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Ongoing Dispute Ends With
Former CIA Agent Sentenced To 3 Years For Allegedly Leaking Classified Information
JEFFREY STERLING WASHINGTON, D.C. Jef-
frey Sterling, the former CIA who was found guilty in Janu- ary for leaking classified infor- mation to a New York Times reporter, was sentenced Mon- day to 31⁄2 years in prison by a federal judge, the Washington Post reports.
Sterling was convicted for leaking details about a U.S. operation to sabotage Iran’s efforts to develop a nuclear arms program.
According to the Post, Sterling’s sentence is a bit longer than what cases of this nature typically garner, but because Sterling did not plead guilty and admit his wrongdoing, the judge came down a bit harder for Ster- ling.
“If you do knowingly reveal these secrets, there’s going to be a price to be paid,” U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said as she deliv- ered Sterling’s sentencing.
Sterling plans to appeal the guilty verdict issued in January, and will remain out on bond until a federal court tells him when and where he should report to begin serving his sentence.
In January, a jury con- victed Sterling on all of the nine counts he faced.
Another Earthquake Rocks Nepal
George Zimmerman Being Shot At
NEPAL --- At least 19 people were killed Tuesday and 981 have been injured after another major earth- quake struck Nepal less than three weeks after more than 8,000 people were killed by a devastating temblor that flat- ted mountain villages and triggered landslides.
Tuesday's magnitude-7.3 earthquake was centered near the Chinese border be- tween Nepal's capital, Kath- mandu, and Mt. Everest. It was followed closely by at least five aftershocks measur- ing from magnitude-5.6 to magnitude-6.3.
An official with the Inter- national Organization for Mi- gration reported a number of
buildings collapsed in the iso- lated town of Chautara in central Nepal after the earth- quake, killing at least 4 peo- ple.
Chautara has become a hub for humanitarian aid in the wake of the devastating April 25 earthquake, with dozens of aid workers now based there to send help deeper into the countryside.
In Kathmandu, the quake sent people rushing outside of their homes and into the streets.
The international airport which has become a trans- port hub for international aid, was closed temporarily, while traffic snarled in the streets.
LAKE MARY, FL -- George Zimmerman, ac- quitted by a Florida jury in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in 2013, suffered minor injuries Monday after being shot at by a motorist, po- lice said.
Zimmerman and the man who shot at him had been in an ongoing dispute, police in Lake Mary, Florida, said, though both men involved in the incident were yet to be in- terviewed by police, pending the presence of their attorneys.
No arrests have been made or charges filed in relation to the shooting, which is in the early stages of the investiga- tion.
Lake Mary police spokes- woman Bianca Gillett con- firmed that the man who shot at Zimmerman, Matthew Apperson, is the same per- son who called police last year because he felt threatened by Zimmerman.
According to police, Zim- merman flagged down a Lake Mary police officer shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, saying he was involved in a shooting.
At about the same time, someone called 911 for Ap- person to say he was the other person involved in the shooting. Zimmerman was not the shooter in the incident, Gillett said. He was trans- ported to the hospital for minor injuries and then re- leased, she said.
Meanwhile, conflicting ver- sions of the incident have emerged from the two men in- volved.
Attorney: Zimmerman Recognized Apperson
Zimmerman attorney Don West told CNN that a
GEORGE ZIMMERMAN
driver behind Zimmerman began flashing his lights and honking his horn at him.
According to West, Zim- merman raised his window and then the man shot at him.
The bullet went through Zimmerman's side window and almost hit him in the head, West said. Zimmer- man was hit by glass from the window, he said.
An employee at a nearby business, Kenneth Cornell, said he was exiting his car after lunch when a man drove up and started yelling about the shooting.
The man, who identified himself as Apperson, shouted to Cornell: "I shot George Zimmerman, call 911. I don't have a phone."
So Cornell called 911. He said Apperson shot Zim- merman after Zimmerman waved a gun.
Apperson's attorney, Mark NeJame, said his client acted in self defense.
But West, Zimmer- man's lawyer, denied that his client waved a gun. "George absolutely denies pointing a gun, displaying a gun -- no ag- gressive movement toward him at all," West said.
Ongoing Dispute According to Cornell, Ap- person told him that he and Zimmerman have had three
disputes.
Man Found Hanging From A Tree
Days After Being Questioned
About White Woman’s Death
GREENSBORO, GEOR- GIA - A Black man who'd re- cently been questioned in connection with the death of a white woman was found dead hanging from a tree Monday morning in rural Greensboro, Georgia. Local and state inves- tigators said there was nothing to immediately suggest foul play.
Greensboro Police Chief Ossie Mapp said that a neighbor called 911 about 9 a.m. ET to report finding a body behind a house on Mar- tin Luther King Jr. Drive. Po- lice discovered the body of Roosevelt Champion III, 43.
Champion's body was suspended by tie-down strap similar to those used to secure cargo on the roofs of vehicles, Mapp said.
There were no visible wounds on Champion's body, his feet were scraping the ground and his knees were
Roosevelt
was found by a neighbor.
slightly buckled, suggesting that he hadn't been lifted into the tree, said Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Joe Wooten, who is in charge of the investigation. Wooten and Mapp said it's too early to determine the for- mal cause of death, which is pending an autopsy.
But Wooten said Cham- pion was questioned at least twice last week in a homicide case involving the death of a white woman. In the end, no charges were filed, he said. De- tails of that investigation weren't immediately available.
Champion
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