Cortez May Face 132 Years in Slammer Crime Up, Murder Down in Durham

THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990 DUKE UNIVERSITY DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA CIRCULATION: 15,000 VOL. 85, NO. 116 Cortez may face 132 years in slammer By CHRIS O'BRIEN In September, The Chronicle On Wednesday, members of Mauro Cortez could face up to revealed he was being investi Florida Governor Bob Martinez's 132 years in jail as a result of six gated and Cortez bolted the Dur legal staff said a request for ex indictments handed down last ham area. tradition from North Carolina week by a federal court. The U.S. A manhunt ended with Cor Governor Jim Martin would be Middle District Court in Greens tez's capture in late January in processed within two weeks, and boro indicted Cortez on three Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. at the car could lead to Cortez's return to counts of using a false name and rental office where he worked. Durham in early April. false birth date to obtain lines of Since his arrest, Cortez has been The U.S. Attorney's office sent credit from the Duke University in Florida's North Broward a detainer last week to the prison Federal Credit Union and County Detention Complex. Cor where Cortez is being held, ac Wachovia Bank and Trust Co., tez has continued to fight extra cording to Stone. A detainer in for a total of six charges, each of dition by twice refusing to waive forms Florida state officials that which carry up to two-year his right to an extradition federal charges have been prison terms, according to U.S. hearing. See MAURICE on page 31> Attorney John Stone. A North Carolina grand jury handed down 12 indictments against Cortez in November for which he could receive 10 years Extra funds should aid in jail for each if convicted. The credit union filed a civil suit last April against Cortez to teaching, UFCAS says recover over $6,000 in delinquent payments. For three years Cortez posed ByTOMCURLEY likely to propose raising grad as the baron Maurice Jeffrey The recommendations of a ually the undergraduate ceil Locke de Rothschild, a member University committee study ing from 5,700 to 5,900, ac of the wealthy French banking ing undergraduate enrollment cording to enrollment commit are not due for another tee chair Lawrence Evans, BOB KAPLAN/THE CHRONICLE and winemaking family. The FBI and Duke Public Safety began in month, but the Under chair of the physics Squirrel stalker I vestigating charges of fraud graduate Faculty Council of department. Zach the Tabby prowls campus in search of rodent morsels. against de Rothschild last sum- Arts and Sciences (UFCAS) Because each additional un has already decided it would dergraduate could be accom like a say in how money from modated without significantly increased enrollment is spent. affecting existing budget UFCAS yesterday over costs, the University could Crime up, murder down in Durham whelmingly approved a reso gain roughly $10,000 per ad lution by Victor Strandberg, ditional student after finan an English professor, which cial aid contributions are ByJAYEPPING Sergeant T.M. Deck, a member of those assualts were in the city, proposes that if under taken out. Thus if 200 more There were fewer murders in the police department's crime up from 292 two years ago. graduate enrollment in undergraduates were added to Durham city and county last analysis division. A study Deck performed of last creases, the revenues genera the student population, it year, but the total number of There was also an increase year's crime statistics showed ted go toward improving un could mean an additional $2 reported crimes increased, ac during the summer months, the most of the assault victims were dergraduate teaching. Among million in revenues, Evans cording to the Durham County "peak time" for crimes, Deck over age 45, while most ofthe as those improvements said. sheriffs department and the said. "The kids are out of school. saulters were between 18 and 25. Strandberg suggested were li Strandberg, also a member Durham police department. When they are out of school is Older victims are seen as less brary service, computer of the enrollment committee, There were 12,571 crimes when they get into more trouble." likely to become involved and resources, facilities and said the proposed increase in reported in Durham city and Only 14 murders were less able to resist the assault, he greater equity in faculty undergraduates would not county last year, up from the reported in the city and county explained. salaries. lead to an overly congested 11,800 reported in 1988. A num last year, down from 21 the pre Drugs also played a part in the Undergraduate enrollment campus. "It seems clear we ber of factors, including an in vious year. The law enforcement increase of assaults, Deck