Word: firearms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Scott was taken by Andrew Newton, an erstwhile airline pilot, to a lonely moor at night; Scott was not harmed, but Newton shot his Great Dane, Rinka. Newton was sentenced to two years for possession of a firearm and intent to endanger life. There the matter might have ended, except that after his release from prison Newton began talking of a "contract" to murder Scott. An investigation was launched, which led to a trial...
...shield law, the prosecutor successfully objected to that line of questioning. Unable to discredit Alice's testimony, the defense lawyer quickly made a deal: his client would plead guilty to criminal sexual conduct in the first degree if the prosecutor agreed to drop charges of possessing a firearm and robbery. Still to be sentenced, the man will probably get 15 to 20 years...
...Four days later Ronald Zamora, 15, confessed to police that he had killed Mrs. Haggart, who also happened to be his next-door neighbor. This week Zamora is facing a Miami jury-his accomplice will be tried separately -charged with first-degree murder, burglary, robbery and possession of a firearm while committing a felony...
...grandfather spent his time in a castle called San Simeon. For Patricia Hearst, 22, the foreseeable future will be spent in a California prison cell. Convicted last March of armed robbery and of using a firearm to commit a felony, Patty came to U.S. district court in San Francisco last week for sentencing. With her counselor Episcopal Priest Edward John Dumke seated behind her, along with Father Randolph Hearst, owner-publisher of the San Francisco Examiner, and Mother Catherine, the 90-lb. heiress stood tight-lipped as Judge William Orrick Jr. sentenced her to seven years, minus 371 days...
...department is currently trying to improve its manpower by sending officers to the State Police academy and training them in arrest laws, firearm use and report writing...