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I I .. - -Man gets 6 to 15 years for car deaths By SUE NICHOLS Lansing State Journal COPS AND COURTS CHARLOTTE - A man who pleaded guilty to Teel's blood alcohol level was more than three drunken driving and killing an elderly couple in Ea­ times the legal limit, said Eaton County Assistant ton Rapids will 6e spending six to 15 years in.jail, a Prosecutor Lawrence Wysocki. judge ruled Thursday. · . Teel pieaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. . Richard Teel of Eaton Rapids was sentenced by Wysocki told the court that Teel had gone through I ' Eiiton County Circuit Judge G. Michael Hocking for three· alcohol-treatment programs, .including one the deaths of Philip Ashton, 87 and his wife, Olean, 83, about four months before the accident. last August. Ashton's family said they were satisfied with the ·_ : :fhe Ashtons had spent the evening with family ii:t sentence. : :Eat.on Rapids. They had retired to Florida, but were "We all talked about it and we're pretty happy · hOme visiting. reel's car collided with theirs on M-99 about it," said Joe Crouch, a great-nephew of the n~ar Bunkerhill Road, police said. Ashtons. J.~&- ~WJ-\J\11.oJ... '-!- _1 0 _ q~ -~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~

- r .Eaton.. Rapids man ·charg·ed i ~~~r}:ta1 traffi~. ~~~~~~.~~.~n As•·U~J~ Lansing State Journal ton that night.· Philip Ashton died · • Tuesday of his injuries. CHAl~LO.TTE - A 32-year-old . Sauter said alcohol was involved Eato,n.oi.~~.J>~H-~l!!a'1 has. been in the accident, but declined.to ~ ch,a~.g~.d~~.!t~ mg,gs~~ll~ht_er m con- give more details. · · -~~· n~<;.!,... 1().~.~?.t~ .. ~. ~.a.~t .. 1~ .. ~.~c1dent that Eaton Rapids police report that j. le~~\~:~ e~~;~~:.k.~~ul?..!.~~ dead. . moments ~efore !he co_l!ision ,fin ~ · ,R1c_har.d;ti!'.e~J,r.1s:;expected to be Eaton Rap1~s. ass1sta.n,t fire chief arr_aignedf~.,o.. ga.y)n··.Charlotte Dis- saw a car.dnvmg ~rrabcally on M- trict Couf;\~~s,ai'd/;'.Ea_ton County . 99 near. Bu!ikerh11l Road. .f . Prosecutor¥Jefftey>iJi~,&tuter. The f~r~f1ghte~ followed !he car Teel wa.s allegedly di:iving the and n_ot1f1ed police by r~d10. . car that collided with that of Philip Polle~ were respo~dmg when and Olean Ashton on Saturday the acc1d~nt occurred. X · night on Michigan Street in Eaton If c~nv1ct_ed, Teel faces up to 15 Rapids. years m pnson. -~--·~·---·~-·,.~- Parents gang up Cops suspect on gangs fou~ ' . play in By ILA DHARMADHIKARI Lansing State Journal . EATON RAPIDS - A group of parents continued its anti-gang.ef­ forts at a community meetmg deadly fire Monday. . ~ The as-yet unnamed group IS n.... trying to keep Eaton Rapids' b~d- ~ ... ding gang problem from gro~1_ng ~ Victim·had no enemies, family says any larger. ..;:. \\\ Worried that intimidation and "­ By SUE NICHOLS gang glorification are .increasing ·-.& and FAITH JOHNSON Homicide site in Eaton Rapids public s~hoo~s; Lansing State Journal more than 40 people organized in 4875 Freeman Ad. April to help other parents recog- EATON RAPIDS-Norma Can· nize and prevent gang-related field didn't die by accident. Investigators suspect someone behavior. killed the 55-year-old woman More than 150 people atten~ed j the group's informational meet~ng Tuesday morning. Her body was Monday night. A similar meeting found in a doorway of her burned Hamlin Township home. last month drew 200 people. ~ Sharyl Thompson, ~ne of the They're not founding members, said she and sure it was fire that killed other parents organized to ~e-~ spond to increasingly. aggressive . her. behavior in Eaton Rapids schools. They sus­ "It's like the only way to get pect the fire was intention­ power is through intimidation, and ~ the really cool thing is if you know ally set. a gang member," sh~ said. "~t's · Today this kind of attitude that my k1d,s they'll ask are growing up around~ a,~d I can t why someone just sit by and watch it. •·· ·· would want to Police Chief Mike Seeley, E'.~ton Canfield kill a woman Rapids Officer Paul MolewskM~nd her·family de­ representatives from the. Lansing scribed as being without enemies. Lansing State Journal School District and Lan~ing Mall ' ;'There was nobody she didn't The bigger mystery Tuesday also attended the meeting Mon-, like," said her sister, Virginia was why the well-liked, generous day. The panelists told parents. to Sanders. "Everybody was a friend and hard-working woman would focus on their children's beh~v.1oi: - or at least we thought so." meet such a violent end. for signs of ga~g-re~ated activity .. ~. A passing motorist called Ham- She and her husband, Wilford, "You should identify the behav­ lin Township firefighters to the had lived on the quiet stretch of ior, know what it is, and tre~t th~m · Canfield ranch home at 4875 Free- country road all their married life. accordingly," Mol~wsk1 said, man Road just before 8 a.m. Wilford had left for work when "Don't treat a 15-year-old boy or a They found her body crumpled the fire was discovered, police l5-year-old girl as a gang member by a side door, said Eaton County said. just because they wear their hat Undersheriff Pat Hutting. Norma Canfield had worked at sideways." . . . "We can tell by what we have Plant 3 of Eaton Technologies Inc. Among the warning signs IS a so- found in the house that it was a about seven months, before that cial association with known gang homicide. We don't know if she working at the Aluminum Extru- members. • was dead before she got to the sion plant for about 17 years. Seeley said Monday that Eaton door, if she was put there, or she "The family and co-workers are Rapids has few organized gang crawled there and collapsed." ' not taking this well," said Bill problems, and t~~t most ~ang-re-. Canfield appeared to have suf· Gleason, a plant supervisor and lated activity originates with Lan­ fered a head injury, but Hutting distant cousin. "She was a well- sing gangs. . · said it won't be known until the liked lady. It's strange and kind of "We've got a half dozen kids that· autopsy today whether that con- hard to understand because she are reasonably closely affiliated . tributed to her death. was such a nice person." with gangs in Lansing, and ~.hree or Arson is susj>ect~g. The fire Tragedy is· no ·stranger to the · four dozen wannabe t e heavily damaged the inside of the close-knit family. Sanders said the . house. The most severe damage Canfields' daughter, Cindy, died · was by the door where Canfield two months ago after battling mul- i. _was found't}lf~~ ~~pl~ 35,/~~. By SlfE NICHOLS ; ., . LaMirig s1a1e.Jot.iriia1 CHfag~OTTE-'- Naming.violence, ha­ tred arid intolerance as accessories in the stabbing Cleath of Mkhael Miller, Judge Thomas Eveland on Thursday sentenced Lalonnie Joseph to four years in prison. · Joseph, 1,8, was convicted Feb. 5 of vol­ untary manslaughter in the Eaton Rapids man's death. He already has serve<;! sev- en months. · · The Eaton County Ci.rcuit judge's senl tence followed .pointed speeches from _the_ defense, the Pl'.Osecutiorf and Joseph . . ·Eveland.landed in the.middle of the re­ que~ts; '~pcl ,~e .. callecr for meaning to come'-from ~tlie 20-year-old Miller's ~eath, · · · ·. · ------,----~ "' ~Gay man'' s attorney will argue self-defense· in his murder trial ,, ' . " . . "

... • 9 • ·- '.: By SUE- NICHQ~·- .. edy, but says his client was fighting night - men who will be called as result in a maximum of life in pris- organizations, who say they are Ritter-said it was not until other :: L.ansi_ng State Joµn1a1 for his life after being taunted by witnesses - are the real crimi­ ·on without parole. watching the trial to be certain Jo- friends of Miller arrived later in CHARLOTTE ..:._ When Lonni'e men in a "redneck riot" incensed nals. He says they egged on their . But Eaton County's new prose- seph is fairly treated. the evening that the m·ood about Joseph's homosexuality. Da- drunken friend to fight. - cuting attorney, Jeffrey Sauter, "There seems to be an overt hos- changed to one of gay-bashing. - . Joseph'.s murder trial gets under vis says his client was cornered "Wheri good old boys get togeth- .: way today, it may be hard to tell said,that that is the point - a jur:y tility to these people because of and scared. er and get tai').ked up, this is what Davis said Miller, who had mQre , · whp is the victim a·nd who is the must decide. . their sexual orientation,'.' said than twice the legal blood alcohol Joseph's friend, Paul "Rose" ·can.happen," Davis said. "Mr. Davis is certainly not the Kenneth Warnock, chair of the De- ;~·accu$ed.· . · level of intoxication, was urged by j, '· ·' ~ ... Ritter, who was. with Joseph that . Davis is gearing up tci introduce first defense attorney, when it is troit Area Gay /Lesbfari council. : . ,: _Joseph, 18, is charged with stab­ night, said he has received hun-. a self-defense strategy today in clear who killed the victim, to . . . . , · · his friends to fight Joseph. ; bing Michael Miller in the heart dreds of death threats from people Eaton County Circuit Judge Thom­ come up with a reason," Sauler In the preliminary exam in "They sicked him on Joseph l~Ke •J after: a party on Division Street in he says are friends of MilJer. Jo- as Eveland's courtroom. He con­ said. "But it's up to a jur:y to decide Charlotte District Court in August, .~Eaton Rapids. Miller died and Jo­ whether he needed to use deadly witnesses testified that Joseph and he was a dog," Davis said. "To ~e seph wears a bullet-proof vest in tends that Joseph never should fully fair, the law should take a ~ seph is charged with open murder. court. _ have been charged with open mur- force." Miller had spent ~nearlier part of ~; Joseph's attorney, Bill Davis, look at those people who egged Davis argues that the .group of der - which allows the jury to The case has attracted the atten- the evening chatting amiably at him on." · ·. ~calls.... the Aug. 2,. 1990,. event.. a trag-.. men who were with Miller that. pick a degree of murder that could tion of state gay and civil rights the party. --- . ------~<~ d~ q~ o2-.:l 9-9/

