European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 4 the stars and stripes a or. / thursday june 27, 1991 in from wire reports. Miami Florida appeals court tuesday threw out the manslaughter conviction of a Miami police officer whose shooting of a Black motorcyclist touched off three Days of rioting in january 1989. In ordering a new trial for officer William Lozano the three judge panel said the highly charged trial had been a fundamentally the decision prompted expressions of Relief and jubilation from Lozano and sent Miami police into an a Alpha Bravo by late afternoon squads of officers in Lull riot gear were standing by outside the police station just blocks from the Boyertown neighbourhood where the shooting and rioting occurred. A a i Doit t anticipate any problems occurring tonight a said Miami police chief Calvin Ross. But clearly police were preparing for the worst. No disturbances were reported. Lozano was accused of deliberately firing his service revolver at an on coming motorcycle striking the Driver in the head and causing the death of a passenger in the subsequent crash. After a seven Weck trial a jury in december 1989 found him guilty of two counts of manslaughter. He was sentenced to seven years in prison but has remained free on $10,000 Bond. The trial of the colombian born Lozano increased tension Between Miami s latino and Black communities. The Driver and passenger on the motorcycle were Black. In recent years incidents involving Miami police killing Black men have touched off riots in 1980 and in 1982. A a a a in its ruling tuesday the 3rd third District. Court of appeals held that Dade circuit judge Joseph Farina erred when he refused to Grant a defense motion to move the trial. A a a a. A we simply cannot approve the result of a trial conducted As was this one in an atmosphere in which the entire Community a including the jury a was so obviously and. So justifiably concerned with the Dan ears which would follow an acquittal a the court said. Dade state attorney Janet Reno will Appeal the ruling to the Florida supreme court and if that fails retry Lozano. A a Quot a. A c Quot the overblown shooting on Jan. L v 1989, sparked three Days of racial violence. During the unrest one Mun was killed 11 people were injured 372 people arrested 13 buildings were burned and Many others darn a aged. A a a. A Programmer charged in scheme to Plant computer logic bomb rugged individualist a. Mike Roberts of Troy n.y., carries a carpet roil As he bikes along Troy s sixth Avenue last week. He said it was the Only available Way to transport the heavy Load. San Diego apr Federal agents tuesday arrested a former general dynamics computer Programmer accused of plotting to Plant a a logic bomb a that could have wiped out irreplaceable data. M a space missile project. A the was disgruntled and did no to tee he had been Given the recognition he thought he. Deserved Quot said William Landreth an agent with the defense criminal investigative service which led the investigation. ,. A. A Michael John Lauffenburger 31, was taken to the Federal jail and charged with one count of attempted computer fraud and one count of computer tampering. He pleaded not guilty and was held in lieu of $10,000 bail. If convicted Lauffenburger could face up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine on each count. A r t a a we be never known of a situation like this a a Landreth said a this is the most egregious attempted computer sabotage in be Ever seen involved a person in a position of a Welcome to High technology a said assistant t . A11orney Mitchell d e m bin the cases prosecutor. Quot our ability to use technology has far exceeded our ethical responsibilities in using a a co worker uncovered the Soje ailed computer logic bomb a kind of computer virus that is encoded hit of co m p u t c r comm a n is. The co work r had. Been trying to Access Zauft enuf Ger a computer memory Bank but was unable to get into one file in the computers. Memory system. A a the worker contacted Security and the logic bomb was detected and. Disabled Landreth said. Lauffenburger resigned from general dynamics on May 29 and is accused of planning to offer his services As a Consul to help the company reconstruct the lost material and determine what happened to it Landreth said. After leaving general dynamics laut Renburger worked As a computer Programmer for com Muni to care network of san Diego. Lauffenburger had been working on the billion Dollar Atlas missile space program. The Atlas was first developed in the 1950s As an intercontinental ballistic missile but has been used As an. Unmanned launch vehicle ,. Quot its very Remote that anything like this has Ever happened at general dynamics before a company spokesman Jack Isabel said. A there Are Security systems in place and i just done twant to comment beyond a a a a a a the logic bomb had been scheduled to go off at 6 May .24,. Over the Tong memorial Day weekend and then destroy itself Landreth said -. V the data targeted consisted of information Between. General dynamics and the Federal government a. A a it a questionable that some of this in formation could have Ever been reconstructed a Landreth said. A a a a a. A Mother accused of arranging girl s rape Ronald Lee Smith at a recent court appearance in Livingston Mont. Livingston Mont. A Doris Parsons Wax chatting in her dining loom with her a a next door neighbor when the visitor dropped a Bombshell her 11-year-old daughter was live months pregnant. Yet As Parsons remembers the woman did t seem upset. A to sitting Here with tears in Niv eyes All lore to pieces a Parsons her no emotion. She said. Til just have to raise it myself a Quot four Davs later the. .30-year-old neighbor was arrested and charged with arranging to hts tape other daughter. A a. Authorities said the Mother of three. A physically unable to have More children arranged a sexual encounter Between her live in Boyfriend and her 11-year-old. A a a a the Mother said that she have children and she asked the Daugh. Ter to sleep with the Boyfriend a Park county attorney Nels Swandi said. Her Boyfriend Ronald a Smith 34,. Was picked up in Butte on june 11 and charged with rape. Under Montana Law girls under 16 cannot legally consent to sexual Intercourse. A a. A t a a a a a. A a a a t he girl has been placed in Foster care her 13-Yenr-old brother and to year old sister. A closed a court hearing was scheduled Tor wednesday on whether the slate will maintain custody. A. Authorities said sexual abuse eases involving a Young girl and a father Fig ure in the a household Are not uncommon. A a v to but some said they never encountered a ease in which the Mother encouraged the act to produce another child. A a a it a one of those things that when you end your shift and you go Home you done to sleep so Well that night a said. Acting police chief Steve said a trial will be delayed until the baby is born and tests Are performed to determine the father. Smith and the Mother. Who has not. Been identified to shield the child a identity have not entered pleas. Telephone Calls to their court appointed lawyers were not returned. Parsons said she did no to speak much with the family until the Mother and three children returned Home in May after an attempted move to Mississippi. The Mother told her that Smith abandoned them in Tennessee and a they had to hitch hike Baw to 1 i Nastou. W
