European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Rit in shooting Chase around Vilseck Germany left one Man wounded thursday july 7, 1994 car by Vince Crawley staff writer Vilseck Germany a a military jury on wednesday acquitted special agent Jeffery a Brady of All charges connected to a High Speed police Pursuit in which he shot at a fleeing vehicle wounding a backseat passenger. A a in a just glad this is Over. In a ready to go Back to work,�?T.�?T said Brady who was charged with attempted murder aggravated assault and unlawful discharge of a firearm in the March 6 shooting. Brady said he will now fight to be reinstated As a criminal investigator and has submitted a letter to the inspector general complaining about the Way the investigation was conducted. A i Felt it was not due process a he told the stars and stripes. The trial ended after 2j/2-hours of deliberation by a jury of four officers and four enlisted men. The verdict was read As Bradys wife Tatjana and his father Harold held hands in the audience of a muggy courtroom filled with Law enforcement agents. Brady said that his wife is expecting their second child in 19 Days and that her doctor has been concerned about the stress of the last four months on her pregnancy. The 30-year-old army sergeant first class is assigned to the criminal investigation come in Vilseck. Witnesses for both the prosecution and defense described him As a Model agent who had been selected toned leaves interest rates unchanged Washington a Federal Reserve policy makers wednesday concluded a two Day meeting without announcing any change in Short term interest rates. There had been widespread a pegu lation about a rate Rise because of current worries Over the declining value of the . Dollar on world currency markets. But Many analysts said in Advance of the meeting of the Federal open Market committee that they doubted the Central Bank would act now preferring instead to wait for developments in the Domestic Economy. The Dollar has dropped to record lows against the japanese yen and new tows for the year against the German Mark. The fed has increased Short term rates four times this year a from 3 percent to 4.25 percent a in moves aimed at preventing inflation and checking excessive economic growth. Lately there have been Many signs that economic expansion is slowing dramatically. After the meeting concluded the fed issued a statement that said a the meeting of the Federal open Market committee ended at 12 35 . Edt and there will be no further  four times this year the fed raised the Federal funds rate the interest that Banks charge each other on overnight Loans. The most recent boost on May 17, was accompanied by an increase in the discount rate the interest the fed charges for direct Loans to Banks. That rate stands at 3.5 percent up from 3 percent where it had been for nearly two years. The May discount rate increase triggered a Rise in the prime lending rate for most big Banks to 7,25 percent. The funds rate is 4.25 percent,1 up from 3 percent at the beginning of the year. The increases have helped push up borrowing costs for millions of americans for everything from Home mortgages and automobile purchases to Short term business Loans. Supervise agents of higher rank than himself. Early on March 6, Brady emptied a 13-Bullet clip from his 9 my pistol As a car driven by spec. William e. Brueck ran a Roadblock Halfway Between Vilseck a Rose Barracks and the German City of Amberg. Brueck who was charged 12 Days ago with Drunken driving did not testily at the two Day court martial. In May he testified in an article 32 pretrial hearing that he was driving while intoxicated and had led military police on a 15-minute Chase because he already had a prior Drunken driving conviction. The Chase was clocked at 86 Mph on Rose Barracks and exceeded 110 Mph on an off Post Road that led through several villages according to witnesses. Brudick slowed to 30 Mph As he came to the Roadblock hastily formed by Brady and his partner Cpl. Charles d. Chester a military policeman. Defense attorney capt. Dave Bolgiano argued that Brady resorted to using deadly Force when Brueck steered the car directly toward him. He fired at the in Gine then at the tires As Brueck sped past. He continued firing As the car weaved through the Roadblock shooting out the rear window one of the final bullets hit pfc. Matthew Pomeroy near the base of his spine. Brueck told investigators that he was not aware his car had been hit until Pomeroy said he had been shot and asked Brueck to Stop the car. A what the defense would have you believe is that the accused was like a Deer in the headlights Quot the prosecutor capt. Michael Flynn said of Bradys decision to shoot at the oncoming car. A Well he Wasny to. He was like a Matador at a bullfight a Flynn said attempting to convince the jury that Brady had coolly planned to use deadly Force even though it Wasny to warranted. A do drunk Drivers deserve to be killed a Flynn asked the jury in his closing statement. A do we authorize police officers to shoot to kill drunk Drivers drunk driving is not normally cause for using deadly  Flynn who brandished Bradys police pistol As he spoke also argued that Brady knew there was at least one passenger in the car and that this knowledge should have further dissuaded him from opening fire. During questioning of a witness wednesday morning judge Craig Schwender an army colonel also a dressed the Issue of Drunken driving. A what message would we be giving to the drunk Drivers of the world if we told them they could drive around roadblocks without anything happening a Schwender asked. Bolgiano the defense attorney said that Brueck a showed extreme disregard for the safety of  with Bruecks 1,500-Pound car bearing Down on Brady at 25 to 44 feet per second a my client had three to four seconds to decide his course of action a Borgia Rio said. Brady and Chester a did what any responsible Law enforcement officer is going to do a Bolgiano said. A a they re going to catch the bad  investigators on tuesday Check part of the wreckage of a us air plane that crashed during a Landing attempt in Charlotte . Pilots Felt Sharp drop before crash Charlotte . A the pilots of us air flight 1016 said they Felt a Sharp drop while aborting the Landing of the Jet during a violent thunderstorm seconds before the plane crashed killing 37 passengers. A they Felt a severe sink rate a John Hammer Schmidt of the National transportation safety Board said tuesday night. In separate interviews with Federal investigators capt. Michael Greenlee and first officer James Hayes said they tried to avoid storm pockets As they attempted to land the dc-9 and did not hear an inboard alarm warning of dangerous wind Shear. Wind Shear a sudden shift in wind Speed and direction caused by a downward Rush of cooled air is being investigated As a possible cause of saturday evenings crash near Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The crash killed 37 of the 57 passengers. Fourteen of the 20 survivors remained hospitalized wednesday. Hammer Schmidt related the pilots descriptions of the last few moments of the flight from Columbia . The pilots turned to avoid a concentration of storms around the Airport but while still two Miles from the Airport the dc-9 passed through rain that quickly turned violent. The air traffic controller announced a wind Shear Alert. The Cap Tain then decided to abort the Landing when the plane was just 200 feet off the runway a Man Euver called a  a the Crew did a go around. Because of the heavy rain a possible wet runway the Lack of visibility and the wind reports a Hammer Schmidt said. The pilots said Hayes gave the engines maximum Power turned right and turned the nose up. The plane climbed to 350 feet but the pilots a Felt a severe sink rate a which would be expected if they encountered a wind Shear Hammer Schmidt said. Greenlee and Hayes were released from a Hospital monday