European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3k-town terrorized by elusive serial rapist from Page 1 said that he has ripped jeans off his victims and shredded underwear into strips with his Bare hands. He usually attacks his victims from behind. And in police argon he always a physically assaults his victims before he rapes them. Osi officials at Ramstein a wont specify How he assaults the women. At least one woman was badly beaten in a recent attack a police source said. The longest stretch Between attacks has been seven months although they often Are separated by three to five months. The most recent attack occurred Jan. 25 in the Metzenberg area. Besides the Osi other Law enforcement agencies investigating the rapes and attempted rapes Are the army criminal investigation come also known As Cid and Kaiserslautern City and county police. Only in january 1989 did the various groups realize that they All might be looking for the same Man. A the original problem was that everyone was working independently and nobody was talking a Taylor said. A we weren to finding out about these things. Then we started talking started putting things  the cooperation led to the formation of a joint . And West German task Force. Now every sexual assault that involves a Black suspect is referred to the task Force for review. The investigation occasionally has focused on the . Military Community because the suspect Speaks English and has sometimes committed his crimes in Battle dress uniform. An american Soldier assigned to Kaiserslautern described his Brush with the investigation. A you would go in to work and you a be in formation and they told us to take our shirts off to Check for scratches. Nobody could leave. On a second time they came in and checked our faces a the Soldier said. All soldiers regardless of race were examined because of the potential for racial discrimination complaints . Sources said. But another form of racial discrimination follows Blacks around As Long As the rapist is free. Army staff sgt. Edward Downing who is Black no longer runs in the morning because he is afraid he will be mistaken for the rapist. Possibly related sexual assaults in the Kaiserslautern area police believe most of the following 22 attacks could have been committed by the same Man. 1987 feb.23 8 30 . Sembach a 1988 june 1 3 25 . Kaiserslautern May 5 8 50 . Eckenbach cont june 7 9 00 . Neu Emsbach Altenborn june 22 5 00 . Sembach a july 23 4 55 . Sembach a dec.23 8 00 . Vogel Weh sept. 20 1 45 . Kaiserslautern dec. 29 5 00 . Kaiserslautern oct. 2 9 30 . Kaiserslautern 1989 Jan. 5 8 30 . Eckenbach nov. 12 5 30 . Vogel Weh Altenborn nov. 16 5 55 . Kaiserslautern aug. 13 1 05 . Kaiserslautern dec. 5 6 00 . Mehlinger aug. 14 12 45 . Kaiserslautern 1988 Jan. 20 7 45 . Vogel Weh sept. 13 6 30 . Kaiserslautern feb. 27 10 15 . Otterberg oct. 19 9 20 . Vogel Weh March 7 10 30 . Kaiserslautern 1990 Jan.25 7 00 . Kaiserslautern $6,000 Reward offered authorities Are offering a 10,000 Mark or $6,000, Reward for information leading to the a town rapist s arrest a information will be handled in strict Confidence police say and should be directed to one of the following agencies a Public prosecutors office Kaiserslautern 0631-714253 a task Force of the Kaiserslautern criminal police 0631-81468 a air Force office of special investigations Ramstein a 06371-43258 or ets 480-5409 or 2095 a Osi Sembach a 06302-3348 ets 496-7490a criminal investigation come Kaiserslautern 0631-501 or Downing has Many of the physical characteristics attributed to the rapist. The realization hit Home during a 5 . Run through Vogel Weh last year when he came upon a woman getting into her car. From her shocked look and hurried attempts to get into the car Downing knew that she thought he was the rapist. A i Hope they catch him soon a Downing said. A a in a angry with him for causing so Many  authorities relative silence about the rapes has frustrated Many americans. Those looking into the Case said that revealing too Many details could hamper their investigation. But some area residents have turned to the Rumor Mill for information and vigilante action for rape prevention. Many unconfirmed stories in the information hungry Community circulate about supposed attacks on children. Another Rumor claimed that the rapist had attacked a woman As she entered her Vogel Weh apartment. When one Vogel Weh resident heard that Rumor she warned her stairwell neighbors with Handwritten notes left in mailboxes and posted on bulletin boards. A if i did no to do my part i would feel really bad if someone had gotten raped and i Hadnot done what i did a she said. A we arc left in the dark. We done to know what a going on today and its the unknown that worries people. You get  a Wvogel Wehs a wide open a her husband said noting that the rapist a can come through housing anytime he  an army specialist assigned to Kaiserslautern and several friends took a lesson last year from the Charles Bronson film a death  armed with baseball bats and 2-by-4 boards they cruised through Vogel Weh about twice an evening for six weeks in a pickup truck to catch the rapist in the act. They conducted