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Police: Bombs set to evade trial
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VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Bomb
ings at a courthouse and bank were
aimed at subverting a drug trial by
disrupting the criminal justice sys
tem, police said Monday after ar
resting two of three suspects.
The third suspect, Kevin Lee
Robinson, 29, of Vallejo, hired the
two other men to try to prevent his
upcoming trial on narcotics
charges, Lt. Ron Jackson said. Be
cause of prior convictions, he faced
the possibility of life in prison un
der the state’s “three strikes” law,
Jackson said.
Robinson, who was considered
armed and dangerous, was expect
ed to surrender today through his
attorneys, said agent Mike Morris
sey of the Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms bureau in Sah Francisco.
Jackson said Robinson has had
previous drug and firearms convic
tions and was scheduled to begin
trial today for cocaine possession.
Federal agents recovered 500
pounds of stolen dynamite, an
amount that Police Chief Robert
Nichelini said could easily have made
the series of bombings catastrophic.
They were still searching for an
other cache of explosives, possibly
up to 100 pounds.
All three men face felony con
spiracy, burglary and explosive de
vice charges, Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms agent Charles Barnett said
Sunday. If convicted, each could
face prison sentences of 160 years.
Francis Ernestberg, 40, was ar
rested early Sunday in a residential
neighborhood in this city of 112,000
people, 37 miles northeast of San
Francisco. Oston Osotonu, 24, was
taken into custody at a nearby mo
tel that afternoon, authorities said.
Both men have police records,
but Ernestberg “was the one with
the construction background relat
ed to the dynamite,” Jackson said.
Investigators found more than
60 sticks of wired dynamite in the
trunk of a car parked outside an
apartment complex early Sunday
morning, police Sgt. Dave Johnson
said. Authorities believe the sus
pects planned to blow up the car.
That evening, investigators
stormed the home of a relative of
one of the suspects, uncovering 500
pounds of dynamite and a semiau
tomatic rifle in the garage, police
said. Authorities evacuated a 20-
square-block residential area for
about four hours.
“They told us just to get in the car
and leave for a little while and take
a ride because there were explo
sives in the house,” said Pamela
Billups, who lives next door with her
husband and six children.
If detonated, police said the ex
plosives could have leveled much of
the neighborhood.
I^ast Thursday, a dynamite bomb
tore a 3-foot crater into the Solano
County courthouse. On Jan. 26, a
stick of dynamite exploded outside a
Wells Fargo bank branch, damaging
three automatic teller machines.
One day earlier, children found a
backpack stuffed with 30 sticks of
dynamite leaning against a section
of the county library that houses
police evidence. That bomb, safely
dismantled, helped lead investiga
tors to one suspect, police said.
The bombers used the same
dynamite for the courthouse and
library, investigators said. They
said the suspects may have
bombed the bank to throw detec
tives off their trail.
Bodies have signs
of Dr. Kevorkian
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The bodies
of two women were left at a hospital
and outside a medical examiner’s of
fice early Monday, and police were try
ing to determine whether Dr. Jack
Kevorkian was involved in the deaths.
Authorities have neither con
firmed nor ruled out a possible
Kevorkian involvement.
“It could have been a colleague or
someone who is now following in his
footprints,” said sheriff’s Capt. W.
Barnett Jones. “We’ve got to put to
gether hard evidence linking Dr.
Kevorkian to this incident.”
One body was left at Pontiac Os
teopathic Hospital at about 12:30
a.m. Emergency room Dr. Robert Ara-
nosian said a woman drove up to the
emergency entrance and sought help
getting her friend’s body inside.
The other body was found at
about 2:30 a.m. in Kevorkian’s bat
tered, white 1968 Volkswagen van,
parked outside the county medical
examiner’s office. Authorities said
they were trying to reach Kevorkian
for help in identifying the woman,
who was carrying no identification
but was described by police as be
tween 60 and 70 years old.
“It looks like it has the touches of
Dr. Jack Kevorkian,” sheriff’s Sgt.
James Sutton said. “It looks like it’s
Dr. Jack’s van, and we’ve seen the
van before."
The retired pathologist has left
bodies in the van before.
Kevorkian’s attorney Geoffrey
Fieger said he was unaware of his
client’s involvement in either case.
Child ingests LSD
possibly mother’s
Peopi
Jessie
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Awoi
was in jail Monday on suspicion
drug possession and child abuse
ter police said her 5-year-old daif
ter ate two LSD-laced candy hearts
Suzanna Schroeppel, 23, c:
for help after her daughter,
lost consciousness at home Sat
day night.
“(The girl) was in the proximity
the mother and we suspect it
the mother’s LSD," said sheriffs
Steve Alexander.
Jessica was admitted to Prii
Children’s Hospital in critical condit
after ingesting “two hits’ of the
cinogen, sheriff’s Sgt. Jim Pottersa
She was released Sunday into
care of her father.
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This day in history
(AP) — Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5, the 36th day of
1997. There are 329 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 5, 1937, President Roosevelt proposed in
creasing the number of Supreme Court justices; critics
charged Roosevelt was attempting to “pack” the court.
On this date:
In 1631, the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams,
and his wife arrived in Boston from England.
In 1783, Sweden recognized the independence of the
United States.
In 1881, Phoenix, Ariz., was incorporated..
In 1887, Verdi’s opera “Otello” premiered at La Scala
opera house in Milan, Italy.
In 1897,100 years ago, the Indiana House of Repre
sentatives passed, 67-0, a measure redefining the area
of a circle, effectively declaring the value of pi to be 3.2.
(The bill died in the Indiana Senate.)
In 1917, Congress passed, over President Wilson’s
veto, an immigration act severely curtailing the influx
of Asians.
In 1917, Mexico’s constitution was adopted.
In 1958, Gamal Abdel Nasser was formally nomi
nated to become the first president of the new United
Arab Republic.
In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle called for
Algeria’s independence.
In 1994, white separatist Byron De La Beckwith was
convicted in Jackson, Miss., of murdering civil rights
leader Medgar Evers in 1963.
Ten years ago: The Dow Jones industrial average end
ed the day above the 2,200 level for the first time, clos
ing at 2,201.49.
Five years ago: The House of Representatives autho
rized an investigation into whether the 1980 Reagan-Bush
campaign conspired with Iran to delay release of the
American hostages. (The task force investigating the “Oc
tober Surprise” allegations later said it found no credible
evidence of such a conspiracy.)
One year ago: John C. Salvi III went on trial in Ded
ham, Mass., in the shooting deaths of two reception
ists at abortion clinics. (Salvi was convicted and sen
tenced to two life terms; he was found dead in his cell
in November 1996, an apparent suicide.) Actress Eliz
abeth Taylor filed for divorce from Larry Fortensky, her
seventh husband.
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â–º Today's birthdays
Comedian-actor Red Buttons is 78. The Rev. Andrew
M. Greeley is 69. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron is
63. Actor Stuart Damon is 60. Financial writer Jane Bryant
Quinn is 58. Television producer-writer Stephen J. Can-
nell is 56. Singer-songwriter Barrett Strong is 56. Foot
ball Hall-of-Famer Roger Staubach is 55. Singer Cory Wells
(Three Dog Night) is 55. Singer Al Kooper is 53. Actress
Charlotte Rampling is 51. Actress Barbara Hershey is 49.
Actor Christopher Guest is 49. Actress Jennifer Jason
Leigh is 35. Rock musician Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Ros
es) is 33. Rock singer Chris Barron (Spin Doctors) is 29.
Singer Bobby Brown is 28.
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