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------~--- ~----- ~"------~~--~~;;-- - -i • I f!Vl~~-·~guilty· .. '. .. Jury is still :~ 1n~'-f atal.-b:rawJ_: out-in "Eaton~;.:= :: j;. slaying trial:\~ after party_ ·, By JOHN B. ALBRIGHT 'j By SUE NICHOLS County Prosecutor Larry WysockL Lansing State Journal • Lansing State Journal .'.'We do not live in a no-fault wo·rld . HARLOTTE _ LaLonnie Jo-. and words alone to do not warrant CHARLOTTE - The jury in the slaying trial of C the. taking of a life." . . LaLonnie Joseph, 18, of Lansing deliberated more seph is guilty of voluntary man· Voluntary manslaughter car:ri~s than two hours Mqnday before it-recessed. · • ·. ·slaughter in the August stabbing , a maximum penalty of 15 years in The 12-person jury is to resume deliberations at.9 death of an Eaton Rapids man, a prison. · · . , · a.m. today, Eaton County Assistant Prosecutor LaFry jury ruled Tuesday. The . weeklong trial often Wysocki said. , · · - ' Joseph, 18, stabbed Michael seemed to put more than Joseph Joseph is accused of the Aug. 2 stabbing dealb· of Miller, 20, in the heart during a on trial. Davis said Miller's friends Michael Miller, 20, of Eaton Rapids. The stabbing brawl after a party. Joseph's attor- urged their drunken friend. to flght occurred at 202 Division St. in Eaton Rapids, where ney contended he. was defending Joseph, who had come frpm Lan· two parties were in progress. himself from a mob of hostile men· sing to attend a party. Davis.. ar- Joseph has said he acted in self-defense after being intent on beating Joseph because gued that they should be held taunted and threatened because he is a homosexual. he .is gay. · criminally responsible. .. --· Prosecutors say Joseph had opportunities to escape . The jury, - · Blit Wysocki dismissed.that ar- . the fight without using violence. after deliber- gument as a smoke screen, and He could be conV.icted of second-degree murder or ating about deemed the case closed._ . manslaughter or found innocent on grounds of self· seven hours, Originally Joseph had been. defense. decided that charged with open murder, mean-· Jury members at one point Monday returned to ask· Joseph. h~dU'I i.ng the jury had the option o.f con- the court for instructions on second-degree ,murde_r some respon·. • victing him, of firs~- ·or ~~.c.ond-~e- and manslaughter rules, Wysocki said. s i b ili ty in·:: gree murder; or acquitting him. Second-degree murder, which has a penalty of up Miller's Last week,' Wysocki indicated to to life in prison, is characterized by a sudden intent to death. the judge that he wou.ld'b_e);eeking kill or to injure without caring if it kills. Manslaughter, "The mes· only a second-degree m_urder or punishable by up to 15 years in prison, is an unlawful sage in this man~laughter conviction. · case· is consis· Joseph Joseph is scheduled to be !?en- lJ~a:i%~q~~ _o?_-S-·C/I __ _ i tent to all criminal trials: that an tented March 21 before Eaton dividual is resp.onsible for his. ac- County Circuit Judge Thom~s. ns," said Chief Assistant Eaton Eveiand. · ~-iS_~ q.~~- _02-&-9/____ ---~-----~---- d'~ $~~ 1-.31-9/ '~: as .. soclable, accepti11Q ,.!-~ ~'.,..... ·~ :_By S~E NICHOLS ra Miller, remembers had friends from all court every day with her 15-year-old son. ·he was like-" hisJamilYand friends," she hind as Joseph ran into the hOuse .... ~ :ansing State Journal walks of life. · · ., " "I don't know what happened that night, said. "I didn't kno\\1 too many people that Wolbeck said that even as J osepti1I>:li!led ::. In an interview Wednesday, Joseph said that's why I'm here," she said. "It's not didn't like.him:·;, ~4tir•!1 the knife from under his jacket,:.¥mer ·; , CHARLOTTE - Michael Miller was that in the hours before Miller's· death, he easy, but I ·have to know." Joseph· said things went well with Miller lunged at him while a friend stood·tfel},ind ~ friendly ·and accepting. and Miller chatted amiably about music, . Miller died Aug. 2, 1990, at 202 Division inside the party. 'It •,was1 when everyone Joseph, wielding a baseball bat. :·· :r I. His mother says so. that Miller expressed friendly curiosity St., where a group of gays from Lansing started to leave about 2:30 a.m. that good­ Miller lunged three times, Wolb'eck , So do~s the man accused of killing him. about Joseph being gay .. 1. · and a group of Eaton Rapids residents will disintegrated. '>~:'.;,.; • said. The third time he retreated:with a .. : The murder trial of LaLonnie Joseph, "He had questions about the gay com­ were having separate parties that inter­ Joseph said Miller; emerged from the .fatal stab wound to the heart. :-: ;:: .. • 18, of Lansing enters its third day today. munity- like, how did I get to be gay, was mingled through the evening. party to taunts from his friends for social­ The prosecution has laid groundW.br:~ in ··~He is accused of·stabbing Miller to death I born this way," Joseph said. "He was Miller brought his then-3-month-old izing with homosexuals. testimony that Joseph had opportunities to in Eaton Rapids last August during a fight nice." daughter; Keisha, to the parties, showing "He had to choose;" "Joseph said. "He escape the fight without using violence .. ; witnesses say. began when Joseph was Yet testimony Wednesday. in Eaton her off. got mad at them: then got mad at us." The jury can find Joseph guilty §J.if,(r5t; · •.taunted about being gay. ·county Circuit Court painted a picture of Laura Miller said her 20-year-old son Eugene Wolbeck; a National Guard mil­ or second-degree murder or manSl(\ugh­ f·.. · Joseph's lawyer argues the stabb. ing was · how Miller died: his arms raised, fists was sociable and that it is difficult to sit in itary police member, witnessed the fight ter, or innocent on the grounds Ot;:[t;!lf: / . in self defense, that-Miller was in a drunk­ clenched, as Joseph plunged an· 8-inch court hearing him portrayed as a good old and the events leading to it. He testified defense. ~· · t' en rage and egged on by several friends. kitchen knife into his chest. boy 'l_ooking for a fight. that as friends urged him on, Miller shout­ The trial continues today before J,!Jdge l Yet the Michael Miller his mother, Lau- Laura Miiler sits in the front row of the "The only peopl_e th_at count know what ed threats at Joseph and hit him from be· Thomas Eveland. =:; : ·~i'. •. ;By SUE NICHOLS Thursday morning to resume Lansing State Journal deliberations: · • •'"""' > That morning; anothePjuror was in a The superstitious could say the trial of car accident' on the w·ay to court and suf­ Karen Nobach was cursed. ' fered what appeared to be a broken nose. They'd have a.lot to support that Glazer said the juror insisted he was· argument. . able to continue deliberating._,.: " The .12-person jury was unable to reach "He was banged up, but he continued,". a verdict in Nobach's case. But not be­ Glazer said: "He asked for aspirin, and we cause they didn't try. gave him that and we continued. He was a Nobach, 33, .of Eaton Rapids was trooper." · charged with aiding and abetting an es­ But Thursday afternoon the jurors cape. Police saiti she slipped a handcuff were unable to agree on a :verdict and; key into the metai binders of a one-inch Glazer declared the mistrial;' stack of legal documents sent to Martin Chief Assistant Ingham County Prose-: Daughenbaugh in April as he was await­ cutor Kim Warren Eddie said Daugheri-; ing trail on an armed robbery charge in baugh testified in the t.i;-iaU.~?the did try. the Ingham County Jail. · to escape, but that Nobach knew nothing; After.deliberations began last Friday, a. of the plan. . . juror 1was hospitalized with bronchitis. Eddie said his office had not decided· Ingham County Circuit Judge Law­ whether to· pursue another trial for rence Glazer said that once deliberations Nobach. ' · !Attorney iii murder-case begin, losing a juror means declaring a Daughenbaugh is known as the Blue mistrial. Bandit. He was convicted of robbing sev­ The jurors wen~ instructed to wait until eral gas stations and party stores. · blames 'good old boy~' -~------~------By SUE NICHOLS . "good old boys" were.the culprits: Lansi11g State Journal , "Good old boys, taken one at a time and sober, are pretty nice . CHARLOTTE - Violence dis­ · guys. But when they get together in criminates, LaLonnie Joseph's at­ a pack and indulge in their preju­ torney, told a\jury Tuesday. dices, you better not be a woman, a . Bill Davis told a jury that "vio­ Hispanic, or a homosexual." lence bears·more heavily on some .. groups than on others," especially But Eaton County Chief Assistant homosexuals, and that when con­ Prosecutor Lawrence Wysocki con­ fronted by the taunts and threats of a . tended that Joseph had opportuni­ . group of Eaton Rapids men, Joseph ties to walk away from the fight. ! had reason to fear for his safety. Witnesses· Tuesday told of two !. Joseph, 18, of Lansing is accused groups partying on Division Street 1 of stabbing to death Michael Ray ti.lat night; a group· of gay people ' Miller, 20, in Eaton Rapids on Aug. from Lansing, including Joseph, r 20, 1990. Davis argues that the and Eaton Rapids residents. I stabbing was justified because Some witnesses said that as .the ! Miller, urged on by friends, at- gay people prepared to leave, the tacked Joseph after the group had slurs began and some residents ) ~aunted the younger man about be­ were armed with baseball bats. t mg gay. Joseph is charged ·With open • · Davis, in opening statements in murder, meaning the jury can con­ 1 ; Eaton Co'Unty Circuit Judge Thom- vict him of first-degree murder, 1 as Evelaµd's courtroom, told the second-degree murder or man­ 1 jury that a subculture he called slaughter, or fi'nd him not guilty. jd~ s~ 9d-U/VY<-a.L l--30-9) ' ' /.;}.- c1dl- '10 1-o(~~~ 'southwest o, Lansing. 1 The robber did not show a weap­ on or tell bank workers that he had 1 ·-Robber - one, sheriff Detective Kent ··Ruesch said. Three tellers were in the bank at the time. No customers :·holds up were present. he said. "He came in demanding mon­ ey," Ruesch said. "He said, 'Mercy _:~Eaton bank Christmas,' when he walked out the door." By TIM MAKINEN The robber was last seen drivjng _Lansing State.Journal north on M-99 in a ·burgundy car, possibly a Ford Escort, Ackley said. EATON RAPIDS - A man don- Besides the ski mask, he was ning a blue ski mask robbed. the wearing a green Army field jacket, Independent Bank on Friciay of an she· said. He was described as undisclosed amount of money; au- white, age 30 to 40, about 5 feet 5 . thorities said. · · inches, of stocky build and with a No one was injured in the rob- mustache and salt-and-pepper col~ 1 bery, which happen~d in the bank ored hair, Ackley said. 1 at 2500 S. Michigan Road just after The robbery was the 10th of a · 4 · p.m., said Eaton County sheriff bank in the-Lansing area this year. dispatcher' Jan Ackley. Last year, 18 area banks were ) Th.e community is 18 miles robbed. ;- ;[_____~~~~~~·~~~~~~~~------~----~~~~-~ r--,--- - I

