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Tuesday, April 30, 2002
the bawation
THE BATTALION
"fAndersen’s role in
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^ bankruptcy examined
pen.
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jobmihai PHOENIX (AP) — Arthur Andersen LLP
% wen t on trial Monday for its part in the largest
•nfidenceii nonprofit bankruptcy in U.S. history — a collapse
n °tgoingio (h a weft 13,000 investors out of $570 million two
t^t's grei y ears i, e fore the bankruptcy of Enron Corp.
H’.^Krizona’s attorney general
1 g in for believes that in the Enron case and
r I'an R in that of the Baptist Foundation of
as a stane: Arizona, the accounting firm con-
llaled huge losses on financial
role likefe statements that would have alerted
enough investors to trouble,
re you cant: Jury selection in the Baptist
>ws how to Found ation case began in Phoenix
d split ar: Monday and opening arguments were
s how to: expected Tuesday. It is the first of
several cases against Andersen,
in nine - ^Andersen had reached a $217
,vjth the' m i4' on sett * ement on M a rch 1 with
verhad; investors of the failed religious
m. when -ftBdation, but it fell through
1 games 29 when Andersen said its
resious'- instance carrier, Professional Services
l eani Insurance Co., could not pay.
closer" l-'-laP'He settlement was to resolve a case brought by
aBnkruptcy trust for foundation investors suing
,. Andersen in Maricopa County Superior Court for
$150 million in compensatory damages and more
in pu n i live dam ages.
Now the action is back on schedule, said trust
We’re prepared
and ready for trial
and looking forward
to the opportunity to
finally put
Andersen’s story be
fore a jury trial.
— Ed Novak
Andersen attorney
attorney Sean Coffey. The trial is expected to last
two or three months, attorneys said.
“It’s been brutally hard for all sides involved,”
Coffey said. “We look forward to bringing justice
to the innocent BFA investors who have certainly
found themselves on a roller coast
er ride these last few months.”
An Andersen attorney said
the firm is ready for its day in
court.
“We’re prepared and ready for
trial and looking forward to the
opportunity to finally put
Andersen’s story before a jury
trial,” said attorney Ed Novak.
Forrest Bomar, a 73-year-old
Baptist retiree from Palestine,
Texas, and his wife, Thelma Lee,
lost $236,000, nearly their entire
life savings, when the foundation
collapsed.
“On the one hand we were
rejoicing if (the settlement) was going to hap
pen, but of course it didn’t,” said Bomar. “It
started my depression and anger and feeling of
betrayal all over again. If I were not so far away,
I would be in the courtroom every day.”
The Baptist Foundation was created in 1948
as a nonprofit religious entity to raise money for
Southern Baptist causes.
Colorado Supreme Court
rules foot a deadly weapon
any
"I DENVER (AP) — A foot
can become a deadly weapon,
the Colorado Supreme Court
ruled Monday, overturning a
lower court’s decision.
■rObjects which are not
-inherently deadly, such as feet
and hands, can become deadly
weapons when used to start an
unbroken, foreseeable chain of
events capable of producing
serous bodily injury or
_ddath,” the Supreme Court
said Monday.
BrThe ruling came in the case
ofjChristopher Saleh, who was
convicted of reckless assault
with a deadly weapon for kick
ing his girlfriend, Janise
Apodaca, down a flight of
stairs in 1998. She suffered a
broken wrist, a sprained ankle
and a fractured pelvis and was
hospitalized for six weeks.
An appeals court overturned
the conviction and ruled it was
third-degree assault, reasoning
that the foot must be the instru
ment that caused the serious
bodily injury in order to qualify
as a deadly weapon.
The Supreme Court said
Colorado law defines a deadly
weapon as a firearm (loaded or
unloaded), a knife, a bludgeon
or “any other weapon, device,
instrument, material or sub
stance, whether animate or
inanimate.”
The Supreme Court said it
ruled in a 1980 case that a
whiskey bottle could be a
deadly weapon, and in 1970
the law applied to a shoe.
“Body parts can be deadly
weapons depending upon the
manner in which they are used,”
the court said.
Teen couple abducted,
girlfriend s body found
«|MIAMI BEACH Fla. (AP) — Police found a body Monday
believe is that of a teen-ager abducted with her boyfriend on
wuth Beach by five armed men as the couple celebrated five
months together.
||The boyfriend was treated for stab wounds.
JH Tentatively, we can say we do have a match,” said Maria
Maugham, a spokesperson for the Boca Raton Police Department.
||Five men were taken into custody Monday, but police would
not release details.
|| Ana Maria Angel and her boyfriend, Eddy Portoblanco, both
li- wer e returning from a beach stroll early Sunday.
B Five armed men forced them into a white Ford pickup truck
Bd sped off, police spokesperson Bobby Hernandez said.
|p A body found 40 miles to the north, off Interstate 95, was pre
liminarily identified as Angel’s. Maugham said the physical descrip
tion and clothing of the body matched that of the young woman.
E Portoblanco was beaten and stabbed before he was dumped
yipout two hours after the abduction in suburban Fort Lauderdale,
[about 35 miles north of South Beach.
B He flagged down a car for help and was taken to a hospital,
Biere he was treated and released, police said.
Two transactions were made with Angel’s ATM card at two
!|>wntown Miami gas stations after the abduction, police said.
J| Angel and Portoblanco, both seniors, attended South Miami
[High School.They were on a date celebrating five months of going
‘Steady, her family said.
|g A family friend said Angel’s mother, Margarita Osorio, was
Bid by police early Monday of her daughter’s death.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Trial starts for
prison escapee
MOUNT VERNON, Texas
(AP) — A man who escaped
from a Texas prison with
six fellow inmates never
intended to kill a police
officer, defense attorneys
said as the inmate's trial
opened Monday.
Prosecutors predicted dur
ing opening statements that
Michael Rodriguez’s own
words will show his guilt in
the death of Aubrey Hawkins.
The 29-year-old rookie
officer was shot 11 times
and run over twice while
trying to stop the
Christmas Eve 2000 rob
bery of an Oshman’s
Sporting Goods in Irving.
The store was allegedly
robbed by Rodriguez and six
other inmates after they
escaped from a South Texas
prison on Dec. 13. The
seven are accused of steal
ing $70,000 and a large
cache of weapons, then
leading authorities on a
nationwide manhunt.
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