Peterson Released Early, Heads Home to New Jersey
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An Associated Collegiate Press Pacemaker Award Winner FRIDAY January 7' 2000 • Volume 126 THE • Number 23 Review Online Non-Profit Org. 1vww. review. udel. edu U.S. Postage Paid ewark, DE Permit No. 26 250 Student Center • University of Delaware • Newark, DE 19716 FREE The night the lights went out on Newark BY DAWN E. MENSCH connected to the Y2K bug in any P o li ce monito red busy typically has about six officers, was Senior News Editor way, Vitelli said. i ntersection s and directed traffic. called into work earl y," he said. Just a few minutes after 7 p.m. on With no power, restaurants o n F lares warned drivers to be careful There were no other reported Wednesday night , the city of Main Street were forced to stop at the minor intersecti ons. incidents s uch as accidents or Newark went dark. serving food. But c rowds still Cpl. Mark Farrall, of th e Newark looting. Farrall said a rash of crime City officials said a lightning remained. P o li ce Department, said extra in the cit y during a power outage reactor located o n Elkton Road "We served the tic kets we officers were call ed in to assist with wou ld have surprised him. failed, which caused a section of the already had in, but did not take any the e mergency. The only problems "I don't think we live in the kind city's power to go out. A glitch in more ," said D arre n Carpenter, a reported to the police were of community where there would be the relay system created a citywide manager at Klondike Kate's. malfunc tio ning security alarms and looting," he said, "especially during blackout. The restaurant did not have any traffic concerns. this sho rt a power outage." Ric k Vitelli , Newark's electric generators but there was some back "The dispatch ce nter was hit While it is common for the power d irec tor, said the cit y provides up lighting. The bar, illuminated by pretty hard with people calling to to occasional l y go out, thi s e lectricity to about I 0,200 candles, remained o pen. Carpenter report power outages," he said. widespread failure is unusual. c u stom e rs. H e said power was said it was operating only throug h Extra officers were called in to Vitelli said the o u tage s h ou ld restored to about 75 percent of the cash transactions. he lp direct traffic. Delaware have been isolated, o nly affecting city within 55 minutes . All the Curious onlookers loitered o n the Department of Transportation ab out a quarter of the c ity. But a lights were back on shortly after 9 streets, asking for information as to bro ught in generators t o p ower failure in the line, coupled with the THE REV lEW/ Mike Louie p.m. what caused the mysterious powe r majo r inter ection , Farrall said. The failure of a lightning reactor on Elkton Road caused The power o utage was not failure. " The midni g ht hi ft, wh ich see POWER page A7 a two-hour blackout in Newark Wednesday night. Grad student, Peterson released prof injured early, heads home in automobile to New Jersey BY JOHN YOCCA sentence of only two years in prison. National/State News Editur Junior Brandon Bies said he doesn' t accidents Bri a n C. Peterson w as released think it 's fa ir that Peterson g ot an from prison Tuesday after spending 17 ea r ly re lea e, let a lon e a lig ht mo nths in a De laware correctional sentence. fac ility. "I think it's ridicul ous," he said. ·'I Grad student run over by Pe te rson , n ow 2 1 , was released think he should have at least been in from the John L. Webb Correctional jail for 20 years." truck while riding bike Facility at Prices Corner earlier than Junior Laura Stephens also said she his sentence called for, officials said. fe lt Peterson's sentence was ludicrous As he walked as a free man for the and that he should have served much BY HIDE ANAZAWA fi rs t time i n almos t two y ears, more time. Staff Reporter P e t e r son put hi s a rm around his "He's getting off rea l easy," she A university graduate student on her bicycle was mother, quietly walked to a Lex us ami said ... I t hink ~0 year \.1-o uld h ave run over by a truck as she rode down Main Street on left for his home in Wyckoff, N.J. been fine. He still ki ll ed his child. It Dec. 8. In front of his affluent New Jersey doesn' t maner if he pleaded guilty." Yunae H wan g , 24, was riding west when a s uburban home, Pe terson read a D e p a rtme nt o f C o rrectio n freightliner truck to her left inched statement to reporters. spokeswoman Eli zabeth Welc h s aid toward h e r in avoidance of an ,_............... ....,.. .............. _, "I want ever yo ne to know how Peterson was re leased 125 days earlier approaching vehicle in tl·.e far left sorry I am for my part in the tragic than his original re lease date of May lane, Newark Poli ce said. See events that occurred three years ago," 9,.2000. Hwang - according to a Newark relate a he said. "I am very happy to be home We lch said there are two ways an Police report - was caug ht with my family and loved ones and I inmate can have his entence reduced. between the freightliner on her left look forward to resuming my life." '·The y can ea rn 'good time' fo r -an<Lparked cars on her right. As she In 1998, Peterson, a long with his behaving appropriately and also fo r rode, the truck neared her and hig h sc h ool s we e thea rt, for mer participating in prison programs and directed her into a parked car. university stude nt Amy Grossberg. doing work." she said. After she fell to the ground, the truck's right rear pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the Peterson received 60 day off o f hi s tire ran her over. Hwang was taken to C hristiana Novembe r 1996 death of th eir scheduled M ay 9 release date for good Hospital's emergency room, the report said . n ewborn son and dis pos ing o f the b e h a vio r and 60 days o ff fo r Because of doc tor-patie n t confidentia lity , the body in a motel Dumpster off Route partic ipatin g in p rison program . details of Hwang' s sta tus cannot be disclosed to 896. Welch said. The case made nationa l headlines N ow that he is ho me, the state of see STUDENT page A4 in part beca u se Grossbe rg and New Je rsey w ill monitor Pe te rson . P e terson both came from we ll -off Welch said. families in a n affluent Ne w Jersey "He will be assig ned a probatio n Soles seriously injured suburb. officer who wi ll set te rms · a nd Prosecutors o riginally charged th e conditions for hi s probatio n and send pair wi th firs t- degree murde r. and Delaware progress reports.'' she said. in parking lot incident A tto rne y Gene ral J a ne Brady However. We lch aid, if Peterson anno unced that the state would seek violates any of the term hi probation BY PAUL MATHEWS the death penalty. office sets, De laware reserves the AdministraJi•• News Editor Courtesy of THE NEWS JOURNAL But due to his coope ra tio n w ith rig hts to b ring him back and ta ke Politica l s c ience professor James R . Soles was Brian Peterson was released from prison Thesday. a u th orities , Pete rson received a nece ary acti ons. seriously injured in a car accident in the parking lot of Chesmar Plaza on Dec. 7, officials said. 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