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A A J II jg iday*November 3, 1997 The Battalion TATE rving rape suspect led louble life, lawyers say f WORTH (AP) — r ting man accused of jug three women, b I them and video- «the acts is sched- io appear in court . _ jayfor a hearing on | ©-al motions. lomeys for Steven my Sera, 39, are ex- 'de-jjto fight Arkansas icutors’ motions, har sthose t° reveal his th ia i record anci to Jni^tthe jury with evi- | ien hetried to leave the try. He will be ap- linuio before Circuit 1U1 ^ iam Pope. ra, who sits in a jm,Ark., jail in lieu pllion bond, faces ftape charges in as States. iestigators say Sera, Ear-month period, women in Missouri and fort Worth suburb of pville. He is accused ngeach victim Ro- the so-called Irape drug that left tunconscious. at sets apart this |investigators say, is iera videotaped his seach time. His was a heinous It covers three i.It involves a fairly rave man,” said iShort, a prosecutor fern,Ark., where one ;ket time Sera, 39, is accused of drugging 3 women with Rohypnol of the rapes was reported. "And it has to do with sex and drugs.” No one had filed a complaint against Sera before his estranged wife, Nancy Sera, found a videotape of some of the alleged incidents at their Irving home. That chance discovery, police say, led to Sera’s arrest. Indeed, the women were unaware of the at tacks until the videotape was discovered, police said. Sera’s Warren attorney, Clint Huey, could not be reached for comment Sun day by The Associated Press. His Fort Worth attor ney, Don Gandy, referred comment to attorney John Hall of Little Rock, Ark., who did not return a tele phone call Sunday. Colleyville police ar rested Sera at his Irving home June 26, a few days after Mrs. Sera found the videotape. Almost an hour long, it shows Sera committing sexual acts on unconscious, naked women, prosecutors said. He is charged with rap ing a 32-year-old Col leyville woman last De cember in her home. Freed on $150,000 bond, he was arrested again July 12 at a Dallas- area travel agency after he scheduled a trip to Mexi co with another woman, police said. In Warren, Sera was charged with kidnap ping, drugging and rap ing a 26-year-old woman last November. Sera also has been charged with the attempted rape of another Warren woman. In Missouri, he is charged with a sexual as sault count and three counts of deviant sexual assault against a 20-year- old Springfield, Mo., woman last September. If convicted, Sera could face up to life in prison in Arkansas, up to 20 years in Texas and up to seven years in Mis souri. He could be sen tenced to an additional 20 years under federal legislation applying to use of an illegal drug as a tool of rape or other vio lent crime President Clinton signed into law last year. Married to Sera for eight years, Mrs. Sera had been pregnant with their second child when he was arrested. They married af ter a quick engagement, even though she knew lit tle about his past. “I was not aware of his first marriage or that he had a daughter until his family told me six months after we were married,” she told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In 1990, Sera was arrest ed on suspicion of felony grand theft in Richmond, Calif., but that was reduced to a misdemeanor charge of odometer rollback, ac cording to court records. Nancy Sera said after she and Steven married, they moved repeatedly because he couldn’t hold a job. “He’s been fired from about every job,” Mrs. Sera said. “I don’t know why, but he would have lots of excuses.” Finally, they settled in Irving, where they lived for four years. Despite his spotty employment record, Steven Sera opened Chandler Lumber in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch in March 1995 with financial help from an Arkansas business man. Sera eventually bought out his partner. Sera’s Arkansas partner later took control of the Warren yard, which con tinues operating. ouston mayoral race nears end I miididates push to finish last-second campaigns, recruit voters |ioca 3UST0N (AP) — As the Hous * ' e^.Myoral campaign winds to a r candidates are still trying to Liiia/tvoters. Mostly, however, they jjhei T 10 make sure the converted p a . ut to vote. ^iceyou’re down to the final or three or four days, it boils toa question of just turning nurbase,” said Chris Turner, ?aign manager for candidate pe Saenz. “The persuasion of the campaign is pretty a over." »se sentiments were echoed Ion Payne, press secretary for frown, the mayoral front run- «lio spent Sunday morning at different church services. 'lost of the main work has been (up to this point,” Payne said, impaign workers for the lead- tcandidates spent the week- oiocking on doors, passing out paign literature and making lecalls to get their supporters 2 | S j -(voting booths. p a full-scale effort to try squeeze as many more votes ( (can,” Howard Opinsky, hnan for Rob Mosbacher, Candidates attended ral- church services and candi- (forums, among other public events. “I’m out with the people making sure that my message gets out there,” Brown said before a Sunday candidate forum in the Houston suburb of Clear Lake. Several candidates who turned out for the Clear Lake forum dis cussed a Houston Chronicle/KHOU-TV poll pub- “You want to persuade them theyVe made a terrible mistake and change their minds.” LEE BROWN HOUSTON MAYORAL CANDIDATE lished Sunday that showed about 18 percent of 831 voters polled still un decided about the mayor’s race. Brown said he was not surprised by the poll, which showed that he and Mosbacher were the clear lead ers among voters — Brown with 30 percent and Mosbacher with 26.9 percent. George Greanias, who was third in the poll with 14.6 percent, said since it was conducted in late September and early October, it how do you feel about ABORTION? Round table discussion sponsored by: Aggies For Life, ll-ll, 5:45, MSC 205 Everyone Welcome! 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