European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday july 21,1690guards say they never saw Barry use drugs Washington not a Quot appearing As the defense a first witnesses two of mayor motion s. Barryjr s bodyguards testified thursday in his triht1n.fe$ or Al court that they had never seen him use or posse amp drugs. But prosecutors sharply attacked the testimony of the bodyguards both police officers. They asserted that one officer James stays used co Cariie and the other Warren Goodwine requested a Transfer from the Security detail because of concern about the mayors Way of life. The police departments which provides Security for the mayor has refused to comment on the behaviour of any members of the mayors Security testified that he had never seen Barry or anyone else use drugs during a trip to the Virgin islands if March 1988. That contradicted earlier testimony by prosecution witnesses that Barry had used cocaine and marijuana frequently on the trip. On Cross examination prosecutors argued that stays testimony was questionable saying he was biased because of his close association with the mayor. One of the prosecutors Judith Retchin then told the t court a the government has evidence that this witness Sta sized her affixation was denied by r. Kenneth Mundy Btty Rye a Lead defence Breyer and stays testified that be had never been involved stays part of the mayor s for 11 years also contradicted testimony Ven earlier by juy prosecution witness Rasic fila Moore. R Moore who was in the Vista hotel room where undercover. Aeilts videotaped Barry smoking crack testified that stays once handed her an envelope from Barry that contained Money with which she was to buy drugs. She also said that stays had chauffeured her about town in the mayors limousine had done baby sitting for her children and once had urged her not to use drugs with the mayor. A live never a stays said when asked about her allegations Goodwine testified that he also had made the March 1988 trip to the Virgin Island with Barry and had witnessed no drug use. A a he disputed earlier testimony by witnesses that Barry had used cocaine and marijuana on a Sailboat. A third defense witness Darrell Hardy a City youth employment specialist also took the stand thursday to contradict earlier testimony by Moore. Moore told the court during her week on the stand that Barry had helped her obtain a youth Job training contract with the City then had cancelled it after two years when the rebuffed a sexual Advance. Flardy said the contract was awarded on the merits of the program and that it Wasny to cancelled at the end of its second year. It was was Root renewed he testified because Moore did not apply in time. R at the Start of thursdays court session judge Thomas Penfield Jackson turned Down a final defense Effort to have four of the counts against the mayor dismissed. He gave Only Brief reasons for turning Down the request say my the prosecution had made a reasonable Case for continuing the Virginia executes killer of neighbor from Page 1 indication other Toljan the Mere fact of their Security clearances that this is intelligence related a Williams said. All six hold top secret clearances. Counterintelligence investigations Are Standard procedure if a Soldier charged with a crime had Access to top secret information within the previous 12 months Williams sited. According to another Soldier in their unit the six left Augsburg about two weeks ago to search for the Antichrist the biblical figure who some believe will Challenge cup St a second coming and spread Universal evil they also told a Tennessee Man who sold them a used Van that they were going to Pensacola fla., because they believed the rapture would occur in that area in october. Fundamental christians believe the rapture will signal the end of the world and the ascent of the faithful into heaven. The six supposedly belong to a cult called a the end of the world a which apparently has other members in the Augsburg area the Soldier from their unit said. Padilla Laid military officials have not been Able to verify the existence of any such organization. The desertion charges could be downgraded during the course of the investigation Padilla said. Richmond a. Apr Richard t. Boggs was put to death thursday night in Virginia a electric chair for the 1984 murder and robbery of an elderly widow who was serving him Tea. Boggs 27, was led into the death chamber at the state Penitentiary in downtown Richmond and administered two 55-Seo-Ond surges of2,500 volts each. He was pronounced dead at 11 07 . . District judge Richard i Williams turned Down Boggs request for a stay of execution thursday morning and a three judge panel of the 4th . Circuit court of appeals upheld the ruling late in the afternoon. The . Supreme court then denied an application for a stay of execution. The vote was 7-2, with the dissenters justices William Brennan and Thurgood Marshall who oppose the death penalty in All cases. Gov l. Douglas Wilder refused to commute Boggs sentence to life in prison. The execution was the Fust in the 6-month-old administration of the democratic governor a former death penalty opponent who successfully pushed for expansion of the state s capital punishment Law this year. The execution was the ninth since Virginia re instituted the death penalty in 1977 and the 135th nationwide since the . Supreme courts 1976 decision allowing states to resume capital punishment Boggs was visited by his Mother father sister brother and two ministers thursday afternoon said Deborah e. Groome acting operations officer at the state Penitentiary. Boggs was sentenced to death for the Jan. 25, 1984, robbery and slaying of his Portsmouth neighbor Treeby m. Shaw 87. She had just poured Tea for Boggs when he beat her with a Metal bar and stabbed her. Boggs told police he killed the woman whom head known All his life because he needed Money for drugs. He took Diamond rings from her fingers and family Silver from the House. Police found the