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Hundreds Take Stand Against Alleged Rape C P M C P M G Jan 05 2013 11:26:29:275PM Post-Gazette G A-1 Y K Y K THE MAP LET THERE ‘DOWNTON IS BACK BE DARK ABBEY’ RETURNS THE NEXT PAGE, B-7 FORUM, B-1 SUNDAY MAGAZINE, E-1 UP TO $372 *** WORTH OF Final COUPONS INSIDE JANUARY 6, 2013 IN MOST AREAS $2.00 Vol. 86, No. 159 SUNDAY STEUBENVILLE, OHIO: Videos, allegations create Immigrant Police firestorm of debate in small Ohio Valley town justice is looking Hundreds take stand a revolving into door here against alleged rape Those found guilty 911 of illegal re-entry are jailed, deported call By Rich Lord Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Carlos Por- Officers responded tillo-Tobar had Inside to house day before a lot to worry n Lawyer about as he challenges woman found dead waited to be case against deported to El man who had Salvador. High settled in By Liz Navratil on the list was Pittsburgh. and Jonathan D. Silver how to pay the Page A-8 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette men who helped him sneak Nearly 24 hours before into the United Online Ka’Sandra Wade was found shot States. n The cost of to death in her Larimer home “The com- imprisoning on Tuesday, Pittsburgh police ing over is a immigrants officers responded to her house very dangerous charged with for a 911 call she made that was trip,” he said, illegal re-entry. disconnected, the Pittsburgh through an Go to post- Post-Gazette has learned. interpreter, as gazette.com. During the call, a 911 call- he sat in a hold- taker heard some sort of com- ing cell in early motion before the line went November. “You have to pay to dead. When two officers arrived get across from Mexico to the to check on the situation, they U.S. I still owe money from the spoke to a man through a win- crossing.” dow who said things were fine. Sentenced to time served for He would not let them in. illegal re-entry into the U.S., Police left after 10 minutes Portillo-Tobar, 34, was one of on the scene. But it wasn’t until 51 people charged federally in the homicide investigation into Western Pennsylvania in 2012 Ms. Wade’s death got under way for immigration-related crimes. that detectives realized that the man with whom officers spoke SEE DEPORTED, PAGE A-8 was her boyfriend, Anthony L. Brown. Mr. Brown, 51, fatally shot Lake Fong/Post-Gazette photos SEE CALL, PAGE A-11 Participants taking part in a rally at the Jefferson County Courthouse demand a more thorough investigation into Western Pa. the alleged rape of a teenage girl by two members of the Steubenville High School football team. nursing By Marylynne Pitz Pittsburgh Post-Gazette homes given STEUBENVILLE — For more than three hours Sat- Ka’Sandra Wade urday, chants, signs and poor ratings speeches filled the cold air outside the Jefferson County By Halle Stockton Courthouse as a crowd of 800 PublicSource to 1,000 people demanded a more thorough investiga- Western Pennsylvania stands From spy tion into the alleged rape of out for all the wrong reasons a 16-year-old West Virginia in a new analysis of informa- teenager by football play- tion about problems at nursing ers from this economically homes. to source depressed Ohio Valley com- More reports of those prob- munity. lems, or deficiencies as they’re Two members of the Steu- called, were issued in Pittsburgh to convict benville High School football than any other city in the state, team, Trent Mays and Malik including the much larger Phila- Richmond, both 16, have delphia. By Scott Shane been charged with assault- Inspectors for the U.S. Cen- The New York Times ing the young woman last ters for Medicare and Medicaid summer and face trial in Services gave 446 deficiencies to WASHINGTON — Looking February. 