European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 26, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7suspended officer defends Dahmer work we acted properly and within our training Milwaukee up one of three police officers suspended for returning a laotian teen Ager to accused serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer said he and the other two officers did nothing wrong. A god As my witness i just did t dump a Little boy in the hands of a murderer. That a not what happened Quot Joseph t. Gabrish told the Milwaukee journal in a copyrighted article published sunday. Dahmer has told police he killed to Perak Sintha Somphone 14, after police left the boy with him May 27. Police responded to a Call that a naked male was bleeding and staggering in the Street outside Dahmer s apartment. The officers believed Dahmer a Story that the boy was his adult Lover. Dahmer who has confessed to 17 killings has been charged with 15 slayings a including the death of Sintha Somphone. A with the set of circumstances we had on that night we acted properly and within our training Quot said Gabrish 28. A we handled the situation As we thought it should be handled. And that was with four officers on the scene a we re talking probably a combined Effort of 23 years of police  Milwaukee police chief Philip Arreola has suspended three officers with Pav during an investigation. The fourth officer was not suspended presumably because he had Little or no inv Hement with Dahmer. The state attorney general s office also has been investigating the incident while the . Justice department said its investigation showed to civil rights violations by the officers. Gabrish said he takes Solace from wide support from colleagues and supervisors. To Deal with the stress he has been catching up on repairs to a House he bought last year and has been socializing with other officers. He said he keeps in touch with the other suspended officers a John a. Balcerzak 34, his longtime partner and Richard Porubcan. 25, Gabrish said he wast shocked at the reaction of Many in the City. A i can to believe the Community would believe that i would leave a Young boy bleeding and just turn him Over to someone just leave without having administered any care. That just was t the Case. A we thought there was a caring relationship Between these two  he also said the three noticed nothing unusual in Dahmer s apartment a Al though body parts skulls and photos of mutilated men were found in the apartment july 25 alter Dahmer s arrest. A a we re trained to be observant and spot things he said. A there was just nothing that stood out or we would have seen it. I be been doing this for a while and usually if something stands out you la spot it. There just Wasny to anything there. 1 run this thing through my mind. 1 wish Theta would have been. There just was  some residents of the area have criticized the police handling of the Case As being racist because Dahmer is White the women who called police and directed them to Sintha Somphone and the woman who called police later to follow up on the matter Are Black. Gabrish who in seven years As an officer has earned id awards for meritorious service and a Superior achievement award said he was amazed at charges of racism. A live seen some hashes on the news people walking with signs and saying a these officers Are racist 1 wonder where the thousands and thousands of people from the Black Community Are that i be helped. In be helped so Many people a he snid. Joseph t. Ciu Brish a Wilder to Check his chances in new Hampshire Richmond a. Up gov. L. Douglas Wilder who last year told virginians that he had no plans to run for president will head North to new England this week to Tell new Hampshire democrats he is available for the Job. The governors advisers said the trip tuesday and wednesday will give Wilder a Chance to test his anti Washington philosophy and will play a major role in deciding whether he will stand for election. The governor has promised to announce his intentions by labor Day next monday. Wilder visiting a state hit hard by unemployment and recession is expected to promote his competence in state finance and his refusal to increase taxes. The Gover the virginian Pilot and the Ledger Star of Norfolk that his rhetoric probably will he met with scepticism. He is barely known in the Granite state which on feb. 18 will conduct the 1992 campaigns first presidential primary. The newspaper quote Wilder nor sharpening a message he has been generating this summer also will criticize president Bush and Congress for not improving the National Economy. But several new Hampshire political experts told Quot insiders Quot As questioning whether Wilder s 19 month record As governor is enough experience for the while House More than 30 percent of new Hampshire a democratic voters Are roman Catholic and analysts told the newspaper that the governor will have to mend frayed feel Ings Over his july comment that supreme court nominee Clarence Thomas views on abortion Merit special scrutiny be Tsongas cause of his Catholic up bringing. A that made news up Here Quot said Anita Freedman democratic chairman in Portsmouth. A there Are Many people who believe the governor has already shot himself in the  another potential problem for the country a first elected Black governor is that 98 percent of new Hampshire a population is White. A at Best. Wilder is a Long  said Joseph grandma Ison a former new Hampshire democratic parly chairman. A the is coming to our state virtually unknown. The Burden of proof Falls on  the governor in any other presidential sweepstakes would seem to have no Chance. But such top democratic possibilities As Tennessee sen. Al Gore West Virginia sen. Lay Rockefeller Missouri rep. Dick Gephardt and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton have said they will watch the 1992 Campaign from the sidelines unwilling to Challenge Bush. Former sen. Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts is the Only announced candidate to Date. Though Tsongas has spent 16 Days campaigning in new Hampshire analysts told the newspaper that he has yet to marshal significant  Tom Markin of Iowa is also testing the new Hampshire Waters nobody has been elected to the White House without first winning his party a new Hampshire primary since 1952. Chicago losing temper Over cars lost hubcaps Chicago up not Only Are Chicago a police cars and cabs look alikes but they also All seemingly have the same Hubcap problem. Police agencies in the Northwest suburbs and Chicago plus the City a major cab companies purchased fleets of Chevrolet Caprice classics this year. A everybody has got the same problem a said Walter Maklezow an equipment maintenance supervisor in Hoffman estates. A a in a getting fed up with buying or getting or chasing hubcaps Down the  a spokesman for general motors said Friday that the cars have a design flaw. He noted that enormous Wear and tear experienced by police ears has aggravated the situation. At $45 apiece the problem is get Ting expensive. A a we be lost about half a dozen hubcaps that we know of and probably More a rolling Meadows Deputy chief Richard Hammer said. Chevrolet spokesman David Hudgens said 4,500 police departments across the country have purchased caprices. A they Haven to been shy about contacting us Quot Hudgens said. A that is a problem and we be stepped up to it and we re replacing  but Hudgens noted a wheel covers Are designed to come  Hudgens said Chevy is shifting from Metal to plastic hubcaps on the 1992 Caprice classic in an Effort to remedy the problem. Meanwhile Hudgens said Chevrolet will replace the hubcaps at no charge. Fiance charged with murder of Texas track coach at resort Houston up the body of a High school track coach who fell or was pushed from a jamaican resort hotel was to be flown Back to Texas today while her Fiance remained in a jamaican jail without Bond. Services will be held wednesday in Lufkin for Tawanda Jefferson 31, a coach at Eisenhower High school. Bruce Jackson 32, was charged with murder and held in a jamaican jail. Jackson said Jefferson had been drinking and fell from the ninth floor Balcony of their hotel room aug. 18, Jefferson a birthday. The couple were in Ocho Rios to celebrate her birthday. Ocho Rios detective inspector Bernard Coombs said a interrogation of the suspect what he said to previous witnesses and medical evidence indicated otherwise. Coombs refused to elaborate. A preliminary hearing will be held sept. 10, and a trial is planned for october. By jamaican Law Jackson could be hanged if convicted. Jackson was denied Bond because police feared he would flee the country Coombs said. Ocho Rios has Only 14 homicides a year and tourists Are Seldom involved he said. The . Consulate in Jamaica refused to comment on the Case. Texas department of corrections records show Jackson is a former prison inmate with a history of drug and weapons convictions. Three months after being paroled from prison in 1986, he wars arrested for cocaine Possession and sent Back to prison. After his second release rom prison Jackson met Jefferson whom he dated for three years. News of Jackson a criminal history surprised Jefferson a relatives when they Learned of it a my family knew nothing about this a said Jefferson s sister Mona Baker. A the put on a big front for the