvenile homicide charges.
The appeals hearing questions prosecutorial errors and withheld evidence in Brian Stewart's life sentence for injecting HIV tainted blood into his infant son during a 1992 visit. The boy, now eight and AIDS diagnosed, risks murder retrial if he dies. Prosecutors say financial motive tied to child support.
In Oakland California a teacher was placed on administrative leave after forcing a six year old girl to lick a chalkboard as punishment. The incident reportedly occurred in November after the student wrote on the board despite being told not to. The godmother said the girl reported the event January 15 and the union confirmed the leave and a reprimand issued January 24.
Richard Kleindienst, 76, U S attorney general sworn in five days before the Watergate Break, died at his Prescott Arizona home after a 42 year battle with lung cancer. He replaced John Mitchell who left in 1972 to head the Committee to Re elect the President and resigned in 1973 amid allegations of White House obstruction. He never spoke to Nixon again.
New York Governor Pataki and allies weigh steps to place John McCain on the state presidential ballot for the March 7 primary as McCain fights a legal challenge to open ballot access in 12 of 31 congressional districts. Bush backs campaign focus on ideas over technicalities.
Gary Bauer ends his White House bid after a 1 percent showing in New Hampshire. He trails Bush McCain Forbes and Keyes as the field narrows to four, citing a fighter's mindset but reality of low support. Bauer, once head of the Family Research Council, described his background and moral campaign.
Navy divers located the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder near 650 feet of water about 10 miles off PORT HUENEME California. A large tail section with the airline logo and fuselage pieces were recovered as investigators study the MD 83 crash that killed 88 aboard. Memorials for victims were held on a Santa Barbara Channel beach as officials pursue the cause.
NTSB notes pilots discussed a runaway horizontal stabilizer for about 30 minutes before Flight 261 crashed. Data recorder may reveal stabilizer fault, while mechanics in Seattle and Los Angeles aided troubleshooting. No prior mechanical trouble on two flights, officials say.
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