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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 2001
Page
3
Leisa Young, mother of Sgt. Cornel Young Jr., filed a 20 million civil rights wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court alleging he was killed because he was black. The suit targets two white officers, their supervisors, the police department, and the city.
Bentonville judge refused Davis Don Carpenter Jr. a court appointed attorney to review the performance of his original public defender in the rape and murder of the 13 year old. Circuit Judge David Clinger ruled Carpenter is not entitled to a new court appointed attorney for that purpose.
Six McGuckin children from Idaho leave hospital and go to a foster family for 30 days while their mother JoAnn McGuckin remains jailed. The foster family identity is withheld. The judge will decide custody and living arrangements next week. In Mississippi, Harvey Johnson Jr. is re-elected mayor of Jackson with 61 percent over C Daryl Neely, while Johnny Dupree becomes Hattiesburg’s first black mayor defeating Ed Morgan.
Kane Pa Wildlife officers used DNA from a dead bear to prove Michael Autry of Bridgeville illegally shot a 240 pound female black bear in its den on Nov 20. He was found guilty and fined 1000 dollars and may lose his hunting license.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury awarded Richard Boeken 3 billion dollars in punitive damages plus 5.5 million in compensatories against Philip Morris. Experts say the verdict will be appealed and likely reduced, but could spark a surge of new personal injury cases and higher jury awards as tobacco litigation grows.
In Salem Ohio the families of two 15 year olds who died from meningococcemia doubt official reports linking the deaths to sharing a water bottle. Jon Stauffer and Kelly Coblentz did not know each other though both attended a school picnic. A third teen, Christin VanCamp, illness linked to the same bacteria is being investigated.
In Colville Washington a 16 year old boy William Lembcke is charged with shooting his parents brother and sister after being punished for videotaping his teenage sister in the shower. Prosecutors say the girl found the videos triggered the killings. A Wednesday hearing considers suppressing his confession and other evidence due to claimed diminished mental capacity. Warrant papers allege he admitted sex with his sister's body after the murders.
A vanity plate spelling SHEGOG led to the arrest of Kevin Shegog, 41, of Covington, after a witness linked him to eight robberies at gas stations and stores in Northern Kentucky. Detective Robert Thomas noted the plate’s role as key evidence.
In Memphis Tennessee a 14 year old girl Jennifer Childers and two 16 year olds Alan Corliss and Kenneth Trautman were found guilty of criminal conspiracy to commit first degree murder in a plan to shoot the father Joseph A Childers. A juvenile court judge sentenced all three to indeterminate terms in juvenile jails up to three years. The teens testified the plot was a joke and blamed each other as the father found 50 handwritten notes in the daughter's purse outlining the murder.
NASA on Wednesday selected two proposals led by Boulder scientists for potential Pluto flyby missions. Both plans aim to launch by 2006 and reach Pluto by 2020, offering a lower cost path after last year’s $1.5 billion plan was scrapped.
NASA announced another delay to the Atlantis flight due to issues with the International Space Station's new $1 billion robot arm. The mission to deliver an airlock for spacewalks is now scheduled to lift off no earlier than July 7, after an earlier mid-June target.
University of Colorado Boulder professor Larry Esposi praises the Pluto and Outer Solar System Explorer proposal as the selection becomes available. Esposi leads the initiative in planetary sciences across campus.
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