European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes sunday january 5,1992 marauders get 25 years in stabbing of Utah Man by the new York times new York a saying that he wanted to Send a Strong signal to those who carry out a Wolf pack attacks in new York City a state judge Friday sentenced each of the four defendants convicted in the murder of Utah tourist Brian Watkins to the maximum of 25 years to life in prison. A make no mistake we must come to grips with these marauding gangs a said Justice Edwin Torres of state supreme court in Manhattan. A ask any new yorker from mayor Dinkins on Down we All grieved a River of tears for Brian for his family and for our City. And it came at a bitter time clutched As the City is in the Vise of a fiscal  under the sentence the four defendants will not be eligible for parole for at least 25 years. Last month the four defendants were each convicted in the murder of Watkins who was fatally stabbed on a subway platform in front of his family in 1990. In sentencing the four Torres said that although none was accused of stabbing the 22-year-old victim to death at a subway station in Manhattan each was just As guilty As the person who did. Under state Law when a victim is killed during a felony All participants Are As guilty As the killer. Another defendant Yul Gary Morales who is accused of stabbing Watkins will be tried with three others next month. Jabbing his Finger at the defendants in a crowded but hushed courtroom Torres described the defendants As a remorseful a predatory beasts who attacked As a a Wolf pack and who a killed to go  a the stunning heartlessness of this motivation propels us almost into the realm of the bizarre the stupefying again reminiscent of Anthony Burgess clockwork Orange world. A the blood was up. It was killing time a he said repeating a remark attributed to the defendants moments before attacking the Watkins family during a trip from Provo Utah to new York City for the . Open Tennis tournament. Quot they were cold these Guys just As cold As the Corpse they left behind a the judge said. Sherwin and Karen Watkins the parents of the victim showed no emotion when the judge handed Down the toughest sentence possible. Before they were sentenced each defendant stood and said he was sorry for what had happened and asked for mercy. But the prosecutor Thomas Schiels said they deserved none and urged the judge to impose the maximum. The subdued appearance of Watkins parents Friday was in Sharp contrast to their testimony in october when they repeatedly broke Down while describing How they and their family were attacked on sept. 2,1990, on the subway platform. The defendants Ricardo Nova Johnny Hincapie Eli Liano Fernandez and Pascal Carpenter All 19, All sat with their Heads bowed As the judge then proceeded to Casti ate them and express alarm for a society in which a a and of marauders can surround pounce upon and kill a boy in front of his parents and family not to flee the winds but stride up the Block to Roseland and dance until 4 ., As if they had stepped on an  a u3   Uca Aid with at or jugs but of aug up Siw Usu vat to i a Iunus Anuran us i As a a Wolf pack and who a killed to go  4 ., As if they had stepped on an  get Breaks out at rap concert after game victims Are honoured Pic a moment of silence quieted a v 1 to 2 Inyo nominal an in c new York apr a moment of silence quieted a rap concert at Madison Square Garden on Friday As thousands of fans remembered the nine people killed in a Stampede at a rap celebrity basketball game last weekend. But a fight broke out near the end of the High Security show and one person was slashed. Immediately before the fight rapper heavy d., who was at the Stampede on dec. 28 at City College unexpectedly took the microphone. A i did no to come Here to party. I came Here to Deal with my people. We have to stick together. We got to come together. We got to be As one a he said. But As he spoke the fight started in one of the Arenas upper Levels. It Drew the crowds attention and heavy a implored them to Stop. A please Cut it out. In a begging you Man Stop a he said. J one person was slashed with a razor Type knife and the assailant was beaten up. Two people were detained by police and two others were treated for injuries said Bob Russo a Madison Square Garden vice president. Wynona Rutledge 17, said she saw one group of men Chase another Man and beat him to the Point where he was bleeding. A then they started throwing garbage cans at him and kicking him a she said. Hundreds of police and Security guards had been inside and outside the Arena for the first All rap show there in four years. Concert goers had to pass through Metal detectors. A a it a a High Security show and always was a Garden spokeswoman Monie Begley said before the show. Rap shows in the late 1980s at the Garden were sullied by violence and Post show vandalism. There were no immediate reports of trouble after Friday nights show. Billed As a the greatest rap show Ever a the concert featured Public enemy Queen Latifah kid a no play geto boys j. Jazzy Jeff amp the fresh Prince and naughty by nature. The