European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 26, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Miami policeman gets 7 years in prison Miami apr a police officer was sentenced wednesday to seven years in prison for the deaths of two Black men in an incident that ignited three Days of racial violence a year ago. William Lozano. 31. Was convicted last month on two counts of manslaughter for fatally shooting an unarmed Black motorcyclist on a Street in the Overtown Section sending the vehicle crashing into a car and killing the motorcycles passenger. Lozano shot and killed motorcyclist Clement Lloyd. 23. As he fled from a police car pursuing him for running a Slop sign. Lloyd s passenger. Allan Blanchard. 24. Died of injuries suffered when the motorcycle crashed. Quot this court cannot do perfect Justice in this  said Dade circuit judge Joseph Farina who called the deaths and resultant trial a Quot tragic  the colombian born officer showed Little reaction As the judge read the sen tence. His supporters cheered when Farina said the officer could remain free on s10,000 Bond pending appeals. The Jan. 16, 1989, deaths led to the City a fourth round of racial unrest in the 1980s. All the unrest was linked to the killings of Blacks by White officers. In two of those cases acquittals of the policemen had sparked racial violence and police braced for renewed rioting As Lozano s trial neared an end last month. But on dec. 7, a racially mixed jury convicted Lozano. After the sentence Lozano stared briefly at head prosecutor John Hogan but said nothing. Lozano thanked his supporters at a news conference later and predicted he would be vindicated through Appeal. Outside the courtroom Patricia Lloyd sister of the slain motorcyclist said Quot i wish it had been  Ray Fauntroy head of the Southern Christian leadership conference Here. Expressed disappointment with the sentence. Blacks a get seven year just for steal a of of bread a a ing a loaf of bread Quot Fauntroy said. Quot this officer was just Given a Pat on the Back. Hell be out in two or three years. Hogan who had recommended a 12-year sentence said he was satisfied. A it s a just sentence Quot he said. Lozano could have faced a punishment of 12 to 17 years under state sentencing guidelines. The convicted officer s Mother. Hay Dee Lozano recounted the family a struggles in the United states and said her son worked from the Lime he was 9 years old to help the family. Quot we arc not people to destroy but unite a she said through a translator. A leave my son  defense lawyers from the beginning bitterly criticized the Case As an Effort to Case racial tensions in Miami rather than give their client a fair trial. Boy still fears father who set him afire vows never to forgive him Buena Park. Calif. Apr David Rothon Borg will never forgive his father for setting him on fire saying wednesdays release of the Man who disfigured him leaves him terrified despite unprecedented measures to keep the Felon away. Quot i would like them to keep him in jail for the rest of his  David. 13, told reporters 15 hours after Charles Rothon Borg. 49. Was released from prison. David told a news conference at the Buena Park police department that he feared Rothon Borg May someday harm him again. Asked when he thought he would feel Safe he said. Quot when Charles  Quot obviously he is very concerned and he has every reason to be a state department of corrections spokesman Tipton Kincl said in Sacramento. Charles Rothon Borg. Wearing Blue jeans a Blue chambray shirt and an electronic Leash to Monitor his movements during three years probation Quot was escorted out of the prison by motor vehicle Quot at 12 40  said Kincl. Quot he is out on parole and he has reached his destination a the spokesman said declining to even disclose whether Rothon Borg was paroled within the United slates. A the said he was afraid and upset but he did t  David s face bears severe scars from the burning As Well As from repeated skin graft surgery and his fingers have been amputated to the first joint. He wore a los Angeles raiders Cap and sat on a Telephone Book to see Over a Bank of microphones at the news conference. Quot i want it known nationally that i done to Ever want to Sec my father again. I want to make it Clear to him Quot he  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Charles Rothenberg a i think he a a sick Man. I can to Sec Why he did this to his own son a said the boy who was 6 years old when his father set him on fire in a Buena Park Motel room in 1983. David expressed fear in an earlier interview and said he keeps a by gun by his bed just in Case. A a in a shoot his Eye out if he Ever came Over. Id Blind him a he