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U.S. NEWS Saturday 13 OctOber 2018

Lawsuit: Man convicted after

mother rejected ‘dirty cop’

By HEATHER HOLLINSWORTH deaths, but he was freed taller and had shorter hair
Associated Press last year after the district at- than the initial witness de-
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A torney found he had been scriptions. The suit said the
Kansas man who spent 23 subject to a “manifest injus- investigation involved “no
years in prison for a double tice” in the case. bona fide police work.”
murder he didn’t commit No physical evidence Golubski helped one wit-
was targeted because his linked McIntyre to the ness find a new apartment
mother rebuffed a homi- crime and he didn’t know in exchange for falsely
cide detective’s sexual ad- the victims. The suit blames identifying the teen and
vances and was convicted his arrest on a “dirty cop “ threatened to have her In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, who was
after a bogus police investi- identified as Roger Golub- children taken away if she imprisoned for 23 years for a 1994 double murder in Kansas that
gation, according to a law- ski, who “used the power of didn’t testify, the suit says. he always said he didn’t commit, walks out of a courthouse
suit . his badge to exploit vulner- The lawsuit says the real in Kansas City, Kan., with his mother, Rosie McIntyre, after
Lamonte McIntyre, 42, able black women.” killer was a drug enforcer Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark A. Dupree, Sr. dropped
and his 64-year-old mother Golubski, who rose through known as “Monster,” who the charges.
Rose Lee McIntyre filed the the ranks to detective and is currently serving a 33- Associated Press
lawsuit Thursday in federal captain before retiring, co- year sentence for murder bosses from prosecution, not a party in the lawsuit,
court. erced Rose Lee McIntyre and drug offenses. The suit to quickly close a double said in a statement posted
McIntyre was 17 in 1994 into oral sex in a police sta- said Golubski also worked homicide, or all three, Gol- on Facebook Friday that
when he was arrested in tion after a traffic stop in the closely with drug kingpins ubski, his-co-investigators, the department never re-
Kansas City in the deaths late 1980s and harassed her to protect their interests in and his supervisors framed ceived complaints from
of 21-year-old Doniel Quinn so much when she rebuffed exchange for money or Lamonte McIntyre for the outside or inside the depart-
and 34-year-old Donald additional advances that drugs, which he would use crimes,” the suit said, add- ment regarding the allega-
Ewing. They were shot in she moved and changed to buy sex. ing that the victims’ families tions in the lawsuit, so a po-
broad daylight in a drug- her phone number. The “Whether to retaliate believed Lamonte McIntyre lice investigation never oc-
infested neighborhood. double homicide investiga- against Rose McIntyre for was innocent throughout. curred. He said the FBI has
McIntyre was sentenced to tion quickly focused on her spurning his advances, to Kansas City, Kansas, police investigated but provided
two life sentences in their son, even though he was protect Monster’s drug Chief Terry Zeigler, who is no further information.q

Man likely got ‘brain-eating amoeba’ at Texas resort

WACO, Texas (AP) — A Cable Park and Surf Resort the deadly amoeba.
New Jersey man who died in Waco, and conditions fa- People are usually infected
from a rare “brain-eating vorable for its growth at the when contaminated water
amoeba “ was likely ex- other three. enters the body through
posed to it during his visit Health officials said the the nose, according to the
to a Texas water resort last amoeba was found at the CDC. The CDC reports the
month, health officials said attraction that’s a natural amoeba is usually found in
Friday. body of water, but it’ll re- warm freshwater, such as
The Waco-McLennan main open because risk lakes, rivers or hot springs.
County Public Health Dis- of exposure is considered The New Jersey Depart-
trict said testing done by the the same as at any natural ment of Health said the
Centers for Disease Control body of water. But officials man had visited the park
and Prevention found evi- added that the other three on Sept. 8. Symptoms gen-
dence of Naegleria fowleri attractions won’t reopen erally start about five days
— a rare but deadly amoe- until “all health and safety after infection, with death
ba that can cause a brain issues” are addressed. In this July 14 2018, file photo, a surfer takes a spill while battling occurring about five days
infection — at one of the Fabrizio Stabile , 29, died the waves at the BSR Surf resort near Waco, Texas. later, according to the
four attractions at the BSR Sept. 21 after contracting Associated Press CDC.q