European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 18, 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 7 Fried Chicken stand had hot gun sales police say from wire reports new York a Fried Chicken stand in the Bronx also sold guns to go authorities say. Fare Dullah Mohammed Nawabi a 23-year-old from Afghanistan pleaded innocent tuesday to illegally Selling weapons from mama s Frie Chicken and was held without bail. Authorities said he bragged he had sold a million an undercover officer first bought a gun at the mama s takeout window Over the summer police _ commissioner Raymond Kelly said the fast food business served As Little More than a front for dealing in weapons and sold practically no Fried Chicken. Agents seized 64 guns from the restaurant including an assault Rifle with a Bayonet an ammunition Worth $26,000 on the Street. Most of the guns were bought in Ohio where there is no waiting period and buyers must show Only a Driver s License to Purchase a unlimited number of weapons police said. . Lawmaker won t run Washington rep. Tim Valentine , told the House on tuesday that he will not seek re election next year but will return to the practice of helped to set the Agenda of the 90s, i believe it is time to offer an Opportunity to a new. Generation of leaders who can move our country along toward a More responsive and fiscally responsible government Valentine said in a speech on the House floor. Valentine 67, who was first elected in 1982, is serving his sixth two year term. He won 54 percent of the vote in 1992 that was a Sharp drop from the 75 percent he received in 1990. It s lights out for bears Kaktovik Alaska the Polar bears on barter Island will punch your lights out. The animals have knocked out As Many As 26 runway lights in a single night at an Airstrip on the Island about 200 Miles above the Arctic Circle. The 4,800-foot strip is illuminated with coloured lights on 3-foot plastic Polar bears seem to be fascinated with these lights As if they were toys said Peggy Kelly air Force radar station chief on the Island. They Veblen seen punching the lights like a punching bag until they in the Snow show the bears Are single minded in their quest. They move in a straight line from one Light to another Kelly said Island is dark virtually round the clock this time of year. Man survives Rifle mishap Brownsville Texas a City commissioner accidentally discharged a Rifle inside his Chevrolet suburban hitting an aerosol can of hair Spray that exploded and destroyed the vehicle. Commissioner Pete Benavides escaped from the burning vehicle but his hair was singed and his forearms were burned i m alive and i feel great and that s what matters he said tuesday. Police said the Accident occurred monday morning near Benavides campsite in the Rio Grande had just shot missed a Buck Benavides said so he placed his loaded Rifle in the Back seat in Case the Deer reappeared. He later reached Back to unload the weapon. I Don t know Bow i grabbed it or whatever but it just went off he said. $2 million in Brink s Cash new York the 350 pounds of Cash recovered thursday from an East Side apartment which authorities say was part of the $7.4 million stolen from a Brink s armoured truck in Rochester in january amounted to slightly More than s2 million Marvin Moss a Brink s official said tuesday. Moss said $5.4 million was still missing. Three suspects have been arrested and charged with receiving or possessing stolen Money. They Are the Rev. Patrick . Moloney 61 Samuel i. Millar,38, who served so years in an Irish prison for smuggling arms to the Irish Republican army and Thomas f. O Connor a retired Rochester police officer working As a Brink s guard at the time of the robbery. parents police on Lookout for molester los Angeles a frightened children Are being offered Refuge in neighbors houses and police Are increasing patrols seeking a molester who has at tacked 22 people mainly youngsters Over the past nine months. He needs to be caught fast the unidentified father of a 9-year-old rape victim told the daily news. If. 1. Catch him before the cops do he s history. All of the assaults have taken place in the san Fer Nando Valley West of downtown. The first occurred i february. The victims have ranged from a 5-year-old boy to a 21-year-old woman who police say looked younger than her age. The molester usually walks up and says something or questions the children sometimes asking for the time police said. Usually he grabs the child s Crotch and then runs away to what is believed to be a pickup truck. Detectives believe the Man stalks pupils picking those who walk alone and memorizing their route