I ' i . Convicted bandit's prison time grows 7-25 years i Lansing State Journal Police suspect Daughenbaugh, of Ea­ i County. ' ' . · - .. ~, , . . .•.. c. ' 1·He.also;has been convicted of felonies ton Rapids, of having held up attendants Martm D. pauglienba!1P,h, 27, susp~ct~·· . :int:E:ato~· ~:~Cl Jackson counties. · at 25 gasoline stations and convenience ed to be ~~~-.1B!.u.e·Band1t ..C!.t~51:-ansmg.t. . The: latest sentence is for an armed stores in the ar~a from July 4, 1988, until i ~rea robJ~.~,r1.~st·Y~~~~rt,e Q.c~(1 th1s_w~4e[ ,_. .r:~b~~lY·'tQ)yhich Daughenbaug·h pl~ad- his arrrest Jan. 19, 1989. I • m Ingham County circuit 1 C:::ourt to seven ed guilty in October, Prosecutor Donald to 25 years on an armed robbery charge. Martin said In a safe in his apartment police found i . The sentence by Judge Peter Houk is The guilty plea headed off a sched-. a blue pood.ed sweatshirt, blue duffel I on top of a life sentence· Daughenbaugh . uled. jury trial. bag and a· sawed-off shotgun - all trade­ . . received earlie'r after being .tried on· · · Other Ingham County robbery counts mark~ of the robber style.ct as the Blue : .1Dauglienbaugh eight other robbery charges in ~linton , were dismissed, Martin said. . Bandit and Mr. Blue. iLl__.- ' ot~ .S~ ~vL.~ Btbe··Ban~it suspect• ·gets One acquittal •• Ii By TIM MAKINEN authorities will evaluate.the.re: Lansing State Journal. · maining cases in light of Daugti-' enbaugh's aquittal 'Friday. · Maron Dav~d Daughen- Prosecutor Donald Martin baugh's string of armed robbery earlier had offered to drop all ' conviCtions came to end Friday. but two of the Ingham County An Ingham · · '' · cases if Da:ughenbaug!J. would County Cir~ plead guilty to those· two cuit Court charges. He declined. . · . · jury ·, te- ·The jury deliberated abOut turned a not two hours before reaching.Jts guilty verdict verdict in the case, which Eddie against described as a one-on-one Daughen- armed robbery. · · baugh in the Eddie sa.id Daughenbaugh, , armed rob- .. who represented himself, "cre- bery of an ated quite'a disturbance" when a.rea gas the judge issued instructions to. station. . h the jury. , . . . .' · .. Daughen- Daug enbaugh · Daughei:ibaugh accused ,'fin· baugh, believed by police to be other prosecutor of striking hi~ the Blue Bandit, ·previously had and shouted· profanities at the been convicted of eight armed_. judge and jury, Eddi~ said: • robberies, eight courits of using · He WflS given. the option of\>.~-· . a firearm during a felony, and ing shackled and gagged or be- drug possession. ing· removed from the Jury,1 He· is serving a life sentence: ·room; EC:ldfe said. · · ~ ·· '· for one of the robberies, which· Daughenbaugh chose the'latl took place at. ga's stations and.\. ter, tie'·sai

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-!c:-.~-~ .or~~~ 7~~'.Bt1"~., .. -banditsuspec' \ def :v~i~g::hllTiselt ~·· Lansing State Journal .1 Martin D~vld ·~aughenbaugh. is ~efen~~~ h~~~:fi ·n hi·s second armed robbery trial m Ing . l ., 'd i ement an officia sai . after he refused .a ~1 ea fyg~~es ended in conviction His first Ingham . oun ear rison sentence. 1 aniaC::~~~t:u~:~~ou:01~~~~usp:Ct in the :~i:{~ . , dit cases is on trial in one of seven arme .0 ." ... 't 't h'm in Ingham County. · .f :.: ·:Wi:!.:H~th~~:·~~ :~~~°ii~~~~~~ felony and drug possession. • d f~r'tiie bh~ 1 The.Blue Bandit robber w~ so name duff~JiJjanilffe ·hooded sweatshirt he wore and the blue ' .... "'. "t'~~.. carried ·The robber also carried a sawed-~.~f,s»,o t ~gm\ ·: Daughenbaugh was offered a pleaDagrP.eldm:a;{iif ~ . ·t ,, . d Ingham Prosecutor ona . .. \ ' refuse~. i , s_ai . · '"ct •-· ll t)uMwo Ingham · 'Martin said. he offered,~~, .r.PP, a • h ' baugh would ~ounty armed. ro'?b~ry:~~e~ if ,µ,aug ~n . ..I plead guilty to ~npse two -~~arges. . . Escape foiled . . Handcuff key found in mail of-convicted armed robber By TIM MAKINEN . Lansing State Journal MASON' - The man police call the Blue Bandit nearly received a key to POS!?ible freedom last week, authorities 'said Thursday. Police intercepted a handcuff key March 15 in a hollowed-out package of legal documents sent to Martin David Daughenbaugh at the Ingham County Jail, Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth said. A resulting inves­ tigation led to the arrest Thursday morning of Daugh­ enbaugh 's girl­ friend, Karen Ann Nobach, 32, of Ea­ ton Rapids, Wrig­ gelsworth said. She . was charged in Dis- . h b h trict Courqwith aid- Daug en aug ing an escape. "You can imagine the conse­ quences," Wriggelsworth said. "First of all, the jeopardy it would put an officer in ... and the fear the general public would face." Daughenbaugh has been convicted of eight armed robberies of gas stations and convenience stores in Ingham, Ea­ ton and Clinton counties. He is serving a life sentence at the state prison in Jackson for one of the convictions, but was in Ingham County last week to stand trial on another armed robbery charge. On March 15, corrections officer Rocky Young discovered the handcuff key while removing three metal bind­ ers from an inch-thick stack of legal documents, Wriggelsworth said. Lansing State Journal/JAMIE SABAU The key was in a 10-inch groove cut into the left side of the papers, which Karen Ann Nobach was arrested after this legal document with a · dealt with an Eaton County case handcuff key in it was mailed to Martin David Daughenbaugh at the against Daughenbaugh, he said. Ingham County Jail. . The manila outer envelope ;.vas marked "legal mail/confidential." It probably going to be in prison the rest Authorities already knew Nobach as bore the name and misspelled address of his natural life." Daughenbaugh's girlfriend, he said: of one of Daughenbaugh's previous Jail officers routinely remove metal County Prosecutor Donald Martin de­ ·attorneys. clasps and binders from inail and legal , scribed Nobach as a frequen~ visitor t9 "He was considered a security risk documents, the sheriff said. They also Daughenbaugh's trials. all along," Wriggelsworth said of watch while inmates open the If convicted, she could face a seven­ Daughenbaugh. "We kept a short· rope envelopes. · year sentence, Martin said. on him. Investigators matched fingerprints Nobach was released on a $3,000 · "What does he have to lose by trying on the package and documents with to escape? Absolutely nothing. He's those of Nobac.h, Wriggelsworth said. See ESCAPE. Page 2A From 1A ; ~ '.. .

