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Wednesday 1 november 2017

Dartmouth professors face sexual misconduct investigation

By HOLLY RAMER Dartmouth President Phil
Associated Press Hanlon told students, fac-
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — ulty and staff in a letter that
Three Dartmouth College administrators were taking
psychology professors are the allegations seriously
under criminal investiga- and were pursuing their
tion for allegations of sex- own investigations.
ual misconduct, authorities “I want to say in the most
said Tuesday. emphatic way possible
The Ivy League college last that sexual misconduct
week said that the pro- and harassment are un-
fessors were put on paid acceptable and have no
leave and had their access place at Dartmouth,” Han-
to campus restricted due lon wrote.
to allegations of “serious The professors — Todd
misconduct.” The college Heatherton, Bill Kelley and
later told authorities it had Paul Whalen — did not
received allegations of immediately respond to
sexual misconduct. Based email messages seeking
on that information, the at- comment, nor did an attor-
torney general’s office said ney authorized to speak for
Tuesday it was conduct- Heatherton.
ing a criminal investigation A college spokeswoman Students walk across the Dartmouth College campus green in Hanover, N.H. Authorities said Tues-
day, Oct. 31, 2017, that three Dartmouth psychology professors are under criminal investigation
along with local, county declined to say when au- for allegations of sexual misconduct.
and state law enforcement thorities were notified. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
agencies. “Dartmouth is cooperat-
ing with law enforcement,” day after fellow Ivy League lumbia alleging that he re-
Diana Lawrence said in a member Columbia Univer- peatedly groped her and
statement. “From the out- sity said a history professor pressured her to have sex
set of our investigations, accused of sexually harass- with him, and that the uni-
we have encouraged the ing a female graduate stu- versity ignored her com-
reporting of possible crimes dent had withdrawn from plaints. A spokeswoman for
to law enforcement and teaching, according to the the New York City university
have offered resources to woman’s attorney. confirmed that the profes-
support that reporting.” That woman filed a lawsuit sor has withdrawn from
The investigation at Dart- earlier this month against a teaching but remains an
mouth was revealed one history professor and Co- employee.

4 more guilty pleas in Jamaican lottery scam

By BLAKE NICHOLSON Prosecutors say this is be- out paying out anything to
Associated Press lieved to be the first large- the victims.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — scale Jamaican lottery Two suspects remain fugi-
Four more suspects in Oc- scam prosecuted in the tives. Thirteen others have
tober either pleaded guilty U.S. Authorities allege the been arrested and brought
or agreed to do so in a scam bilked at least 90 to the U.S. to face charges.
large-scale Jamaican lot- Americans out of more Six of them have plead-
tery scam in the U.S., leav- than $5.7 million. It’s be- ed guilty in the past four
ing just five of the 15 defen- ing prosecuted in North months, including Lavrick
dants still scheduled for trial Dakota, where authorities Willocks, the man accused
in January. began investigating after of being the kingpin. A sev-
Dario Palmer, Alrick a woman lost her life sav- enth is negotiating terms of
McLeod and Kazrae Gray ings of more than $300,000 a deal.
all pleaded guilty to con- in 2011. In return for the guilty pleas,
spiracy under deals with The suspects are accused the government is drop-
federal prosecutors, while of calling victims about ping fraud and money
Kimberly Hudson signed a bogus lottery winnings, per- laundering counts. The
deal and is scheduled to suading them to send ad- government also will rec-
plead guilty Nov. 20. Au- vance fees to receive the ommend restitution for vic-
thorities say all four are purported winnings, then tims. No sentencing dates
from Jamaica. keeping the money with- have been set.