European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 16, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7video game addict found insane in school stabbing from the associated press fort Lauderdale Fla. A a teen Ager who confused video game fantasy with reality was found innocent by reason of insanity in a stabbing and committed to a state psychiatric Hospital for at least six months. A Paul Van Schaik 16, spent hours playing the violent video game mortal combat evidence showed. He nearly stabbed a classmate to death in the belief he would Advance to the games next level his attorney Chris Roberts said thursday. Broward circuit judge Barry Goldstein based his ruling in reports by several psychologists and a psychiatrist who examined the boy. Van Schaik was accused of stabbing Christopher Hill 16, a total of 22 times during class at Coconut Creek High school on feb. 7. Hill spent several weeks in a Hospital. A the knew it was wrong. But he was unable to appreciate the consequences a Roberts said. A Paul Felt that the world we live in was not real that. Demons were tormenting held in mob killing Miami a a 16-year-old boy was arrested thursday in the attack on a Motorist who was beaten robbed and shot to death by a mob when he got out of his car to Check on a girl he had just hit. The youth who Wasny to identified because of his age was charged with first degree murder and armed robbery. He was being held at a juvenile detention Center. Metro Dade police detective Marie Duboulay did no to know other details of the arrest. Police have not determined whether the 16-year-old was the gunman she said. Charles Bells went to Check on Victoria Williams after the 11-year-old girl darted in front of his car tuesday As she was Rushing across the Street to watch a fight. She Wasny to seriously Hurt. Witnesses said a mob surrounded Bells a 44-year-old, lifelong resident of the neighborhood.2 charged in child deaths Columbia . A a couple who ran a Day care Center in their suburban Home was arrested this week after authorities exhumed the bodies of two babies and charged they were murdered by asphyxiation. The deaths last year at Brenda and Joseph. Cutro s Home in i Mowere originally recorded As sudden infant death syndrome. But after a 10-month investigation Brenda Cutro was charged wednesday with two counts of murder two counts of assault by child abuse and one count each of assault and Battery and unlawful neglect of a child. Her husband was charged with neglect. Circuit judge Costa pleicones set Brenda cutrow a Bond thursday at $200,000 and cutrow sat $50,000, neither had made Bond by Early killer sues for time new York a the so called preppie murderer is suing to get Back a year of Good behaviour time he lost for failing to produce a urine Sample for a drug test in prison. Robert Chambers also was placed in solitary confinement for six months after being unable to urinate for the dec. 16 test. He filed the lawsuit thursday. His lawyer Brian of Dwyer said Chambers was under too much stress. A they provided no facilities water or any of those things that would have aided him in any Way a of Dwyer said. Chambers 27, is in his sixth year of a five to 15-year sentence for manslaughter in the 1986. Strangulation of Jennifer Levin. He claimed he accidentally killed her while having rough sex in Central Park. A if an inmate can to comply we believe it is deliberate on his part a said Tony Annucci Deputy commissioner Ana counsel for the department of correction. Chambers was denied Early parole in december 1992 and can apply again this pizza King Dies London a Bob Payton the american who brought deep dish pizza to Britain and opened up 30 restaurants around the world died in a car Accident wednesday. He was 50. A former advertising executive based in London Payton opened his first restaurant in 1977, the Chicago pizza pie factory. A act delegates rip red a f or a i legend Bias by Edward Walsh Washington Post Chicago a after taking on Lynch mobs Jim Crow Laws segregated schools and Many other forms of racism Over the past eight decades the a act has found a different kind of enemy the news Media. With executive director Benjamin Chavis setting the tone the civil rights organizations 85lh National convention displayed deep discontent and mistrust Over what speakers called distorted and unfair news coverage of Blacks in general and the a act in particular. At thursdays closing session in Chicago delegates overwhelmingly approved a Resolution of support for Chavis and other leaders who were described As. A under attack by the news Media for their overtures to controversial nation of islam Leader Louis Farrakhan. When Vernon h. Ricks jr., a Delegate from Poto Mac md., questioned the need for the Resolution several speakers shot Back that in the words of one a we know the Media is against \ earlier rep. Maxine