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Peyton back in prime time GROCER See how the Broncos fared, Page D3. NEW STORE PLANNED FOR CLEVELAND. C1 GROWING TO GIVE THE NEWS IMPARTIALLY, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Vol. 143, No. 307 • • • 12.72% water rate hike approved FAST FACTS ■ From 2000 to 2010, the Hispanic population in Chattanooga grew by 181 percent — increasing from 3,281 to 9,225 people. ■ Hispanics represent 4.5 percent of the population in Hamilton County and 5.5 percent of Chattanooga’s population. Increase takes effect Nov. 1 By Andy Sher Staff Writer NASHVILLE — Most local customers of Tennessee American Water will pay 12.72 percent more on their monthly water bills instead of up to 35 percent under a settlement accepted Monday by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. The new rates take effect Nov. 1 for residents of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Lakeview, Suck Creek and Lone Oak service areas. Residents and businesses served by the town of Signal Mountain and Walden’s Ridge Utility District will see no increases. The communities had threatened to bolt from the investor-owned utility. TRA members approved the deal in a 10-minute proceeding and complimented the company, State Attorney General Bob Cooper’s office, Chattanooga and other interested parties for reaching the settlement instead of battling it out in an expensive, full-blown rate case. The settlement authorizes a rate increase of $5.2 million of the $10.6 million sought by Tennessee American. A typical residential Chattanooga residential customer who uses 4,153 gallons of drinking water per month will pay $2.38 more per month, bringing the bill to $21.58 per month, the company said. Staff Photo by Alyson Wright José Pérez, right, talks to Rodrick McGee after speaking Monday at the Stop the Violence Campaign rally at the Salvation Army. Peréz, a former drug dealer who was sent to federal prison, is now a partner with the Gang Task Force. Fighting gangs with words Tackling illiteracy key to Hispanic outreach By Perla Trevizo Staff Writer Reaching out to the Hispanic population today is key to solving Chattanooga’s gang problem tomorrow, says the head of the city’s Gang Task Force. “In the next 15 to 20 years, we are going to have a completely different Chattanooga ... the Hispanic population is going to be central to what goes on in the city,” task force coordinator Boyd Patterson said. The number of Hispanics in Chattanooga almost tripled from 2000 to 2010 and now represents 5.5 percent of the total population, but Hispanic children make up about 9 percent of the population under 5 years of age, according to the Chattanooga Gang Assessment. See WATER, Page A4 BY THE NUMBERS New Tennessee American Water rates for a typical residential user: Community leaders need to create deeper ties to Hispanic communities to develop programs to address the gang problem, although this goal will not be easy to accomplish because many Hispanics distrust the government, police and authorities, the assessment states. “There are so many positive sources of support, so many folks in the Hispanic community who care about their family and greater Chattanooga, now it’s time to start having a dialogue on a larger scale,” Patterson said. The gang task force is launching its Hispanic initiative with a Nov. 3 anti-gang literacy event See GANGS, Page A4 Girl shot by Taliban now in Britain for care ■ Increase in the Chattanooga service area by $2.38 per month, or about 8 cents per day, to $21.58 per month. Pakistanis light candles Monday in front of a banner showing 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last week by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women. Malala was airlifted to the United Kingdom for treatment Monday. A story is on Page A6. ■ Increase in the Lookout Mountain service area by $3.16 per month, or about 10 cents per day, to $28.08 per month. ■ Increase in the Lakeview service area by $2.75 per month, or about 9 cents per day, to $24.85 per month. Tennessee woman who suffered from fungal meningitis after an injection is suing the drug supplier. NEW YORK — Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak now are being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company. The New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., Today’s poll has been under scrutiny since last month, when a rare fungal form of meningitis was linked to its steroid shots used mostly for back pain. Monday’s step by the Food and Drug Administration followed two developments. One was a report of a meningitis illness in a patient who got another type of steroid made by the company. The agency also learned of two heart transplant patients who got VOTE ONLINE © 2012 Chattanooga Publishing Co. Yesterday’s results as of 9 p.m. Monday Did you take part in a RiverRocks event? Q Should teenagers be allowed to trick-or-treat? Q timesfreepress.com ■ Education levels in Hispanic households tend to be low, but the percentage of Hispanics living in traditional family households is higher than for both whites and blacks. Source: Chattanooga Gang Assessment INSIDE ■ Targeting gangs through faith-based groups, B1 Conservative group considers asking DesJarlais to resign By Chris Carroll and Andy Sher Staff Writers See DESJARLAIS, Page A5 Pharmacy’s other drugs may be causing illness The Associated Press ■ From 2006 to 2010, Hispanic school enrollment grew by 49.5 percent compared to the white rate of 1 percent and the black rate of -4.5 percent. See DRUGS, Page A5 The Associated Press By Mike Stobbe population in Hamilton County is predominantly Guatemalan in origin, followed by Mexican. fungal infections after being given a third product from the company during surgery. The illnesses are under investigation, and it’s very possible the heart patients were infected by another source, FDA officials cautioned. They did not say whether fungal meningitis was involved in the new report. ■ Increase in the Lone Oak service area by $6.24 per month, or about 21 cents per day, to $57.68 per month. ■A ■ The Hispanic The chairman of the Tennessee Conservative Union said Monday he’s talking with other Republican-leaning groups and exploring whether to demand U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., resign from Congress. The move comes as the 4th Congressional District lawmaker and candidate finds himself under growing fire following revelations that as a physician 12 years ago he pressed a former patient with whom he had been involved sexually to get an abortion. Tennessee Conservative Union Chairman Lloyd Daugherty in an Scott interview declined to identify the DesJarlais other organizations with which he has been speaking. He said his goal is building a “coalition” in support of the congressman’s ouster. “We’re very upset that he’s broken his medical creed and the trust of the citizens of his district,” said Daugherty, who two years ago endorsed thenU.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., whom DesJarlais beat in an upset. The group usually backs Republicans. ■ Increase in the Suck Creek service area by $5.14 per month, or about 17 cents per day, to $46.72 per month. Source: Tennessee American Water ■ Hispanics live predominantly in southern Hamilton County: Highland Park, Clifton Hills and East Lake. Yes: 12 percent No: 87 percent INDEX Business . . . . . . C1 Classified . . . . . . F1 Comics . . . . . .E2-3 Editorials . . . . .B6-7 Life . . . . . . . . . . . E1 Metro . . . . . . . . . B1 Movies . . . . . . . . E6 Obituaries . . B2-3, B8 Politics . . . . . . . . A3 Puzzles . . . . E2, F3 Sports . . . . . . . . D1 Television. . . . . . E5 Weather . . . . . . . C4 World . . . . . . . . . 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Kelly Sharpton, the mother of victim Megan Sharpton, expressed relief in late September when Donnie Frank Jones Jr., 37, was arrested on an unrelated charge of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm after his home was searched Sept. 27 as part of the homicide investigation on Megan’s death. ■ FIGHTING GANGS Research shows that kids who read well in early grades are more likely to graduate from high school, stay out of trouble and lead successful lives. So it’s no wonder Chattanooga leaders are targeting literacy as a first step to curbing the influence of criminal street gangs. The city’s gang task force has dedicated a subcommittee to drive literacy efforts, and an upcoming event is calling on faith leaders to come together for the cause. The Nov. 3 “Language of Life” event will bring together ministries and faith-based community groups that work with education or literacy. The head of the city’s gang reduction effort said churches are called to work with kids who are poor, uncared for or uneducated. Plus, he said, churches can satisfy the ■ KISER APPEAL More than two years after his scheduled execution date, Marlon Duane Kiser wants to fire his appointed attorneys and get new lawyers to continue his death penalty appeal. Kiser, 42, faces death for the killing of Hamilton County Deputy Donald Bond in the early morning hours of Sept. 6, 2001. Investigators testified in his 2003 trial that Kiser shot Bond multiple times with a high-powered assault rifle when the deputy caught him trying to set fire to a fruit stand on East Brainerd Road. ing around the “P” word. That’s right ... Publix. Last week, the southern grocery giant announced that a large store will open in Cleveland, Tenn., by next fall, and many hope the chain’s next announcement in the Chattanooga area will be a store opening on the North Shore. 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The singer partied in London with a host of British singing talent Saturday night before his birthday Usher Sunday, including Leona Lewis, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal and JLS star Ortise The Associated Press NEW YORK — A former stock broker was arrested Monday on charges of defrauding the producers of the Broadway musical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller “Rebecca.” Mark Hotton, 46, led the producers to believe he had $4.5 million in financing and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan, said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. He was arrested at his West Islip home and was awaiting a court appearance in Central Islip. The planned Broadway production of the 1938 novel collapsed earlier this month amid questions about its financial backing and a growing suspicion that one of its primary investors — a secretive businessman named Paul Abrams who had supposedly pledged $4.5 million, then suddenly died of malaria — never existed. “Mark Hotton perpetrated stranger-than-fiction frauds both on and off Broadway,” Bharara said. “Hotton concocted a cast of characters to invest in a major musical — investors who turned out to be deep-pocketed phantoms. To carry out the alleged fraud, Hotton faked lives, faked companies and even staged a fake The Associated Press Ben Sprecher, producer of the psychological thriller “Rebecca,” speaks to reporters. death, pretending that one imaginary investor had suddenly died from malaria.” Hotton was charged with two counts of wire fraud, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. His attorney, Heath Berger, did not immediately return a call for comment. 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The conference was held as a call to President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to talk about their immigration policies during tonight’s debate. Romney. Crowley will moderate, the first time in 20 years a woman has had that role. Undecided voters in the audience, selected by the Gallup Organization, will ask questions, a format first used in 1992 as a way to engage voters more directly. Crowley stirred grumbling in both political camps by suggesting she may go further in her own questioning than the campaigns want. She also plans to press the candidates to actually answer the questions asked of them. “Either go to the next question or say, ‘Wait a second, wait a second, they asked oranges, you responded apples, could you please respond to oranges?’” Crowley told McClatchy Newspapers in an interview. “Or, ‘Hey, while we’re on this, could you please explain why this happened or what do you think about this?’” Asked about the kerfuffle around Crowley and follow-up questions, Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki noted there were “dis- Best Warrior Competition cussions around every debate,” but she declined to comment on the specifics. “The president is looking forward to the debate tomorrow night, looking forward to answering questions from the American people who will be in the audience, and he is prepared for and ready to take questions from wherever they come,” she said. The Romney campaign would not comment about follow-up questions. The Associated Press Soldiers and non-commissioned officers in the U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition fire during a rifle-zeroing exercise at the range at Fort Lee, Va., Monday. The annual event will crown a soldier and NCO of the year following several challenging events. Court will hear Arizona case on voter registration citizenship WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an appeal from Arizona over its requirement that people prove they are American citizens before registering to vote. The justices will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked the law in some instances. A 10-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said that federal law trumps the Arizona requirement. Federal law allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn’t require them to show proof as Arizona’s 2004 law does. Four other states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee, have similar requirements, Source: Hearst Newspapers White House preparing strike over Libya attack The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The pressure is on the president. After wilting under the heat of Mitt Romney’s attacks in the first presidential debate in Denver, Barack Obama is hoping to rebound with an improved performance at their second encounter tonight. Obama’s yearlong lead over Romney in national presidential polls disappeared in the week after the first debate. Democrats were heartened by Vice President Joe Biden’s aggressive performance against Republican Paul Ryan last Thursday. ”For Romney and Obama it’s a night of role reversal,” said Lawrence Levy, a political analyst at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., which is hosting the debate. ”Two weeks ago it was Romney who had to slow his opponent’s momentum, lift the spirits of his base supporters and look presidential to the few moderate swing voters. Tonight it’s Obama who has to perform those tricks while Romney just needs to keep his mo’ going.” So how do they achieve those objectives? Here are five things each candidate is hoping to accomplish at Hofstra: OBAMA 1. Bounce back. 2. Show a little energy. 3. Tell us about the future. 4. Lay out a contrasting vision. 