European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 16, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9 against girl 7 0, Thonotosassa Fla. Apr prosecutors have dropped assault charges against a 10-year-old girl who was taken away in Handcuffs for throwing rocks at a boy on a go cart. A Spray to god a said Tammy Toloff. A a in a glad i wont have to go to court or the fifth grader was taken away in a sheriffs Cruiser after the july 23 Rock throwing incident apparently caused 13-year-old Joey Mendez to crash the go cart into a truck and severely Cut his leg. Dennis Pearlman a spokesman for the Hillsborough county state attorneys office said wednesday that the decision not to prosecute was based largely on a recommendation from the state department of health and rehabilitative services. A the victim and the victims family were Adamant about no prosecution a said spokesman Tom Jones. A and throwing rocks Isnit really an All time criminal offence Type prosecutors determined the sheriffs Deputy was Correct in making the arrest because there was reason to believe a crime had been committed Pearlman said. The boy was hospitalized after the Accident but is Back Home and walking on crutches friends said. Says be defrauded . Of millions in israeli deals by the new York times the Justice department has accused general electric co. Of defrauding the Pentagon of More than $30 million on the Sale of Jet engines and support services to the israeli air Force according to a lawsuit made Public wednesday. The civil fraud charges Are the first against an american military contractor in the Case which already has led to a guilty plea by an israeli air Force general on fraud and bribery charges brought in Israel. The Case has deeply embarrassed the israeli military which receives $1.8 billion from the United states annually to finance weapons purchases from american contractors. It has led to a Federal criminal investigation in the United states of be and several of its current and former employees. The accusations were included in a lawsuit unsealed wednesday by a Federal judge in Cincinnati where gets military Jet engine business is based. The suit said that from 1985 to 1988, the firm conspired with the israeli general Rami Dotan to submit fraudulent claims for work for the israeli air Force that would ultimately be paid for by the United states. The fraud included claims for engine testing equipment software and support services that were never provided. It included an arrangement by which Israel and be would overcharge the Pentagon for f-16 Jet fighter engines the suit said. Dotan pleaded guilty to similar charges in an israeli military court in March and was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Be said earlier this year that it had first Learned of the fraud when contacted by israeli investigators in december and that it was conducting its own inquiry. In March be dismissed its International sales manager for military engines Herbert Steindler who was named in the lawsuit As a key participant. The lawsuit was filed under Seal in november by a whistle blowing be employee Chester l. Walsh under the Federal false claims act. The act requires the Justice department to investigate claims made by whistle blowers and to decide whether they have sufficient Merit to be pursued by the government. Walsh who joined general electric in 1964, was the manager of the company a aircraft engine business in Israel from 1984 to 1988. He is still employed by the company in its office in Madrid. The Justice department decided on aug. 1 to join the suit As a plaintiff. Under the act whistle Blower suits Are made Public Only after an investigation by the department. A lawyer for Walsh John r. Phillips of los Angeles said a the israeli ministry of defense was misled into believing that its critical defense needs were being met while the . Government was defrauded out of millions of taxpayer in a statement be said it was cooperating with the Justice department investigation. The company said it had been Tola by israeli investigators that the transactions were intended for the personal enrichment of Steindler and Dotan. French increase Border watch for suspects in iranian s death Paris apr police stepped up Border controls at the Swiss Frontier wednesday after reports that the suspected assassins of former iranian prime minister Shahpour Bakhtiar May have returned to the Savoy Region of the Alps. Hundreds of police searched 30 hotels in the Alpine Region tuesday night looking for the iranians Mohammed Azadi 31, and Ali Rad Vakili 32. Police were also investigating the hijacking of a car on a Highway near Mon Elimar to the Southeast. The hijackers reportedly fit the description of the two iranians. On monday a resident of the Alpine town of Annecy 15 Miles from the Swiss Border found a Wallet in a Telephone Booth that investigators said belonged to one of the suspects. Investigators said the Wallet was among personal objects inspected when the two were detained briefly aug. 7 after trying to enter Switzerland with phony visas the Day before Bakhtiari a slaying was discovered. Bakhtiari a funeral was to take place thursday in Paris Montparnasse exiles have blamed the killing of Bakhtiar and his Secretary on the islamic fundamentalist regime in Iran. The iranian government has called the deaths the result of the rivalry Between opposition groups or a plot to undermine Iran a improving relations with the West. Azadi and Vakili Are two of three iranian men who visited Bakhtiar at his guarded Home the evening of aug. 6, about the time French coroners say his Throat was Cut. The bodies of Bakhtiar and his Secretary Yaroush Ratibeh who was stabbed to death were discovered Only two Days later. In the meantime Azadi and Vakili had tried to Cross into Switzerland with turkish passports under the names of Aii Kaya and Kusa Mocer. A Swiss Border guard spotted the phony visas and fined them $133 for trying to enter illegally. The pair were turned Over to French Border police and detained for a time. Because their French visas were valid they were allowed to return to France. After the killings were discovered police launched a huge manhunt for Azadi Vakili and a third iranian far quorum Boyer Ahmadi whose car was found in Paris with traces of blood in it. Two firebombing damage turkish Banks in Germany Darmstadt Germany apr unknown assailants tossed firebombs into two turkish Banks in separate incidents in Darmstadt and Wiesbaden on thursday causing extensive damage police said. There were no injuries in the attacks. The first attack occurred about 12 40 . In Wiesbaden about 25 Miles West of Frankfurt police said. An eyewitness told police he saw four men gathered in the Entrance of the Bank in Wiesbaden and watched As they broke a window and threw in an object that erupted in flames police said. Employees at a nearby hotel rushed to r a i Tnp. Marks $17,600police said. About an hour later another turkish Bank in downtown Darmstadt 18 Miles South of Frankfurt was struck by arsonists. Police said an eyewitness told them he saw three men smash a Hole in one of the Bank a windows and toss in a burning cloth. Firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the Blaze which spread quickly police said. Damage was estimated at about 100,000 Marks $60,000. Attacks against Turja a c t Steve Collar a co 547th engr in helps Plant a tree that will serve As a living Germany have increased rec App reminder 0f the units 40 years of service in Darmstadt Germany. The 547th, the larg m for a on by i bang inactivated at the end of september. 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