Waters d-calif., accused a some members of the press mostly members of the White press a of attempting to provoke divisions among Black americans. Waters then brought her audience to its feet cheering with a reference to the saturation news coverage of the . Simpson murder Case and the controversy Over Chaviss attempts to reach out to Farrak Han. ,. A a Tell the press we define who we Are a Waters thundered. A give us As much time As you be Given . Run behind us with your camera the Way you do when Farrakhan shows introducing recently retired Chicago Sun times columnist Vernon Jarrett who was honoured for his work with the National association for the advancement of coloured people another speaker assailed Black journalists for caring More about their careers than a the James Williams editor of the Baltimore afro american and a former director of communications for the a act and the National Urban league said the amount of Media criticism at the convention was unusual. A a in be i fever seen such a Crescendo a he said this was in part because of a defensive circling of the wagons by Chavis and his allies. They n Chavis Waters feel beleaguered Over questions about the a acpt a debt which officials say is $2.7 million and criticism of his attempts to have the organization Appeal to Young people and focus More on economic and social issues. In particular Chavis has come under fire for his inclusion of the controversial Farrakhan at a Black Summit put on by the a act in Baltimore last month. But As the spontaneous reaction to Waters remarks about the Simpson Case showed mistrust of the mainstream Media is not confined to Chavis and other a act leaders. A the . Simpson overkill has certainly had an of feet on african americans a Williams said. Most african americans believe that . Is innocent so there Fofe the Media have to be held responsible for perpetuating that myth about Black cheering sign waving delegates greeted Chavis As he was introduced for the convention keynote address earlier this week. A the Media reported there was going to be a demonstration but they did no to plan on this demonstration a he said. A you can control the networks but you can t control the godworks.�?�. Chavis went on to attack time Magazine for its cover photograph of Simpson that was darkened projecting what critics said was a deliberately sinister image. A it did not Surprise me a he said. A that is the perspective they bring when they approach our add bulk Uniondale . A he was presented As a role Model to thousands of Young fans a chiselled 300-Pound wrestler who urged children to a heat their vitamins and say their prayers.�?�. But Hulk Hogan ate More than his vitamins a he also took steroids. And he says most of the world wrestling federation also was chemically enhanced. In a courtroom packed with autograph hounds and teen agers Hogan admitted thursday for the first time that a i used steroids to get in the past Hogan said he had used steroids Only to a treat injuries. Hogan was called by the prosecution and testified under immunity in the steroid conspiracy Case against Whf head Vince Mcmahon his former Boss and the Man who transformed the huckster into a multimillion Dollar marketing phenomenon. The trial began a week ago. A a after taking the oath under his real name of Terry Bollea Hogan admitted that for 13 years ending in 1989, he injected and swallowed steroids. The Federal government banned steroids in 1991 for All but therapeutic uses. The drugs can damage the liver kidneys Testicles heart and Bones. Hulk testified that Mcmahon never ordered him to take steroids but that the Whf chief made them available through Mcmahon a personal Secretary at the federations Stamford conn., Headquarters. A a i would go by the office and pick up the steroids along with my paycheck and fan mail a said Hogan who now appears on the syndicated television show Thunder in Paradise. V it % Hulk Hogan leaves a . District court in Uniondale ., after testifying for the prosecution thursday at the Federal trial of wrestling promoter Vince Mcmahon on charges of distributing steroids. Mcmahon 48, the owner of Titan sports inc., has pleaded innocent to charges of conspiracy and illegally distributing steroids. Prosecutors said he cajoled wrestlers to take steroids which were distributed a like Mcmahon faces up to 11 years in prison if convicted. With his bleached Blond hair Down to his shoulders Hogan wore a Navy Blue suit red tie and White shirt and was courteous to a fault. He appeared smaller than the 302 pounds he carried at the height of his wrestling Fame. Hogan said about 80 percent of the wrestlers used steroids and passed them around like cigarettes As the Whf reached unprecedented popularity in the 19s0s. Steroids helped wrestlers a keep on going a said Hogan his booming voice filling the courtroom. A the schedule was Lough on the