5. Control the issues agenda. ROMNEY 1. Regain the momentum. 2. Focus on economic solutions to average people’s problems. 3. Impress blue-collar Ohio 4. Appeal to independent voters. 5. Don’t lose your cool. according to a legal brief filed by Alabama in support of the Arizona law. The case poses some of the same issues as voter identification disputes. Arizona and the other states argue that they should be allowed to ask for additional documentation to keep illegal immigrants and other noncitizens off the voting rolls. Opponents of the laws say they are used to exclude disproportionately poor and minority voters who lack birth certificates and other identity documents. Arguments will not take place until February, with a decision likely by late June. The justices earlier refused Arizona’s request to reinstate the provision before the November elections. The ruling applies only to people who seek to register using the federal mail-in form. Arizona has its own form and an online system to register when renewing a driver’s license. The court ruling did not affect proof of citizenship requirements using the state forms. Arizona officials have said most people use those methods and the state form is what county officials give people to use to register. But voting rights advocates had hoped the 9th Circuit decision would make the federal mail-in card more popular because it’s more convenient than mailing in a state form with a photocopy of proof of citizenship. The mail-in card is particularly useful for voter registration drives, said Robert Kengle of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is representing Native American and Hispanic groups in the case. WASHINGTON — The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaidalinked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group’s profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa. Details on the administration’s position and on its search for a possible target were provided by three current and one former administration official, as well as an analyst who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the high-level debates publicly. The dilemma shows the tension of the White House’s need to demonstrate it is responding forcefully to al-Qaida, balanced against its long-term plans to develop relationships and trust with local governments and build a permanent U.S. counterterrorist network in the region. Vice President Joe Biden pledged in his debate last week with Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to find those responsible for the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. “We will find and bring to justice the men who did this,” Biden said in response to a question about whether intelligence failures led to lax security around Stevens and the consulate. Referring to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year, Biden said American counterterror policy should be, “if you do harm to America, we will track you to the gates of hell if need be.” The White House declined to comment on the debate over how best to respond to the Benghazi attack. 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Obama, sharply criticized for a listless performance in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, is expected to question more aggressively Romney’s shifts in tone and position over the years — and in some cases recent days — on tax cuts, immigration, abortion and other subjects. Obama, who has been practicing in Williamsburg, Va., is expected to press Romney hard on the Republican’s contention that he can cut current income tax rates 20 percent across the board without increasing the federal deficit. Romney, who has been preparing in the Boston area, is expected to counter not only with a vigorous defense of his plan but with a recitation of economic woes that he says the Obama administration has helped exacerbate. The more informal town hall format is likely to be more comfortable for the affable A4 • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • • • Hospitals end formula samples to promote breast-feeding • Continued from Page A1 Despite paring the initial request substantially, it still represents the second-largest Tennessee American increase in memory. Cooper’s Consumer Advocate and Protection Division originally had argued the increase should have been about $2.8 million. “I think it’s a fair, good settlement,” said Tennessee American President Deron Allen, who thanked the Consumer Advocate Division for brokering the agreement. While the company didn’t get everything it sought, Allen said, “everything’s a little give and take. You’re not going to get everything you want. We wouldn’t have gotten everything we wanted if we’d gone through a full hearing either.” During the proceeding, Assistant Attorney General Ryan McGehee with the state’s Consumer Advocate office told the three-member TRA panel that officials saw a “lot more transparency in the information” provided by Tennessee American this time “and a lot less litigation, and we appreciate that.” Noting there were six parties involved, McGehee said “all had competing interests and that can make settlement difficult sometimes.” “Not one party obtained everything they wanted,” the ground. Local law enforcement officials also said in the assessment they are concerned about Hispanic gang members from Dalton, Ga., resettling in Chattanooga. Dalton and Whitfield County law enforcement officials say one reason a gang member would move to Chattanooga is if a parent moves the entire family for work. That’s not to say gang members from cities such as Atlanta aren’t sent to smaller cities to recruit, said Christopher J. Tucker, detective with the Dalton Police Department and a member of the Conasauga Safe Streets Task Force. Last week, four Hispanic men — three from the Atlanta area and one from Cartersville, Ga., — were arrested after a bust in Dalton netted more than a pound of methamphetamine. The arrests came after a long-term joint investigation of drug trafficking among Atlanta and Dalton by Dalton police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Tunnel Hill Police Department. Dalton, where close to 50 percent of the population is Hispanic, started to have a Hispanic gang problem in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Tucker said. “It came to a head in 2001, 2002 with rival gangs fighting with each other, drive-by shootings, homicides,” he said, and the task force was formed. Focusing on the Hispanic community right now is very important, he said. “If I was running any type of gang program, I would go to my middle school, late elementary classes. That’s where you are going to start seeing guys getting into gangs,” he said. “Awareness is very important.” Contact 423-757-6397 or [email protected] attorney said. “There was a lot of give and take, and it was hard fought. There was disagreements on the individual components that make up” the agreement. “But in the aggregate, we feel it was a fair result for ratepayers and the company.” TRA Chairman Kenneth Hill congratulated all sides for reaching the agreement. In recent years, rate hearings for Tennessee American have turned into fierce, expensive legal brawls between the company and intervenors on behalf of residential and business customers. 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The survey did not ask about distributing samples to nonnursing mothers. Recently, 24 hospitals in Oklahoma agreed to a ban, and Massachusetts became tanooga State Community the second state, after Rhode College, where he earned Island, in which all hospitals an associate of science halted free samples. In New degree and made the dean’s York City, Mayor Michael list. Perez is a semester R. Bloomberg started the away from completing his “Latch On NYC” campaign, bachelor’s of arts degree in urging hospitals to stop psychology at UTC. giveaways and monitor He ministers to inmates, formula like other medical speaks in schools for Prison supplies, stored in locked Prevention Ministries and cabinets and accounted for this year founded MaxiMYwhen mothers have medical ze, an outreach organization needs or request it; twentythat uses a psychological eight of 40 hospitals have approach to address probagreed. lems and inspire unity. 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As a partEven formula companies ner with the Gang Task acknowledge that “breast Force, he wants to talk to milk is the gold standard; at-risk youth at schools, it’s the best for babies,” intervene with gang memsaid Christopher Perille, a bers in jails and run literacy spokesman for Mead Johnprograms in the community. son, which makes Enfamil The goal is to interrupt formula. violence and promote mulBreast-feeding decreases ticultural unity, he said. babies’ risk of ear infec“A lot of the youth I’m trying to target come from fragmented families,” he We bring your cherished said. “When you deliver these seeds of impact, furniture and cabinets there’s no telling the back to life. amount of growth that can come out of it.” 2511 Riverside Drive Suite C-8 • Chattanooga, TN Pérez finds change of heart in prison By Perla Trevizo Staff Writer José Pérez was born and raised in Los Angeles but moved to Chattanooga when he was 18 because he said he “chose the wrong kind of friends” in California. His choices didn’t get much better. He started dealing drugs. On Dec. 7, 2004, the Cleveland, Tenn., Police Department used a confidential informant to arrange for the delivery of one kilo of cocaine from Pérez, according to court records. About 11 p.m. Pérez arrived at a parking lot in Bradley County but noticed law enforcement surveillance and tried to escape. After a high-speed chase on Interstate 75, Pérez turned off his headlights to try to elude law enforcement. He lost control of his vehicle when he tried to cross the median and hit a tree. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 kilograms or more of cocaine and was sentenced to three years in prison and four years of probation. His probation was terminated in 2010 because of perfect behavior. In prison, Pérez said he sought God not because he wanted “a change of circumstance, but because he wanted a change of heart.” He studied the Bible and participated in group therapy and other programs. He encouraged unity among Hispanics and the other inmate population and eventually became the chaplain’s assistant. When he got out, he wanted to continue making a difference and give back to the community he helped destroy. He enrolled at Chatny’s investment in infrastructure and, critics said, given the company a guaranteed rate of return. The water company also gave up on its request for an automatic pass-through on future increases for fuel, chemicals and pensions without coming back to the regulatory agency for approval. Those would have driven increases from the originally proposed 24.9 percent increase in rates up to 35 percent, the attorney general’s office had argued. Industrial users will see more of a shift from volumetric charges to fixed charges, making it easier to plan. Besides the Consumer Advocate office, Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Area Manufacturers Association, Signal Mountain and Walden’s Ridge Utility District intervened in the case and signed the settlement. 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Pérez, who earned an associate degree at Chattanooga State Community College, said being in school created new opportunities for him. The experience, he said, also opened his eyes to several issues in the community. “I noticed a lack of literacy, undeveloped potential among people in the community, high dropout rates, domestic violence, fragmented families, ga n g v i o Boyd lence, exPatterson inmates returning to jail, and a huge need for positive rolemodels in the inner city among AfricanAmerican and Hispanics,” he said. Patterson said Pérez and people like him, who have “been there done that, who can walk up to a gang member and in 90 seconds know if the guy is a pretender or hardcore,” are key to the fight against gangs. “The only way we are going to make large-scale progress in this city is to have a large-scale collaboration among people whose hearts are in the right place and with skill sets that enable them to make a difference,” he said. According to the citywide gang assessment, Chattanooga doesn’t have a major Hispanic street gang problem today, but middle and high school students, especially from the East Lake area, have noticed an emerging Hispanic gang population. Federal immigration off icials estimate two dozen Hispanic gang members operate in Chattanooga. However, the threat of deportation keeps much of their activity under- .. timesfreepress.com .. Breaking News: 423-757-News ... . timesfreepress.com MIAMI — Police have confirmed that remains found in a wooded stretch of Levy County, Fla., are that of Christian Aguilar. Gainesville police announced Monday that dental records confirmed the body belonged to the 18-year-old who had graduated from Doral Academy Preparatory School and was enrolled at the University of Florida, hoping to study biomedical engineering. Police said more tests needed to be done to determine the cause of death. Aguilar was last seen Sept. 20, when he went to a Gainesville Best Buy with Pedro Bravo, an 18-year-old friend from Doral Academy enrolled at Santa Fe College. Arrested four days later, Bravo told police he beat Aguilar and left him bleeding in a parking lot. He said the two had a fight over Aguilar’s girlfriend, whom Bravo dated previously. Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army in 2010 spent $10.7 million on a Washington conference, about 13 times the amount paid by the General Services Administration for an event near Las Vegas in the same year that’s been criticized by Congress. The Army also spent $10.6 million on the conference last year, part of $37.7 million paid by taxpayers in the past four years for 9,805 service mem- DesJarlais • Continued from Page A1 BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana man faces charges of kidnapping and assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Wyoming after police said he lured her to his car by saying he needed help finding a missing puppy, court records obtained Monday state. Jesse Paul Speer, 39, was taken into custody Saturday in Belgrade, Mont., and held for Wyoming authorities. He faces extradition on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and felony use of a weapon, the records state. Speer approached children in Cody on Oct. 8 and asked for help finding his lost dog, police Detective Jonathan Beck wrote in a statement. The girl initially was receptive but then changed her mind, prompting Speer to pull a pistol and motion for her to get into his SUV, Beck PIERRE, S.D. — Longwrote. time former U.S. Sen. The statement said George McGovern, the Speer drove the girl to a Democratic presidential church parking lot and tied candidate who lost to Presi- her hands behind her back. dent Richard Nixon in a his- He told her to keep down toric landslide, has moved as he drove through town, into hospice care near his hitting her once on the home in South Dakota, his head with the gun when family said Monday. she tried to raise it, the “He’s coming to the officer said. end of his life,” his daughWire Reports In a statement Monday night, the Jasper lawmaker said his Democratic opponent, Eric Stewart, “supports Barack Obama for president and thinks Obamacare is great for Tennessee.” “I’ll stand on my conservative record of lower taxes, reduced deficits, and repealing Obamacare. Mr. Daugherty supported Lincoln Davis last election cycle, so Eric Stewart would be a consistent choice for him — but not for true conservatives.” Last week, DesJarlais told the Chattanooga Times Free Press he raised the abortion issue with the unnamed woman to get her to acknowledge the “truth” because as a physician he could see she wasn’t pregnant. He said the last time he saw her before the conversation was four months earlier and she displayed no signs of pregnancy. A mutual friend also told him she wasn’t, DesJarlais said, emphasizing no abortion ever took place. A transcript of the recorded conversation between DesJarlais and the woman, which he says was recorded without his knowledge, also shows he pressed her about getting an ultrasound. Earlier on Monday, the congressman came under attack on two other fronts. The Washington, D.C.