European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Patti the stars and stripes . Sunday november 22,1992 officer s wife Calls shooting an Accident by the new York times the wife of Darwin pan Neil the plainclothes officer mistakenly shot by other officers at a Brooklyn subway station tuesday night says the shooting was an Accident and that no one should be blamed a transit police chaplain said Friday. After leaving the wounded officers bedside the Rev. Hardy Longwood said the officer who was shot in the neck and had been paralysed now was Able to move both legs and his left Arm. Officials at Brookdale Hospital though said panned who is in critical condition May never regain full use of his right Arm. A the said he Felt Tough a the Clergyman said. A the looked Fine and he is in Good spirits. We re pleased with the Longwood said the officers wife Dianne pan Neil had said her husband was not ready to speak with reporters but would eventually make a statement the Clergyman a remarks came As the head of the transit police Union charged that a Lack of training was a Factor in the shooting of the Rookie officer. The Union president said panned should have received a one Day plainclothes course that dealt in part with How to Deal with the kind of situation he faced tuesday. That night he was shot by two other plainclothes officers As he and his partner were holding a far cat ing suspect at a subway Entrance. Transit police officials acknowledged that Only about a third of the patrol Force had received the one Day course which had been suspended. But they said panned had participated in several other types of training to Deal with encounters with other officers while on plainclothes assignment. The Issue of training emerged As the Union president Ron Reale said the four other officers involved in the incident including panned a partner have told him that the wounded officer a gun in his hand turned toward three approaching officers when one of them called out a police done to move a making a turn in that situation is counter to the Standard training which instructs officers to stand still and follow the other officers orders to the letter. A the reaction from panned was to Start to turn a Reale said. A then naturally what happened the gun is exposed and the determination and judgment of the of her officers is a we need to use a Al Kosher for thanksgiving at rabbi Benjamin Babad walks among 6,000 turkeys at All of the company a poultry products Are Kosher an Empire Kosher poultry farm near Mifflintown a. Which Means they conform to jewish dietary Laws. Town backs girl in slaying by Judy Gibbs the associated press Cement okla. A Pink ribbons decorate Public buildings in this Small southwestern Oklahoma farming town in a show of support for a 16-year-old girl who fatally shot her abusive father. The prosecutor called the Case a tragedy and recommended it be handled in juvenile court but a Caddo county judge ruled wednesday that Billie Joe Powell must stand trial As an adult. As an adult she could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted of murder. The maximum sentence in juvenile court would have been custody until age 18, the teen was arrested aug. 26 at her family a dilapidated one Story Frame House. Jerry Dallas mayor of the Gritty town of 600 residents got to the Home before police and found Billy Ray Powell 47, dead in his bed Billie Joe Powell was sitting in a Comer. She told investigators she killed her father because she was a tired of him being around Quot and a could no to stand him any support for the girl is Strong in her Hometown where rumours of her abuse abounded. A was far As the town is concerned the division is Between those who want to give her a medal and turn her Loose and those who just want to turn her Loose and get her the help she needs Quot said Dallas who employed Powell As a Handyman. According to Public defender Melody Brannon the shooting followed a night of emotional abuse. Powell was in bed still shouting at his daughter when he was shot Brannon said. He had apparently turned to reach for cigarettes when she pointed a single shot .22-caliber Rifle and fired Dallas said. Powell was hit once in the Back. A a. Far As the town is concerned the division is Between those who want to a the her a medal and turn her Loots and those who Fust want to turn her Loose and get her the help she needs. A Jerry Dallas mayor of Cement okla. At the hearing on the girls juvenile status her maternal grandmother testified she often saw Powell fondle her granddaughter and an older sister who has since left Home. A brother said he was beaten regularly by his father. A neighbor said the girl once ran to her Home in hysterics wanting to hide from her fathers advances. The state department of human services removed the girl from the Home in january 1989, the night she ran to her neighbor s for Protection. After 18 months in Foster care a judge returned her to her parents Over objections of social workers and psychologists. Pictures of Billie Joe Powell and her sister nude and in bed with their father were evidence at the hearing. The Mother Charlotte Powell said she did no to believe the stories of sexual advances at first but believes them now though Billie Joe Powell said in her confession she Wasny to physically abused again after returning Home in 1990. Brannon plans to Appeal the judges decision to have her tried As an adult. Meanwhile Billie Joe Powell sits in a jail cell in lieu of $100,000 s visit fuels Battle Between Allen Farrow new York up a lawyers for Woody Allen and Mia Farrow on Friday tried to extinguish the latest firestorm in the couples bitter custody Battle sparked when their son went to visit his father during the taping of a to interview. On thursday Farrow had accused Allen of trying to trick the child 5-year-old Satchel into appearing in an interview with lbs tvs 60 minutes which was being taped in Allens fifth Avenue apartment. Allen however said he thought the time of satchels visit had been mutually changed so that he could conduct the interview alone without showing pictures of the three children at the Center of the Stormy custody Battle. When the child arrived with his baby Sitter Allen met them in the lobby and reluctantly sent his son Back Home said Allens lawyer Harvey Sladkus. But Allen swung Back at Farrow saying she had deliberately sent Satchel Over during the interview to try to sabotage Allens visitation rights in court. The acclaimed film director actor and his former Lover have been at War since August Over custody of Satchel their Only biological child and their two adopted children daughter Dylan and son Moses. The custody Battle erupted after it was revealed that the 57-year-old Allen was having an affair with Farrow a adopted daughter soon i Previn whose age has been estimated at Between 19 and 21. Connecticut authorities were also investigating charges made by Farrow that Allen sexually abused Dylan at the actresses farmhouse. Sladkus called charges that. Allen intended to use Satchel As a a prop or have him participate in the to interview a absolutely false Gulf War vet guilty of mail fraud Pittsburgh apr a Man who pretended he served in the persian Gulf War a and was treated by one town As a War hero a was sentenced to five years probation for mail fraud and impersonating an officer. �?o1 acted foolishly and stupidly Quot Edward a Lessick or. Told a Federal judge during sentencing Friday. Lessick 46, falsified military orders identifying him As a lieutenant colonel and calling him to Active duty. He claimed he was wounded in the War and said he was hospitalized in Washington investigators said. When Lessick received a form letter from gov. Robert Casey commending him for his service he called the governors office to complain about the a dear soldiers salutation assistant . Attorney Mark a. Rush said. The governors office responded with a personalized letter addressing Lessick As a lieutenant colonel. Lessick was the featured speaker at the 1991 memorial Day Parade in Castle Shannon Borough marching alongside mayor Thomas of Mal 111 Tell you this much he sucked up a lot free booze Quot of Malley said. Of
