European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 stars and stripes april 21 2007 Page 21 Man gets 20 years for sex with minor fort Worth a former Church youth director was sentenced to 20 years in prison for hav ing a sexual relationship with a teenage girl jurors sentenced Jason Wamsley to 10 years and state District judge Elizabeth Berry added another 10 years the fort Worth Star Telegram reported in its online editions Wamsley 32 who also had been a teacher was convicted wednes Day of three counts of sexual As Sault of a child under 17 six counts of indecency with a child and one charge of an improper relationship Between an educator and a Stu Dent the victim now 18 and in col lege testified that she had sex with Wamsley from age 14 to 16 until her father caught them in bed to Gether dead whale retrieved from Brooklyn Bay new York it took two attempts but a baby whale that died in a Small Brooklyn Bay after swimming aimlessly in its Waters for two Days was pulled out with the help of two police divers the first attempt a few hours ear Lier by the army corps of Engi neers failed when a rope tied around the whales Tail loosened and the mammal plunged to the Depths of the Harbor the army corps sent in a work boat Hayward with a 20ton capacity Crane to retrieve the car Cass which had been left Over night tied to a pier two officers from the Nype scuba team then arrived and successfully retrieved the whale de spite Zero visibility underwater the whale retrieved thursday was a baby Only 12 feet Long and had bloody Marks on its belly this Doest taste like sugar Tampa a first grader searching his jacket pocket for Money found a bag of crack co Caine Worth authorities said the 7yearold boy found the bag at Forest Hills elementary school it contained 89 Grams of crack said Tampa police spokes woman Lisa Paras is the boy had been reaching in his jacket when he Felt the bag got scared and told his teacher Parashis said Urban Coyote Fust had a craving for fast food Detroit a cagey Urban Coyote that eluded authorities in a nearly hour Long foot Chase through downtown Detroit is expecting an animal rehabilitate or licensed by the Michigan department of natural resources discovered the pregnancy while running medical tests for the Michigan humane society the Detroit free press reported the female Coyote led two Ani Mal Protection officials and de troit police on a Chase past a Feder Al courthouse and beneath parked cars before heading toward the de troit River american Roundup dead whooping Crane found with broken neck Piffl Bismarck a whoop Imam ing Crane found dead in a Farmers Field was a senior Citi zen with a colourful past that helped with studies of the rare Birds a fish and wildlife service spokesman says the Whooper found in a Field near Almont West of Bismarck appeared to have a broken neck spokesman Ken Torkelson said biologists believe the Bird had been dead for at least a Day before it was found but they do not believe it was killed by humans Torkelson said the carcass is being sent to the National wildlife health Center in Madison wis for analysis what caused the broken neck were not sure and we May never know Torkelson said Man in custody after confessing to murder Pasca Goula shipyard worker was in custody after alleging telling Fel Low employees that he had killed his son in Texas 12 years ago Pascagoula police capt Howard Butler said Terry Lamar Robin son 38 was being held for Carthage Texas authorities Butler said Robinson was arrested after an employee at Gulf cold storage called police and reported that Robinson had walked into the business lobby which is located on the Pascagoula River and announced that he had killed his son and asked someone to Call the police Butler said Robinson told the arresting officers that he had killed knee deep Bob Gagnon retrieves a garbage can that was washed away from his Home on Townsend Avenue in Lowell mass flood Waters from the swollen Mer Sirnack River Rose after several Days of constant rain w his 15monthold son by smothering him that he needed to con fess his crime because he could not live with this any longer not my time to go in suing Highlands i elderly woman who broke her hip when she fell into an open grave As she tried to place Flowers on a friends casket is suing the town and the funeral Home a Federal judge recently allowed Marian Mays Case to proceed in court documents she claims the site was not Safe for the june 2004 service arguing that workers neither dug tie grave to the proper size nor covered the opening with plywood she also said people we rent warned of the danger what kind of tip do you give for that trip Phoenix a retired new York couple who hailed a taxi for their 2500mile move to Northern Arizona arrived with their two cats at their Destina Tion neither Betty nor Bob Matas drive and they wanted to spare their cats pretty face and Cleo Patra a trip on an air plane to their retirement Home about 90 Miles North of Phoenix they left the couples Queens neighbourhood april 10 in Douglas Gulden is Canary coloured Ford Sun cab and travelled about 10 hours a Day for a Flat rate plus Gas meals and lodging the Sun is a hybrid electric vehicle which helped Lessen the Cost of fuel the couple will stay at a hotel for a few Days until All their belong Ings can be moved into their House a Friend followed the cab in a rent Al truck carrying the couples pos sessions construction of Park pathways to begin in 08 Cheyenne construction of nearly 42 Miles of pathways in grand Teton National Park is scheduled to begin in 2008 under a National Park service plan that has received final approval Teton superintendent Mary Gib Bon Scott announced Scott said in a prepared state ment that Michael d Snider the Park services inter Mountain regional director had approved the plan that Calls for transportation improvements to make the Park in Northwest Wyoming safer and More accessible for bicyclists and pedestrians evacuees allowed Back after unstable dam scare Hamlow hundreds of evacuees were allowed to return Home after officials deter mined that an unstable earthen dam was no longer in danger of bursting Crews had worked to pump thou Sands of Gallons of water from the Lake formed by the privately built dam we have been Able to lower the level of water by 6 feet overnight with these High volume pumps said Lincoln county emergency services director Allen Holder however he said there is still a problem there and Crews planned to continue running the pumps to continue lowering the Lake a cow appears against a Reddish Sunset As it grazes in a pasture near Strong