Tuesday, February 01, 2000
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No vote in 2000 on plan to dock Ind. casinos
INDIANAPOLIS — An effort by Indiana's casino industry to allow dockside gambling appears dead in the water for this year's abbreviated session of the General Assembly.
None of the bills to lift the requirement that floating casinos must be under way for gambling to occur had received committee hearings by Thursday's deadline — virtually ending their chances to pass.
Key legislators have said they will use parliamentary rules, if necessary, to ensure the issue isn't resurrected and attached to another bill as the session winds down in late February or early March.
“Needless to say, we are disappointed,” said Rick Mazer, chairman of the Casino Association of Indiana. “We have not given up complete hope, although it looks grim. We will regroup and evaluate.”
Whether Indiana's floating casinos should be permanently moored became an issue after Illinois lifted its cruising requirement in July, generating a big surge in revenue for its boats. Gamblers say they prefer the greater freedom with docked casinos, which become indistinguishable from those on land.
Man on trial for killing mother, unborn child
TOLEDO, Ohio — Sonya Hayes was just days away from giving birth to a 7-pound boy when she was gunned down in her car. The fetus, shot at close range, died too. Her boyfriend went on trial Monday in both deaths.
Terrance Davis is charged with three counts of aggravated murder for shooting and killing Ms. Hayes and her fetus and for unlawfully terminating another person's pregnancy. A 1996 Ohio law lets prosecutors seek homicide charges if a defendant causes the termination of a viable pregnancy.
Death penalty experts in Ohio think it's the first time someone in the state has faced the death penalty in the killing of a fetus, although others have been convicted under the law. A Cincinnati woman in May 1997 was the first convicted, for causing a car accident that killed a woman and her unborn son.
Attorneys for Mr. Davis maintain that he had nothing to do with the shooting and that the question of whether the fetus was a person — an emotional issue in the abortion rights debate — will not affect the case.
Ex-lobbyist gets probation for tax fraud
Former Statehouse lobbyist Michael Anthony Fabiano has been put on two years of probation for filing a false 1995 federal corporate income tax return.
U.S. District Judge Sandra S. Beckwith also fined him $500.
He admitted that the return for Fabiano & Associates Inc., of Columbus, included an illegal $8,000 deduction.
In a separate case, the Ohio Elections Commission fined Mr. Fabiano $1,000 last year for misrep resenting or concealing a $60,000 expenditure arising from Sen. George Voinovich's successful 1994 campaign for governor.
Bowling tournament benefits MDA
The Madeira-Indian Hill Fire Department is holding its 17th annual bowling tournament noon Saturday at Princeton Bowl, 11711 Princeton Road, Springdale. Proceeds will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The cost is $26 per person, with five people per team. Prizes will be awarded at 3 p.m. For information or to register, call 271-2669.
2nd suspect sought in Cincinnati killing
Cincinnati police continued to hunt for a second suspect in Cincinnati's fourth homicide of 2000. A 17-year-old boy was arrested Sunday in connection with the Kennedy Heights shooting and charged with aggravated murder.
Christopher P. Parks, 17, was shot Saturday as he walked in the 6400 block of Kennedy Avenue shortly before 11 a.m., police said. He died at University Hospital.
The second suspect is also between ages 15 and 17. He is described as black, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall with a thin build.
He was wearing a dark-colored bubble coat, black pants, and a blue or black skull cap.
Anyone with information is asked to contact homicide at 352-3542 or Crime Stoppers at 352-3040. Callers can remain anonymous and a reward is available.
Congressman badly hurt in car crash
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, who is recovering from an auto accident, remained in a hospital Monday and was not expected to be able to return to Washington this week.
Mr. Brown, a Democrat from Elyria, was listed in stable condition at Mansfield MedCentral Hospital.
Mr. Brown broke ribs and some vertebrae in his lower back in the accident, which happened Sunday in Knox County about 7 miles south of Mount Vernon as Mr. Brown and his daughter, Elizabeth, 16, were on their way to church in Granville. His daughter was not injured.
A report said unsafe speed was a contributing factor to the accident, the the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. Mr. Brown was cited for failing to maintain reasonable control.
Toledo mayor leads lobbying group
WASHINGTON — Carty Finkbeiner, mayor of Toledo, Ohio, was named Monday to head the Rebuild America Coalition, a group that promotes investment in the infrastructure of cities.
Mr. Finkbeiner succeeds Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell as the group's chairman.
The coalition lobbies for spending on roads, highways, sewers, bridges and other basic needs.
Mom, baby freed after being taken hostage
PERU, Ind. — A Wabash man fleeing police in a stolen vehicle held a woman and her infant daughter hostage for more than four hours Monday, police said.
Adam McKenzie, 18, surrendered to police about 6:30 p.m. after freeing both hostages unharmed, the Peru Tribune reported. Authorities were questioning him late Monday.
Indiana State Trooper Marshall Talbert said Mr. McKenzie was fleeing police about 1 p.m. after being pulled over driving a car reported stolen in Wabash, about 15 miles east of Peru, when he broke into Melissa Parrish's home a few blocks from downtown.
Ms. Parrish, 24, and her 4-month-old daughter, Alyssa, were taken hostage. Negotiators convinced him to release Alyssa Parrish after about 11/2 hours and Ms. Parrish three hours later. Alyssa was taken to Dukes Memorial Hospital for observation.
Peru is about 70 miles north of Indianapolis.
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