to school. Police released a composite sketch of the molester and a warning to parents and school officials monday. But parents complained that the warning came too first incident they should have notified parents to be on the Lookout. Twenty two is 22 too Many said Cindy Keily a Parent. The acting commander of police in the san Fernan do Valley jurisdictions blamed communication prob lems Between police stations. It was t soon enough. It s never soon enough cmdr. John Moran told the los Angeles times. The problem just did t come together because three Detec Tive divisions were on it.". Police have increased patrols and parents have been escorting their children Home from school As authorities seek a Black Man Between 30 and 40 years old about 6 feet tall and weighing about 200 pounds. More neighbourhoods also Are taking part in a pro Gram started a year ago at the Erwin Street school in Van Guys after two girls had to run a mile to school because they had no other Haven from two menacing throughout the san Fernando Valley have placed Green triangles in their windows to let Chil Dren know where they can find Refuge. People who apply for designation of their Homes As Safe House must submit to a police background Check. Residents agree to be Home immediately before and after school and to open their doors to any child who feels threatened. It s scary out there said Victoria Melendez whose daughter attends the Erwin Street school. But at least the kids have somewhere Safe to go if they have new York Man hailed As for gunning Down teen muggers Arthur Boone is escorted sunday at a Brooklyn n.y., police station after he was charged in the shooting deaths of two teen agers who had attempted to Mug him. New York a it seemed like a perfect night for a mugging. The Street was dark the hour late the Brooklyn neighbourhood rough. But the teen age boys who stalked Arthur Boone As he left a Corner Market sunday missed one thing the .44-caliber magnum tucked in his Belt. One of the muggers nicknamed a boy put the barrel of a by gun to bronc s head. The other Taz reached for his Wallet. Then Boone fired three shots heard round the City. In what investigators Are calling a Swift act of self de sense Boone shot and killed his assailants with the unlicensed .44. He waited for police to arrive told them he was victim of past muggings and quietly surrendered. As news of the incident spread through the crime weary City some hailed the 41-year-old machine worker As a hero. The muggers used poor judgment and i m delighted they did said Jerry Preiser president of a City gun club that sent Boone a $500 courageous victim award. I think they got what they Boone was arraigned on charges of criminal posses Sion of a weapon and freed monday without bail. Boone a father of two daughters who has worked at a Domino sugar factory for More than a decade had one arrest in 1989 for Drunken driving authorities said. Boone later told police that a by gun was pressed to his Temple by Carl a boy James 15, meanwhile James partner 19-year-old Mottaz Taz Pell pulled out Boone s Wallet authorities said. Boone told investigators that he thought the by gun unloaded it turned out was real and that he feared Pell might discover his own weapon. So he pulled his .44 and fire i three times. 4th-graders arrested on cocaine charges Tampa Fla. A police and school officials said they were stunned when six fourth graders got their hands on 3v Grams of cocaine and brought it to class. It s hard to Shock me said it. John Garcia who has spent most of his 20-year career in drug enforce ment. I be seen a lot of things. But this was really administrators met with concerned parents tuesday night to explain the situation that unfolded Friday when the boys Ages 9 to 11 were arrested and charged with cocaine Possession. The arrests ame after a teacher noticed a boy hiding something in his hand and found it was a plastic bag with White powder. She took him to the principal s of fice. Police said it was not Clear How the children got the cocaine or what they intended to do with the drug which had an estimated Street value of $300. Police said they Don t believe any of the youngsters had used the drug. You Don t Ever imagine children so Young Are going to get their hands on a drug like cocaine said Sandra thrower principal of Dale Mabry elementary school. The boys were returned to their parents within hours of their arrest and were suspended for 10 Days. None had prior arrests or had been suspended be fore said Hillsborough county schools spokeswoman Donna Reed. Because of their Ages they probably will go through counselling and be put on probation police said
