Camden County Prosecutor Asbell resigns after alleged staged shooting
Camden County Prosecutor Samuel Asbell, 46, resigned and checked into a psychiatric hospital after state police concluded his New Year’s Day shooting claim was staged. Attorney General Perretti said Asbell fired at no one, shot out his own car windows, and may face charges pending psychiatric evaluation.
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Camden County
Samuel Asbell
Peter N. Perretti
Asbell
Camden
Perretti
Bellmawr
Thomas Kean
James Florio
Gloucester County
Richard Hickey
James F. Mulvihil
Paroled murderer linked to 11 Rochester killings
Arthur Shawcross, 44, paroled murderer, was held without bail in Rochester on eight murder charges and linked to 11 slayings over two years. Police said a helicopter sighting led to the breakthrough as officers found a suspect car and a body.
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N.Y
Arthur Shawcross
Gordon F. Urlacher
Shawcross
Urlacher
Monroe County
Howard R. Relin
John
Thomas Constantine
Albany
Monroe
Wayne
Relin
Karen Ann Hill
Watertown
Ken R. Hundt
Vietnamese helpers head for new lives in U S
Hundreds of Vietnamese who aided Americans in the Vietnam War and suffered in reeducation camps are leaving for the United States. Three chartered jets carried 156 former camp inmates and families to Bangkok from Ho Chi Minh City with 151 more due to depart. Nearly 2,000 Vietnamese, including relatives, are planned to leave by March according to Richard Kocher, head of the Thailand office.
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Thailand
United States
Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon
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U.S
Washington
Man sentenced for murder over a puppy dispute in Cleveland
Kevin Holloman, 32, received eight to 25 years after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the October 3 death of Christopher Pitts. Prosecutors say Holloman shot Pitts three times in the back yard after an argument sparked by a misbehaving one month old dog. Holloman claimed self defense and contact with Pitts escalated after Pitts threw him off a porch.
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Cuyahoga County
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Pitts
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West urges monitoring of Romanian elections
Western politicians urged international supervision of Romania’s fast slated elections. U S representatives argued new parties lack tools of democracy and favored delaying until April or later. Lambsdorff and Wolf urged broader monitoring as Shevardnadze prepared to visit, while Brucan cited Soviet aid promises for the winter.
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Bucharest
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Lambsdorff
Eduard Shevardnadze
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