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Thursday 29 June 2017
Mom’s ex-boyfriend gets life in killing of ‘Baby Doe’

By DENISE LAVOIE Judge Janet Sanders. — 10 years more than the she saw McCarthy kill her dispose of her daughter’s
Associated Press McCarthy was convicted minimum. McCarthy’s law- daughter one night after body. Under a plea deal
BOSTON (AP) — A Mas- Monday of second-degree yer called that recommen- the girl didn’t want to go to with prosecutors, she is ex-
sachusetts man was sen- murder in the 2015 killing of dation “vindictive” and bed. pected to serve less than
tenced Wednesday to Bella Bond, the daughter of asked Sanders to make him McCarthy’s lawyer, Jona- two years in jail. The agree-
life in prison in the killing of his girlfriend at the time. A eligible for parole after 15 than Shapiro, insisted that ment calls for her to be re-
a 2-year-old girl who be- computer-generated im- years. The judge came out Bond was the real killer leased after her sentencing
came known as Baby Doe age of Bella was shared by in the middle of the two and cast a “web of lies” to July 12.
after her remains washed millions on social media as recommendations at 20 blame McCarthy. Bella Bond’s father, Joseph
up on the shore of a Boston authorities scrambled to years. “There was no justice for Amoroso, gave a victim im-
Harbor island. identify her. The girl’s mother, Rachelle Mr. McCarthy here,” Shap- pact statement before Mc-
Michael McCarthy, 37, will Assistant District Attorney Bond, who also was iro said. Carthy was sentenced, de-
be eligible for parole af- David Deakin asked the charged in the case, was Bond pleaded guilty to be- scribing Bella as “a happy
ter serving 20 years under judge to set McCarthy’s the prosecution’s star wit- ing an accessory after the and innocent child full of
the sentence imposed by parole eligibility at 25 years ness. She told the jury fact for helping McCarthy life.”q
FBI agent in court on charge of lying about rancher shooting

general of the U.S. Justice the integrity of the entire
Department last year be- law enforcement profes-
gan investigating possible sion, which makes me both
FBI misconduct and wheth- disappointed and angry,”
er there was a cover-up. said Deschutes County
He said nothing during a Sheriff Shane Nelson, whose
brief court hearing and department investigated
was released on his own Finicum’s shooting.
recognizance, declining to Oregon U.S. Attorney Billy
comment as he left. Williams would neither con-
Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, a firm nor deny that up to
spokesman for the group four additional members of
that took over the remote the FBI team are under in-
bird sanctuary to oppose vestigation for making false
federal control of land in statements.
the Western U.S., was fa- Asked why Astarita may
tally shot Jan. 26, 2016. Or- have lied, Williams said: “I
egon State Police opened suspect that question will
fire after he got out of a ve- be answered in court.”
hicle at a police roadblock The FBI spokeswoman in
and reached toward a Portland, Jennifer Adams,
handgun in an inner jacket referred questions to head-
pocket. Investigators de- quarters in Washington,
U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon Billy J. Williams speaks during a press conference Portland, termined the troopers were D.C., which did not return
Ore., Wednesday, June 28, 2017, after the indictment of an FBI agent. FBI special agent W. Joseph justified in shooting Finicum messages seeking com-
Astarita pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied about shooting at a key figure in last year’s but also found members ment.
armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge just before the man was killed by Oregon police. of an FBI hostage rescue A grand jury indicted Astar-
(AP Photo/Don Ryan) team at the scene failed to ita on making false state-
By STEVEN DUBOIS charges that he lied about was killed by Oregon po- disclose that they fired two ments to his FBI supervisors
Associated Press shooting at a key figure in lice. rounds that missed the Ari- just after the shooting and
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — last year’s armed occupa- W. Joseph Astarita was zona rancher. obstruction of justice for
An FBI agent pleaded not tion of a national wildlife indicted on five felony “The actions of the FBI HRT misleading the Oregon
guilty on Wednesday to refuge just before the man charges after the inspector team in this case damage State Police. q

Bail set at $6.4M for surgeon charged with child rape

By PAUL ELIAS children he could sexually argued in court papers that years in prison if convicted. ally abusing children and
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A abuse in a so-called taboo Kohut does not represent a Kohut was arrested four her bail has been set at
judge set bail at $6.45 mil- family lifestyle. danger to the public or a days after police arrested $500,000.
lion on Wednesday for a Prosecutors have said there flight risk. Rashel Brandon, a nurse Stephens was arrested in
Northern California brain is no evidence he created Kohut was arrested in his who worked with the sur- Tuscon, Arizona and is be-
surgeon charged with sex- such a family, but they Santa Cruz, California geon at a nearby hospital. ing held there while Santa
ually abusing children. have charged him with 11 home last month along Brandon was arrested after Cruz authorities seek a
Prosecutors had opposed counts of sexually abusing with two nurses who are her husband gave police a court-ordered transfer to
bail for Dr. James Kohut, children under the age of charged with participating video recording he found Northern California to face
saying the neurologist is a 14. in child sex abuse with the that investigators say shows similar charges.
public danger who recruits Kohut has pleaded not 57-year-old doctor. Brandon and another Brandon’s attorney An-
women to help find child guilty. His lawyer, Jay Rorty, If Kohut does post bail, he nurse, Emily Stephens, sexu- thony Robinson did not
victims. did not immediately return will be monitored electroni- ally abusing children. immediately respond
The Santa Cruz district at- a phone message seeking cally. He voluntarily sus- Court records and law- phone message seeking
torney’s office said Kohut comment but has previ- pended his California med- yers said Brandon impli- comment. It is unclear if
also discussed impregnat- ously declined the pros- ical license while the case cated Kohut. Brandon is Stephens has retained an
ing women to give birth to ecutor’s allegations. Rorty is pending and faces 165 also charged with sexu- attorney.q