-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced it filed a complaint against the Jasper physician with the state Health Department over his relationship with a patient. “Tennessee law is crystal clear,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in a statement. “Doctors are prohibited from engaging in sexual relationships with patients.” She said the “only question remaining is, now that Tennessee authorities are aware of Rep. DesJarlais’ blatantly unethical and scurrilous conduct, what are they going to do about it?” Last week, DesJarlais acknowledged he exercised “poor judgment” in seeing ing between one and four weeks after patients got the shots, but CDC officials on Thursday warned at least one illness occurred 42 days after a shot. In Tennessee, the state Board of Pharmacy has revoked the license of the pharmacy. In an emergency meeting Monday, the board voted 7-0 to accept the voluntary surrender of the New England Compounding Center’s license. Department of Health attorney John Smith said the action has the same effect as a revocation and is understood to be a formal disciplinary action. Board members questioned why action was not taken more quickly. They also expressed concern that the pharmacist in charge of the facility is still licensed in Tennessee. Smith said the pharmacist, Barry Cadden, has also agreed to surrender his license. Smith expects to call another emergency meeting once the details of that agreement are worked out. Also, a Hendersonville, Tenn., woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. On Monday, Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New England Compounding Center for $15 million. The suit filed in Davidson County Circuit Court claims the pharmacy allowed the steroid to be contaminated by fungi through negligence. According to the suit, the resulting injuries to Janet Russell have caused her to suffer horribly and include stroke, disfigurement and permanent disability. ORLANDO, Fla. — On the eve of another meeting of the state task force reviewing “stand your ground,” the parents of Trayvon Martin unveiled a new website and political committee aimed at changing the controversial law. The new website, ChangeForTrayvon.com, also includes a video with Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and PayPal links for donations. “Something has to change, which is why we created the change for Trayvon Martin movement, to shine the light on stand your ground laws across the nation,” Fulton says in the video. Tracy Martin adds that “these laws allow individuals to shoot first and ask questions later,” echoing critics who call the law “shoot first,” rather than the “stand your ground.” Man faces kidnap, assault charges George McGovern in hospice Drugs • Continued from Page A1 The current outbreak has sickened 214 people, including 15 who have died. For weeks, officials have been urging doctors to contact patients who got shots of the company’s steroid methylprednisolone acetate, advise them about the risks of fungal infection and urge them to take any meningitis symptoms seriously. The steroid was recalled last month, and the company later shut down operations and recalled all the medicines it makes. The FDA on Monday expanded its advice to doctors to contact all patients who got any injection made by the company, including steroids and drugs used in eye surgery as well as heart operations. The agency said it took the step “out of an abundance of caution” as it investigates the new reports involving the heart surgery drug and the second steroid, called triamcinolone acetonide. Last week, federal health officials said 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who received steroid shots had been contacted. Nearly all the 214 illnesses are fungal meningitis; two people had joint infections. Symptoms of meningitis include severe headache, nausea, dizziness and fever. The CDC said many of the cases have been mild, and some people had strokes. Symptoms have been appear- GSA spent on the Las Vegas event that led to congressional investigations into spending on such things as a clown and mind reader, resignations of top officials and a cutback on government conferences. Comparing the two events is misleading because the three-day Army conference in the nation’s capital is an educational forum on topics such as cyber warfare for military members, civilians, lawmakers and journalists and not an occasion for feting employees, said Michael Brady, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon. “A comparison to GSA or even VA would not only be inaccurate, but unfair,” Brady said in a telephone interview, referring to conference spending scandals at the General Services Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs. “They got in trouble for spa treatments and iPods. That just doesn’t happen here.” a former patient, whom he treated briefly for an ankle industry. But he said he didn’t see the doctor-patient relationship as “a disqualifying issue” for a post-congressional career in medicine. “I’m confident that a professional review would allow me to continue to practice medicine,” DesJarlais said. The transcript quotes the woman blaming DesJarlais for contacting her, but in the same conversation, the doctor says she called him. At the time he had a brief relationship with the woman, DesJarlais said last week, he was legally separated from his then-wife, Susan DesJarlais. When the conversation with the woman took place, he was trying to reconcile with his wife. That failed, and the DesJarlais’ divorce became final in 2001. Health Department spokeswoman Shelley Ladd Walker said “anyone can file a complaint” against a doctor, including out-of-state individuals or groups. She said that’s because many Tennessee doctors practice in nearby states such as Georgia and Alabama. The department does not reveal complaints or who filed them. In a subsequent appeal to supporters Friday, DesJarlais wrote of the abortion discussion that “I appreciate that this was an imprudent approach to this situation and I’m not proud of it. In retrospect I should have dealt with these matters in a more diplomatic fashion.” “I am not trying to justify my actions or say that I am without fault,” he said. “But I am not the hypocrite my opponents and some liberal media outlets are portraying me as.” Last week, Stewart, a state senator from Winchester, charged DesJarlais with “hypocrisy.” Allegations made by Susan DesJarlais in divorce proceedings were used by Davis in his campaign two years ago. They included her charge that DesJarlais held a gun in his mouth for three hours and that he once triggered an unloaded gun outside her locked bedroom door. DesJarlais denied the episodes ever occurred. The abortion discussion, however, never surfaced until last week. The couple divorced in 2001, and DesJarlais remarried and says he and his wife have enjoyed a good relationship over the past decade. The Tennessee Conserva- tive Union did not endorse DesJarlais in 2010 amid the earlier questions about his divorce and personal life. “All this proves we were right,” Daugherty said, speculating that hypocrisy on social issues would be a dealbreaker for 4th District Republicans. On yet another front, the group Democrats for Life of America joined in on Monday, saying DesJarlais’ action “disqualifies him from claiming the pro-life label.” Executive Director Kristen Day urged “all pro-life advocates and pro-life voters to immediately withdrawal their support from DesJarlais” and support his Democratic opponent — Stewart. Contact staff writer Andy Sher at [email protected] com or 615-255-0550. Contact staff writer Chris Carroll at [email protected] press.com or 423-757-6610. 1-800-DIVORCE Hamilton County, Free Phone Consultation Atty. 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Jason Hiser, of Richmond, Va., and Neal Peckens, of Herndon, Va., were found by searchers about 3:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, park officials said, noting the men had no injuries and were reunited with waiting relatives. “Initial information indicates they are well and will be returning to their families! Yeah!” announced a post on the park’s Facebook page. The two had been reported missing by their families Friday after failing to catch a flight home. Rescue teams located the men after as many as 50 people laboring in wintry conditions scoured back country near Two Medicine, Mont., for days by air, on foot and on horseback, aided by a dog team. ter, Ann McGovern, told The Associated Press. She declined to elaborate but noted that her 90-year-old father has suffered several health problems in the last year. 35044473 NATIONALNEWS Hikers found alive in Montana • • • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • A5 Breaking News: [email protected] A6 • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • • • .. timesfreepress.com .. International European Union intensifies sanctions on Iran Iran’s economy. In a joint statement, EU foreign ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, expressed “serious and deepening concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.” They added that in continuing to enrich uranium, despite Western concerns that it is aiming for a bomb, Iran was “acting in flagrant violation of its international obligations.” Ahead of the meeting, Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said: “We want to see a negotiated agreement. But we will continue to keep up the pressure.” Ashton represents six major powers, including the United States, in nuclear talks with the Iranians. There have been five rounds of discussions since late 2010, the last of which ended in frustration in June. Ashton said the major powers would keep in contact with Saeed Jalili, Iran’s negotiator, to assess when to convene another meeting. The new European sanc- tions were necessary as a result of a “continued failure to satisfy the world that the program was for peaceful purposes,” said William Hague, the British foreign secretary. But Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, emphasized the need for a more intensive diplomatic effort alongside the sanctions. “I think there are voices that sound like they want a war,” Bildt said. “We don’t want war.” The latest measures make Cruise ship captain, survivors hear shipwreck evidence business deals between Europe and Iran far more complicated. The European Union “agreed to prohibit all transactions between European and Iranian banks unless authorized in advance under strict conditions with exemptions for humanitarian needs,” according to an official statement. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has described the Western sanctions as economic warfare, said the latest measures were nothing new. Pakistani activist teen shot by Taliban arrives in U.K. for care The Associated Press The Associated Press GROSSETO, Italy — A theater in Italy turned into a courtroom Monday, providing extra space for all those who needed to hear the evidence against the captain of a shipwrecked cruise ship. The case of Francesco Schettino, 51, has generated such interest that the Tuscan city of Grosseto chose the larger space to accommodate all those who had a legitimate claim to be at the closed-door hearing. Thirty-two people died after Schettino, in a stunt, took the Costa Concordia cruise ship off course and brought it close to the Tuscan island of Giglio on Jan 13. The ship then ran aground and capsized. Schettino himself became a lightning rod for international disdain for having left the ship before everyone was evacuated. Schettino appeared at the hearing Monday, as well as passengers who survived the deadly shipwreck, the families of those who died in it and scores of lawyers trying to get more compensation for them. “We want to look him in the eye to see how he will react to the accusations,” said German survivor Michael Liessen, 50, who attended with his wife. Another survivor said he even talked with Schettino. “When he looked at me, I told him I was on board the Costa Concordia. He stood up and we shook hands, as it is normal between two polite people,” Luciano Castro, 48, who has published a book in Italy about the disaster, told The Associated Press. “I told him I hoped the truth would come out soon. In that moment, he replied, ‘Yes, it must be established.’” Castro added that Schettino appeared to be “very embarrassed. He was very cautious, probably not expecting that somebody would approach him.” Wearing dark glasses and a suit, Schettino used a back entrance to slip into the theater, making no comment to reporters outside. Lawyers said he listened intently to the proceedings, where his attorneys raised some objections to the evidence being The Associated Press Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, right, leaves the Teatro Moderno theatre Monday where the first hearing iss taking place for the Jan. 13 shipwreck which left 32 people dead, in Grosseto, Italy. submitted against Schettino and eight others accused in the shipwreck, including crew members and officials from Concordia owner Costa Crociere SpA. Hearings this week through Wednesday will help decide whether the judge will order a trial for Schettino, who is accused of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship while passengers and crew were still aboard. He denies the accusations and hasn’t been charged. Any trial is unlikely to begin before next year. Scots to vote on independence The Washington Post The Associated Press British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond shake hands after signing a referendum agreement Monday during a meeting at St. Andrews House in Edinburgh. LONDON — Britain and Scotland signed an accord Monday paving the way for a historic vote for independence that could see this island’s northern lands stand alone for the first time in three centuries as Europe’s newest sovereign state. Monday’s accord effectively launches a critical two-year independence campaign during which the Scottish National Party — whose surprise victory in regional elections last year laid the path for a referendum — will go toe-to-toe against those fiercely opposed to rupturing modern Britain. The deal agreeing on the terms of a Scottish referendum, to be held by fall 2014, comes at a time when independence movements are also rapidly gaining strength in Spain and Belgium amid Europe’s brutal debt crisis. But the vote on independence for Scotland sets up the possibility that Washington’s closest strategic ally could be torn asunder. “This marks the beginning of an important chapter in Scotland’s story and allows the real debate to begin,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said after signing the deal with Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, the National Party leader. “It paves the way so that the biggest question of all can be settled: a separate Scotland or a United Kingdom? Israeli parliament plans January elections The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel officially opened its election season Monday as parliament prepared to dissolve itself and schedule a vote for January, plunging the country into a vicious, three-month political campaign. Israeli leaders launched harsh attacks on one another during a parliamentary debate that preceded the vote, setting the parameters for what is likely to follow in the campaign. