Ringling trainer acquitted in elephant abuse case
Mark Gebel, Ringling Bros. trainer and son of Gunther Gebel Williams, was acquitted of abusing elephant Asia outside a San Jose show. The jury cleared him after about two hours of deliberation, amid testimony about a nickel-sized blood stain and unproven contact.
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Gunther Gebel- Williams
Barnum & Bailey
Kenneth Feld
Asia
Humane Society
James McManus
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Loomis Fargo gang members sentenced and being jailed
Gazette files and court records detail 24 people pleading guilty or convicted in the 1997 Loomis Fargo $17 million heist. Roles span money loading, laundering, storage, and aiding escapes with sentences from months to years, and several defendants still in prison or awaiting sentencing as of 2003.
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Jody
Jennifer Calloway
Lincolnton
Kathy Grigg
Calloway
Gazette
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
U.S. District Court
Loomis Fargo case reflections and sentences detailed
In recounting the Loomis Fargo heist, Whisler recalls the guilty pleas of Chambers and David Scott Ghantt and the court scene with money unearthed in Colorado. Joseph Hamilton, Calloway’s brother-in-law, avoided charges after directing the FBI to buried funds. Sentences varied from months to 11 years, with eight defendants spared prison time and many released by 2007. Whisler notes greed as a timeless motive and warns that those who sow greed reap consequences.
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Chambers
David Scott Ghantt
Loomis Fargo
Ghantt
Whisler
Colorado
Joseph Hamilton
FBI
Hamilton
Calloway
Calloways
Bush signs railroad retirement fund bill
President Bush signed the Railroad Retirement and Survivors Improvement Act of 2001. The measure creates a $15 billion railroad retirement fund eligible for stocks and bonds. It cuts payroll taxes for rail firms, lets workers with 30 years retire at 60, and boosts surviving spouses’ benefits by about $300 monthly.
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David Craig
Amy Payne
Michael Goodman
Robert and
Mary Chambers
Dennis
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Kimberly Goodman
Calvin John Hodge Jr
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Sally Stone Abernathy
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East Side
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Appt
Cox Road
Whitescarver Hearing Aid Services
Nancy Moore
Wal-Mart
Belmont
Robert Thompson
Firstfoursquare.com
Gaston County Family Ymca
Gastonymca.org
Ymca Central Branch
W. Franklin Blvd
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Country Club Road
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