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Bank leader
sentenced
for robbery
of own bank
McALLEN (AP) — A former
bank president who attempted to
rob his bank has been sentenced
to four years and nine months in
prison.
Robert L. Freeman, former
president of Elsa State Bank and
Trust, was sentenced Tuesday by
U.S. District Judge Ricardo H.
Hinojosa.
Freeman claimed that during
the Feb. 3 attempted robbery he
was suffering from post-trauma
tic stress disorder because of his
military service in Vietnam.
He resigned from the bank
eight months before the at
tempted robbery.
A federal jury convicted the
44-year-old Brownsville resident
last November on two counts of
attempted bank robbery.
Hinojosa rejected a motion for
anew trial and ordered Freeman
to report to federal authorities
Feb. 25.
Defense lawyer J.C. Castillo of
Houston, Freeman’s brother-in-
law, said jurors erred during the
first trial when they indicated the
panel had decided Freeman’s
guilt before getting a clarifica
tion on the legal term “beyond a
reasonable doubt.”
Freeman’s defense was based
on a mental illness that afflicts
mostly war veterans and trauma
victims years after dreadful ex
periences.
The Vietnam veteran said he
“snapped” when he disguised
himself in camouflage clothing
and a ski mask and attempted to
rob two of his former bank tell
ers with a gun.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Terry
Leonard said Freeman could
have gotten a lower sentence had
he accepted responsibility for his
actions.
“He said he was there, but that
he didn’t intend to do it,” the
prosecutor said.
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Officer wants to keep rescued baby
Appeals court
orders reporters
to reveal sources
HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals has let
stand a trial judge’s decision to force
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas police
officer says he wants to adopt an in
fant he found near a garbage bin,
but others are already waiting to
bring the girl into their families.
Officer Bill Blackbourn found the
infant, known as Baby G, Sunday
morning behind a trash dumpster at
a North Dallas apartment complex.
Baby G was wrapped in two tow
els, and her umbilical cord was tied
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“I feel kind of special about her,”
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Baby G’s skin had a bluish tint,
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whether the color was caused by 45-
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age. So he held the infant to his chest
and turned his squad car’s heater
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“Once she got near a human
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Blackbourn had called his wife
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Nerd House by Tom A. Madison
reporters from the Houston Chroni-
de and the Houston Post to identify
potential witnesses at a murder trial.
Attorneys for David Charles Tay
lor, accused in the May 20 killings of
cousins Calvin D. Sanders and Percy
Banyon, say that Post reporter Felix
Sanchez and Chronicle reporter
James T. Campbell could help iden
tify witnesses.
The day of the shooting, Camp
bell and Sanchez interviewed wit
nesses who asked to remain anony
mous. Defense lawyer Kevin Qncken
has been unable to find any of the
people interviewed in the news ac
counts and wants the reporters in
the courtroom to identity the wit
nesses in case they attend tne trial.
Chronicle and Post attorneys said
Tuesday they are reviewing options
to the ruling, including trying to
take the. matter to the U.S. Supreme
Court or having the reporters dis
obey the subpoenas ordered by state
District Judge William Harmon. The
subpoenas require them to identify
story sources if they see them during
the trial, scheduled Feb. 4.
Chronicle attorney Joel White
said it is very difficult to persuade
the U.S. Supreme Court to accept a
case. And if the reporters disobey
the subpoenas, they could be subject
to contempt of court and jailed.
Oncken said he was pleased with
the court’s refusal since he viewed
the reporters as essential to Taylor’s
defense.
“If David Taylor is to receive a
fair trial, those people need to be
there,” Oncken said.
Sanchez said he doesn’t plan to
follow the court’s order if nothing
changes before the opening of the
trial.
“This would be a bad precedent
for other reporters who might be
hauled into court to identify peo
ple,” Sanchez said. “We’re being
asked to be investigators for the
court.”
White said Harmon has no au
thority to order any individual to sit
through a trial and identify potential
witnesses. He also said court prece
dent provides that reporters cannot
be compelled to reveal confidential
sources if there are other sources of
information.
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not remember the sources and do
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Fines increase for goods
smuggled across border
WASHINGTON (AP) — Travel
ers who attempt to smuggle meats,
fruits or vegetables across the Mexi
can border into Texas face stiffer
fines starting Sunday.
The Agriculture Department said
the fine for failing to declare prohib
ited goods will double, from $25 to
$50, while cases involving conceal
ment or misrepresentation may re
sult in fines of $ 100, up from $50.
Any attempt to smuggle meats,
fruits or vegetables into the United
States is a federal offense.
“Bringing foreign meat and plant
products into the United States
poses a serious threat to the health
of U.S. crops and livestock,” said
James W. Glosser, administrator of
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
James Fons, senior operations of
ficer for port operations of the Ani
mal and Plant Health Inspection
Service, said the fines were raised
because officers in the field believed
they were too low to serve as a deter
rent. The current fines have been in
place for the past six years.
APHIS collected fines of
$723,345 last year on produce and
declared or not declared and hidden
by travelers coming into the United
States across the borders, at airports,
or from Hawaii or Puerto Rico.
Fons said there were 300,834 in
terceptions of plant material on the
U.S.-Mexico border last year and
29,860 interceptions of meat and
poultry products.
Fons said APHIS officers logged
610,938 interceptions at airports of
plant material in baggage entering
the country from overseas and
10,990 interceptions of meat prod
ucts.
According to USD A, no fines are
imposed for prohibited products if
they are declared during baggage in
spections, and all illegal items are
confiscated with no compensation.
“APHIS spends millions of dollars
to eradicate destructive pests and
diseases that enter the United States
inside fruits, vegetables and meats
packed in personal luggage,” Glos
ser said.
Tropical fruit such as mangoes,
avocados, papayas and limes are
among the illegal items most fre
quently intercepted at ports of entry.
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