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted of his achievements, while the opposition heckled and insulted him mercilessly. Netanyahu announced last week that he was calling early elections, months ahead of schedule. The immediate reason for the vote is his coalition government’s inability to pass a budget by a Dec. 31 deadline. With the economy slowing, the government would have been forced to make steep cutbacks unpopular with voters. But after leading a remarkably stable coalition for nearly four years, Netanyahu also appears to have sensed that the time is ripe to win a new term. Netanyahu’s Likud Party is leading in most opinion polls, and his opponents remain divided and disorganized. Parliament was expected to approve Netanyahu’s proposal for elections on Jan. 22. Elections had been scheduled for October 2013. Yet Netanyahu still faces some areas of vulnerability, including the uncertain economic situation, a failure to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians and his rocky relations with U.S. President Barack Obama. In an address to parliament ahead of Monday’s vote, Netanyahu Benjamin boasted of Netanyahu a series of accomplishments under his leadership. He emphasized that Israel’s economy grew while most other countries suffered setbacks, took credit for the relative decline in Palestinian attacks against Israelis, and said he put Iran’s nuclear program on the global agenda to the point where the country was now under crippling economic sanctions. “In less than 100 days the people of Israel will determine “Creating instability is among the arrogant powers’ insidious policies,” the semiofficial Fars News Agency quoted him as saying during a speech in Shirvan, in eastern Iran. He praised Iran’s “exemplary political stability and tranquility,” adding: “The enemies wanted to make our people depressed and exhausted through their sanctions. Our nation’s will and resolve to defend the ruling Islamic system should be a lesson to them.” who will lead it,” Netanyahu said. “Who will lead it against the biggest security challenges we have known since the state was founded, who will lead it against the worst financial crisis the world has known in the past 80 years.” “All those who belittle the threat of a nuclear Iran are not worthy of leading Israel even one day,” he added. Netanyahu was repeatedly interrupted by shouts and boos by opposition lawmakers. In a separate speech, opposition leader Shaul Mofaz countered with a blistering attack on Netanyahu’s shortcomings. He said that by doing nothing on peace with the Palestinians and continuing settlement building in the West Bank, Netanyahu was making the areas inseparable and bringing Israel ever closer to being a bi-national state evenly divided between Jews and Arabs. Without the West Bank, Jews make up a 75 percent majority of Israel. I will be making a very positive argument for our United Kingdom.” After centuries of bloody battles with the English, Scotland signed away its sovereignty in the early 1700s. By the late 1990s, however, it had won the right to a “devolved” Parliament, and it now has sweeping powers over its judicial system and public spending. Full independence would give the the ruling National Party the authority to fulfill a host of pledges, including the expulsion of the British nuclear fleet from Scottish waters, withdrawing from NATO and the removal of Scottish regiments from Britain’s military forces overseas. BIRMINGHAM, England — A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in Britain on Monday to receive specialized medical care and protection from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. Officials said she is stable and has a chance at “a good recovery.” The attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home from school in Pakistan’s northwest a week ago has horrified people across the South Asian country and abroad. It has also sparked hope that the Pakistani government would respond by intensifying its fight against the Taliban and their allies. Malala was targeted by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group’s behavior when they took over the scenic Swat Valley where she lived. Two of her classmates were also wounded in the attack and are receiving treatment in Pakistan. The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again until she is killed because she promotes “Western thinking.” Malala, who had been receiving treatment at a Pakistani military hospital, arrived at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in central England on Monday afternoon. The hospital has a major trauma center, specializing in treating severe gunshot wounds, major head injuries and road accident victims. It is also home to the Royal Center for Defense Medicine, the primary receiving unit for military casualties returning from overseas, and has advanced equipment that would help Malala’s treatment, officials said. “Malala had a comfortable journey and is stable,” said Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan. Dave Rosser, the hospital’s medical director, said doctors believe Malala “has a chance of making a good recovery” but added that he had not yet seen the girl. He declined to provide details of her condition, citing respect for her privacy. 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The city’s gang task force has dedicated a subcommittee to drive literacy efforts, and an upcoming event is calling on faith leaders to come together for the cause. The Nov. 3 “Language of Life” event will bring together ministries and faith-based groups that work with education or literacy. The head of the city’s gang reduction effort said churches are called to work with kids who are poor, uncared for or uneducated. Plus, he said, churches can satisfy the voids in children’s lives that drive them to gangs in the first place. “This kind of hits the core of how the faith community is mandated to reach out to kids who are impoverished,” said Gang Task Force coordinator Boyd Patterson. Many groups already do such work, and Patterson hopes they all come to the table on Nov. 3. “Anyone who understands the significance of helping kids avoid gangs in the first place can participate in this event because everybody can help teach a kid to read,” he said. Reading at the early ages is crucial because nearly all learning later in life relies on reading See GANGS, Page B8 IF YOU GO ■ What: Language of Life, a literacyfocused event that also will include a costume contest, pinatas, face painting and music in English and Spanish. ■ When: Noon-3 p.m. Nov. 3 ■ Where: East Lake Recreation Center, 3601 Dodds Ave. ■ Information: Boyd Patterson, 423425-7830; or José Pérez, 423-9035761 ELECTION 2012 150 hear East Ridge hopefuls Autumn palette By Kate Harrison Staff Writer East Ridge’s city manager and city attorney came under fire in East Ridge’s City Council candidate forum Monday. Seven people are running for the two seats available on the City Council: newcomer Patricia Cassidy, driven into politics over concern about her granddaughter’s future in the city; John Clemmer, who did not attend the forum; Marc Gravitt, who reached third place in the 2010 council race; incumbent Councilman Denny Manning; youth recreation league coach and business owner Stephen King Jr.; Mimi Lowrey, a vocal council meetinggoer for two decades making her first run at office; and Ann Pruett, a retired librarian for the city, who said Monday that her deceased husband, former longtime Mayor Fred Pruett, had been her “coach” in city matters. Ca n d i d ate s f i e l d e d questions from the roughly 150 residents crowded in the gym at Spring Creek Elementary School. Times Free Press reporter Chris Carroll moderated the forum, which was sponsored by the East Ridge Education Council. The performance of City Manager Tim Gobble and City Attorney John Anderson emerged as hot topics at numerous points in the forum as candidates were asked how they would cut spending and what they would change about the current council. Several said Gobble — who attended the forum — spent too much time on the city’s Facebook page, and that he was spending too much on items like city furniture and a $50,000 workout facility for city employees. “I don’t feel that we have a public servant any longer,” Lowrey said. “I would like to see him spend more time being a supervisor and getting to know the departments than some of the things he does.” See HOPEFULS, Page B8 Staff Photo by Tim Barber Andrew Gamble, right, and Danny McSpadden run the rapids in the Bowater Pocket Wilderness on Monday amid early fall colors on North Chickamauga Creek. STEM school receives $100,000 donation By Kevin Hardy Staff Writer The latest corporate donation to Hamilton County’s science, technology, engineering and math high school brings the project even closer to its fundraising goal of $500,000. On Monday, local digital advertising agency Area 203 announced a $100,000 gift to the high school, which opened in August on the campus of Chattanooga State Co m m u n i t y College. Area 203 President Doug Freeman said his company relies on STEM-skilled employees to fill marketing, Claude creative and Ramsey technology positions. “The future of our business certainly relies on you and others like you,” Freeman told the STEM school’s 75 students, who were in attendance for the announcement. The gift brings total Rick donations Smith to $455,000, just shy of a $500,000 goal previously set to cover construction costs. The Hamilton County Board of Edu- cation used $500,000 from its reserve funds to get the STEM project under way. The donations will be used to replenish the school board’s reserves. Another $15,000 has been raised to purchase supplies for the school. Owned by Chattanooga businessman Carey V. Brown, Area 203 is a social media company that helps support colleges, charities and other Staff Writer A Dalton, Ga., attorney who two years ago accused the City Court of illegally supervising people on probation is being reprimanded for a conflict of interest. Jerry Moncus, who was fired as Dalton Municipal Court judge in 2010, was ordered Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court to be publicly reprimanded for representing a man he sentenced when he was still on ” — Doug Freeman, Area 203 president and donor, speaking to STEM students See STEM, Page B8 Judge to rule on competency of killer, request for new lawyers By Todd South Staff Writer Staff File Photo by Angela Lewis Marlon Duane Kiser waits during a court recess in his murder trial in 2003. More than two years after his scheduled execution date, Marlon Duane Kiser wants to fire his appointed attorneys and get new lawyers to continue his death penalty appeal. Kiser, 42, has been sentenced to death for the killing of Hamilton County Deputy Donald Bond early on Sept. 6, 2001. Investigators testified in his 2003 trial that Kiser shot Bond multiple times with a high-powered assault rifle when the deputy caught him trying to set fire to a fruit stand on East Brainerd Road. Ex-judge who went after Dalton City Court reprimanded By Joy Lukachick “ The future of our business certainly relies on you and others like you. ■ Attorney Jerry Moncus faces discipline over a conflict of interest. the bench. In October 2010, Moncus filed a petition claiming the Dalton courts were operating illegally by improperly supervising probationers. Moncus’ complaint came after Court Administrator David Hamil was forced to resign, leaving the court without any legally quali- fied person to oversee probation for driving under the influence charges and other misdemeanors. Dalton City Attorney Michael Corbin then filed a petition in City Court for Moncus to be disqualified from representing Hanss Lopez. Moncus originally had sentenced the man to 48 months’ probation. A Superior Court judge will reprimand Moncus in open court at a later date. On Monday, Moncus said he isn’t happy with the Supreme Court’s decision, but he will accept it. Since current city Judge Jim Wilbanks was appointed to Moncus’ position, he and Moncus have accused each other of wrongdoing. It was Wilbanks who originally filed the complaint that led to Moncus’ reprimand. In the last two years, Moncus also has criticized Wilbanks over how long people are sentenced to probation and how their bond is set. In previous interviews, Wilbanks has denied any wrongdoing. On Monday, Wilbanks didn’t return calls seeking comment. The question of whether the court acted wrongly in the Lopez case hasn’t been answered because court officials were waiting to see if Moncus would be allowed to represent Lopez. When asked about Lopez’s status See EX-JUDGE, Page B8 ■ To contact Local News • Phone: 423-757-6317 • Fax: 423-668-5062 • Email: [email protected]