their searches until boredom set in. A we were definitely looking. Most of us Are country boys and we done to believe in this kind of thing rapes where we come from a the would be vigilante said. A we thought if we found him wed take care of  he added that he and his friends would have turned him Over to the police if they had caught a suspect in the act a but we would have had our shots at him  because a suspect Hasni to been arrested local agencies Are urging women to avoid walking alone at night and to stay away from dark wooded areas. Social help Law enforcement and mental health agencies from the Kaiserslautern area recently held rape awareness seminars on the myths and truths about rape. And the investigation continues. A a it a ongoing a Taylor said. A we arc following every Lead every phone Call tracking Down every single Rumor. We never know if that a the one that a going to solve  refines its new enlisted evaluation system by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a changes ahead for the 11-month-old air Force enlisted evaluation system will stress individual performance and attempt to halt inflated scores the services top no says. Although officials have praised the new system some problems arose soon after it went into effect May 1. A immediately we got feedback that it Wasny to going As smooth As we hoped a said James Binnicker chief master sergeant of the air Force. One problem was that supervisors were not sure whether All raters would follow the same rules. Supervisors were concerned that if others continued to innate scores then anything less than the highest score could doom an airman a promotion. A the expectation in the old system was that you got a nine or you were a dirt bag a Binnicker said referring to the previous grading scale of one through nine. A we developed an entire generation of people p a a they did no to get a fire Wall apr airman performance report they were less than  with inflation affecting nearly All scores the process of choosing the Best airmen for promotion became a herculean Job for selection boards he said. About 22,000 master sergeants 58,000 technical sergeants and 114,000 staff sergeants were considered Fino Motif Nast year Binnicker said. Only one out of 10 could get promoted and there was a difference of less than one Point on the old apr evaluation Between those who got promoted and those who did no to. Additional changes to the new evaluation system should make it easier to pick the Cream of the crop Binnicker said. Refinements were developed by a Board of 14 chief master sergeants who met last fall. Only top performers under each senior Rater will get special recognition in the revised system. Senior raters will be Able to select a certain number of their airmen for pats or promotion advantage through Superior performance. Although airmen who get pats on their evaluation reports Are not guaranteed promotions the designation will offer them an advantage. The target Date for pats to begin is aug. 1. The revised system also shows raters that not All airmen Are top performers. Raters will receive a Chart that will give them an idea of How Many airmen Are expected to be considered for immediate promotion. For example 55 percent of a raters technical sergeants Are expected to receive the top score of five meaning they Are ready for immediate promotion. Thirty five percent should get a four signifying they Are ready for promotion. Five percent should be awarded a three meaning they Are satisfactory performers who should be considered for promotion. The air Force has built a margin of 5 percent into the Chart so that raters done to feel locked into the formulas provided for each Grade. A the expectation Chart is not a quota a Binnicker said. A a quota is a hard number that you can to exceed. We done to expect every shop and every office and every organization to Mirror this Chart. We would Hope  come  if a Section has a higher number of exceptional performers than shown on the Chart the commander must justify that Binnicker said. Also Only individuals who Are eligible for and Merit immediate promotion will receive endorsements by colonels or above on their evaluations. Binnicker said that those who try to correlate the ratings of the past with the new rating system will make the process More difficult than it has to be. A we fully expect that it will be turbulent and painful for a while until people get used to it until people understand it and until people accept it a he said. Another part of the revised evaluation concentrates on How the weighted airman promotion system is figured. A new formula for was gives More importance to recent performance reports and reduces the Impact of a less than Superior rating in someone a past. The first promotion cycles affected will be selections to technical sergeant and master sergeant in May. Another change affects those being considered for promotion to chief master sergeant and senior master sergeant. When reviewing records senior no boards will focus on the last 10 years of service rather than an entire career to place More importance on recent performance. The first Board to do that will meet this fall