European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday thursday july 4/5, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7. Peoria 111. Apr wearing an a i love Peoria to shirt a american Gold Miner freed by colombian rebels after 61 Days returned to the United states and to his Illinois Hometown monday. He said his kidnappers had treated him a with great respect.�?�. Scott Heimdal 27, said earlier in Miami that he was trying to find words to thank those in his Hometown of Peona who helped his family raise the $60,000 Ransom they gave the communist Peoples liberation army to win Pis release Friday. A a everybody a been so supportive a even strangers people who done to know the family a he said a i owe a debt i probably will never be Able to  Heimdal first came to Miami International Airport with his Mother Marge. They flew to Chicago and then to Peona. It s a great feeling Quot to be Back Heimdal told a news conference in Peoria. He said that when his kidnappers got the Ransom Money they released him wishing him a Good  Heimdal said he had to convince his captors that his parents were not Rich after rebels Ransom demands became As High As $ 1.2 million. He said he finally convinced them his family did no to have that kind of Money. A in latin America there a this Conception that being from North America Means you re Rich a he said. He and his Mother were greeted at the Airport by about 100 friends and relatives carrying Welcome Home signs. The crowd applauded As Heimdal and his Mother entered the terminal with Peoria mayor Jim Maloof and his wife Trudy. At the Airport a Blue Van was decorated with 10 colourful balloons and signs saying a Welcome Home Scott and Marge and a Peoria welcomes  residents of Peoria a strangers and friends a helped the family raise the Ransom by holding bake sales and collecting donations. In Miami Heimdal recounted How he was kidnapped april 28 in northeastern Ecuador. A we were going Down River in a 30-foot Indian dugout Canoe when three men attacked us. They killed the Driver wounded the other Guy and took me hostage. They were looking to Kidnap a North american a he said. I. I up  5 \ Ltd Scott Heimdal is greeted by Sisters Linda left and Angie upon arrival at the Airport in his Hometown of Peoria Iii Heimdal said he initially feared for his life and was a run vnaiia/1 j 1 a 1 _ _ _. I apr a Chivu Lin Dilu was often moved among Remote Jungle locations along the Border guarded by As Many As 25 rebels. But As ume went on n was obvious Urey intention of harming me a Heimdal said.  Mission was Only to grab me and take me to where no one could find  a As rime went on it was obvious they had no air mis kidnappers initially demanded $612,000 from his employer the Small Gold misting company Minco. Mrs. Heimdal said the captors had demanded just $60,000 from the family despite reports that the amount raised would fall Short of that demanded. A it was strictly to finance their War against the colombian government a Heimdal said. Jury finds Sharpton innocent of larceny fraud new York apr the Rev. A1 Sharpton a flamboyant Black activist was acquitted monday of charges he stole Money from a Cfaft rights group he started As a teen Ager Aik then spent it on himself. The jury in a new York state court deliberated for less than six hours before finding Sharpton innocent on All counts of fraud and larceny said de Barbini a spokesman for the office of state attorney general Robert Abrams. The trial lasted almost two months. The state called More than 80 witnesses. The defense called none Sharpton was charged with stealing about $250,000 from the now defunct non profit National youth movement a a civil rights organization he started As a 16-year-old High school student a and spending it on himself. Had he been convicted he could have faced up to seven years in prison. A we accept the verdict of the jury. We could not ignore the body of evidence that pointed to improprieties at the National youth movement and we Felt it was our obligation to take these allegations before a jury a Barbini said. Assistant attorney general Victor Genecin charged in his summation that Sharpton Quot sold ideals a then cheated the people he was supposed to be helping. Sharpton a lawyer Alton Maddox said he was pleased with judge Joan Carey a handling of the Case. Maddox said the charges brought against his client were baseless and accused Abrams of acting out of vindictiveness because Sharpton had advised Tawana Brawley the Black teen Ager found by a grand jury to have concocted a tale of abduction and sexual assault at the hands of a gang of White men. Maddox 44, also represented Brawley. In May he was suspended from practising Law for refusing to appear before a grievance committee investigating his conduct in the widely publicized Brawley Case. The judicial panel let him finish the Sharpton Case. A a in a not worried about anything Quot Sharpton said after the jury retired a Acx cent maybe on which Side of the bars in a going to do my work. Pm not tied to any geographical  1u14uu11, new Florida Law . May ban Dwarf tossing targets Drivers for playing loud music Tallahassee Fla. Apr playing loud music on a car stereo could result in a $32 Fine under a Bill gov. Bob Martinez signed into Law monday. Drivers can be ticketed for playing a car stereo a plainly audible from at least 100 feet away. A plainly audible will be defined by the department of Highway safety and motor vehicles which also will establish regulations on How police will measure the sound. Motorists also could get ticketed if their a louder than necessary for the convenient 1. Persons inside the vehicle when near a school or Church. Exempted under the Law Are Law enforcement and business vehicles and those blaring political messages via Loudspeaker. Martinez also signed into Law a Bill that lets judges require drunk driving offenders to install a device that keeps a car from starting if the Driver has a blood alcohol level above 0.05 percent. A level of 0.10 is considered intoxication. The Bill a sponsor rep. John Renke said five other states have similar measures. The Laws take effect oct. 1. Albany . Apr gov. Mario Cuomo said monday that he wanted to study the controversial barroom activity of a Dwarf tossing before ruling on whether it should be outlawed. A measure to ban the australian born games of Dwarf tossing and a Dwarf Bowling Quot in new York was Given final legislative approval saturday and sent to the governor. A i can to anticipate not signing it a said Cuomo. Nonetheless the cautious governor said he Wasny to making any promises. A if they said you could toss female dwarfs but not male dwarfs then i  sign it a he said. Dwarf tossing involves a Competition to determine who can throw a Dwarf the farthest. In the Bowling version a Dwarf is strapped to a skateboard and pushed toward Bowling pins. Both activities have been banned in Florida. Under the new York Bill any bar or restaurant permitting the games could lose its liquor License. Sponsors of the measure said the games have been found in bars on Long Island and in new York City and Schenectady among other areas. A this is human exploitation of the worst son Quot said slate sen. Nicholas Spano a Republican who sponsored the Bill. Quot it perpetuates the belief that Little people belong in carnivals As objects of ridicule and entertainment. Reos Are no by Hospital aids Carrier convicted of child abuse Washington apr a Man infected with the aids virus was convicted monday of sexually abusing Young boys and deliberately exposing them to the disease. A Superior court jury convicted Michael a. Feaster 31, on 26 counts of enticing a minor indecent acts with a minor and sodomy of a minor leaving him liable to up to 300 years in prison. Because Feaster was infected with the his virus he originally was charged also with assault with a deadly weapon namely himself his bodily fluids and the virus. However that charge was later dropped because there was not enough evidence to convince a jury he had transmitted the virus to the boys. None of the children tested positive for the aids virus. Prosecutors alleged that Feaster kept a House for Young boys from 1987 to 1989 and engaged in sexual activity with six boys ranging in age from 9 to 15 years. Feaster gained the Confidence of vulnerable women who were often crack addicts and had them sign Over their sons to him . Attorney Jay b. Stephens said in a statement. Feaster promised that he would feed and clothe the children raise them in a Good Home and Send them to school. Sentencing was set for sept. 12