~ . ' . personal recognizance bond. The . sentence. -. · ,. ·. bon'd requires her signature prom­ The Blue Ban~:lit's sp'ree ·pf i~ing sQ,e \Y.ill appear in court.April armed· robber.ies ·began July 4, 12,. when .Judge Pamela McCabe,' 1988, and ended in Janil'ary 1989.: will <;_ond\,\Ct :,a preliminary Daughenbaugh was arrested· J11ri; examination.\.·, . , , 19, 1989. . ' . ' '· . 1 Wriggelsworth,- said authorities The robber is d·ubbed the 'Blue do not· plan .to: press additional Bandit for the blue hooded"s\v~at charges,agains't,)'.:>a11ghenbaugh in.. ·shirt he wore and blue duffe·l bag the' potential ,e~~~pe attempt. he carried: He. 'also wielded a · He_, :sa)d they;.would have to sawed-off shotgun.· · .. · · -:· ; ir; prQve Daughenbaugh knew the Daughenbaugh, Who. defended key~was being se.~t.,_,W,figgelsworth himself, won his case lastweek but also noted that Daughenbaugh, faces si:c more_larryie4;robJ:>ery' now back at the 'Jackson prison, charges m Ingham County'iand one a11ready is serving the life in Jackson County. .; • ..,._ - ...... "!l; . . -.~ . . . . ~S:fdtv J~ 't: -~· ,, J-~3-9~. .

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I tenced Thursday to !seven to 15 • EATON CQUNTY years for killing two Eaton Rapids Sentences . teenagers in a car crash in. Wind­ sor· ·Township in July'.1991. JUDGE G. MICHAEL HOCKING Eric Donald Nelson, 20, 300 Western Troy Lee Dean w~s sentenced Ave., Lansing, possession of marijuana on involuntary manslaughter and attempted breaking and entering of charges in front of qrcuit Cq~rt a co2J~erated evice, 30 days In jail, · · JUdge.•G. Michael Hocking, said e{)(.(f.lJ4 · ' Uv-r'-4-C Eaton County Chief Assistan~ Pros- ecutor Michael Eagan. $350 costs. . . . . Jodi Sanders, 17, :and Travis JerryLeroyRoot,49,JOl w.vermont- Troutner, 16, were killed around ville Highway; Potterville, operating a l 0:45 p.m. near the intersection of~ motor vehicle under the influence of Ii·

M-99 and Vermontville Highway • quor, two years pi;-oliation,.30 days in jail last year when Dean's car collided 11 I with ~redit for two days," last 13· days I suspended upon completion of 40 hours

• with the teens' car. 1 community service, .$500 fine, $5~0 . · An investigation sh.owed Dean I costsidriver:s license suspended for six had been traveling a~out 90 mph " months_and_r.estriCted after 30 days. I when the accident occurred and £Diane Marie waiters, ·4T,-35(fHairst~ that his blood alcohol level was .08. \Eaton Rapids, possession of cocaine..: J In Michigan a driver is considered possession of methamphetamine and i ! _ possession of marijuana,24 months pro'·1 impaired at that blood alcoho 1 ,, l)ation, 15 weekends in jail with_cr_e_cHt level. for one day, $380 costs. r · · L------""'------, '-·narryl Demetrius-'Fhompsort. 27, 4801 Ingham, Lansing, a!)Sault and battery, $100 fine, $250 costs. Adam Clair Collins, 18, ·13615 Wash; ington, _Eagle.; attempted unlawfully-. driving away·an automobile, two years· prol)ation, 365 days in jail with credit for 80 days, $300 costs, restitution, $30 per · month probation. oversight fee, $30 to ·Crime Victi~ Rights Fund. Danie.I Lee Bachelder, 21, 139 Grand Manor, Grand Ledge, attempted receiv­ ing and:/ or aiding in the concealment of . 1· stolen property valued at more than 1 1 $100, two y_ears probation, 50 days.in jail. with .credit for one day, $30 per month I I probation oversight .fee, $30 to ·.crime '. Vlctims Rights Fund, $350 cqsts, $1,875 lr.estitut.inn . · · · · • l COURTS~/911 981 -.INGMM~ . , .~f;~Mc'6~~~. I Guiitv~rs· (T · ~ ..:i./ 1?79 3 .· Guilty pleas JUDGE THOIA,AS' L~, B,ROWflil ' I 1 Shawn Edwards, 27, 1612 Martin, Lan· 1 JUDGE JAMES R. GIDDiNGS I • INGHAM cou-"'Tv· ,. sing_; pleaded ~uilty to possession of less, ·1 Lawrence A, Lensing, 41, 15484 N. . Guilty pleas than 25 grams· of cocain~. bond: East St., Lansing, pleaded guilty to two continued. . . · · :· · · , · ·.. counts of false prescription (attorney ·\ JUDGE WILLIAM .E. COLLETIE - Daniel Roy Parker, 35, 4608 Chippe· ·[ general charge), bond continued. ~· \ ~rik Craig Stabnau, 19, 335 Village wa, Okemos, chang~d P.lea to guilty of, . Angel~ faye Williams, 37, 913, capi­ • Dnve, East Lansing, pleaded guilty to ~scape from prison, ~emanded· to jail. • 1 tol, ·Lansing, pleaded guilty to first de- · ~ttempte~ possession with intent to de­ .·. Justine Lynn Stahelin, 25, 910 Dunlap, gree .retail fraud, remanded to jail. liver man1uana, bond continued. Lansing, pleaded guilty to probation F;nk Edmund Marshick, 24, 116Y2 s. I-. Kelly Sue H~ines, 26, 412 Kirby, Les­ violation. Mam, Chelsea. pleaded guilty to third ,, h~, plea~ed guilty to conspiracy to com­ . JUDGE JAMES . "· GIDDINGS offense of operating a motor vehicle un­ ! m1t a misdemeanor, bond continued .. der the influence of liquor/unlawful ' Bruce Alexander Clay, 25, ·807 Clay­ blood alcohol level, bond continued. JUDGE JAMES R. (;IDDINGS ton, Lansing; pleaded guiltY. to qeljvery I . Of less than. 50 grams Of cocaine, bond JUDGE LAWRENCE M Bobby Lee Hawkins Jr., 22, 4612 N. GLAZER . . . • Logan, l,ansing, .pleaded guilty to at­ continµed ..~ .. . , · .. , . ·· - . I tempted possession with intent to deli"'.­ fRona'l!7!l0_A nro_ J 1 ~v ...~A~bN.co~· NTY·.:&/i.f4t~1 ' ·. . 'M~ .JjUA1 '!Guilty pleas · _· . . · ·. . · : JUDGE. THOMAS EVELAND I \ rKarlDii.alleii~mon.34. 519 wood sr.: ' Eaton Rapids, pleaded guilty to breakL · !Jng and enteiiJ:!g_of ajl_uilding .... ';-.-j · 1 -Ma.rkWilliam Prince, 29, 15779-Wood i Road, I,ansing, pleaded guilty to felc:mi· :ous assault. . /.: · .. i JUDGE G. MICHAEL HOCKING I Daw~ Marie Wood, 21. 11:0 Hillsdale I Road, Albiop, pieaded guilty to. atte~pt- , ed larceny in a build_i!lg._ ..:..~- 1 ! jChrlstoplfer·Patfick Christie, 18, 215 J iS. East St., Eaton Rapids, pleaded guilty (to attempted breaking_llnd_entering .. of ._an occuP.ied dwelling,______-'

COURTS 5 )i11?8 ~i 1 (}ftE1i4U3' • EATO COUN:tJtLurwc Y . - Sentences JUDGE G. MICHAEL HOCKING Curtis John Ritz, 37, no address given, uttering and publishing (bad check), five to 14 years in prison with credit for 63_days. _ --~------, \Dennis Richard Stillwagon, 17, 2945 S. ~ ·Canfield, Eaton Rapids, malicious de- ; I siruction of property valued0 at more "> I than $100, three years probation, 1801 I d~ys .. jail with credit for two days, 30 ' \days suspended upon completion of l

