European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday october 31, 1993 . The stars and stripc3 a. Woman optimistic despite cancer potential jail term from wire reports Sonora Calif. A woman who fatally smother son s accused molester in a courtroom expressed optimism Friday even though she has breast cancer and faces a prison sentence. It s not How heavy the Load is it s the Way you carry it Ellie Nesler said shortly after a judge postponed her sentencing hearing until Jan. 7. Nesler was diagnosed with cancer agreed to a defense request to put off sentencing because she is scheduled for exploratory surgery nov. 17. Nesler 41, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Daniel Mark Driver 35. She fired five bullets into Driver s head and Neckas he sat shackled at a hearing to determine whether he should stand trial on charges he molested four boys. Nesler s son now 12, was one of the boys. Prosecutors have recommended a maximum 16 year sentence. Dogs help bust Benefactor Kingston . These dogs were prepare to bite the hand that fed them. Bruce Rappaport had donated $100 to the local police k-9 unit but that made no difference to the canines who police say sniffed out cocaine heroin and marijuana at his Home wednesday. Officers searching his Home found a thank you note for a donation Rappaport made to the police benevolent association k-9 unit he got what he paid for said Daniel Miller police chief in the Hudson River Valley town of , 40, was charged with three drug felonies and unlawful Possession of marijuana. Man gets 20 years in killing Tampa Fla. A cocaine dealer pleaded guilt Friday to second degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years for shooting his partner chopping up the body and dumping the parts in Tampa Bay. Scott Bagley was sentenced in the death of Robert Fernandez whose head arms legs an hands surfaced within Days of the killing. His Torso was never murder weapon was recovered and investigators could t conclusively tie blood found in Bagley s House to Fernandez she said. Prosecutors said a dispute Over drugs led Bagley 33, to kill Fernandez 23, with a Bullet to the forehead sept. 15,1992. 3 slain at alleged drug site Long Beach Calif. Masked gunmen killed three people and critically wounded two others with gunshots to the head at a Home known As a drug dealing site police attackers disguised with ski masks and bandannas entered the House late thursday through an Alley shooting two men and a woman on a Patio a Man at the door and another Man in the living room it. Bob a Iderson were shot in the head. Two men were listed in critical condition Early Friday at Long Beach memorial medical arrests were made. The attackers were believed to be in their late teens or Early 20s, an the killings were considered drug related because the Home is a dope House Anderson said. Man survives killer bees Glendale Ariz. A City worker was attacked by killer bees in a Park but escaped serious injury in the second such attack this month in suburban bees that attacked Kenneth Moore a meter Reader were Africani Zed honeybees the stat agriculture department confirmed Friday. Moore was stung twice thursday after the bees swarmed out of a meter escaped More serious injury by seeking shelter in his truck said state agriculture official Ken Boyd. Firefighters killed the bees by dousing them with bees May have been from the same Parent Colony responsible for a More serious attack two Miles away oct. 9, agriculture spokeswoman Suzanne Sorich said. In that Case several people. Were stung and three dogs were killed by a swarm of about 30,000 bees. Reno withdraws invitation to anti abortion activists by the Washington Post Washington. Attorney general Janet Reno abruptly Dis invited three militant anti abortion activists from a meeting Friday after announcing that the jus Tice department s top anti terrorism official will coordinate an investigation into escalating violence at Abor Tion clinics. News of the meeting which had not been listed on Reno s Public Calendar was relayed to women s groups and quickly threatened to become Art embarrassment for Reno. Officials of planned parenthood which had scheduled their own meeting with Reno said they were out raged that Reno would Grant the activists Access to her office and threatened to publicly criticize her. After setting up two meetings Between Reno and anti abortion groups department officials discovered that three of the guests either had outstanding arrest warrants or had been involved in unlawful activity such As the Defiance of court orders connects with Abor Tion clinic protests. But Early Friday morning department spokesman Carl Stern said a routine department Security Check had picked up problems in the backgrounds of the three activists. The three were informed they were "