added. recently has been under the are not requesting an increase crease in people reporting crimes departments can't take much "That's a way for a person who's scrutiny of a committee com in the crowding," he said. and more drug-related crimes, credit for the decrease however, addicted to get some real quick posed of administrators, Initial criticism of caused the increase, according to said Lt. C.W. Crabtree of the cash." faculty and students that was Strandberg's proposal by UF Durham County Sheriffs There was a significant in appointed by President Keith CAS members centered on the Department. crease in the number of car Brodie in November. The com issue of his resolution being "These violent crimes are not thefts, especially in the county. mittee, which will present its premature. Not only has the crimes that are affected by law Car thefts in the county in recommendations in April, is See UFCAS on page 12 ^ enforcement so much. They are creased 33 percent, rising from crimes of passion. Someone gets See CRIME on page 12 • mad," Crabtree said. "We could have law enforcement officers on every corner and they would still happen. Report outlines advising problems "They did go down and we're happy about that, but we don't By BETSY KAISER sult with their advisor at times ment an advising team, in which have much control over it." Individual departments must other than just during registra a group of advisors consisting of By comparison, 80 murders take the initiative to improve ac tion, it noted. either professors or majors in the were reported in Charlotte last ademic advising for majors, ac The report recommended that department would be available year, a new record for the area. cording to a recently released departments implement a "fast for consultation during pre-regis Crabtree attributed the differ study. track or express service" for tration, the report said. The di ence to population size: Charlotte The study, released last Janu "routine pre-registration rector of undergraduate studies has a population of 373,000; Dur ary, was conducted by the Under advising". This "express service" See ADVISING on page 3 • ham city and county have graduate Faculty Council of Arts would be a set period of time in 180,000. and Sciences (UFCAS). The which students could get their Contrasting with the decrease Council surveyed 386 under courses approved quickly with in murders was the large in graduates in a 1988 phone sur out an appointment. Weather crease in the number of reported vey. This "fast-track" planning sys assaults. That crime nearly dou Students should be able to tem was recommended as an op South-bound: At last. bled, from 291 in 1988 to 535 last choose which adviser is assigned tion for students who do not need High around 60 with probable year. The city figures represent to them, the report recom to consult with an adviser, ac rain. You won't be tan unless only aggravated assaults. Three mended. Departments should cording to the UFCAS report. you head for Florida. hundred and eighty-seven of also encourage students to con Departments could also imple PAGE 2 THE CHRONICLE FRIDAY, MARCH 9,1990 World & National Newsfile Associated Press Colorful arguments open Poindexter trial AIDS inmates segregated: A proposal intended to end segregation of By DAVID JOHNSTON that Poindexter was innocent and of Congress and making false statements N.Y. Times News Service Colorado prison inmates who test posi "committed no crimes at all, none at all." to Congress. tive for the AIDS virus has been WASHINGTON — In a sometimes fiery Poindexter, who was President Ronald If convicted on all counts he faces a rejected by a federal judge who found and indignant opening argument, the Reagan's national security adviser, is the maximum penalty of 25 years in prison the plan unfair to uninfected inmates. chief prosecutor in the Iran-Contra trial highest official of that administration to and a fine of $1.25 million. of John Poindexter said Thursday that he stand trial in the Iran-Contra case. The lawyers' opening statements fol would show that the former White House A former Navy rear admiral, Poindex lowed a ruling Thursday by U.S. District Travel COStS tO rise: President official lied to Congress and engaged in ter was one of Reagan's top military and Bush announced a national transpor Judge Harold Greene permitting Oliver criminal "cover-up, deception and foreign .affairs aides and saw the presi tation policy that would cost travelers North, the former National Security concealment." dent virtually every day, often alone. more and increase local governments' Council aide, to testify on a wide array of But Poindexter's chief defense lawyer, Poindexter is also the last of the origi share in meeting air, land and sea Iran-Contra matters.

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