sj;J~~~:Dal~~Di5natd;J.r.io5°B~ook Si.. f .i;aton Rapids, attempted resisting andl ,obstructing, 30 days in jail ..yith_crediL'I ·{Qr.J~o.days. '--~--f] · Paul Robert Middleton, 31, 1140 .__, (Smith Road, Eaton Rapids, arson of real) I property, five to 10 years in prisoJl.with ilrt_dit fo_i:]!~_days:--,...--- - - · . ' COURTS s/16'/ c/3 J b <=M.' ~ #ibft~." 1 II INGHAi COUN~·~ ' • Sentences · 1 JUDGE JAMES. R. _GIDDINGS ' · Ricko Laron Lott, 21, 601 N. Cedar, Lansing, probation violation, probation revoked, one year in jail with credit for one year: possession of less than 25 ~rams of cocaine and violation of mari- I 1uana laws, 24-48 months in prison with ' cred-it for 136 days, sentences to be , I. · served.. conc_u_i-r_~_i:i_tly_. ______~ 1 (lfoward Shane Hector, 17, 4121 'Ga~ • 1 \Road, Eaton Rapids, resisting or ob-j1 i .cStru. Cling a police Officer, two years pro--~ I ,..t{ation, 15 days'in jail with crediffor one \_Qay, $15 costs. c---·------~------~-----·--~--- . Jury finds man MARRIAGES) ginltf;"c Marriage licenses 1 By MARY E. IORIO didn't answer. The men - Brown -tencing. They feel at this pc • INGHAM COUI Lansing State Journal and 29-year-old Emmett Wayne a .lot· <)f.:questions are ans] Gary Alan Miller, 40, ~ Chism, both of Hale - kicked the The verdict came af1 Farr, 35, both of Lansin: CHA~LOTTE - A jury :.i. Mon­ door down,. believing nobody was _, .. · . t.. t ti onu Paul Ivan Bursley, 22, day convicted 34-year-old Ronald at home, police said. week's of m e.nse es m ": Hakvon~. 22, both of J Dwayne Brown in the Octo-:er exe­ Getter was tied up and shot once duded eyidence such as: Lennard Jerome Harn print that matched Brown'. terville, and Darlene Sui cution-style murder of a:J EatQn in the back of the head with a 20· 1 Rapids homemaker. gauge shotgun, police sajd. She a match o·f the sJiotgun bul • of ~aslett. killed Getter with bullets j . R1char~ Harry Sch.lee,. The jury de­ was shot to prevent her from iden­ . . , nd testim' and Tern Lynn Miller. liberated for tifying the .pair, officials said. Brown s car a . . Lansing. , three hours Brown also was found guilty of: Brown's accomplice, Ch1~ Michael Lee Respeck Monday before • Breaking and entering, a · . . Rose Duncanson, 24, bot charge that carries up to 15 years "Emmett Chism testl Doug1ascameroncart1 finding Brown hearing the defendant ta ly Austina Siciliano, 25; guilty of first­ in prison. killing her and describin! Lansing. . ; degree murder • Felony Jirearm possession, a how he killed her later, Jason Phillip Paulus, : in the death of charge that carries up to two years said "He took her in the bl1 and Grace Karen Hart, . Jeanne Getter. in prison. · . · . , Ronald ·Robinson, 40; He faces life in He'll be sentenced· in Eaton bed her up and _shot her 1 Denise Newell, 27, both· . · Todd Michael ComweJ prison without County Court on July 14. Chism also told the JU11 lainie Lisa Smith 22 bo1 parole. "I think that the family itself heard a gunshot minutes' Lawrence Gerald 'Kn Getter was Hrown feels that at this point the.chapter left the house. Brown foll9 Chrystal Kay Conkiinl baking cookies on the moming of is starting to come to a close;" said out seconds after the 1 Okemos. Oct. 12, after her husbanc. left for Michael Eagen, Eaton County Chism said . \ . I John R. VanDouser, 51 work, police said. T\P:>~: men chief assistant prosecutor. "They. ; · · · May Hein, 54, both of D. knocked on her door, t.ut she still have to go through the"sen- · Under cross· exam Edward Novak, 65, an JJ . ~~~ .;._ lene Rose, 42, both of St o..~ ~~ .. __JasonLaneWorden.23

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ities end there. - - "For them to· be that close and 1 JUDGE THOMAS EVELAND COURTS ~ both involving women who were Linda Michelle Coley, 29, 200 block of home alone is different," Eaton East Lenawee, Lansing, unlawfully driv­ 3 County Prosecutor Jeff Sauter ing away an automobile, reckless driv­ • EATON COUNTY said. "But the main characteristics · ing, failure to report a personal injury Guilty ·pleas accident and assault and battery, 40-60· of the crimes do not parallel." 1 Eaton County inve·stigators months in prison with credit for 82 days· JUDGE THOMAS EVELAND haven't ruled out that the crimes first degree retail fraud and assault with Ralph Edward Main, 31, 700 block of a dangerous weapon, 16·24 months in · Jackson Street Eaton Rapids, pleaded are linked, but say the differences 1 prison. with credit for 8 da s, se ces 1·~ are major: . • to run concurrently~~~~~;t:_ Getter was shot. canfield' was 1 Monte Jerry ·Burro ghs, 2, l~~~l~~~f, s~g~~i~~~~~~~imi_nal ~ua~ • beaten with a blunt instrument. ~lock. of VFyt ~oad, Eaton Rapids, Iar­ Canfield's home was se't on ~eny m a bu1Idmg, 30-48 months in pris­ ~n consecutive to present sentence. fire after she was beaten. There · were no signs of arson at Getter's ~UDGE G. MICHAEL HOCKING 11-EA!Q~OUNT~ home. ··· · ,, Michelle Rene Leven, 18, 1800 block ~.Guilty~reas . H-h/y Getter was killed during'the c,>f South Waverly Road, Eaton Rapids, ~ JUDGE THO AS EVELAND , unlawfully driving away an automobile } • · :Patrick Miguel Leliendal, 25, 213 E. afternoon. canfield died in the ' 12 months in jail with -creditJor 205 days early morning. :.- Mt. Hope Highway, Lansing, pleaded concurrent with IiftH'am County.· guilty· to carrying a concealed weapon. s~nce. __ ___ ,_ _ . _. _ \ Willie Ervin Hunter J., 24, 6141 Bal· See DEATHS, Page 38 . fout, Lansing, pleaded guilty to attempt· • ed larceny in a building. --;~ui$~1i rJUDGE G. MICHAEL HOCKING Guilty pleas '3 Daniel Joel Johnson, 22, 629 N. Law- Homicide site \ rence, Charlotte, pleaded guilty o break· JUDGE THOMAS EVELAND ing and entering of an occupied dwell­ Adam Jason Baumgaertal, 23, 11500 ing, larceny from the person and . block of Bunker Road, Eaton Rapids, habitual offender, bond canceled, re- , pleaded guilty to operating a motor ve- manded' to jail. r ) 1 hicle under the influence of liquor. 'Timmy Levi Sowell, 18, 11144 Plains y.,..,...... _ T~--~ TT..,!- -- '!~_.....,_•---- .. ·~-·-~ :Road, Eaton Rapids, pleaded guilty to attempted receiving and/or aiding in l the concealment of stolen property val- e at more than $100. ·-· _.

Lansing State Journal I CHRIS SILVAS n- . /IJj ;!/9d_ tJUDGE .THOMAS EVELAND · Sentences I ~· Jeremy . L. Chea!, 18, 600 block of JUDGE iAMES R. ·GIDDINGS ~outh Butler, ~µsing, attempted break-11.. 1. . Christopher ~ay Trevino, 2i', 2100 , -~ mg and ·e~termg oJ an occupied dwell-,;;.> mg, three years probation, .120 days in ·. block of Webster, Lansing, ple~ded \ 1 guilty to malidous destruction of prop- . ·1 I ail, $280 ~osts, $30 to Crime Victims ~ erty va1ued at less than.s100;9o·days in . \ . ja.il ';Vi th c~edit ~or. 90 days, $20 to Crime \ i~ )~~ff~~dKibbey-: 35~00 bt:;J; of~ Victims _RJg!lts"Rund .• - --·---- : , ills Highway, Eaton Rapids, attempted'':-- . ;Michelle Rena Leven, 18, 1800 blo~kl 1 , anuf~cture of marijuana, two years~ of WaverJy Road, Eaton Rapids, un- 1 ~~~ba. tlon, 60 days on tether program . armed robbery, 36 months to 15 years in ·\ ~~~c~~~ . . . ' _J . prison with credit for 197, days; $30 to . ~ .~alfd_Y Alan Kibbey, 4600~block of i'.Q:ime Vic~_Rights_Eund .. -----;;- ··· . \ JS, ·Toad'Errtest Tompkins, 22, 12900 \ ~ills H1ghw.~y, Eaton Rapids, manufac­ ~ure of I?a~11_uana, two years probation, block.of Georgi.a ~\'.enlie, Grand Ledge, 1 ;60 d~ys m Jail, $500.fine,.15 hours com- breaking and. entering of an· occupied . . --E_mty service,r:---1 -:---:~ .. dwelling; five,years probation, 180 days - , . in Sentry program, four months on teth~ er program, 120 hours community ser­ Guilty_ pleas' ~~ -~ vice, $500 costs, $30 to· Crime Victims Rights·F1md; breaking and entering of a .JUDG~__ __Jj.tQ.MA~~:. 1 building with intent to commit a felony, , [Robe~ Lee ~mbert, 18, 8100 blockof 295 days in jail with credit for 295. days, __g,lumb1a Highway, Eaton Rapids $30 to Crime. Vidims R,ights Fund. . ipleade. ~ g~llty to br.e~king_and entering' Manuel SiJ{tO Cespede~ Jr., 19, 100. · oLa_bUllduui~///-'f~-- __, ·• block pf Cottage, I,ansing;· attempted., :b,reaking arid· entering of ·a ·moto'r-vehi­ cle causing damage, three"years pr9ba-. tion, first 22 days in jail with ci:edit for 22 days, $400.costs, $30 to Crime Victims· Rights.Fund. . · . Timothy Jay Vincent, 31, 2400 block . of Herrick, Lansing, second degree ci'iminal sexual ¢onduct, four years pro-. bation, first year in jail with credit for 50 . days, released 'c;in tetoer after Feb. 1 for rest of jail sentence, $450 costs, $30 to Crime Victims Rights Funcl. . · · .JUDGE PETER D. HOUK i · .. · Jody. Keith Mosley, 27, 380.0 block of i Richmond, L~sing, pleaded guilty to .. probatioQ violation on charge·of posses­ I sion "".ith intent to.deliver marijuana, 15 .days in jail,_probation_ter.minated: r.::CMffes Orrin Mason, 29, 1200 blocK I\ _. ~of Arch Road, Eaton Rapids, pleaded

