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niversit.' • GM.VESTON, (AP) — Three Brazoria County prison
toumame-iiarns accused of assaulting Missouri inmates during a
: home' idectaped shakedown were in court yesterday as a co-de-
turday a: >ndBnt agreed to assist in their prosecution,
the P: Pavid Cisneros, Wilton David Wallace and Robert Perci-
ska CorJpast glances at each other as former co-worker Lester
Coliseum, mold, 50, of Vanderpool, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
iviljrights violation as part of a bargain, with prosecutors.
Mrnold’s plea came as trial began for the four men in front
fU.S. District Judge Kenneth Hoyt, visiting from Houston,
y Like the others, Arnold was charged with one felony
p a n e - outfit of aiding and abetting the assault of Toby Hawthorne,
, / ■ssouri inmate housed at the Brazoria County Detention
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Hut Arnold also was charged with assaulting two other
’ tackle Slates during the 30-minute incident, recorded Sept. 18,
A&M is ctK' former deputy is seen on the videotape wielding
^t - stun gun.
gainst video, made for training purposes, also showed in-
jiati'S being kicked by guards and bitten by a police dog.
), sophorHhe Missouri inmates were held at the jail under a con-
" i!1 -fact with the state of Missouri to relieve overcrowding,
listed a.- CT-hey we re returned to their home state after the tape be-
iturcj. ai tie public.
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Arnold now faces as much as a year in federal prison for
the misdemeanor, although prosecutors have agreed not to
fight a lesser sentence. His sentencing is set for Jan. 3.
“I feel sorry for him, Womack said. “I think he didn’t have
the proper faith in the jury system,’’Percival’s attorney, Guy
Womack said.
Arnold appeared to choke up several times while re
sponding to Hoyt’s questions about his plea. At one point he
told the judge, “I’ve got a lot on my mind right now.”
He later declined comment as he left the courthouse with
his family.
Jury selection began yesterday morning for trial of the re
maining defendants: Cisneros, 39, of Angleton, a former
deputy: Wallace, 52, of Angleton, a former jailer and Perci-
val, 37, of Lake Jackson, who is still a jailer. Each faces up
to 10 years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
The panel of 60 potential jurors from Brazoria, Chambers,
Matagorda and Galveston counties answered attorney’s
questions as a group.
Four panelists indicated they might have difficulty being
impartial knowing that one defendant pleaded guilty.
But none indicated that pretrial news coverage might af
fect their judgment.
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Parents versus grandparents
Supreme Court to rule on visitation rights
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■A/ASHINGTON (AP) — The
Jupreme Court set the stage Tbes-
msisc.'M' for an important ruling on
YKifcffiffi-Mndparents’ rights to see their
■ndchildren even when parents
abject — a case that could affect
iatb in all 50 states.
■The nine justices — six of them
Ith grandchildren of their own
I agreed to decide whether a
* State can give visitation rights to
<11 nipndparents when, after a di-
CHJJvorce or some other family split,
the children’s parents say no.
M The case involves Washington
*Q(Y s/J/<a > where the state’s highest
Jvlcotirt ruled such a law violates
wents’ “fundamental right” to
’) - im[ their families without gov-
tave reAWntal interference. All other
gn freeilitajes have similar laws,
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ie Utah WEW YORK (AP) — A rare African strain of en-
25-ye«halitis that has already killed four people around
id his eKv York City could spread to other parts of the
Utah, :fflntry as infected birds fly south for the winter,
nne. ealth officials said yesterday.
mcle reiKThe virus is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes
to a 2 J ia|have bitten infected birds. New York City and New
million Bey have been spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes,
option nd scientists in southern states are testing dead birds
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will eoHhe African strain has never before been seen in
n with he Western Hemisphere.
d seasc'Bo far, there is no evidence that the virus has
d otiY pread outside the New York City area, and the fed-
the 'Hi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
lot made any recommendation as to what other
Jazz (Mates should do.
third-party visitation is not justi
fied where the child’s circum
stances are otherwise satisfactory,”
the state court said last Dec. 24 in
“State intervention
to better a child's
quality of life
through third-party
visitation is not
justified..."
— Washington State Court
wiping out a Anacortes, Wash.,
couple’s legal right to see their
two granddaughters.
“To suggest otherwise would
be the logical equivalent of as
serting that the state has the au
thority to break up stable families
and redistribute its infant popula
tion to provide each child with the
‘best family,”’ the state court added.
The justices indicated they will
hear arguments in the case in De
cember. Their decision is expect
ed by next June.
For the second time this month,
the court got a head start on its
1999-2000 term, which will begin
Monday, by granting cases. Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, still hospi
talized after undergoing colon can
cer surgery last Friday, apparently
participated in the court action an
nounced yesterday.
Most states had enacted grand
parent-visitation laws by the ear
ly 1990s.
[are virus may spread throughout country
“It’s possible that it could be seen in other parts of
the country,” Dr. Ned Hayes, a CDC epidemiologist,
said.
Thirty-seven people, including the four who died,
have tested positive for the West Nile-like virus in the
New York metropolitan area since August. The cause of
their ailments was reclassified yesterday by the CDC,
which originally blamed the similar St. Louis strain.
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. The
symptoms of West Nile encephalitis — fever and a
headache — are similar to those of St. Louis en
cephalitis but are generally milder. In rare cases, the
virus can cause neurological disorders and death.
The elderly, the young and those with weakened im
mune systems are most vulnerable.
The disease is not transmitted from person to person
or from birds to people.
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