European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 22, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 2 kidnapped kids found in . Apartment closet by the new York times new York two children apparently Kidnap Ped by a custodian from a Harlem Church were found locked in a closet at an apartment occupied by the Man saturday morning 19 hours after they had disappeared police children a boy 6, and his sister 13, were taken to Harlem Hospital for examination and appeared to be physically unharmed said sgt. Anthony Barlanti police spokesman. The children whom the police declined to identify disappeared about 3 . On Friday after their grand Mother who was doing repair work at the gospel Temple Church at 104 w. 130th St., sent them to buy something at a nearby hardware Handyman at the Church also turned out to be missing Barlanti said. The Man was identified Basluke Steele 27. We go to the Handyman s apartment at about 3a.m., and his wife says he has t been around since 1 . Friday the sergeant said. Teen who won Medicine Battle Dies at Home Coral Springs Fla. A teen age liver transplant patient who had gone to court so he would not have Totake anti rejection drugs died saturday at Home. Fifteen year old Benito Benny Agre la won the right to Stop taking his medi cation in june after the Florida depart ment of health and rehabilitative services forcibly removed him from his Home. He. Was hospitalized after the state social service Agency Learned he had failed to take his prescribed Medicine. Agrela who had undergone two live transplants said he could t stand the Medicine s Side effects and wanted to die in peace. A judge agreed he could Stop Takin the Medicine and return to his Coral Springs Home to live out his life with his family. He went in a very Good Way. We revery Happy Agrela s sister Ava Senra Dressner told the Sun Sentinel of for Lauderdale. He did t complain of any / a before 5 saturday Agrela opened his eyes and called out to his Mother who had kept a bedside Vigil. He raised his arms and said of Ami the two embraced. Agrela smiled and took in his last circuit judge Arthur Birken Drew National attention when he Rule that the boy could not be forced to take the anti rejection medications which can cause painful Side effects in some trans Plant patients. His ruling came after a Long visit wit Agrela As Well As four hours of testimony from doctors who had treated the teen Ager a Steele s wife did Tell the officers that her husband also worked As a superintendent for several nearby apartment buildings including one at 243 w. 135th Man s wife gave officers their wedding photo. About 10 . On saturday during a door to door search at the 1315th Street building officers interviewed Man in a fourth floor apartment that otherwise appeared to be unoccupied. He tells us he does t know anything about the children Barlanti said. But As the officers left one of them Josephine Aliprandini told the others that she believed she had seen the same Man with a Little boy a Short while ear Lier. She double checks the picture and they had Abad feeling about it Barlanti said. So they go this time the Man reportedly gave the officers a Dif Ferent name. They press him on it and finally he says the kids Are in the closet Barlanti said. Steele has been charged with kidnapping imprison ment and endangering the welfare of a child. Looking like new a Larry Sparks and Doug Sandidge both of the 28th military Airlift squad Ron historical association pose last week in front of an extra big nosed c 124 cargo plane that they helped restore at the Hill of museum i Ogden Utah. The men reassembled the aircraft nicknamed old Sha key in time for a september reunion of the Squadron. Reports at Odds Over Simpson blood testing los Angeles a reports conflict on whether blood samples taken from the scene of the murder of . Simpson s sex wife and her Friend have been linked to the former football Star. The reports came As attorneys on both sides pre pared for a hearing today to determine How much blood is available for testing and to discuss the complexity of the role Dan evidence plays in the Case. Can reported a possible Dan match late Friday and said sources close to the prosecution told the net work that blood samples May have been sent to a Sec Ond lab to confirm the positive result. But sources close to the investigation disagreed with the can report that preliminary tests on four blood drops found at the murder scene did not match Simpson s blood. Simpson is accused in the killings of his sex wife Nic Ole Brown Simpson 35, and her Friend Ronald Gold Man 25. He has please. Innocent. Tests Are being conducted on blood samples taken from the murder scene from Simpson s automobile and from a Glove found at Simpson s estate. The tests sometimes take months to Complete and it s not known if results will be ready in time for the trial which is set to begin sept. 19. Gore undergoes surgery for torn Achilles Tendon from the associated press Washington doctors repaired Vic president Al Gore s Achilles Tendon saturday night after he Tore it while playing basketball earlier in . Two orthopaedic surgeons performed the operation which took 70 minutes at the National naval medical Center in Bethesda md., aide Heid kukis said. Gore was to remain hospitalized is Alert he is awake and the surgery was uncomplicated kukis said. Victims families lose Milwaukee relatives of Jeffrey Dahmer victims lost a court suit against a comic Book about the serial killer. Judge James p. Doherty ruled Friday that the eight relatives cannot base a claim on names and likenesses of people who Are dead. The suit was aimed at Jeffrey Dahmjr a unauthorized biography of a serial Teller a $2.50 comic Book produced by Boneyard press of Champaign 111., the cartoon subjects were based on imagination and not on actual knowledge of the victims the company said. Dahmer who is serving life sentences told police he murdered 17 Young men and youths since 1987. Body parts were found in his apartment in july1991. Bomb results in arrest St. Albans it. A woman was arrested saturday in connection with a bomb planted at a planned parenthood Virginia Ames 33, was charged with illegal Possession of a destructive device. If convicted she faces up to 10 years in jail and a Fine of $250,000.she is scheduled to appear in court today. Authorities said Ames resembles a woman see near the clinic at the time the bomb was discovered aug. 9 before the clinic opened. The clinic did not offer abortions. Gunman Hurt in shootout new Haven Conn. A gunman hijacked police motorcycle exchanged shots with the police officer after they crashed and fled in a car carrying two children. He then shot one of the children in the wrist an crashed the car into a Guardrail. Police said the gunman 33-year-old Timothy Edward Brelsford was shot at least four times by the officer and was in critical condition 4-year-old child was in Good condition. The police officer suffered Only minor injuries. The Man jumped on the motorcycle of patrolman Jim Kelly late Friday at the Volvo International Tennis tournament held a gun to Kelly s head an ordered him to take him to Bridgeport it. David Burleigh said. Kelly was working Security at the tournament an had tried to Stop the suspect from harassing children the new Haven Register reported. Kelly dumped the motorcycle in a controlled crash to get away from the gunman Burleigh said and the two started shooting at each other. The gunman then ordered a woman put of her car arid began driving it on interstate 95 with her two children 8 months and 4 years old inside. Court oks sterilization Philadelphia a woman who feared her26-year-old retarded daughter would be vulnerable to sexual assault can have the woman surgically sterilized according to Pennsylvania s highest court. The state supreme court refused Friday to Hearan Appeal of a Superior court ruling allowing Delores Wasiek to have the operation performed other daughter Cindy. Ill sleep easier Wasiek said. I know this i what s Best for Cindy s court appointed attorney Lorrie Mckinney had argued the procedure was too extreme and ignored the rights of the mentally disabled. She said she has t yet decided whether to Appe Alto the . Supreme court which has not ruled on sterilization for the mentally retarded since 1927