1. [guilty to probation violation, 30 days in jail consecutive t_o Clinton Cou,n.ty_sen-. \ tence,_probation.continued.-- J. · · · . Gary Frederic_k Moss, 34, 2700 block of East.Grand River Avenue, East Lan­ \ sing, third offense of operating a motor vehicle under the influeµce of \iquor I unlawful blood alcohol level, five years . probation, one year in jail with credit for five days, driver's. license revoked. Victor Delanie Smith, 22, 1300 block of North Jenison, Lansin·g, pleaded . ·guilty to probation vi_olatiorion charge of possessiol) of less thap 25,. grams of .co­ . caine, one year in jail with credit for .189 d~ys, pro~atiOn term'.na.. tEfli ~ _, ... ~ . i 1 ~(.4.v111 ~ ~C/t,1.L~) rr-,Jonnny Burton toontz~ 49; and Cindyl COURTS I,)_ - I - ?.3 L .M!!!'i~Je11_n, ~1. both of Eaton Rapids. 1 ~ rDOriald Cecil Lippert, 35, and Ka.thy 1 . \\ J.une Sandlin, 32, bQ1.l!_OfAaton Rap~dS.,1 ~tu?~ ~ -Hugh Michael Betz, 45, of Lansing; j Guilty pleas . r ~and Karen Marie Wheeler, _46, of Tra- 1 I ~~ verse City. _,_ , JUDGE THOMAS EVELAND Dale Atwood Dun"am, 60,. a~d Kay j Terry J. Hall, 48, 300 block· of West I Alice Grounds, 45, both of Lansing. So_uth, Grand Ledge, pleaded guilty to 1 t' • Jason Richard Warren, 17, and Shiirla third offense of operating a motor vehi­ i~ Jean Spagnuolo, 21, both of Lansing. cle under the influ~nce of liquor /unlaw­ Gordon Allen Blakely, 34, and Dayna ful bl.ood alcohol level and driving while ean Morrissey, 31, both of Lansing ...... _ license suspended.' 1 Verlin Douglas Jo. nes Jr., 23, and \\'.en-~ It,dy Sue Cooper, 26, both of Pottemlle. ~ Terry Linn Burnham, 31, of Grand 1 [ I1~~~!~-:·D'n~fn~~~~. ~~~)~!~~ ., edge, and S~zanne Mari.e Whitmore,~ ~North Main, Eaton Rapids, pleaded J l, of Potterville. (.}\ ! {guilty to attempted possession oLless James Douglas Rose, 25, of Dimon- · .than 25 l?I~~~! cocaine. '1 _J dale and Justine Suzanne Gorman, 27, of Potterville. . . Jeffrey Shannon Bandy, 21, and.Mis,ty EAT!W_P9~N,T,Nrn. Marie Burnor,'20, both of Charlotte. Guilty Pfeas~~<-LL 1 • John: Fitzgerald Hoyt, 25, and ~oAnne \, Elizabeth Proper, 19,_bo.th of Charlo_tte. . JUDGE THOMAS EVELAND < Scoft Charles.Olson, 24, and Jenn~fer ( ,~ Evelyn D. Walker, 25,1500 block of f:ouise ~~-~~J~.ap1ds. __ , l.l'-'. Linval, Lansing, pleaded guilty to larce- l . 0._ny iri a puilding. ~ Marty Lee Zinke, 19, 11800 block of ,--~- Ralph Edmund Main, 31, 700 block of · '\ Bellevu~ Road, Battle Creek, pleaded [ . (Jackson Street, Eaton Rapids, pleaded , i ~guilty ·to 11;1rceny i'!a_bu_ildiI1g. _____ .. .i guilty to two counts of second degree; . I ~ Alphonso RosS,21, 5800 ?lock of West - /criminal !i,exualconducj, 40-180 months/ ! I ' Plains Road, Eaton Rapids, pleaded ~ i in.P.Jisof. · ·• /17_ ,._ -(\!:t_:~! t ' guilty to possessio11 of l_E!SS than 2§ gi:_a_~ 1 ~--~~~~ L_'pf cocaine. • . JUDGE... MJCHAEL . G l rcoURTS / 1- ,;l t. - 9-3 HARRISON of~~ / · David JamesMi~O~o~k~t--~i ~W.~$.!- Street, Eaton Rapids, pleaded ! i i.~~M~T~ ~u1lty to uttering and publishing (bad .J I Guilty plea·s cjleck), remanded to jaiL -.- / I ~ 11 JUDGE. THOMAS L. BROWN ']fean· Richard ff'litnag1e,··ao, 7900 ; , (::·-ii~;ani-shane Hector; 18;41ootioCk · · b~ock o.f Spicerville. Road, Eaton Rapi"ds, ' ':'- Qf Gale Road, Eaton Rapids, pleaded-· • t.change plea to guilty of child sexually f "" guilty to probation. violation, probation J ,1;1busive commer.cial actiyity,cbondi:e; ";1tontinued,15 da)'.s.in ja~~R:~i~. rfooi:r ... L¥oked, reman

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death of.man. j Lansing State Journal CHARLOTTE .;__ A, 17-year-old youth faces charges in last month's bit-and-run death of a Eato~ Rap- . ids man walking to get bis morning:, newspaper. · · · I . The teen, also from Eaton Rap- ·, ids, faces char:ges of manslaughter : and leaving .the scene of a fatal accident in connection with the , death of Rudy Dickson, 69. · ·An arraignment is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ~oday. · The .-youth was :·arrested Satur­ day in East Lansing on a tip from.a retired Lansing police officer, now working with the Marriott · Hotel there. ___ -·--·· .• · · ·His two-d9or, maroon Chevrolet cavalier was spotted while pai;Y.,, ..::.~' in the Marriott's undergro. parking. structure, ~.:;:· · ~-~"­ sberiffJs ofticraIS-saicr • . Dickson wa8 killecl · Aug; 26 when a vebi1 striking him as be ) \ .-1ha.sho.11trl~bc.i11Jm:n1 iv1an ~arrargned in hit~run death I Eaton Rapids resident faces felony charges in Aug. 26 incident

By Betsy J. Miner Lansing State Journal CHARLOTTE - A 17-year-old man was arraigned Wednesday on two felony charges in the hit-and­ run death last month of an Eaton Rapids man. . Ryan Lightner of Eaton Rapids is accused of hitting 69-year-old Rudy Dickson with his car on Aug. 26, Eaton County Prosecutor Jef­ -...... __ ~ rrey Sauter said. Dickson was killed about 6 a.m. when a car left M-99, hitting him as he walked along the shoulder. Dickson was struck while check­ ing the mailbox in front of his home. Lightner was charged Wednes­ day with manslaughter with a mo­ tor vehicle and with failing to stop at a serious personal injury acci­ dent, Sauter said. A preliminary hearing has been set for 1:30 p.m. Sept. 14 to deter­ mine whether enough evidence exists to send the case to trial. Lightner posted bond and was released Wednesday from the Ea­ ton County Jail. Sauter said Lightner would have been charged in Dickson's death even if he hadn't been accused of leaving the scene of the accident. In some instances, drivers ac­ cused of killing someone with a car could be charged with negli­ gent homicide - a lesser crime than manslaughter, Sauter said. "When they leave the scene it raises question that there was something more wrong with their driving than mere negligence," he ;aid. Gross negligence must be proved in manslaughter cases. Lightner was arrested Saturday in East Lansing on a tip from a retired Lansing police officer. His two-door maroon Chevrolet cava­ lier was spotted in the Marriott un­ derground parking structure, Ea­ ton County sheriffs officials said. If convicted of manslaughter, Lightner faces up to 15 years in prison, and/or a $7,500 fine. Leav­ lng the scene of an injury accident carries a five-year maximum pris­ on sentence and/or a $5,000 fine. Charlotte lawyer Thomas Dutcher was appointed Wednes­ day to represent Lightner. He said that he hadn't had a chance to read police reports on the case. "We'll take a look at it. We're DAVID OLDS/Lansing State Journal ~oing to give him the best defense Charged in death: Ryan Lightner leaves Eaton County District Court after his arraignment Wednes­ we possibly can," Dutcher said. day in the hit-and-run death of Rudy Dickson, 69, of Eaton Rapids. [I I Saturday Section C

