European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes wednesday july 24, 1991 chief Gates plans to retire next april says that May Stop All the nonsense by the new York times los Angeles a thirteen Days after an Independent commission urged him to step aside As the chief of police Here Daryl f. Gates said monday that he would retire in april if a replacement was found by then. A a Gates who has held the position for 12 years gave his decision in a letter to the president of the City Council John Ferraro and in a videotaped message that was played at police Roll Calls across the City monday. A i have chosen the month of april 1992 to retire a the 64-year-old Gates told his officers adding a maybe that will Stop All the nonsense that a going  the decision ends several Days of confusion and mane vering Over the chiefs plans in the aftermath of the commissions inquiry into the beating of a Black Motorist by several White police officers on March 3 that was videotaped and shown across the nation. Its report found that the department had tolerated racism and brutality arid urged the beginning of a a a transition to new leadership. Neither the letter nor videotape from Gates included any hint about his future but he has considered running for political office As a Republican and there was widespread speculation in los Angeles on monday that he plans to run for mayor in 1993. His april 1992 retirement for which he did not give an exact Date would position him Well for such a run. Under the los Angeles charter the chief enjoys civil service Protection and cannot be removed by the mayor or the civilian police commission. But Gates political support has eroded badly since the report was released on july 9 by the Independent commission whose chairman was Warren Christopher a former Deputy Secretary of state. At a news conference monday afternoon mayor Tom Bradley who had earlier called in vain for Gates resignation said a nationwide search was under Way for a new chief and that the City would meet the april Date. The mayor has largely been excluded from the deliberations Over Gates retirement. A i wish this matter had been resolved earlier a Bradley said. A but i done to want to Haggle Over that today. We be gone through four and a half months of agony and trauma in this City. A chief Gates retirement has been sought not just by me but by thoughtful persons throughout this City and the Warren Christopher commission put the final Nail in the  w in a separate statement Christopher expressed pleasure that the chief had fixed the Date of his retirement. A it is vital that a nationwide search for his successor begin immediately. As we said in our report. Chief Gates has rendered noteworthy Public service in his 42 years on the los Angeles police department. His action today also serves the Public interest by permitting the transition to  % Gates did not give an exact Date for his departure saying that would await the selection of the new chief. A i will delay my retirement until that selection has been made a he said. The announcement was greeted with cheers from the chiefs harshest critics who Nad said he ran a paramilitary department that frequently trampled civil rights. Ramona Ripston president of the Southern California chapter of the american civil liberties Union said a we Hope he will have the Grace to step Down sooner if a new chief is selected at an earlier Date. The reign of the Imperial police chief has to  City councilman Joel Wachs a supporter of Gates said he hoped that the announcement would allow the City to a begin concentrating on the positive and constructive changes that can bring us together As a  for his part Gates conceded Little to his critics in his taped message to the ranks. �?o1 believe that eve been a very Good chief a he said adding that there was a very Little in the Christopher report that suggested otherwise. And he lashed out at those demanding his immediate ouster a when they be put in the amount of time and service to the people of that City that i have then maybe they can come Forward and speak. Until that time i would suggest that they just hold their tongues and lets get Back and serve the people  los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates addresses the City councils Public safety commission on monday.2 sentenced for Virginia bomb plot Norfolk a. A two men who conspired to bomb a chemical tank to collect insurance Money were sentenced to prison monday for a crime that initially raised fears of terrorism related to the persian Gulf War. Quot i think the potential for disaster in these circumstances was horrendous a . District judge Robert g. Doumar said during sentencing hearings for Cecil Howard Ross and Joseph Wayne open Shaw. Ross 31, of Glendale ariz., was sentenced to 35 months in prison and ordered to pay $3,727 in restitution to the City of Norfolk and the state during three years of supervised release following his prison term. He also must perform 360 hours of Community service. Openshaw 37, of St. Johns ariz., was sentenced to 46 months in prison a concurrent 46 months for wire fraud and the same supervised release and restitution terms As Ross. Openshaw and Ross pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges May 10 stemming from the discovery of two clusters of pipe bombs at Allied terminals a chemical tank storage farm. State police and Navy explosives experts safely removed the devices later that Day. Sex agent gets stiff sentence Fine in Dea s worst corruption scandal los Angeles up a Federal judge sentenced a former drug agent monday to 80 years in prison and fined him nearly $1.2 million in the worst corruption scandal in the history of the drug enforcement administration. Darnell Garcia 44, was convicted april 16 of one count each of conspiracy theft of heroin and distribution of heroin As Well As two counts of Money laundering. A this is the kind of Case that cries out for the maximum penalty and that is what will be meted out today a said . District judge Terry Hatter. Government prosecutors had asked that Garcia be imprisoned for 60 years. Hatter sentenced Garcia to five consecutive terms ranging from 10 to 20 years and fines of $1,160,000. He will be eligible for parole in about 26 years. During his 3 /2-month trial the government accused Garcia of stealing 400 pounds of cocaine from a drug stash House More than 2 pounds of heroin from a Dea vault and almost $100,000 from Dea offices. Garcia a 10-year Dea Veteran was also charged with two counts of Money laundering for transferring $420,000 in alleged drug profits from a Swiss Bank account to a California Bank then using the Money toward the Purchase of a $550,000 Home in Rancho Palos Verdes. The 1988 indictment against Garcia also charged former Dea agents John Jackson 41, of Claremont and Wayne countryman 48, of Walnut with stealing and Selling narcotics. Jackson and countryman pleaded guilty last summer to drug trafficking and testified against Garcia in Exchange for promises of reduced prison sentences. �?o1 think i am just one among Many who think the Dea should have been indicted in this Case a Hatter said. A How they could not investigate Early on when three of its agents were living in million Dollar Homes and making less than the starting salary of los Angeles police department officers a Garcia maintaining his innocence contended the Money in his Swiss Bank account represented profits from smuggling Gold chains past . Customs agents for an italian jewelry firm. Defense attorney Mark Overland appealed to Hatter for an a a equitable sentence for Garcia that would be comparable to those negotiated with countryman and Jackson maintaining the other two defendants were into the thefts As deeply As Garcia. However Hatter said Given the extent of the corruption Garcia had no grounds to ask for equity. A for equity you must come with clean hands. Here we have the dirtiest hands in be Ever seen a Hatter said. Garcia a known to his associates As a Cool quiet professional who in the words of one associate a could throw his gun away and rip your head off a fled the country after being indicted. After his capture Garcia said he fled because he was afraid he would be killed by Dea agents in retaliation for successful racial discrimination claims he made in 1981 that resulted in his reinstatement after he was fired for refusing a Transfer. Kuwaiti gives Helms Center $100,000 Wingate . Apr sen. Jesse Helms r-., on monday accepted a $100,000 donation for his Center at Wingate College from the kuwaiti ambassador. A we Hope the Center will promote things like free Enterprise and family values the sort of things that Are not around on any other Campus in North Carolina a said the Republican senator who at tended a reception at the school with the ambassador Sheik Saud Nasir Al Sabah. A senator Helms is a Man who devoted his time and Effort to liberate my country a the ambassador said. A this Means very much to the people of  founded in 1988, the Jesse Helms Center will be the permanent Home of his congressional papers. The Center also will include a Library and museum. Helms attended Wingate College for a year. The senator talked about Why the kuwaiti ambassador is grateful to the people of North Carolina after the persian Gulf War saying the Diplomat would not forget a so Many of the . Soldiers sailors marines and air Force came from North Carolina or were based in North Carolina