said. A i will never forgive  David lives in Orange county with his Mother Marie and Stepfather Buena Park police it. Richard Hafdahl who helped investigate the fire. A the has nightmares that his dad is chasing him Down the Street a Hafdahl said. Asked what is being done to protect David Kincl said that if Rothon Borg is Ever a not where he a supposed to be then the family David will be notified  Hafdahl said he a also taken Security measures. A a he a under the most restrictive parole Ever for a California parolee a Kincl said. A the will be accompanied by a parole officer 24 hours a Day. We want to make sure that he is where he is supposed to be and that he has no Opportunity to come into Contact with his   a parole will Cost California taxpayers $ 18,000 a month. Rothon Borg set fire to his son after a Telephone argument in which his estranged wife said he would not be Able to Sec David again. Rothon Borg had taken the boy on a Holiday to Southern California from new York where the boy was living with his Mother. A if i can to have him nobody else can a Rothenberg said when arrested six Days later. Wearing a Lapel pin Reading a kids arc the nicest people he told arresting officers he was going to kill himself but was Loo much of a Coward. David dragged from the inferno by Motel guests suffered third degree Burns Over 90 percent of his body. Rothon Borg was convicted of attempted murder arson and other charges and got the maximum penalty a 13-Ycar prison term. The sentence was Cut in half because of Good behaviour. If convicted now Rothon Borg could have faced a life sentence. Laws at the time however required his release after less than seven years. William  halts execution of a Black widow Tallahassee Fla. Apr Florida so Black widow got a stay of execution from the state supreme court wednesday less than 20 hours before she was scheduled to die in the electric chair. The court said it will schedule briefs and arguments for Judi buc Nowano condemned for the fatal poisoning of her husband 19 years ago. The court has not ruled on whether Bueno no will get a new trial. Bueno no 46, was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband air Force sgt. James e. Goodyear soon after he returned from Vietnam. Goodyear a body was exhumed More than a decade after his death after Bueno no became a suspect in the 1983 Pensacola car bombing of her Boyfriend John Gentry. She was later convicted and Given a life sentence for the attack on Gentry who survived. _ Bueno no also received a life sentence after being found guilty of killing her 19-Ycar-old paralysed son Michael Goodyear by pushing him overboard during a 1980 Canoe trip. She is suspected but has not been charged of using arsenic to kill a common Law husband in Trinidad colo., in 1977. Jan. 26. 1950 a a nationwide strike against the Chrysler corp. By 89,000 United Auto workers demanding a pensions or pay increases began.30 years ago today Jan. 26, i960 a president Eisenhower met with Secretary of state Christian a. Her tar to discuss moves to offset the United Stales worsening relations with cuba.20 years ago today. Jan. 26, 1970 a West German Chancellor Willy Brandt said his country would stand by its commitment to offset the foreign Exchange costs of . Troops stationed there.10 years ago today. Jan. 26, 1980 a former beatle Paul Mccartney 37, was released from a Tokyo jail and deported from Japan after officials decided he had been a punished enough for allegedly trying to smuggle marijuana into jadan.10 Fla. Farm workers drown when Van Falls into canal clew1ston, Fla. Apr a farm Van carrying mexican migrant workers ran through a curve and into a Rural canal in heavy Early morning fog wednesday trapping and drowning 10 of the workers authorities said. A some of them had stuck their arms out trying to get out but the just did no to make it said sheriffs it. Bill Cham Ness. A when the deputies dived in to get them they were already  the Driver and one passenger escaped through windows As the Van Sank in 12 feet of water Chamniss said. The dead included nine men and one woman he said. Chamness said the Driver 28-year-old a Antilio Escobedo of Labelle a made no attempt to turn and he s driven this Road Many  a we think it was probably due to dense fog a Chamness said. Quot in the Accident area there a a curve. Evidently he got on the curve quicker than he thought and instead of turning he went straight into the  but Escobedo told investigators he lost control of the Van when the steering failed. Chamniss said the privately owned Van went straight for 50 Yards instead of making the curve on a Road about six Miles South of this Lake Okeechobee farm Community which is about 100 Miles Northwest of Miami