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STUART VILLANUEVA/Tiih Battalion
Aaron Bryant, a sophomore aerospace engi
neering major and member of the Navy ROTC
program, rappels down the 50 foot wall of the
rappelling tower at Brayton Fire Training Field.
Agents search home of
White House gunman
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Se
cret Service agents removed com
puter equipment and several bags of
other evidence Wednesday from the
home of. a man shot outside the
White House gates after brandishing
a handgun.
Before entering the residence of
Robert W. Pickett, 47, officers from
the Evansville police bomb squad
joined Secret Service agents in
scouting outside for booby traps or
bombs.
Four hours later, government
agents wearing latex gloves carried
out computer equipment, including
a monitor and hard drive, a box
overflowing with computer cords
and five brown grocery bags. Police
removed yellow crime scene tape,
saying the search of Pickett’s house
was complete.
Included in the evidence were
“volumes of papers,” that will need
to be combed through, said police
Detective Alan Brack.
No firearms were found, Brack
said.
The search warrant obtained by
the Secret Service said agents were
looking for computer equipment
that might contain letters to Presi
dent Bush, Rep. John Hostettler, R-
Ind., or other government agencies
or officials, according to Capt. Bill
Welcher of the Evansville police.
The warrant also said agents
were looking for firearms and for
magazines that might indicate
whether Pickett was a member of a
militia group.
Secret Service agent Jim Dennis
said in the search warrant that
Hostettler aides indicated that Pick
ett sent letters to the congressman’s
offices in Indiana and Washington in
the past year about grievances Pick
ett had with the Internal Revenue
Service, which fired him in 1987.
The aides also told the Secret
Service that Pickett had gone to
Hostettler’s office^ the search war
rant said.
Capitol police have asked
Hostettler and his office not to talk
about any contract they may have
with Pickett, spokesman Michael
Jahr said.
Pickett was shot in the right knee
by officers outside the White House
gates shortly before noon Wednes
day. He was taken to a nearby hos
pital, where he underwent knee
surgery. He also was go undergo
psychological evaluation.
He was in serious condition.
Teen apologizes for slaying
PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the first-degree
murder trial of a 15-year-old heard him on tape Wednes
day, apologizing for what happened
to a 12-year-old playmate police had
found strangled.
“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean for this
to happen,” a sobbing John Silva said
during questioning by authorities.
In the rambling 3 1/2-hour state
ment, Silva first said he and Jerry Lee
Alley were wrestling when the - — _
younger boy hit his head and began
bleeding.
“I panicked, I did not know what to do,” Silva said.
Silva denied knowledge of his playmate being tied up,
but later said: “I tied his hands so he wouldn't hurt himself.”
I panicked, I did not
know what to do.”
A medical examiner testified that the boy was stran
gled by an Ace bandage and an electrical cord. His hands
and feet were bound behind his back
by another bandage.
Early on the tape, Silva said he did
not plan the killing.
However, police said a note found
at the scene allegedly written by Sil
va included such lines as “tie up
hands,” “gag,” and “cover eyes.”
- ' - ■ Jerry failed to return home for
supper May 26. His body was found
three days later inside a dried-up septic tank used by area
children as a fort.
Silva is being tried as an adult. He could face life in
prison without parole if convicted.
- John Silva
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Police require reporters’ fingerprints at trial
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State
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Reporters covering
the upcoming state trial of convicted Yosemite
Park killer Cary Stayner are being required to un
dergo fingerprint checks by authorities concerned
about security.
The measure has surprised editors, news direc-
! tors and First Amendment experts.
; ‘ “This is the first thing I’ve heard about it,” said
I Charlie Waters, executive editor of the Fresno Bee.
! “This is absurd.”
; ’ Waters said Thursday he would have fought the
measure had he known of it. He was bit immedi-
. ately sure if his reporters had submitted to the
criminal background check.
Stayner is already serving a federal life sen
tence for beheading a Yosemite naturalist in 1999.
A date for his state trial in the slayings of three park
tourists later that year has not been set.
Officials handling the background checks said
they are worried about security at the tiny Mari-
u
This is absurd”
— Charlie Waters
executive editor of Fresno Bee
posa County courthouse. Superior Court Execu
tive Officer Michael Berest said he thought he was
following the procedure used to issue press cre
dentials in the federal case.
But Carol Davis, a federal courts official in Sacra
mento, said reporters only had to submit two photos
and show their credentials to get a pass for the case.
Berest said anyone with photo identification
from the federal case does not have to undergo the
background check. But most of the approximate
ly 70 reporters requesting credentials needed the
fingerprint analysis and only one organization, The
Associated Press, had objected, he said.
So far, the checks have not unearthed any crim
inal activity, said Lt. Brian Muller, spokesman for
the sheriff. If they do, law enforcement officials will
discuss whether the reporter can cover the trial.
News in Brief
Prisoners: escape
from jail was easy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —
Three of six prisoners recaptured
after breaking out of a,p Alabama
maximum-security prison said
Thursday the escape was easy —
and freedom was worth it.
“I just had to be free for a
change,” said Jack Allred, a con
victed robber serving a life sen
tence. “It was great. I’d do it all
again.”
Allred was among the six fugi
tives caught last week in Buck-
snort, Tenn., two days after they
broke out of the St. Clair Correc
tional Facility northeast of Birm
ingham.
Allred, James McClain and
Steve Murphy granted brief inter
views to reporters Thursday
against their attorneys’ advice. Bil
ly Gamble, O.C. Borden and Gary
Ray Scott declined.
Murphy said the highlight of his
freedom was eating a bologna
sandwich from a Bucksnort con
venience store.
“Those people should be on
the map because they make one
of the best,” he said.
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