35 Pittsburgh nursing homes in back, John C. Kiriakou admits The case has attracted three years, the data showed. he should have known better. national attention because Pittsburgh’s rate of nearly 13 But when the FBI called him a of recent Internet postings, deficiencies per nursing home year ago and invited him to stop including a 12-minute video outpaced the national average by and “help us with a case,” he of a former Steubenville stu- of six to seven per inspection, did not hesitate. dent recounting the alleged Sable Foster, 23, of East Liverpool, Ohio, shouts Saturday during a rally at according to CMS. (The deficien- In his years as a CIA opera- Steubenville city hall in Steubenville. Ms. Foster says she is a rape victim, and she tive, Mr. Kiriakou had worked SEE RAPE, PAGE A-5 shared her story with other participants in the rally. SEE RATINGS, PAGE A-3 closely with FBI agents over- seas. “Anything for the FBI,” replied Mr. Kiriakou, who grew up in New Castle. Only an hour into what began as a relaxed chat with the two White House weighs broad gun-control agents — the younger one traded SECOND Pittsburgh Steelers talk with him — did he begin to realize agenda in wake of Newtown shootings just who was the target of their CHANCE investigation. Finally, the older agent leaned By Philip Rucker istration’s discussions. ties for carrying guns near Not long ago, Bruce in close and said, by Mr. Kiria- The Washington Post A working group led by schools or giving them to Arians, the Colts’ kou’s recollection, “In the inter- Vice President Joe Biden is minors, the sources said. est of full disclosure, I should WASHINGTON — The seriously considering mea- To sell such changes, the interim coach and tell you that right now we’re White House is weighing a sures backed by key law White House is developing former Steelers offensive executing a search warrant at far broader and more com- enforcement leaders that strategies to work around your house and seizing your prehensive approach to curb- would require universal the National Rifle Asso- coordinator, thought his electronic devices.” ing the nation’s gun violence background checks for fire- ciation that one source said career was over. Eleven On Jan. 25, Mr. Kiriakou, is than simply reinstating an arm buyers, track the move- could include rallying sup- scheduled to be sentenced to 30 expired ban on assault weap- ment and sale of weapons port from Wal-Mart and months later, nothing months in prison as part of a ons and high-capacity ammu- through a national database, other gun retailers for mea- could be further from nition, according to multiple strengthen mental health SEE CIA, PAGE A-5 people involved in the admin- checks, and stiffen penal- SEE GUN, PAGE A-6 the truth. Sports, D-1 CLOUDY, Automotive ................G-7 Editorials ....................B-2 Mortgages .................F-6 Real Estate ................ F-1 Use this square barcode to access BREEZY Books.........................B-5 Forum ........................B-1 Movies .......................E-2 The Region .................A-9 on-the-go news with your smart phone. Bridge ........................B-6 Horoscope ................ 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We’d be in the are considered property of the Ms. Wade’s mother, Sharon Jordan, ing more than a dozen stranded courtroom a lot more often.” municipality where they origi- himself early Wednesday at motorists to safety during an “You have two professional nate, the county said Saturday. his North Point Breeze home expressed shock and anger upon being August 2011 flash flood on Wash- officers out there responding to The county declined to in the midst of a standoff with informed of the 911 call. She said that a ington Boulevard that killed a call dozens of times in an eight- respond to detailed questions the SWAT team, during which four people. hour shift, and every one’s han- about how its 911 workers han- he told them he had killed Ms. homicide detective told her around 5 p.m. Police union president Sgt. dled the same. You take it as far dled Ms. Wade’s call. Wade. Michael LaPorte said his under- as you can take it,” Sgt. LaPorte County Executive Rich Sources say Mr. Brown also Saturday that her daughter had called 911 standing was that the officers said. Fitzgerald said he did not have tossed police a note which sug- the day before her body was discovered, “did everything by the book.” The city did not respond to all the information available gested that officers might have “I’m sure whatever she said questions about its protocols Saturday night to respond thor- been able to save Ms. Wade. and that officers had spoken to the man [in the 911 call] they weighed to regarding handling discon- oughly and that he preferred to Police are exploring the possibil- believed to be her killer. “If you hear this see if it was credible informa- nected 911 calls or whether the withhold comment until he had ity that might have been a refer- tion.
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