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U.S. NEWS Friday 26 January 2018

Killing of Colorado deputy leads to 1 arrest, search for 2

DENVER (AP) — Authorities some of them holding
in Colorado have arrested American flags, stood on
one man and are search- the sidewalk as the pro-
ing for two other suspects in cession passed. The shoot-
connection with the killing ing happened less than a
of a sheriff’s deputy, lead- month after 29-year-old
ing some schools in the Douglas County sheriff’s
area to shut down. Deputy Zackari Parrish was
Adams County sheriff’s fatally shot and four other
Deputy Heath Gumm, 32, officers were wounded
was killed Wednesday in suburban Denver by a
night, Gov. John Hicken- man with a history of men-
looper said. Gumm was tal health problems. Hick-
shot when deputies re- enlooper called the killings
sponded to a call in a “flat-out heartbreaking.”
residential area about 8 “It seems like again and
miles (13 kilometers) north again it’s the good guys
of downtown Denver, the — the best — are the ones
sheriff’s office said.Deputies that go down,” the gover-
were called to an “assault nor said. “I think we, as a
in progress” and saw one community, have to put
of the suspects run behind more work into our families
a house. When deputies and try to make sure that
caught up with the man, he Brighton police officers wear a black ribbon over their badge for Adams County Sheriff’s Deputy people understand how to
pulled out a handgun and Heath Gumm in Brighton, Colo., Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. Gumm was killed Wednesday night defuse things.” Gumm was
opened fire, striking Gumm responding to a call in a residential area north of downtown Denver, the sheriff’s office said. married and had worked
in the chest, the sheriff’s of- (John Leyba/The Denver Post via AP) for the sheriff’s office since
fice said. The suspect fled cion of homicide charges The sheriff’s office has not hospital early Thursday, ac- 2013, Hickenlooper said,
but was later taken into and a second-degree bur- provided any information companied by a proces- adding that state flags
custody. glary charge, according to about the suspect. After sion of officers from federal, should remain in at half-
Dreion Martise Dearing, 22, court records. It’s not clear Gumm died, a hearse car- state and local agencies. staff until sunset on the day
was being held on suspi- if he has an attorney. rying his body left a Denver Despite the hour, people, of Gumm’s funeral.q

Man accused of using makeup artist, disguise in fraud scheme

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN bank statements and bo- he faces a maximum sen- Homeland Security. lent money to deBerardinis’
Associated Press gus news articles to perpet- tence of 20 years in prison DeBerardinis assumed false businesses, according to
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — uate a fraud scheme that for the wire fraud counts identities and pretended the indictment.
A Louisiana man hired a began in 2008 and lasted and 30 years for the at- to be actual company ex- An investor from Dublin,
professional makeup artist until at least July 2016, the tempted bank fraud count. ecutives in communicating Ireland, sued deBerardinis
and disguised himself as an indictment says. He also faces a $1 million with investors to lend cre- and one of his businesses, Fi-
Orthodox Jewish business- The 10-page document fine, plus restitution and for- dence to nonexistent con- nancial Resources LLC, last
man during a long-running doesn’t elaborate on how feiture, prosecutors said in tracts and business relation- February. The federal suit
scheme to scam investors deBerardinis allegedly used a statement. ships, the indictment says. says the man was duped
and banks out of more a makeup artist and dis- The indictment says deBe- He solicited investments in into investing $2.5 million
than $96 million, according guise in 2013 to get more rardinis represented himself his business in exchange for in return for a promise he
to a federal indictment is- investor funds from an un- as a businessman involved interest payments “and a would be repaid and re-
sued Thursday. identified equity group in the sale, trade and trans- guaranteed return of their ceive an additional interest
David D. deBerardinis, 56, based in New York. port of fuel and falsely principal,” the document payment of $250,000 within
of Shreveport, represented He is charged with four claimed he had an interna- says. Citizens National Bank, 60 days. The suit says the
himself as a businessman in counts of wire fraud and tional shippers’ license that Origin Bank and PlainsCap- investor hadn’t recovered
the petroleum industry and one count of attempted had to be vetted by the ital Bank were among the any of his money when he
used false identities, phony bank fraud. If convicted, FBI and U.S. Department of financial institutions that sued. q