Источник: [https://torrent-igruha.org/3551-portal.html]Peyton back in prime time GROCER See how the Broncos fared, Page D3. NEW STORE PLANNED FOR CLEVELAND. C1 GROWING TO GIVE THE NEWS IMPARTIALLY, WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR Tuesday, October 16, 2012 Vol. 143, No. 307 • • • 12.72% water rate hike approved FAST FACTS ■ From 2000 to 2010, the Hispanic population in Chattanooga grew by 181 percent — increasing from 3,281 to 9,225 people. ■ Hispanics represent 4.5 percent of the population in Hamilton County and 5.5 percent of Chattanooga’s population. Increase takes effect Nov. 1 By Andy Sher Staff Writer NASHVILLE — Most local customers of Tennessee American Water will pay 12.72 percent more on their monthly water bills instead of up to 35 percent under a settlement accepted Monday by the Tennessee Regulatory Authority. The new rates take effect Nov. 1 for residents of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Lakeview, Suck Creek and Lone Oak service areas. Residents and businesses served by the town of Signal Mountain and Walden’s Ridge Utility District will see no increases. The communities had threatened to bolt from the investor-owned utility. TRA members approved the deal in a 10-minute proceeding and complimented the company, State Attorney General Bob Cooper’s office, Chattanooga and other interested parties for reaching the settlement instead of battling it out in an expensive, full-blown rate case. The settlement authorizes a rate increase of $5.2 million of the $10.6 million sought by Tennessee American. A typical residential Chattanooga residential customer who uses 4,153 gallons of drinking water per month will pay $2.38 more per month, bringing the bill to $21.58 per month, the company said. Staff Photo by Alyson Wright José Pérez, right, talks to Rodrick McGee after speaking Monday at the Stop the Violence Campaign rally at the Salvation Army. Peréz, a former drug dealer who was sent to federal prison, is now a partner with the Gang Task Force. Fighting gangs with words Tackling illiteracy key to Hispanic outreach By Perla Trevizo Staff Writer Reaching out to the Hispanic population today is key to solving Chattanooga’s gang problem tomorrow, says the head of the city’s Gang Task Force. “In the next 15 to 20 years, we are going to have a completely different Chattanooga ... the Hispanic population is going to be central to what goes on in the city,” task force coordinator Boyd Patterson said. The number of Hispanics in Chattanooga almost tripled from 2000 to 2010 and now represents 5.5 percent of the total population, but Hispanic children make up about 9 percent of the population under 5 years of age, according to the Chattanooga Gang Assessment. See WATER, Page A4 BY THE NUMBERS New Tennessee American Water rates for a typical residential user: Community leaders need to create deeper ties to Hispanic communities to develop programs to address the gang problem, although this goal will not be easy to accomplish because many Hispanics distrust the government, police and authorities, the assessment states. “There are so many positive sources of support, so many folks in the Hispanic community who care about their family and greater Chattanooga, now it’s time to start having a dialogue on a larger scale,” Patterson said. The gang task force is launching its Hispanic initiative with a Nov. 3 anti-gang literacy event See GANGS, Page A4 Girl shot by Taliban now in Britain for care ■ Increase in the Chattanooga service area by $2.38 per month, or about 8 cents per day, to $21.58 per month. Pakistanis light candles Monday in front of a banner showing 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was shot last week by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women. Malala was airlifted to the United Kingdom for treatment Monday. A story is on Page A6. ■ Increase in the Lookout Mountain service area by $3.16 per month, or about 10 cents per day, to $28.08 per month. ■ Increase in the Lakeview service area by $2.75 per month, or about 9 cents per day, to $24.85 per month. Tennessee woman who suffered from fungal meningitis after an injection is suing the drug supplier. NEW YORK — Two more drugs from a specialty pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak now are being investigated, U.S. health officials said, as they urged doctors to contact patients who got any kind of injection from the company. The New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass., Today’s poll has been under scrutiny since last month, when a rare fungal form of meningitis was linked to its steroid shots used mostly for back pain. Monday’s step by the Food and Drug Administration followed two developments. One was a report of a meningitis illness in a patient who got another type of steroid made by the company. The agency also learned of two heart transplant patients who got VOTE ONLINE © 2012 Chattanooga Publishing Co. Yesterday’s results as of 9 p.m. Monday Did you take part in a RiverRocks event? Q Should teenagers be allowed to trick-or-treat? Q timesfreepress.com ■ Education levels in Hispanic households tend to be low, but the percentage of Hispanics living in traditional family households is higher than for both whites and blacks. Source: Chattanooga Gang Assessment INSIDE ■ Targeting gangs through faith-based groups, B1 Conservative group considers asking DesJarlais to resign By Chris Carroll and Andy Sher Staff Writers See DESJARLAIS, Page A5 Pharmacy’s other drugs may be causing illness The Associated Press ■ From 2006 to 2010, Hispanic school enrollment grew by 49.5 percent compared to the white rate of 1 percent and the black rate of -4.5 percent. See DRUGS, Page A5 The Associated Press By Mike Stobbe population in Hamilton County is predominantly Guatemalan in origin, followed by Mexican. fungal infections after being given a third product from the company during surgery. The illnesses are under investigation, and it’s very possible the heart patients were infected by another source, FDA officials cautioned. They did not say whether fungal meningitis was involved in the new report. ■ Increase in the Lone Oak service area by $6.24 per month, or about 21 cents per day, to $57.68 per month. ■A ■ The Hispanic The chairman of the Tennessee Conservative Union said Monday he’s talking with other Republican-leaning groups and exploring whether to demand U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., resign from Congress. The move comes as the 4th Congressional District lawmaker and candidate finds himself under growing fire following revelations that as a physician 12 years ago he pressed a former patient with whom he had been involved sexually to get an abortion. Tennessee Conservative Union Chairman Lloyd Daugherty in an Scott interview declined to identify the DesJarlais other organizations with which he has been speaking. He said his goal is building a “coalition” in support of the congressman’s ouster. “We’re very upset that he’s broken his medical creed and the trust of the citizens of his district,” said Daugherty, who two years ago endorsed thenU.S. Rep. Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn., whom DesJarlais beat in an upset. The group usually backs Republicans. ■ Increase in the Suck Creek service area by $5.14 per month, or about 17 cents per day, to $46.72 per month. Source: Tennessee American Water ■ Hispanics live predominantly in southern Hamilton County: Highland Park, Clifton Hills and East Lake. Yes: 12 percent No: 87 percent INDEX Business . . . . . . C1 Classified . . . . . . F1 Comics . . . . . .E2-3 Editorials . . . . .B6-7 Life . . . . . . . . . . . E1 Metro . . . . . . . . . B1 Movies . . . . . . . . E6 Obituaries . . B2-3, B8 Politics . . . . . . . . A3 Puzzles . . . . E2, F3 Sports . . . . . . . . D1 Television. . . . . . E5 Weather . . . . . . . C4 World . . . . . . . . . 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The head of the city’s gang reduction effort said churches are called to work with kids who are poor, uncared for or uneducated. Plus, he said, churches can satisfy the ■ KISER APPEAL More than two years after his scheduled execution date, Marlon Duane Kiser wants to fire his appointed attorneys and get new lawyers to continue his death penalty appeal. Kiser, 42, faces death for the killing of Hamilton County Deputy Donald Bond in the early morning hours of Sept. 6, 2001. Investigators testified in his 2003 trial that Kiser shot Bond multiple times with a high-powered assault rifle when the deputy caught him trying to set fire to a fruit stand on East Brainerd Road. ing around the “P” word. That’s right ... Publix. Last week, the southern grocery giant announced that a large store will open in Cleveland, Tenn., by next fall, and many hope the chain’s next announcement in the Chattanooga area will be a store opening on the North Shore. 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The singer partied in London with a host of British singing talent Saturday night before his birthday Usher Sunday, including Leona Lewis, Tinie Tempah, Dizzee Rascal and JLS star Ortise The Associated Press NEW YORK — A former stock broker was arrested Monday on charges of defrauding the producers of the Broadway musical adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s psychological thriller “Rebecca.” Mark Hotton, 46, led the producers to believe he had $4.5 million in financing and the possibility of a $1.1 million loan, said Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. He was arrested at his West Islip home and was awaiting a court appearance in Central Islip. The planned Broadway production of the 1938 novel collapsed earlier this month amid questions about its financial backing and a growing suspicion that one of its primary investors — a secretive businessman named Paul Abrams who had supposedly pledged $4.5 million, then suddenly died of malaria — never existed. “Mark Hotton perpetrated stranger-than-fiction frauds both on and off Broadway,” Bharara said. “Hotton concocted a cast of characters to invest in a major musical — investors who turned out to be deep-pocketed phantoms. To carry out the alleged fraud, Hotton faked lives, faked companies and even staged a fake The Associated Press Ben Sprecher, producer of the psychological thriller “Rebecca,” speaks to reporters. death, pretending that one imaginary investor had suddenly died from malaria.” Hotton was charged with two counts of wire fraud, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. His attorney, Heath Berger, did not immediately return a call for comment. 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The conference was held as a call to President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to talk about their immigration policies during tonight’s debate. Romney. Crowley will moderate, the first time in 20 years a woman has had that role. Undecided voters in the audience, selected by the Gallup Organization, will ask questions, a format first used in 1992 as a way to engage voters more directly. Crowley stirred grumbling in both political camps by suggesting she may go further in her own questioning than the campaigns want. She also plans to press the candidates to actually answer the questions asked of them. “Either go to the next question or say, ‘Wait a second, wait a second, they asked oranges, you responded apples, could you please respond to oranges?’” Crowley told McClatchy Newspapers in an interview. “Or, ‘Hey, while we’re on this, could you please explain why this happened or what do you think about this?’” Asked about the kerfuffle around Crowley and follow-up questions, Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki noted there were “dis- Best Warrior Competition cussions around every debate,” but she declined to comment on the specifics. “The president is looking forward to the debate tomorrow night, looking forward to answering questions from the American people who will be in the audience, and he is prepared for and ready to take questions from wherever they come,” she said. The Romney campaign would not comment about follow-up questions. The Associated Press Soldiers and non-commissioned officers in the U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition fire during a rifle-zeroing exercise at the range at Fort Lee, Va., Monday. The annual event will crown a soldier and NCO of the year following several challenging events. Court will hear Arizona case on voter registration citizenship WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up an appeal from Arizona over its requirement that people prove they are American citizens before registering to vote. The justices will review a federal appeals court ruling that blocked the law in some instances. A 10-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said that federal law trumps the Arizona requirement. Federal law allows voters to fill out a mail-in voter registration card and swear they are citizens under penalty of perjury, but it doesn’t require them to show proof as Arizona’s 2004 law does. Four other states, Alabama, Georgia, Kansas and Tennessee, have similar requirements, Source: Hearst Newspapers White House preparing strike over Libya attack The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The pressure is on the president. After wilting under the heat of Mitt Romney’s attacks in the first presidential debate in Denver, Barack Obama is hoping to rebound with an improved performance at their second encounter tonight. Obama’s yearlong lead over Romney in national presidential polls disappeared in the week after the first debate. Democrats were heartened by Vice President Joe Biden’s aggressive performance against Republican Paul Ryan last Thursday. ”For Romney and Obama it’s a night of role reversal,” said Lawrence Levy, a political analyst at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., which is hosting the debate. ”Two weeks ago it was Romney who had to slow his opponent’s momentum, lift the spirits of his base supporters and look presidential to the few moderate swing voters. Tonight it’s Obama who has to perform those tricks while Romney just needs to keep his mo’ going.” So how do they achieve those objectives? Here are five things each candidate is hoping to accomplish at Hofstra: OBAMA 1. Bounce back. 2. Show a little energy. 3. Tell us about the future. 4. Lay out a contrasting vision. 5. Control the issues agenda. ROMNEY 1. Regain the momentum. 2. Focus on economic solutions to average people’s problems. 3. Impress blue-collar Ohio 4. Appeal to independent voters. 