Silver in the trunk of Boggs car when he was arrested in february for killing a Man in a hit and run Accident Boggs was convicted of first degree murder for that crime and sentenced to 30 years in from Page 1 on the Richter scale two of the dead were americans. De Jesus said More than 1,800 people were rescued from the wreckage of 27 buildings including eight hotels severely damaged or destroyed during the Crno Lor. He said another 129 people died in surrounding bang get province. The latest figures brought the number killed in the quake to at least 608 with More than 1,200 others injured. The toll was expected to Rise As new reports of casualties were still being received four Days after the quake. About 190 people were believed buried in ruins of seven other hotels and in a factory in Baguio that caught fire after the quake do Jesus said. Rescuers feared most were dead. Defense Secretary Fidel Ramos said there were indications More deaths May have occurred in the Northern province of Nueva Vizcaya than the 27 so far reported. Soda welfare Secretary Mita Pardo de Tavera said More than 70 people May have been killed in Nueva Vizcaya although the reports were still being verified. Ramos said about 900 motorists were believed stranded by landslides along the National Highway alone the Border Between Nueva Ecija Ana Nueva Vizcaya province about 100 Miles North of Manila. . Marines and the philippine air Force planned air missions Friday to Rescue passengers in about 50 buses trucks and cars stranded along the Kennon Road a major Highway near Baguio 110 Miles North of from Page 1 much for his confident cocky Demeanour As for his Long list of records and achievements including his record 4,256 hits appeared shaken earlier even before he Learned the result of his having pleaded guilty to two felony tax charges on april 20. Already banned from baseball because of gambling allegations Rose listened his face flushed As Spiegel explained to the filled to capacity courtroom the reasoning behind his decision. A we must recognize a the judge said a that there Are two people Here Pete Rose the living legend the Al time hit Leader and the idol of millions and Pete Rose the individual who appears today convicted of two counts of cheating on hts taxes. A today we Are not dealing with the legend. History and the tincture of time will decide his place among the All time greats of baseball. With regard to Pete Rose the individual he has broken the Law admitted his guilt and stands ready to pay the Given an Opportunity to speak before pronouncement of the sentence Rose 49, said a i would like to say that i am very sorry. I am very shameful to be Here today in front of his voice quavering he continued in a halting delivery a i think pm perceived As a very aggressive arrogant Type of individual. But i want people to know that 1 do have emotion. "1 do have feelings and i can be Hurt like everybody else. And 1 Hope no one has to go through what i went through the last year and a half. I lost my dignity 1 lost my self respect 1 lost a lot of dear fans and almost lost some very dear friends Quot moments later Spiegel handed Down two five month sentences one for each count. The sentences Are to run concurrently without possibility of parole. The judge also ordered that after the five months in prison Rose must serve three months in a Community treatment Center or a Halfway House As part of a one year supervised release the judge said Rose s Community service must include at least 20 hours a week during his supervised release. The judge designated inner div elementary schools As Wen As a Cincinnati boys club As the Sites where Rose must serve his 1,000 hours. J Spiegel ordered Rose to continue to receive psychiatric help for what Rose has come to describe As a gambling addiction. Rose must continue the therapy until Mec ucal officials deem it no longer necessary the judge ordered. The judge recommended that Rose serve his five month sentence at the Ashland by Federal correctional institution Camp. Ashland is about 160. Miles Southeast of Cincinnati where Rose was Boro and raised and played the better part of his 24-year major league career. The judge gave Rose a stay of the sentence so Rose could have surgery on a knee he injured when playing Ball at Liis wife s family reunion in Indiana last weekend. Rose must report to Ashland by midday aug. 10, unless the court gives permission for further medical leave. The judge said that Only time would Tell if Rose will Ever be restored to his former position of Honor in baseball. More specifically Only baseball commissioner Fay Vincent will determine if Rose will be allowed to return to the games official family. Last aug. 24, Vincent a predecessor the late a. Bartlett Giamatti banned Rose then the manager of the reds from baseball for life after completing an investigation of allegations that Rose bet on baseball games. Rose was eligible to apply for reinstatement after a year a the eligibility Date would be aug. 24 a but has indicated he will not do so. As part of the plea agreement Rose has paid the government $366,042.86 in additional taxes interest and penalties. It was determined that he actually owed $ 162,703.15 in taxes a figure that played a key Ait in Spiegell a determination of the sentence. Because Rote pleaded guilty to having filed false claims in 1987 As Wel As in 1985, his sentence came under the 1987 Federal sentencing guidelines established by the government of nov. 1 of that year in a Effort to assure uniformity and fairness in sentences. Under those guidelines. Rose Given the amount he owed was placed on the government s guideline Grid at offence level 13. Offence level 13,for a person who like Rose had no criminal history stipulates a sentence of 12 to is months. But roses expressions of remorse and acceptance of responsibility for his actions allowed Spiegel to place Rose on a lower offence level if he so desired. The judge put Rose at offence level 11, thus allowing a lighter sentence