City Kan the red sky was caused by smoke As ranchers in the Flint Hills Region of Kansas perform their Spring ritual of burning pastures to Aid the growth of Prairie grasses a Little Pokey bicyclists ride Over a Bridge in North Georgia after leaving Rome a near the Start of the third stage of the tour de Georgia bicycle race on the run fight or flight a cowboys cur dog confronts a rogue longhorn mix Heifer on Burlin game Avenue during a Roundup of cows wandering a port Charlotte Fia neighbourhood eight longhorn mix cows were spotted wandering through the quiet port Charlotte neighbourhood and were rounded up hours later crossfire getting a lift a member of the us coast guard airlifts an unidentified Man to safety after he became stranded on top of his vehicle in the Smith River near Crescent City Calif firefighters work to put out a fire on the Back Side of a two Story Home in fort Smith Ark the Home was unoccupied and for Sale at the time of the fire ice Jam ice collects on a Barge before it Sank close to the Bank of the Kenai River in Kenai Alaska the Barge broke Loose from the Kenai Dock ran aground in Sand and Sank a us coast guard official said the Barge might have to be Cut up to be removed from the site out of Solitude water rushes Over the outcropping of the great Falls in Paterson no located in Passaic county officer fired Over detention of student a South East Georgia sheriff has fired a communications officer and suspended two supervisors Over the detention of a Canadian graduate student for minor traffic violations Cheryl Kuehn 23 had to strip take a delousing Shower and spend a night at the Glynn county jail after being detained for speeding and running a Stop sign near inter state 95 in Brunswick Glynn county sheriff Wayne Bennett said that Kuehns release from jail was delayed 10 hours be cause the communications officer missed the response to a routine immigration Check run on Kuehn even so supervisors on duty should have resolved the problem quickly he said their suspension will last two 12hour shifts said Bennett who declined to release their names and that of the fired officer Kuehn was heading to Florida with her husband to visit inlays when the incident began Chicago daily launches Community web site Chicago the Chicago Tribune has launched a Community journalism web site encouraging readers in nine suburbs to Post their own articles photos and blogs this started with the question of How can we make the paper More relevant to readers who continue to live further and further away from the Center City said Ted Biedron president of the Tri Bune division that designed the site the web site is we Triblo Cal com Tri local will have a staff of four journalists but the majority of the Sites Content will be written by readers Biedron said Sites like news corps myspace com have persuaded publishers that there is value in allowing readers to pub Lish their own Content Man dragged by Sun recovering from injuries Riverside a Man found lying on the Side of the Road after being dragged by an Sun for about three quarters of a mile was in stable condition at a Hospital recovering from massive Road Burns and other injuries that included losing his lower lip the sums Driver who police said disregarded a rubbing noise coming from under the vehicle was charged with Drunken driving and other offences and was being held on More than half a million dollars bail Anselmo chins Abam 22 of Flanders suffered Road Burns to this face Chest and arms including losing his lower lip and his right biceps muscle and breaking his right shoulder Bone while being pulled along in the Underbelly of the vehicle state police investigator Bill Hulse said tuesday chins Abam was in stable Condi Tion at Stony Brook University medical Center a spokeswoman said the Driver of the Gumc envoy Alejandro Xuy asian 27 pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Southampton town court and was ordered held on bail mysterious animals spotted roaming Woods Chesterland is it a Goat is it a sheep no it is a what is that thing wildlife experts Haven been Able to positively identify at least three animals spotted roaming the Woods in Ches Ter township about 20 Miles East of Cleveland Over the past few months were not exactly sure what they Are said Allen Lea of the Ohio division of wildlife which has reviewed photos taken by a res ident but there definitely not a native species there not where they belong police have received Calls from residents offering varying descriptions with possible ids including Bighorn sheep and wild Goat Sal Lapuma an avid outdoors Man said he recently got within 30 feet of one of the animals before it ran away the moment i saw it i knew it was out of place he said neighbors Settle Case of Donkey noise manure Dallas faced with complaints that his Donkey was too loud attorney Gregory Sha Moun decided to bring his Case directly to the court he had the Don key testify buddy the Donkey appeared in court he walked to the Bench and stared at the jury the picture of a gentle Well mannered creature and not the loud aggressive Ani Mal he had been accused of being Shamoun was in a dispute with oilman John Cantrell who had complained to the City about a Stor age shed Shamoun was building in his backyard in Dallas Cantrell said Shamoun retaliated by bring ing the Donkey from his ranch and putting him in the backyard Cantrell complained of Donkey noise and manure piles they Bray a lot any time Day or night you never know when there going to Cut Loose he Testi fied despite the donkeys appear Ance neither jurors or buddy had the last say the neighbors settled their dispute while jurors de liberated blood alcohol level hits High of 047 Seattle a former Seattle police officer re turned the highest blood alcohol Reading Ever recorded by a Washington state Driver and she was charged with driving under the in fluence Deana f Jarrett of Woodinville registered a 047 percent blood Al Cohol Reading after striking two cars april 11 said trooper Jeff Merrill Public information officer for the state patrol the Legal limit in Washington is 008 percent a blood alcohol level above 040 per cent is potentially lethal someone who is an alcoholic will tolerate a higher blood alcohol level said Lynne Freeman a Doc Tor at group Healths urgent care clinic in someone who is not an Al Coholic they could die somewhere Between 04 and 05 for someone Jarrett size 5 feet 5 inches and 130 to 140 pounds it would take about a fifth of liquor 256 ounces in a Short period of time to reach mat blood alcohol level Freeman said stories and photos from wire services