5. Don’t lose your cool. according to a legal brief filed by Alabama in support of the Arizona law. The case poses some of the same issues as voter identification disputes. Arizona and the other states argue that they should be allowed to ask for additional documentation to keep illegal immigrants and other noncitizens off the voting rolls. Opponents of the laws say they are used to exclude disproportionately poor and minority voters who lack birth certificates and other identity documents. Arguments will not take place until February, with a decision likely by late June. The justices earlier refused Arizona’s request to reinstate the provision before the November elections. The ruling applies only to people who seek to register using the federal mail-in form. Arizona has its own form and an online system to register when renewing a driver’s license. The court ruling did not affect proof of citizenship requirements using the state forms. Arizona officials have said most people use those methods and the state form is what county officials give people to use to register. But voting rights advocates had hoped the 9th Circuit decision would make the federal mail-in card more popular because it’s more convenient than mailing in a state form with a photocopy of proof of citizenship. The mail-in card is particularly useful for voter registration drives, said Robert Kengle of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is representing Native American and Hispanic groups in the case. WASHINGTON — The White House has put special operations strike forces on standby and moved drones into the skies above Africa, ready to strike militant targets from Libya to Mali — if investigators can find the al-Qaidalinked group responsible for the death of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya. But officials say the administration, with weeks until the presidential election, is weighing whether the short-term payoff of exacting retribution on al-Qaida is worth the risk that such strikes could elevate the group’s profile in the region, alienate governments the U.S. needs to fight it in the future and do little to slow the growing terror threat in North Africa. Details on the administration’s position and on its search for a possible target were provided by three current and one former administration official, as well as an analyst who was approached by the White House for help. All four spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the high-level debates publicly. The dilemma shows the tension of the White House’s need to demonstrate it is responding forcefully to al-Qaida, balanced against its long-term plans to develop relationships and trust with local governments and build a permanent U.S. counterterrorist network in the region. Vice President Joe Biden pledged in his debate last week with Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to find those responsible for the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three others. “We will find and bring to justice the men who did this,” Biden said in response to a question about whether intelligence failures led to lax security around Stevens and the consulate. Referring to the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last year, Biden said American counterterror policy should be, “if you do harm to America, we will track you to the gates of hell if need be.” The White House declined to comment on the debate over how best to respond to the Benghazi attack. 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Obama, sharply criticized for a listless performance in the first presidential debate on Oct. 3, is expected to question more aggressively Romney’s shifts in tone and position over the years — and in some cases recent days — on tax cuts, immigration, abortion and other subjects. Obama, who has been practicing in Williamsburg, Va., is expected to press Romney hard on the Republican’s contention that he can cut current income tax rates 20 percent across the board without increasing the federal deficit. Romney, who has been preparing in the Boston area, is expected to counter not only with a vigorous defense of his plan but with a recitation of economic woes that he says the Obama administration has helped exacerbate. The more informal town hall format is likely to be more comfortable for the affable A4 • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • • • Hospitals end formula samples to promote breast-feeding • Continued from Page A1 Despite paring the initial request substantially, it still represents the second-largest Tennessee American increase in memory. Cooper’s Consumer Advocate and Protection Division originally had argued the increase should have been about $2.8 million. “I think it’s a fair, good settlement,” said Tennessee American President Deron Allen, who thanked the Consumer Advocate Division for brokering the agreement. While the company didn’t get everything it sought, Allen said, “everything’s a little give and take. You’re not going to get everything you want. We wouldn’t have gotten everything we wanted if we’d gone through a full hearing either.” During the proceeding, Assistant Attorney General Ryan McGehee with the state’s Consumer Advocate office told the three-member TRA panel that officials saw a “lot more transparency in the information” provided by Tennessee American this time “and a lot less litigation, and we appreciate that.” Noting there were six parties involved, McGehee said “all had competing interests and that can make settlement difficult sometimes.” “Not one party obtained everything they wanted,” the ground. Local law enforcement officials also said in the assessment they are concerned about Hispanic gang members from Dalton, Ga., resettling in Chattanooga. Dalton and Whitfield County law enforcement officials say one reason a gang member would move to Chattanooga is if a parent moves the entire family for work. That’s not to say gang members from cities such as Atlanta aren’t sent to smaller cities to recruit, said Christopher J. Tucker, detective with the Dalton Police Department and a member of the Conasauga Safe Streets Task Force. Last week, four Hispanic men — three from the Atlanta area and one from Cartersville, Ga., — were arrested after a bust in Dalton netted more than a pound of methamphetamine. The arrests came after a long-term joint investigation of drug trafficking among Atlanta and Dalton by Dalton police, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Tunnel Hill Police Department. Dalton, where close to 50 percent of the population is Hispanic, started to have a Hispanic gang problem in the late ’90s and early 2000s, Tucker said. “It came to a head in 2001, 2002 with rival gangs fighting with each other, drive-by shootings, homicides,” he said, and the task force was formed. Focusing on the Hispanic community right now is very important, he said. “If I was running any type of gang program, I would go to my middle school, late elementary classes. That’s where you are going to start seeing guys getting into gangs,” he said. “Awareness is very important.” Contact 423-757-6397 or [email protected] attorney said. “There was a lot of give and take, and it was hard fought. There was disagreements on the individual components that make up” the agreement. “But in the aggregate, we feel it was a fair result for ratepayers and the company.” TRA Chairman Kenneth Hill congratulated all sides for reaching the agreement. In recent years, rate hearings for Tennessee American have turned into fierce, expensive legal brawls between the company and intervenors on behalf of residential and business customers. Tennessee American recently underwent changes in management as well as legal representation with the company’s chief attorney in rate cases now being Melvin Malone, a former TRA director. As part of the agreement, Tennessee American dropped a proposed “distribution system infrastructure charge” that would have covered the cost of the compa- For years, virtually every new mother has been sent home from the hospital with a gift bag full of free product samples, including infant formula. Now health authorities and breast-feeding advocates are leading a nationwide effort to ban formula samples, which often come in stylish bags with formula company logos. Health experts say they can sway women away from breastfeeding. As of 2011, nearly half of about 2,600 hospitals in a Staff Photo by Alyson Wright survey by the Centers for the Stop the Violence CamDisease Control and Prevention had stopped giving formula samples to breastfeeding mothers, up from a quarter in 2007. The survey did not ask about distributing samples to nonnursing mothers. Recently, 24 hospitals in Oklahoma agreed to a ban, and Massachusetts became tanooga State Community the second state, after Rhode College, where he earned Island, in which all hospitals an associate of science halted free samples. In New degree and made the dean’s York City, Mayor Michael list. Perez is a semester R. Bloomberg started the away from completing his “Latch On NYC” campaign, bachelor’s of arts degree in urging hospitals to stop psychology at UTC. giveaways and monitor He ministers to inmates, formula like other medical speaks in schools for Prison supplies, stored in locked Prevention Ministries and cabinets and accounted for this year founded MaxiMYwhen mothers have medical ze, an outreach organization needs or request it; twentythat uses a psychological eight of 40 hospitals have approach to address probagreed. lems and inspire unity. The debate over formula Now he wants to apply samples isn’t about whether all of those skills toward breast-feeding is healthier. gang prevention. As a partEven formula companies ner with the Gang Task acknowledge that “breast Force, he wants to talk to milk is the gold standard; at-risk youth at schools, it’s the best for babies,” intervene with gang memsaid Christopher Perille, a bers in jails and run literacy spokesman for Mead Johnprograms in the community. son, which makes Enfamil The goal is to interrupt formula. violence and promote mulBreast-feeding decreases ticultural unity, he said. babies’ risk of ear infec“A lot of the youth I’m trying to target come from fragmented families,” he We bring your cherished said. “When you deliver these seeds of impact, furniture and cabinets there’s no telling the back to life. amount of growth that can come out of it.” 2511 Riverside Drive Suite C-8 • Chattanooga, TN Pérez finds change of heart in prison By Perla Trevizo Staff Writer José Pérez was born and raised in Los Angeles but moved to Chattanooga when he was 18 because he said he “chose the wrong kind of friends” in California. His choices didn’t get much better. He started dealing drugs. On Dec. 7, 2004, the Cleveland, Tenn., Police Department used a confidential informant to arrange for the delivery of one kilo of cocaine from Pérez, according to court records. About 11 p.m. Pérez arrived at a parking lot in Bradley County but noticed law enforcement surveillance and tried to escape. After a high-speed chase on Interstate 75, Pérez turned off his headlights to try to elude law enforcement. He lost control of his vehicle when he tried to cross the median and hit a tree. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 kilograms or more of cocaine and was sentenced to three years in prison and four years of probation. His probation was terminated in 2010 because of perfect behavior. In prison, Pérez said he sought God not because he wanted “a change of circumstance, but because he wanted a change of heart.” He studied the Bible and participated in group therapy and other programs. He encouraged unity among Hispanics and the other inmate population and eventually became the chaplain’s assistant. When he got out, he wanted to continue making a difference and give back to the community he helped destroy. He enrolled at Chatny’s investment in infrastructure and, critics said, given the company a guaranteed rate of return. The water company also gave up on its request for an automatic pass-through on future increases for fuel, chemicals and pensions without coming back to the regulatory agency for approval. Those would have driven increases from the originally proposed 24.9 percent increase in rates up to 35 percent, the attorney general’s office had argued. Industrial users will see more of a shift from volumetric charges to fixed charges, making it easier to plan. Besides the Consumer Advocate office, Chattanooga, the Chattanooga Area Manufacturers Association, Signal Mountain and Walden’s Ridge Utility District intervened in the case and signed the settlement. Contact staff writer Andy tions, diarrhea, asthma and other diseases and may reduce risk of obesity and slightly improve IQ , experts say. The question is whether samples tempt mothers who could breastfeed exclusively for the recommended six months to use formula when they’re exhausted or discouraged if nursing proves difficult. The CDC, the World Health Organization and breast-feeding advocates say samples turn hospitals into formula sales agents and imply that hospitals think formula is as healthy as breast-feeding. Health experts warn that even small amounts of formula dilute breast-feeding’s benefits by altering intestinal microorganisms and decreasing breast milk supply, since women produce less when babies nurse less. 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Pérez, who earned an associate degree at Chattanooga State Community College, said being in school created new opportunities for him. The experience, he said, also opened his eyes to several issues in the community. “I noticed a lack of literacy, undeveloped potential among people in the community, high dropout rates, domestic violence, fragmented families, ga n g v i o Boyd lence, exPatterson inmates returning to jail, and a huge need for positive rolemodels in the inner city among AfricanAmerican and Hispanics,” he said. Patterson said Pérez and people like him, who have “been there done that, who can walk up to a gang member and in 90 seconds know if the guy is a pretender or hardcore,” are key to the fight against gangs. “The only way we are going to make large-scale progress in this city is to have a large-scale collaboration among people whose hearts are in the right place and with skill sets that enable them to make a difference,” he said. According to the citywide gang assessment, Chattanooga doesn’t have a major Hispanic street gang problem today, but middle and high school students, especially from the East Lake area, have noticed an emerging Hispanic gang population. Federal immigration off icials estimate two dozen Hispanic gang members operate in Chattanooga. However, the threat of deportation keeps much of their activity under- .. timesfreepress.com .. Breaking News: 423-757-News ... . timesfreepress.com MIAMI — Police have confirmed that remains found in a wooded stretch of Levy County, Fla., are that of Christian Aguilar. Gainesville police announced Monday that dental records confirmed the body belonged to the 18-year-old who had graduated from Doral Academy Preparatory School and was enrolled at the University of Florida, hoping to study biomedical engineering. Police said more tests needed to be done to determine the cause of death. Aguilar was last seen Sept. 20, when he went to a Gainesville Best Buy with Pedro Bravo, an 18-year-old friend from Doral Academy enrolled at Santa Fe College. Arrested four days later, Bravo told police he beat Aguilar and left him bleeding in a parking lot. He said the two had a fight over Aguilar’s girlfriend, whom Bravo dated previously. Bloomberg News WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army in 2010 spent $10.7 million on a Washington conference, about 13 times the amount paid by the General Services Administration for an event near Las Vegas in the same year that’s been criticized by Congress. The Army also spent $10.6 million on the conference last year, part of $37.7 million paid by taxpayers in the past four years for 9,805 service mem- DesJarlais • Continued from Page A1 BOZEMAN, Mont. — A Montana man faces charges of kidnapping and assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Wyoming after police said he lured her to his car by saying he needed help finding a missing puppy, court records obtained Monday state. Jesse Paul Speer, 39, was taken into custody Saturday in Belgrade, Mont., and held for Wyoming authorities. He faces extradition on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault and felony use of a weapon, the records state. Speer approached children in Cody on Oct. 8 and asked for help finding his lost dog, police Detective Jonathan Beck wrote in a statement. The girl initially was receptive but then changed her mind, prompting Speer to pull a pistol and motion for her to get into his SUV, Beck PIERRE, S.D. — Longwrote. time former U.S. Sen. The statement said George McGovern, the Speer drove the girl to a Democratic presidential church parking lot and tied candidate who lost to Presi- her hands behind her back. dent Richard Nixon in a his- He told her to keep down toric landslide, has moved as he drove through town, into hospice care near his hitting her once on the home in South Dakota, his head with the gun when family said Monday. she tried to raise it, the “He’s coming to the officer said. end of his life,” his daughWire Reports In a statement Monday night, the Jasper lawmaker said his Democratic opponent, Eric Stewart, “supports Barack Obama for president and thinks Obamacare is great for Tennessee.” “I’ll stand on my conservative record of lower taxes, reduced deficits, and repealing Obamacare. Mr. Daugherty supported Lincoln Davis last election cycle, so Eric Stewart would be a consistent choice for him — but not for true conservatives.” Last week, DesJarlais told the Chattanooga Times Free Press he raised the abortion issue with the unnamed woman to get her to acknowledge the “truth” because as a physician he could see she wasn’t pregnant. He said the last time he saw her before the conversation was four months earlier and she displayed no signs of pregnancy. A mutual friend also told him she wasn’t, DesJarlais said, emphasizing no abortion ever took place. A transcript of the recorded conversation between DesJarlais and the woman, which he says was recorded without his knowledge, also shows he pressed her about getting an ultrasound. Earlier on Monday, the congressman came under attack on two other fronts. The Washington, D.C.