Tuesday, November 09, 1999
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Teen to be tried as adult in killing
A Kennedy Heights teen-ager will face murder charges in connection with a shootout at an Avondale carryout.
A juvenile court judge ruled Monday that Adrian Haynes, 17, should be tried in adult court for murder. He and three other teens are accused of robbing Clifford's Carry Out on Sept. 8.
Prosecutors say the 60-year-old owner of the carryout, Eugene Clifford, ended the robbery when he emerged from a back room and shot three of the robbers.
They say a fourth would-be robber escaped on foot and was caught a short time later.
One of the teens, 18-year-old Anthony Santino Harris, died from a gunshot wound to the neck.
Under Ohio law, suspects can be charged with murder if they commit a felony that results in the death of another person, even if that person was not their intended target.
Metro contest gathers food for the needy
In its annual Crosstown Food Showdown, Metro this weekend will have a bus on the east side of town and another on the west side to see which one collects the most food.
Buses will be at the Thriftway in Blue Ash, 4900 Hunt Road, and the Thriftway at Glenway Crossings, 5150 Glenncrossing Way. Bridgetown. People can drop off canned goods and nonperishable food 2-10 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday.
The food will go the the Emergency Food Center in Northside Monday.
Jail nurse admits smuggling marijuana
A nurse at the Hamilton County Justice Center pleaded guilty Monday to smuggling marijuana into the jail.
Felita Harper, 27, of Forest Park, faces up to 18 months in jail for one count of illegal conveyance of drugs into a detention facility.
She entered the plea in Common Pleas Court after prosecutors agreed to drop two other felony charges. She will be sentenced Dec. 15 by Judge Norbert Nadel.
Before her arrest in August, Ms. Harper worked for Corrections Medical Service, which is hired by Hamilton County to provide all medical services at the jail.
Prosecutors say Ms. Harper was given the marijuana by the relative of an inmate. They say sheriff's deputies were tipped off, and found an unspecified amount of marijuana hidden in the jail's treatment room.
High court to consider curbs on judicial access
WASHINGTON — Taking up an appeal from Ohio prosecutors, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider limiting federal court access for state prisoners who claim they got inadequate legal help at their trial.
A federal appeals court set aside Robert W. Carpenter's murder conviction in the 1988 fatal beating of a 73-year-old woman in her Columbus home.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled that his claim of constitutionally inadequate trial help — even though he raised it too late under Ohio's procedural rules — could be used in federal court to argue that his rights were violated.
The appeals court told Ohio courts to reconsider Mr. Carpenter's guilt or innocence. Ohio prosecutors, joined by 25 other states, contended that the appeals court ruling shows too little federal respect for state courts and their rules.
Mr. Carpenter had been convicted of killing Thelma Young, whose bludgeoned body was discovered in her home Oct. 5, 1988. Mr. Carpenter maintained that while he had been present during the crime, others killed Mrs. Young.
Court OKs deportation of ex-Nazi guard
A retired foundry supervisor who has lived in the United States for 45 years should be deported because of his past as a guard at two Nazi concentration camps during World War II, the federal appeals court here ruled Monday.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a 1997 ruling that ordered Ferdinand Hammer deported to his native Croatia.
The three appeals judges held that Mr. Hammer, 78, was properly ordered deported because he participated in the “persecution of persons because of their race, religion, national origin, or political opinion.”
The court said Mr. Hammer was a member of the Nazi SS Death's Head Battalion at concentration camps in Auschwitz, Poland, and Sachsenhausen, Germany. The panel cited captured Nazi-regime documents that showed Mr. Hammer also guarded prisoners as they were being taken to the camps.
Mr. Hammer, who lives in Sterling Heights, Mich., has admitted he was a member of the German army's Waffen-SS, but denied being part of a battalion that served at concentration camps. He has said he guarded some Russian prisoners, but he never hurt them.
Life sentence given to suburban killer
COLUMBUS — A man received up to life in prison Monday in the second slaying in suburban Dublin's 189-year history.
Jason Cass, 21, of Zanesville, was sentenced in Franklin County Common Pleas Court after being convicted of murdering Spencer Donahue, 24, of Warsaw, at a gas station convenience store in March.
Findlay school suspends boy, 13, over threat
FINDLAY, Ohio — A 13-year-old boy who bragged via computer that he was going to shoot four students at his middle school probably did not intend to carry out the attack, police said Monday. However, authorities were referring the matter to prosecutors.
The boy has been suspended from Donnell Middle School, Principal Chris Renn said.
Columbus weighs plea bargain for protesters
COLUMBUS — The city is working on a possible plea bargain with more than 100 activists for the disabled who were arrested at downtown state office buildings last week. They were protesting the way Ohio and other states pay for long-term care.
Franklin County Municipal Judge Charles Schneider said Monday he gave lawyers in the case two weeks to work out details.
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