FEBRUARY 23, EDITORIAL PAGE SC 1991 Accent CONTACT 6C Laura BERMAN

Oh beautiful for spacious malls and the freedom to sell war-related trinkets .peration Desert Storm has seized hold of America's · 0 pocketbook. It is lurking in shopping malls, in T-shirt shops, in advertise- . ments for $8.95 framed prayers for soldiers and $4 "official" dog tags, and in the latest Neiman Marcus catalogue, which offers a $65 sequined American flag . T-shirt. At the card store, you can buy "missing you" cards with military insignia or desert mood cards de­ picting camels walking through sand. "These colors don't run," says the flag T-shirt worn proudly by a co-worker. Even the supermarket is in the Desert Storm business: There's a run on yellow Hefty trash bags, which can be turned into large yellow bows more cheaply than yellow ribbon from the Hallmark store. The cash registers are ringing. So are the objections. "It's disgusting," I heard a man Fatal brew of cultures, say the other day. "People treat war as if it's a rock concert." "I hate those yellow ribbons on beer left one youth· my street," a co-worker comment­ ed. "They're so tacky." dead, one in jail and a "An outrage," said the "expert" on a TV news show the other day, town wondering why who was commenting on the phe­ nomenon of"profiteering" during a war. He was "revolted" by a . number of Desert Storm products, which he expertly judged to be ex­ amples of bad taste, while the an- , chorman nodded soberly. Disgusting? Revolting? An outrage? - Oh, bag it. I am happy to see people wear­ ing their their hearts on their sleeves, their hat bands and the tree trunks in front of their hous­ es. I'm landing squarely on the side of the happy junk-buyers and T-shirt wearers, the garbage bag bow-makers, the flag-in-the-lapel people. The people who manufac­ ture these objets de patriotism are OK with me, too. An outpouring of patriotic sen­ timent expressed through trinkets may lack eloquence, but does that make it disgusting? "I just wanted to ... get the hell out of Perhaps in some nations peo­ there," says Lonnie Joseph, convicted ple still express themselves by in the death of Michael Miller. writing lyric poetry. But this is America - land ofliberty and product licensing. By MICHAEL H. HODGES From sea to shining sea, we like to buy stuff. T-shirts and key ••• hey buried Michael Ray Miller with his chains, coffee mugs and sun vi­ softball trophies. The compact outfielder, sors, greeting cards and chewing gum. 20, played on three teams, and even with Buying and selling are intrin­ snow on the ground, his mother says, sic to our national character. And would be out back tossing the ball. In a fit­ the merchants of war-related trin­ ting grace note, a bat and ball were carved . kets are participating in a cultural on his black marble tomb. But what base­ ritual, one that accompanies ev- ball gave, in this case, it also took away. Had a bat not . ery major mass event, from politi­ cal campaigns to, yes, rock con­ been within easy reach during a small-town rumble last certs. August, some say, "Porkchop" might be alive today. No, I will wonder about the No bat killed Miller. He died - unarmed - when sanity of those who observe Swee­ an eight-inch butcher knife sank through the third and test Day, a holiday concocted by . · merchants for merchants. I will fourth ribs into his heart. His assailant was LaLonne feel saddened at Christmas, when Falaafi Joseph of Lansing, an 18-year-old convicted instead of contemplating hopes Feb. 5th of voluntary manslaughter. Joseph maintains for peace on Earth, the relentless he acted in self-defense when a bat-wielding mob at­ pressure is on retail sales. tacked him and several other transvestites as they left a Operation Desert Storm is not gay party in rural Eaton Rapids. a Hallmark holiday, even if Hall- . mark does now produce a line of "I don't think I overreacted," he says, speaking in a cards to send to serviceman. The telephone interview from jail. "It was the only thing to outpouring of emotion and sup­ do. Of course I'm sorry I killed Mike. It's just unfortu­ port for the troops stationed in nate that he was brave enough to get close so that my the Mideast is not manufactured defense could hurt him." by Madison Avenue, is not the in­ . Photos by DONNA TEREK/The DetroifNews sidious invention of evil profiteers Friends of the defendant who were at the party call trying to make a fast buck. . it an attempted gay-bashing that backfired. Says Rose Above: Laura and Vernie Miller say "nothing will ever be the same again," since the death of their son. Below: Rose (Paul) Ritter (right) an~ Michelle Ott (left) say they and Joseph were attacked by a bat­ (aka Paul) Ritter, 25, a bug-eyed John Lennon in drag, Sure, some of these products wielding mob as they left a gay party in rural Eaton Rapids. At center is another friend, Cheri Pancost. are tacky, some are jingoistic, "They just picked on the wrong sissies." Like the some are cloyingly warm and defendant's other friends, Ritter believes Joseph's only crime was de­ fuzzy. fending himself too well. But even during a war, the But talk to the other side in this small-town tragedy, and it was rules of supply and demand ad­ here: Americans are cheerfully nothing more than a fistfight between two young men that inexplica­ buying up Desert Storm because bly ended in a killing. Brian Daughenbaugh; 25, was the closest person they want to. to Miller when he was stabbed, and calls the dead boy his best friend. Let the art experts disdain the He claims Joseph's manslaughter conviction wasn't harsh enough. tastelessness of yellow ribbons on · "The jury," he says bitterly, "in effect told people it's OK to go kill trees, the self-appointed moralists someone after being punched in the face." decry the immorality of business Court-appointed defense attorney Bill Davis argued during the trial ·making profits during wartime. that the bigotry of "good old boys" was the real villain, and painted a I see the store shelves lined lurid picture of young men, undereducated and usually unemployed, with T-shirts and key chains as a who roam from drinking hole to drinking hole until the bars close, and happy sign of our distinctive <, J openness, our freedom to indulge then go looking for someone - preferably a member of a minority in varying kinds of personal ex­ group - to beat up. .,,l pression. · ..c: E Amid the cacophony of mer­ Please see Deadly, 3C .• z chandise, I hear America singing. · I• • Laura 6erman appears Satur­ ' := days in Accent. c Ii •. 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T'gra?.h & S'field cuss athlete's need surgery? Please comment. 531-2368 Open Daily at lOA.M. foot. Is it possi­ - Concerned Mom ------IRVINGl,lll&IV · · RESTRICTED SIX ADULT MOVIES (2 Each Room) . ble to com· Under 18 requires IRVINGH Sever'sdisease is the heel's equiv­ IR I an accompanying TWO MOVIES (All-Male Cast) pletely get rid SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT alent of Osgood-Schlatter's disease, ---_ .1~~~ !!l!!d~I!__ VHS MOVIES ON SALE -$15 & UP of this plague? Evening Security Guard on Premises the tibia problem that causes pain ND CHILDREN In spite of var­ below the knee. CINEMAS UNDER 17 MELODY 2~~~~~~~it" '1:~~r1kM~. ious medica­ ADMITTED · FIRST·RUN SHOWING!! Because adolescent bones are not GENERAL CINEMA 3·XXXFEATURE tions and ad­ BARGAIN MATINEE EVERYDAY fully developed, repetitive trauma FOR ALL SHOWS BEFORE 6:00 NO ONE UNDER 18 .. /~~'1il'ffJA}x5iri~,i,~q/\c1 vice from my FOR INFO CALL 722·2880 can cause them to pull apart a bit. IS ADMITTED OPEN ALL NIGHT TONIGHT physician, the That happened to your son's heel infection re­ bone, the way it does in the knee DR. PAUL curs. Is there a DONOHUE bones of Osgood-Schlatter patients. foot bath prep- Take a look at your son's baseball ; aration to use shoes. Unpadded, inflexible shoes, · foi complete foot immersion? especially cleated ones, can cause . -T.M.C. this kind of heel problem. He may ~ot only can the athlete's foot need padded heel lifts and shoes with fm:J.gus be eradicated for good, eradi­ more give to them. cating it for good is the only effective He doesn't need surgery. He needs way to treat it. It is very unlikely that rest for the heel, just as the Osgood­ you are experiencing :re-infection. Schlatter youngster needs rest for You just are not getting rid of the the knees. Bad news for this young­ furi.gus population totally. ster: Proper rest of a Sever's heel Even when the infected skin problem can be as long as a full year. set!ms cleared, some fungi can live on That will be hard to take, I'm waiting for the same moist and warm sure. You can assuage his feelings environment that fostered its growth however, by promising him a pro­ in the past. Before you know it, you gram later on to strengthen his calf hav~a fungal population explOsion muscles, for athletiCs require great on ·your hands once more, along with flexibility of those structures. They the itch. · do attach to the heel bone, and strengthening them will help avoid SHORES·MADRID 7Ilie cardinal rule of athlete's foot 9 Mile & Mack -725-61100 tr$twent, then, is to keep feet dry. future Sever's·. P .S. - He should not Adults 52.25 • KIds/Seniors Sl.75 "KINDERGARTEN COP"(PG·13) Wearopen sandals as often as you go barefoot during the period of heal­ 7:00, 9:15 ca~.When wearing shoes, slip in ing. He must protect those heels. thOseinsoles that promote dryness, an(l wear cotton socks. ·Now, a word about medicine. Have you any information on Most do work ifused correctly. You nutcracker esophagus? My wife must keep on applying the antifungal has chest pains. Her doctor is pr~parations even when the skin is convinced it is not her heart at sq~eaky clean in appearance. Some fault, but her swallowing tube. peop1e have to use such preparations She has these pains when eat­ for life. If an infection will not clear ing, especially at the evening up, :no matter how faithfully you are meal. ' abiding by the dryness rules or how -P.P. relig~ously you apply the powders Nutcracker esophagus is a color­ STAR THEATRES anct er.earns, then it is time to think THE WORLD'S ful description of a common problem, BEST-RUN THEATRES · about oral antifungal medicine (gris­ clamping down of lower esophageal eofulvin). When that.works and the Times listed below are FEATURE muscles when eating (or drinking) .. 0 skih remains clear, you can resume ~;~l~~"l~~::itfo n~a~r:.J~o~~~!~ The chest pain can mimic that of an­ cedes each Feature's start times. usC:..m.the creams and powders pre­ gina. The subject is further confused BARGAIN MATINEES DAILY ventjyely. I am sending the foot care $3.75 ALL SHOWS by the fact that one of the treatmei:its STARTINGBEFORE6P.M. , report. Other readers can order by is nitroglycerine, the same medicine wrij;fog: Dr. Donohue/No. 11, Box used for heart pain (angina). Such 83~, P,ibbstown, N.J. 08027-9909, symptoms are discussed in the angi­ entjosing a long, stamped, self- ad­ na report, which I'm sending on. dre!>Sed envelope and $2. ~ ,.,, Others may order by writing: Dr. Do­ ~,,. .•..,. nohue/No. 1, Box 830, Gibbstown, MY son is 14 and very athlet­ N .J. 08027-9909, enclosing a long, ic.jle suffers from severe pain stamped, self-addressed envelope in his foot and ankle. His pediat­ and$2. ric& ij.octor said he has Sever's di(ease. He is not to do any run­ 1 • Write to Dr. Paul Donohue at "HOM LONE"(PGl ning for fear of making this P.O. Box 830, Gibbstown, N.J. "Dl2~~1;~~.~~·\Ji>N~4Rk/~:_1J> woi-se. He says he'll refuse to · 08027-9909. "KIND~~°&l~~J~l~J~~PG· 13) 12:35, 5:20 .;..-. • -l~ J "AWAKENINGS"!PG-131 2:55, 7:40, 10:00, 12:15 HOLY COW! Deadly: A town.wonders what caused a party to turn.fatal !VE BEEN NOMI NA TED - FOR 2 ACADEMY .. ---. From page 1C AWARDS! Blame vs. guilt "Good old boys, taken one at a time and sober, are pretty nice guys," said the Grand Ledge lawyer with the William Kunstler haircut. "But when they get togethei: in a pack and in­ dulge their prejudices, you better not AMC BELAIR HELD be a woman, a Hispanic or a homo­ 1:10 4:20 1:10 9:30 O V E R W·l,\t