-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington announced it filed a complaint against the Jasper physician with the state Health Department over his relationship with a patient. “Tennessee law is crystal clear,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in a statement. “Doctors are prohibited from engaging in sexual relationships with patients.” She said the “only question remaining is, now that Tennessee authorities are aware of Rep. DesJarlais’ blatantly unethical and scurrilous conduct, what are they going to do about it?” Last week, DesJarlais acknowledged he exercised “poor judgment” in seeing ing between one and four weeks after patients got the shots, but CDC officials on Thursday warned at least one illness occurred 42 days after a shot. In Tennessee, the state Board of Pharmacy has revoked the license of the pharmacy. In an emergency meeting Monday, the board voted 7-0 to accept the voluntary surrender of the New England Compounding Center’s license. Department of Health attorney John Smith said the action has the same effect as a revocation and is understood to be a formal disciplinary action. Board members questioned why action was not taken more quickly. They also expressed concern that the pharmacist in charge of the facility is still licensed in Tennessee. Smith said the pharmacist, Barry Cadden, has also agreed to surrender his license. Smith expects to call another emergency meeting once the details of that agreement are worked out. Also, a Hendersonville, Tenn., woman sickened by fungal meningitis after receiving a steroid injection for back pain is suing the pharmacy that supplied the drug. On Monday, Janet Russell and her husband, Robert Russell, sued the New England Compounding Center for $15 million. The suit filed in Davidson County Circuit Court claims the pharmacy allowed the steroid to be contaminated by fungi through negligence. According to the suit, the resulting injuries to Janet Russell have caused her to suffer horribly and include stroke, disfigurement and permanent disability. ORLANDO, Fla. — On the eve of another meeting of the state task force reviewing “stand your ground,” the parents of Trayvon Martin unveiled a new website and political committee aimed at changing the controversial law. The new website, ChangeForTrayvon.com, also includes a video with Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and PayPal links for donations. “Something has to change, which is why we created the change for Trayvon Martin movement, to shine the light on stand your ground laws across the nation,” Fulton says in the video. Tracy Martin adds that “these laws allow individuals to shoot first and ask questions later,” echoing critics who call the law “shoot first,” rather than the “stand your ground.” Man faces kidnap, assault charges George McGovern in hospice Drugs • Continued from Page A1 The current outbreak has sickened 214 people, including 15 who have died. For weeks, officials have been urging doctors to contact patients who got shots of the company’s steroid methylprednisolone acetate, advise them about the risks of fungal infection and urge them to take any meningitis symptoms seriously. The steroid was recalled last month, and the company later shut down operations and recalled all the medicines it makes. The FDA on Monday expanded its advice to doctors to contact all patients who got any injection made by the company, including steroids and drugs used in eye surgery as well as heart operations. The agency said it took the step “out of an abundance of caution” as it investigates the new reports involving the heart surgery drug and the second steroid, called triamcinolone acetonide. Last week, federal health officials said 12,000 of the roughly 14,000 people who received steroid shots had been contacted. Nearly all the 214 illnesses are fungal meningitis; two people had joint infections. Symptoms of meningitis include severe headache, nausea, dizziness and fever. The CDC said many of the cases have been mild, and some people had strokes. Symptoms have been appear- GSA spent on the Las Vegas event that led to congressional investigations into spending on such things as a clown and mind reader, resignations of top officials and a cutback on government conferences. Comparing the two events is misleading because the three-day Army conference in the nation’s capital is an educational forum on topics such as cyber warfare for military members, civilians, lawmakers and journalists and not an occasion for feting employees, said Michael Brady, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon. “A comparison to GSA or even VA would not only be inaccurate, but unfair,” Brady said in a telephone interview, referring to conference spending scandals at the General Services Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs. “They got in trouble for spa treatments and iPods. That just doesn’t happen here.” a former patient, whom he treated briefly for an ankle industry. But he said he didn’t see the doctor-patient relationship as “a disqualifying issue” for a post-congressional career in medicine. “I’m confident that a professional review would allow me to continue to practice medicine,” DesJarlais said. The transcript quotes the woman blaming DesJarlais for contacting her, but in the same conversation, the doctor says she called him. At the time he had a brief relationship with the woman, DesJarlais said last week, he was legally separated from his then-wife, Susan DesJarlais. When the conversation with the woman took place, he was trying to reconcile with his wife. That failed, and the DesJarlais’ divorce became final in 2001. Health Department spokeswoman Shelley Ladd Walker said “anyone can file a complaint” against a doctor, including out-of-state individuals or groups. She said that’s because many Tennessee doctors practice in nearby states such as Georgia and Alabama. The department does not reveal complaints or who filed them. In a subsequent appeal to supporters Friday, DesJarlais wrote of the abortion discussion that “I appreciate that this was an imprudent approach to this situation and I’m not proud of it. In retrospect I should have dealt with these matters in a more diplomatic fashion.” “I am not trying to justify my actions or say that I am without fault,” he said. “But I am not the hypocrite my opponents and some liberal media outlets are portraying me as.” Last week, Stewart, a state senator from Winchester, charged DesJarlais with “hypocrisy.” Allegations made by Susan DesJarlais in divorce proceedings were used by Davis in his campaign two years ago. They included her charge that DesJarlais held a gun in his mouth for three hours and that he once triggered an unloaded gun outside her locked bedroom door. DesJarlais denied the episodes ever occurred. The abortion discussion, however, never surfaced until last week. The couple divorced in 2001, and DesJarlais remarried and says he and his wife have enjoyed a good relationship over the past decade. The Tennessee Conserva- tive Union did not endorse DesJarlais in 2010 amid the earlier questions about his divorce and personal life. “All this proves we were right,” Daugherty said, speculating that hypocrisy on social issues would be a dealbreaker for 4th District Republicans. On yet another front, the group Democrats for Life of America joined in on Monday, saying DesJarlais’ action “disqualifies him from claiming the pro-life label.” Executive Director Kristen Day urged “all pro-life advocates and pro-life voters to immediately withdrawal their support from DesJarlais” and support his Democratic opponent — Stewart. Contact staff writer Andy Sher at [email protected] com or 615-255-0550. Contact staff writer Chris Carroll at [email protected] press.com or 423-757-6610. 1-800-DIVORCE Hamilton County, Free Phone Consultation Atty. 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Jason Hiser, of Richmond, Va., and Neal Peckens, of Herndon, Va., were found by searchers about 3:30 p.m. Mountain Standard Time, park officials said, noting the men had no injuries and were reunited with waiting relatives. “Initial information indicates they are well and will be returning to their families! Yeah!” announced a post on the park’s Facebook page. The two had been reported missing by their families Friday after failing to catch a flight home. Rescue teams located the men after as many as 50 people laboring in wintry conditions scoured back country near Two Medicine, Mont., for days by air, on foot and on horseback, aided by a dog team. ter, Ann McGovern, told The Associated Press. She declined to elaborate but noted that her 90-year-old father has suffered several health problems in the last year. 35044473 NATIONALNEWS Hikers found alive in Montana • • • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • A5 Breaking News: [email protected] A6 • Tuesday, October 16, 2012 • • • .. timesfreepress.com .. International European Union intensifies sanctions on Iran Iran’s economy. In a joint statement, EU foreign ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, expressed “serious and deepening concerns over Iran’s nuclear program.” They added that in continuing to enrich uranium, despite Western concerns that it is aiming for a bomb, Iran was “acting in flagrant violation of its international obligations.” Ahead of the meeting, Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, said: “We want to see a negotiated agreement. But we will continue to keep up the pressure.” Ashton represents six major powers, including the United States, in nuclear talks with the Iranians. There have been five rounds of discussions since late 2010, the last of which ended in frustration in June. Ashton said the major powers would keep in contact with Saeed Jalili, Iran’s negotiator, to assess when to convene another meeting. The new European sanc- tions were necessary as a result of a “continued failure to satisfy the world that the program was for peaceful purposes,” said William Hague, the British foreign secretary. But Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, emphasized the need for a more intensive diplomatic effort alongside the sanctions. “I think there are voices that sound like they want a war,” Bildt said. “We don’t want war.” The latest measures make Cruise ship captain, survivors hear shipwreck evidence business deals between Europe and Iran far more complicated. The European Union “agreed to prohibit all transactions between European and Iranian banks unless authorized in advance under strict conditions with exemptions for humanitarian needs,” according to an official statement. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has described the Western sanctions as economic warfare, said the latest measures were nothing new. Pakistani activist teen shot by Taliban arrives in U.K. for care The Associated Press The Associated Press GROSSETO, Italy — A theater in Italy turned into a courtroom Monday, providing extra space for all those who needed to hear the evidence against the captain of a shipwrecked cruise ship. The case of Francesco Schettino, 51, has generated such interest that the Tuscan city of Grosseto chose the larger space to accommodate all those who had a legitimate claim to be at the closed-door hearing. Thirty-two people died after Schettino, in a stunt, took the Costa Concordia cruise ship off course and brought it close to the Tuscan island of Giglio on Jan 13. The ship then ran aground and capsized. Schettino himself became a lightning rod for international disdain for having left the ship before everyone was evacuated. Schettino appeared at the hearing Monday, as well as passengers who survived the deadly shipwreck, the families of those who died in it and scores of lawyers trying to get more compensation for them. “We want to look him in the eye to see how he will react to the accusations,” said German survivor Michael Liessen, 50, who attended with his wife. Another survivor said he even talked with Schettino. “When he looked at me, I told him I was on board the Costa Concordia. He stood up and we shook hands, as it is normal between two polite people,” Luciano Castro, 48, who has published a book in Italy about the disaster, told The Associated Press. “I told him I hoped the truth would come out soon. In that moment, he replied, ‘Yes, it must be established.’” Castro added that Schettino appeared to be “very embarrassed. He was very cautious, probably not expecting that somebody would approach him.” Wearing dark glasses and a suit, Schettino used a back entrance to slip into the theater, making no comment to reporters outside. Lawyers said he listened intently to the proceedings, where his attorneys raised some objections to the evidence being The Associated Press Francesco Schettino, the former captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, right, leaves the Teatro Moderno theatre Monday where the first hearing iss taking place for the Jan. 13 shipwreck which left 32 people dead, in Grosseto, Italy. submitted against Schettino and eight others accused in the shipwreck, including crew members and officials from Concordia owner Costa Crociere