performers gathered on stage after the opening act Ana asked the crowd for 30 seconds of silence in tribute to the Stampede victims. The crowd obliged. The event remained peaceful until near the end of the show. About 13,000 of 18,000 tickets had been sold by Friday morning and there were plenty of empty seats at Showtime. Earlier Friday five of the nine Stampede victims were buried. They were crushed in a crowd that rushed gym doors trying to get into an oversold rap celebrity basketball game for Charity at City College m Harlem. An additional 28 people were injured. Heavyweight Boxer Mike Tyson who attended and pallbearers carry coffin of Darren Brown who died in the Stampede at last week s celebrity basketball game. Fled the ill fated Benefit joined Black activist the Rev. A1 Sharpton at one of the funerals for Darren Anthony a a spice Brown 28, a musician. Also Friday City College president Bernard Harleston met with University trustees for about an hour to discuss the tragedy. Trustee chairman James p. Murphy said the Board would wait to see what the University investigation comes up with before taking any action. Harleston said after the meeting a i know my responsibilities As president of Cony. If we have problems ultimately i suppose they fall on the president s  the City a investigation of the fatal events failed to meet its Friday deadline because of a the magnitude of the work a police commissioner Lee Brown said. The mayors office the District attorney and the state attorney general Are also investigating.  burglars betrayed by bulging Beer belly from wire reports St. Paul Minn. A when two husky revellers wanted to replenish their Beer Supply on new years Day tried went right to the source a the Stroh brewery. Police said the men slipped into the building Early wednesday and took six 30-can Cartons of Beer. But their getaway was foiled when one of them got stuck in a rooftop air vent. A maybe they should be drinking Light Beer a police spokesman Paul Adelmann said Jason Barthelmy 20, and Robby Ensign 21, were charged thursday in Ramsey county District court with third degree burglary. Officer Gerald Vick had to yank the 6-foot-2, 190-Pound Ensign out of the vent when the two were arrested shortly after 3  Wednesday police reported that Ensign a said they had a few Beers and just wanted  sugar limits kept Washington a the agriculture department will retain a limit of 6 Grams of sugar in each ounce of Cereal provided to supplement the diets of Low income children and pregnant and breast feeding women. The Cereal Industry had urged the department not to count naturally occurring sugar in raisins and other fruit added to some cereals. But the department said the majority opinion of health and nutrition professionals suggests that sugar whether added or natural is related to cavities and other health problems. A an exception tailored to a particular product could serve As a precedent for other Industry pressures to make food package changes a the department said killer Squirrel pardoned Denver a a Squirrel dubbed a killer to Rex for attacking visitors at the City a museum of natural history who did no to offer food escaped the death penalty thanks to gov. Roy Romer. A what did he really  he bit the hand that fed him a Romer said on a radio talk show. A if we Start a precedent of punishing people for biting the hand that feeds them where will that end a visitors said the Squirrel would sit on their feet or scratch at their cuffs in Hopes of getting food. Several said they were bitten. Animal shelter officials had planned to kill the Squirrel but now must decide where the Squirrel would be released in the next few  s son out on Bond los Angeles a the son of convicted financier Charles Keatingjr. Posted $150,000 bail and was released from jail after about 20 friends and relatives drummed up the Money. Charles Keating Iii left the metropolitan detention Center thursday. He was the last to make bail out of five defendants tied to the collapse of Lincoln savings. Paul Abrams a Deputy Federal Public defender representing the younger Keating said about 20 friends and relatives used $90,000 in Cash and $60,000 Worth of property to secure the bail. Keating his son and three other defendants Are charged in a 77-count Federal indictment that accuses them of swindling More than $250 million from investors by Selling Bonds issued by american Continental corp. Of phoenix.2 teens kill Over Rifle Detroit a two 14-year-old boys who were swindled out of $100 in an attempt to buy an assault Rifle were charged with killing the 25-year-old woman who set up the Sale and wounding the seller. Police said thursday the weapon apparently did no to exist. The Detroit woman accompanied the teen agers monday to a House where they paid a 35-year-old Man $100 for an assault Rifle. When they went to pick it up about an hour later the Man sent someone else to answer the door and hid. The teen agers and the woman entered the House with guns drawn police said. When the seller grabbed the woman a gun and struck her one or both of the teens opened fire fatally shooting the woman and wounding the Man