, . I blandly that Joseph wasn't wearing a ing, he says, that his presence would to have her boy and town associated, 'I'm so sorry.' But I was scared. I .Deadly: A town wonders watch, and there was no clock in the endanger his younger sister and her wrongly, she insists, with bigotry. If wasn't sure if she'd think I was being. room,) Suspiciously clean in the kids upstairs. He'd gotten enough ha­ Eaton Rapids is so prejudiced, she a smart-ass." She pauses, and the 'midst pf a pile of filth;Y'dishes, ac­ rassment in the hours following Mill­ asks, fire in her eyes, how come one tears well up. "But I thank God it \\Thy a party· turned fatal cording to the officer's testimony, er's death, which he claims were · of its city counselors is black? If her wasn't my son." filled with the noise of threats soµ was so narrow-minded, why did Joseph waits for his sentencing in ing-mad drag queens bunch was an eight-inch butcher knife. From page 3C against~ At Eaton Rapids Community screamed from passing cars and the he name his daughter "Keisha," after a small cell, about 6-by-12 feet, at the of guys who lift hay bales for a liv­ the sprite who plays "Rudy" on the . --:·he's not sure who - was "cutting Hospital, Dr. Michael Kowalczyk shattering of his apartment's win­ Eaton County Jail. He's let out into a ing," he says, adding that he's had dows. Cosby show? common room one hour a d11y, alone, toward the bushes in front," moving ·enough experience with alliiged gay­ stuck his finger into Miller's wound get between Joseph and the door. and could feel it enter the heart. He "You know how some birds pre­ Like many in the community, for exercise. With time on his hands to bashers to know what was in store. "I tend their wings are broken to pro- to think, he admits he wishes he'd O,ne fact stands out in Wolbeck's knew one of us was going to get a knew the boy didn't have much of a · Mrs. Miller is disappointed at the mind: "He was carrying a baseball chance. Still, he put an air tube down . tect their kids?" he asks. "That's verdict, favoring second-degree mur- · done some things differently. baseball bat in the head - and I'm what I did. I made it really obvious Perhaps, he says, he should have bat." missing enough teeth as it is." Miller's throat and started CPR. der, but admits, in her direct fashion, Miller gave one last breath on the that I was leaving." Otherwise, he "I don't believe any verdict would've thrown himself at the mercy of the '; Miller caught Joseph on the front Perhaps most telling was the tes­ cops. Perhaps he should never have porch and hit him on the upper back, gurney and was pronounced dead at says, "I was afraid somebody might been fine with me. I don't care what timony ofEaton Rapids Police Chief 3:26 a.m. ' torch the house." · . left the house. "I just wanted to get to Wolbeck said, prompting an ex­ Michael Seeley who said he was they give him, it'll never be enough." While conceding that Joseph the car and get the hell out of there," change of dire threats. roused from a deep sleep by the Lingering effects \ That said, she shakes her head he says, sighing. "I thought the knife "Come on you f---ing faggot! Let's sound of baseball bats being pounded might well have been the victim of a and admits, "You get ll- bunch of kids mob attack, jurors say they arrived at There were other serious conse-· · would intimidate them, but instead it go! Let's go! I'll kill ya," Wolbeck re­ on the concrete outside Gaines' togethe,r drinking - nobody really provoked them," called Miller yelling. , house 21/2 blocks away. the voluntary manslaughter verdict quences. Two suicide attempts · knows who started the fight.'' She on the grounds that the defendant trailed the killing by about a month, But he has no doubt the episode _'Joseph wheeled around, and even has a few soft words for Laura was a failed gay-bashing. "Obviously, that's when witnesses first saw the could have escaped the fight, rather the individuals involved say. Rose · Joseph as well. "She's a mother. Panic in the street than armin~ himself and re-entering Ritter and Johnny Metcalf both if there was no hatred of homosexu­ knife. She's gotta hurt. But," she adds envi­ als, I wouldn't be in here," says Jo- · . · "Stay away from me! I'll stab you. No matterwhich version of the fray. admit they were depressed and over~ ously, "she can see her son. I can't see "We felt," says jury foreman Judd whelmed by Miller's death, and, in seph. "That's what the whole stink is I'll kill you," Wolbeck testified Jo­ events one believes, the denouement mine." about." · seph said, turning first toward the must have been heart-rending. Mich­ ,Knaup in a telephone interview, "the Metcalfs case, he says, terrified Laura Joseph echoes much the' boy with the bat, which was cocked elle Ott, who'd come with Joseph and situation would have been different if about taking the stand in the upcom­ same sentiments. "I feel real bad for at his head, then whipping about to Ritter, reported hearing a man give a ·he'd been chased into the house" - ing trial. In a pec\,lliar happenstance, that mama," she says. "During the • Michael H. Hodges is a Detroit face Miller.. ' "really loud scream, I mean a really that is, if Joseph had tried to retreat the two landed almost simultaneous­ trial I wanted to go up to her and say, News staff writer. Wolbeck bellowed, "Stop this s--­ loud scream." Joseph pulled the blade before stabbing someone. ly in the same psychiatric unit at before somebody gets hurt," but his ·out and retreated indoors. Miller However, Knaup says that forced Lansing's St. Lawrence Hospital. cry was lost in the mayhem. · . ' crumbled against a Chevy Malibu, to choose between the testimony of · Metcalf says he accidentally over­ The bat-wielder, said Wolbeck, . Wolbeck said, gasping "Omigod. He witnesses from Lansing and those heard Ritter saying, "One of my · fell back a step or two at the sight of got me. He stabbed me." Blood ran from Eaton Rapids, jurors found the friends killed a straight boy in Eaton fhe.knife blade. down his bare chest and stained his latter the least credible. "We sincere­ Rapids." Metcalf says he threatened · Not .Miller. Thorougl].ly drunk, white, pinstriped boxer shorts. ly had problems.trying to believe the to kill the transvestite. "I meant it, gutsy by nature and egged on by · Crying "hold on, you're gonna be Eaton Rapids witnesses," he says. too," he says. . · friends - "Get him, Mike! Get him!" all right," Daughenbaugh, the Scotts Residents at 202 Division scram­ Half a year after the killing, the - Miller blundered forward, Wol­ and Metcalf half-hauled, half-carried· bled to vacate the premises in the Miller clan still acts stunned. "Noth­ beck testified. Miller, feinting to and Miller's prostrate form and laid it, weeks after the murder. John Gaines, ing," says Laura Miller simply, "will fro in a drunken parody of the moves . gently as they could in their panic, in who won't say where he's living now, ever be the same again. It'll never be that had won his boxing matches, back of Rick Scott's red GMC pick­ moved the very next morning, fear- put back together." It still hurts her . lunged at Joseph once, twice, three up. Daughenbaugh tried to staunch times - and on the third approach, the blood leaking from Miller's chest, Wolbeck said, the knife sank in deep. ·while the truck roared out of the -,Who had what weapons seems a drive and down Division Street, ac­ Enjoy home delivery of subject oflively controversy. Some of cording to Wolbeck, very nearly col­ the witnesses from Eaton Rapids say · liding with the police as they The Detroit News there wasn't a baseball bat, though whipped around the cower. Wolbeck remembers one and Met­ Inside 202 Division - reverting, calf, Miller's cousin, says he grabbed perhaps, to childhopdpatterns - Jo­ Call 222-NEWS. a baseball bat only after Joseph pro­ seph ran into Gaines' bedroom and duced a knife. hid under the bedspread. Officer Ritter, who admits he armed him­ . Todd Madsen testified that when he self with a broken beer bottle when arrived a minute later and yanked things got rough, dismisses the con­ the covers down, Joseph claimed he'd I tention that a fair fight ended in · been asleep for."45 minutes." (The manslaughter. "It was just two rag- prosecutor, Larry Wysocki, noted BETTE MIDLER WOODY ALLEN On their 16th wecldlng anniversary, Deborah and Nick decldecl to work out all their differences ...

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