SpA. Hearings this week through Wednesday will help decide whether the judge will order a trial for Schettino, who is accused of manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship while passengers and crew were still aboard. He denies the accusations and hasn’t been charged. Any trial is unlikely to begin before next year. Scots to vote on independence The Washington Post The Associated Press British Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond shake hands after signing a referendum agreement Monday during a meeting at St. Andrews House in Edinburgh. LONDON — Britain and Scotland signed an accord Monday paving the way for a historic vote for independence that could see this island’s northern lands stand alone for the first time in three centuries as Europe’s newest sovereign state. Monday’s accord effectively launches a critical two-year independence campaign during which the Scottish National Party — whose surprise victory in regional elections last year laid the path for a referendum — will go toe-to-toe against those fiercely opposed to rupturing modern Britain. The deal agreeing on the terms of a Scottish referendum, to be held by fall 2014, comes at a time when independence movements are also rapidly gaining strength in Spain and Belgium amid Europe’s brutal debt crisis. But the vote on independence for Scotland sets up the possibility that Washington’s closest strategic ally could be torn asunder. “This marks the beginning of an important chapter in Scotland’s story and allows the real debate to begin,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said after signing the deal with Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, the National Party leader. “It paves the way so that the biggest question of all can be settled: a separate Scotland or a United Kingdom? Israeli parliament plans January elections The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel officially opened its election season Monday as parliament prepared to dissolve itself and schedule a vote for January, plunging the country into a vicious, three-month political campaign. Israeli leaders launched harsh attacks on one another during a parliamentary debate that preceded the vote, setting the parameters for what is likely to follow in the campaign. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu boasted of his achievements, while the opposition heckled and insulted him mercilessly. Netanyahu announced last week that he was calling early elections, months ahead of schedule. The immediate reason for the vote is his coalition government’s inability to pass a budget by a Dec. 31 deadline. With the economy slowing, the government would have been forced to make steep cutbacks unpopular with voters. But after leading a remarkably stable coalition for nearly four years, Netanyahu also appears to have sensed that the time is ripe to win a new term. Netanyahu’s Likud Party is leading in most opinion polls, and his opponents remain divided and disorganized. Parliament was expected to approve Netanyahu’s proposal for elections on Jan. 22. Elections had been scheduled for October 2013. Yet Netanyahu still faces some areas of vulnerability, including the uncertain economic situation, a failure to advance peace efforts with the Palestinians and his rocky relations with U.S. President Barack Obama. In an address to parliament ahead of Monday’s vote, Netanyahu Benjamin boasted of Netanyahu a series of accomplishments under his leadership. He emphasized that Israel’s economy grew while most other countries suffered setbacks, took credit for the relative decline in Palestinian attacks against Israelis, and said he put Iran’s nuclear program on the global agenda to the point where the country was now under crippling economic sanctions. “In less than 100 days the people of Israel will determine “Creating instability is among the arrogant powers’ insidious policies,” the semiofficial Fars News Agency quoted him as saying during a speech in Shirvan, in eastern Iran. He praised Iran’s “exemplary political stability and tranquility,” adding: “The enemies wanted to make our people depressed and exhausted through their sanctions. Our nation’s will and resolve to defend the ruling Islamic system should be a lesson to them.” who will lead it,” Netanyahu said. “Who will lead it against the biggest security challenges we have known since the state was founded, who will lead it against the worst financial crisis the world has known in the past 80 years.” “All those who belittle the threat of a nuclear Iran are not worthy of leading Israel even one day,” he added. Netanyahu was repeatedly interrupted by shouts and boos by opposition lawmakers. In a separate speech, opposition leader Shaul Mofaz countered with a blistering attack on Netanyahu’s shortcomings. He said that by doing nothing on peace with the Palestinians and continuing settlement building in the West Bank, Netanyahu was making the areas inseparable and bringing Israel ever closer to being a bi-national state evenly divided between Jews and Arabs. Without the West Bank, Jews make up a 75 percent majority of Israel. I will be making a very positive argument for our United Kingdom.” After centuries of bloody battles with the English, Scotland signed away its sovereignty in the early 1700s. By the late 1990s, however, it had won the right to a “devolved” Parliament, and it now has sweeping powers over its judicial system and public spending. Full independence would give the the ruling National Party the authority to fulfill a host of pledges, including the expulsion of the British nuclear fleet from Scottish waters, withdrawing from NATO and the removal of Scottish regiments from Britain’s military forces overseas. BIRMINGHAM, England — A teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by the Taliban arrived in Britain on Monday to receive specialized medical care and protection from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants. Officials said she is stable and has a chance at “a good recovery.” The attack on 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai as she was returning home from school in Pakistan’s northwest a week ago has horrified people across the South Asian country and abroad. It has also sparked hope that the Pakistani government would respond by intensifying its fight against the Taliban and their allies. Malala was targeted by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticizing the militant group’s behavior when they took over the scenic Swat Valley where she lived. Two of her classmates were also wounded in the attack and are receiving treatment in Pakistan. The Taliban have threatened to target Malala again until she is killed because she promotes “Western thinking.” Malala, who had been receiving treatment at a Pakistani military hospital, arrived at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham in central England on Monday afternoon. The hospital has a major trauma center, specializing in treating severe gunshot wounds, major head injuries and road accident victims. It is also home to the Royal Center for Defense Medicine, the primary receiving unit for military casualties returning from overseas, and has advanced equipment that would help Malala’s treatment, officials said. “Malala had a comfortable journey and is stable,” said Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan. Dave Rosser, the hospital’s medical director, said doctors believe Malala “has a chance of making a good recovery” but added that he had not yet seen the girl. He declined to provide details of her condition, citing respect for her privacy. 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The city’s gang task force has dedicated a subcommittee to drive literacy efforts, and an upcoming event is calling on faith leaders to come together for the cause. The Nov. 3 “Language of Life” event will bring together ministries and faith-based groups that work with education or literacy. The head of the city’s gang reduction effort said churches are called to work with kids who are poor, uncared for or uneducated. Plus, he said, churches can satisfy the voids in children’s lives that drive them to gangs in the first place. “This kind of hits the core of how the faith community is mandated to reach out to kids who are impoverished,” said Gang Task Force coordinator Boyd Patterson. Many groups already do such work, and Patterson hopes they all come to the table on Nov. 3. “Anyone who understands the significance of helping kids avoid gangs in the first place can participate in this event because everybody can help teach a kid to read,” he said. Reading at the early ages is crucial because nearly all learning later in life relies on reading See GANGS, Page B8 IF YOU GO ■ What: Language of Life, a literacyfocused event that also will include a costume contest, pinatas, face painting and music in English and Spanish. ■ When: Noon-3 p.m. Nov. 3 ■ Where: East Lake Recreation Center, 3601 Dodds Ave. ■ Information: Boyd Patterson, 423425-7830; or José Pérez, 423-9035761 ELECTION 2012 150 hear East Ridge hopefuls Autumn palette By Kate Harrison Staff Writer East Ridge’s city manager and city attorney came under fire in East Ridge’s City Council candidate forum Monday. Seven people are running for the two seats available on the City Council: newcomer Patricia Cassidy, driven into politics over concern about her granddaughter’s future in the city; John Clemmer, who did not attend the forum; Marc Gravitt, who reached third place in the 2010 council race; incumbent Councilman Denny Manning; youth recreation league coach and business owner Stephen King Jr.; Mimi Lowrey, a vocal council meetinggoer for two decades making her first run at office; and Ann Pruett, a retired librarian for the city, who said Monday that her deceased husband, former longtime Mayor Fred Pruett, had been her “coach” in city matters. Ca n d i d ate s f i e l d e d questions from the roughly 150 residents crowded in the gym at Spring Creek Elementary School. Times Free Press reporter Chris Carroll moderated the forum, which was sponsored by the East Ridge Education Council. The performance of City Manager Tim Gobble and City Attorney John Anderson emerged as hot topics at numerous points in the forum as candidates were asked how they would cut spending and what they would change about the current council. Several said Gobble — who attended the forum — spent too much time on the city’s Facebook page, and that he was spending too much on items like city furniture and a $50,000 workout facility for city employees. “I don’t feel that we have a public servant any longer,” Lowrey said. “I would like to see him spend more time being a supervisor and getting to know the departments than some of the things he does.” See HOPEFULS, Page B8 Staff Photo by Tim Barber Andrew Gamble, right, and Danny McSpadden run the rapids in the Bowater Pocket Wilderness on Monday amid early fall colors on North Chickamauga Creek. STEM school receives $100,000 donation By Kevin Hardy Staff Writer The latest corporate donation to Hamilton County’s science, technology, engineering and math high school brings the project even closer to its fundraising goal of $500,000. On Monday, local digital advertising agency Area 203 announced a $100,000 gift to the high school, which opened in August on the campus of Chattanooga State Co m m u n i t y College. Area 203 President Doug Freeman said his company relies on STEM-skilled employees to fill marketing, Claude creative and Ramsey technology positions. “The future of our business certainly relies on you and others like you,” Freeman told the STEM school’s 75 students, who were in attendance for the announcement. The gift brings total Rick donations Smith to $455,000, just shy of a $500,000 goal previously set to cover construction costs. The Hamilton County Board of Edu- cation used $500,000 from its reserve funds to get the STEM project under way. The donations will be used to replenish the school board’s reserves. Another $15,000 has been raised to purchase supplies for the school. Owned by Chattanooga businessman Carey V. Brown, Area 203 is a social media company that helps support colleges, charities and other Staff Writer A Dalton, Ga., attorney who two years ago accused the City Court of illegally supervising people on probation is being reprimanded for a conflict of interest. Jerry Moncus, who was fired as Dalton Municipal Court judge in 2010, was ordered Monday by the Georgia Supreme Court to be publicly reprimanded for representing a man he sentenced when he was still on ” — Doug Freeman, Area 203 president and donor, speaking to STEM students See STEM, Page B8 Judge to rule on competency of killer, request for new lawyers By Todd South Staff Writer Staff File Photo by Angela Lewis Marlon Duane Kiser waits during a court recess in his murder trial in 2003. More than two years after his scheduled execution date, Marlon Duane Kiser wants to fire his appointed attorneys and get new lawyers to continue his death penalty appeal. Kiser, 42, has been sentenced to death for the killing of Hamilton County Deputy Donald Bond early on Sept. 6, 2001. Investigators testified in his 2003 trial that Kiser shot Bond multiple times with a high-powered assault rifle when the deputy caught him trying to set fire to a fruit stand on East Brainerd Road. Ex-judge who went after Dalton City Court reprimanded By Joy Lukachick “ The future of our business certainly relies on you and others like you. ■ Attorney Jerry Moncus faces discipline over a conflict of interest. the bench. In October 2010, Moncus filed a petition claiming the Dalton courts were operating illegally by improperly supervising probationers. Moncus’ complaint came after Court Administrator David Hamil was forced to resign, leaving the court without any legally quali- fied person to oversee probation for driving under the influence charges and other misdemeanors. Dalton City Attorney Michael Corbin then filed a petition in City Court for Moncus to be disqualified from representing Hanss Lopez. Moncus originally had sentenced the man to 48 months’ probation. A Superior Court judge will reprimand Moncus in open court at a later date. On Monday, Moncus said he isn’t happy with the Supreme Court’s decision, but he will accept it. Since current city Judge Jim Wilbanks was appointed to Moncus’ position, he and Moncus have accused each other of wrongdoing. It was Wilbanks who originally filed the complaint that led to Moncus’ reprimand. In the last two years, Moncus also has criticized Wilbanks over how long people are sentenced to probation and how their bond is set. In previous interviews, Wilbanks has denied any wrongdoing. On Monday, Wilbanks didn’t return calls seeking comment. The question of whether the court acted wrongly in the Lopez case hasn’t been answered because court officials were waiting to see if Moncus would be allowed to represent Lopez. When asked about Lopez’s status See EX-JUDGE, Page B8 ■ To contact Local News • Phone: 423-757-6317 • Fax: 423-668-5062 • Email: [email protected]
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