European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 honeymoons Over for drug suspects a investigators Debra Williams and Larry Brown the Bride and Groom handcuff one of the suspects they arrested. Corunna Mich. Apr the Bride wore White a and a revolver. The band was called Spock which is cops spelled backward. Unsuspecting guests were asked to Check their guns at the door a the better to arrest them after the nuptials. Figuring its easier to make drug suspects come to you than to round them up police staged a wedding Friday Complete with undercover Bride Groom pastor and band and invited a group of suspects. A dozen people were arrested at the scene by saturday afternoon 16 were in custody. The Cue to begin the arrests the band played the �?T60s hit a i fought the  the arrested guests had received invitations to the wedding of a Large scale drug dealer who had been a drug buying customer of theirs. But Groom a Danny Browne actually was Lacy Brown an undercover investigator. The Bride a Debbie Leno a was Flint police officer Debra Williams. The brides father crime Boss a fast Eddie Leno a was Davison township police chief de Boyce. At the door of the reception Hall in Corunna West of Flint a sign asked guests to Check their guns or leave them outside. Those guests who were really undercover police hid theirs instead. After the vows the toasts and the dancing the band played a i fought the Law a the Cue for port Huron police sgt. Phil Mccarty to announce that All police officers should stand up. Most of those still seated were arrested. A no this is real. You re really under arrest a Mccarty told the stunned suspects. Hiawassee county sgt. Vic Wasylyshyn headed the five month undercover investigation. But Brown an undercover officer for nearly 20 years organized the wedding so he could retire with a bang. Hiawassee county sheriff . Lajoye said he expects More arrests in the next few Days on charges of delivering marijuana cocaine Ltd and other drugs. Warrants allege that since May Brown bought drugs from 54 people in the county leading dealers to believe he worked for an even bigger organization headed by the fictional fast Eddie Leno. Retired Flint police sgt. Michael Parrish posed As the Rev. Billy Ray Hawk and performed the service. Browne a wife Beth posed As maid of Honor. Items for the wedding and reception were paid for by the police officers or donated by merchants. The owners of the Hall where the wedding was staged Learned of the sting Only moments before it took place. Some of those taken to the Hiawassee county jail picked up matchbooks off the tables. They were printed with the names of the Bride and Groom and a thank you for sharing our  a there was no intent to humiliate them a said Brown a former police officer who works undercover for various agencies. A we just did no to want them to be suspicious. This was not fun it was Good police  claim Exxon knew hospitals can of skipper s drinking problems ,0�� Anchorage Alaska a Federal prosecutors say Exxon corp. Knew for years about charges that Exxon Valdez skipper Joseph Hazelwood regularly hosted drinking parties and tossed his empty whiskey bottles overboard. According to the government Exxon corp. Knew As Early As 1985 that Hazelwood was diagnosed with two medical problems a episodic alcohol abuse and a Type of mood disturbance or depression called dysthymia. The government also accused Exxon of failing to Monitor Hazelwood after he was treated for alcohol abuse in 1985. Monitoring would have revealed that he had continued to drink while on duty up to the Day of the Valdez wreck the prosecutors said. A the Exxon medical department had a duty to ensure that Hazelwood was fit to command Oil tankers a prosecutors said. They called his alcohol abuse and dysthymia problems a a serious and a known to impair  these allegations and others about Hazelwoods alleged on Board drinking were contained in the governments response to Exxon a request that All criminal counts against it be dropped. Exxon was indicted in february on five counts related to the March 1989 spill. If convicted the company could be fined More than $600 million. The Exxon Valdez struck a charted reef and dumped nearly 11 million Gallons of North slope crude Oil into alaskan Waters. Tens of thousands of Birds and mammals died in the nations worst Oil spill. Court papers said that 19 months before the grounding Exxon lawyers heard allegations that Hazelwood had regularly held drinking parties aboard ships tossing empty bottles overboard. A it was a bad joke in the Fleet that it was capt. Hazelwood and his chief mate Jack Daniels that run the ship a court papers filed by department of Justice lawyers said. They said Exxon shipping company a president Only reluctantly agreed to give Hazelwood Back his Job As Tanker master after his treatment for alcohol. Prosecutors said had Exxon monitored Hazelwood it would have Learned he lost his Drivers License Only months before the Tanker disaster because of a conviction for driving while intoxicated. The prosecutors said Exxon Slegal staff knew about the captains problems for an even longer time a at least since 1982 when it handled a complaint that Hazelwood had a routinely been intoxicated while commanding the huge tankers. The indictment against Exxon corp. Charges it and its subsidiary Exxon shipping with violating the migratory Bird treaty act the refuse act the dangerous cargo act and the clean water act. Charges under the ports and Waterways safety act also accuse the company of negligence by failing to make sure its Crew was fit. Exxon corp. Has tried to distance itself from those charges saying its tankers Are the sole responsibility of the shipping subsidiary. By detailing its allegations against Hazelwood and Exxon a failure to know about or Stop alleged misconduct the government has attempted to bolster its Case that negligence at the top was a cause of the grounding. Prosecutors say Hazelwoods alleged impairment caused him to quit the Bridge the night of the Valdez grounding leaving a Tricky steering Man Uever to an unqualified third mate and a helmsman. The government said Hazelwood knew that the helmsman was incompetent. A Hazel Wood a absence from the Bridge was a direct cause of the grounding a prosecutors said. In March Hazelwood was acquitted of being drunk and reckless and was convicted of one Misdemeanour charge of negligent discharge of Oil. The conviction is under Appeal along with his sentence of $50,000 m restitution and 1,000 hours cleaning beaches at Prince William sound. The coast guard dismissed its Case against Hazelwood in August. New York up a fear of working with aids infected patients has made it so difficult to fill some specialized jobs at new York City hospitals that one of them is offering Caribbean vacations to any employee who recruits such staffers a published report said saturday. New York Hospital is offering the vacations and a grand prize trip to Europe to employees who help find people for Nard to fill jobs such As physical and occupational therapists and lab technicians. A people done to want to enter the lab Field because of aids a Marvin tester manager of the hospitals lab operations told the sept. 24 edition of the weekly Crains new York business. Other hospitals with similar problems have offered to pay tuition for any student who promises to work at the Hospital after graduation. Some fund research for specialists and even allow them to use Hospital facilities for their private practice Crains said. A we can to afford not to do this a William a. Loco senior vice president of Beth Israel medical Center told Crains. A we have to train our own people because there is no  Crains said staffing difficulties extend beyond nurse and doctor shortages to include physician assistants staff therapists lab technologists a Ray technicians and pharmacists