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Tuesday 7 February 2017
Man convicted in killings of woman, boy witness loses appeal

DAVE COLLINS Appellate Court unani- ing ruling that prosecutors but an appeal to the state Peeler and Snead were
Associated Press mously upheld a lower did not violate the law by Supreme Court is likely. partners in a large-scale
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A court ruling against former failing to disclose record- Authorities said Peeler had drug ring that sold crack
three-judge panel on Mon- Bridgeport drug dealer Rus- ings of a witness and infor- his younger brother, Adrian cocaine in Bridgeport and
day rejected the latest ap- sell Peeler Jr., who was re- mant to the defense before Peeler, fatally shoot Karen had a falling out, accord-
peal of a Connecticut man sentenced to life in prison trial. The three judges said Clarke and her son, B.J. ing to court documents.
who was once on death last year after Connecticut the state was not required Brown, in their Bridgeport Several months before
row for ordering the 1999 abolished the death penal- to release those recordings. home. B.J. was going to Snead was killed, Peeler
killings of a woman and ty. Peeler claimed a lower Peeler’s lawyer, Lisa Steele, testify against Russell Peeler shot and wounded Snead
her 8-year-old son because court judge made several said she’s disappointed in the 1997 killing of Clarke’s while Snead was driving
the boy was going to testify wrong decisions in his ha- with the ruling. She said boyfriend, Rudolph Snead with his son and B.J. in his
against him. beas corpus appeal of his she hadn’t yet talked with Jr. Adrian Peeler is serving a car, police said. The boys
Three judges of the state murder convictions, includ- Peeler about the decision, 25-year prison sentence. weren’t hurt.q

Suspect gets 30 years in Florida mosque fire

anniversary of the 2001 ter- the Killings” where he said
rorist attacks. The damage the fire was not caused by
to the mosque was so ex- hate but by his anxiety. He
tensive that the leaders feared that Florida could
recently announced that it be the site of another 9-11,
will move. Boston Marathon bombing
Omar Mateen was killed or Pulse nightclub shooting,
by police after opening he said.
fire at the Pulse nightclub “My message is this to all
on June 12 in a rampage the Muslim communities
that left 49 victims dead on the face of the Earth —
and 53 wounded, making make peace with America
it the worst mass shooting and make peace with Isra-
in modern U.S. history. el and stop the killings, stop
Mateen professed al- the attacks,” he said.
legiance to the Islamic “In the Islamic faith and in
State group. His father is all faiths, we believe that
among roughly 100 people God is merciful and just as
who regularly attend the we want to be forgiven
mosque. by him we should also for-
Schreiber, who is Jewish, give,” Malik said after the
posted on Facebook last hearing. “I believe he was
July that “All Islam is radi- misled. Misled by fear mon-
Farhad Khan, who has attended the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce for more than seven years, cal” and that all Muslims gering, misled by false in-
shows members of the media its charred remains, in Fort Pierce, Fla. Joseph Schneider pleaded
no contest and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for setting fire to a mosque that should be treated as terror- formation” about Islam. He
the Orlando nightclub shooter attended occasionally. ists and criminals. said the “bright spot” of the
(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Prosecutor Steve Gosnell fire is that the local Jewish
said Schreiber, 32, con- and Islamic communities
TERRY SPENCER Joseph Schreiber, dressed sentencing. He was also fessed to detectives that are now communicating.
Associated Press in a burnt orange jumpsuit, ordered to pay $10,000 in he set the fire, saying he Rabbi Bruce Benson, who
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — his wrists and ankles shack- restitution although dam- believed Muslims “are try- leads a local Reform syna-
An ex-convict who posted led, pleaded no contest ages exceeded $100,000. ing to infiltrate our gov- gogue, said he has been
anti-Islamic rants online during Monday’s hearing Because he was declared ernment” and that “the meeting with Schreiber
pleaded no contest and before Circuit Judge Ste- a habitual offender, he teaching of Islam should regularly since his arrest
was sentenced to 30 years ven Levin. could have received a life be completely, completely and believes he is remorse-
in prison on Monday for A no contest plea is treated sentence. illegal.” ful. Benson said he believes
setting fire to a mosque the same as a guilty plea. He had confessed to de- Before he was sentenced, Schreiber subconsciously
that the Orlando nightclub Schreiber answered Levin’s tectives that he set fire to Schreiber read a written set the fire just before mid-
shooter attended occa- questions in a clear, un- the Islamic Center of Fort statement entitled “From night because no one
sionally. wavering voice before Pierce last Sept. 11, the 15th the Mountaintops, Stop would be there.q
Cleveland settles woman’s excessive force suit for $2.25M

MARK GILLISPIE Last month, the city agreed The settlement made pub- order and schizophrenia. wrestled her to the ground
Associated Press to pay $2.25 million to the lic Monday is for the death According to a federal on her stomach and hand-
CLEVELAND (AP) — The family of a man shot by a of Tanisha Anderson, who civil rights lawsuit and fam- cuffed her. Although An-
mother of a mentally ill Cleveland officer outside died of positional asphyxi- ily attorneys, officers Scott derson showed distress and
woman who suffocat- the city in 2011, and last ation in November 2014 Aldridge and Bryan Myers stopped breathing, it took
ed while handcuffed by year it agreed to pay $6 outside her mother’s Cleve- initially tried talking to An- the officers 14 minutes to
Cleveland police says she million to the family of Tamir land home. Family mem- derson before putting her call for help, according to
wants the officers prosecut- Rice, a 12-year-old black bers had called 911 seek- in the backseat of a patrol the suit.
ed after settling a lawsuit boy fatally shot by a white ing help for Anderson, who car to take her to a hospital. Two other officers went to
Monday for $2.25 million, Cleveland officer while was wandering outdoors That’s when the 37-year-old the home earlier that night
the latest large settlement playing with a pellet gun on a cold night wearing Anderson panicked and but left after Anderson
with the city over allega- outside a recreation cen- just a nightgown. Anderson climbed out of the cruiser. agreed to eat something
tions of police misconduct. ter. had a history of bipolar dis- The lawsuit says the officers and go to bed.q