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U.S. NEWS Saturday 3 June 2017

3 ex-Penn State officials sent to jail in Sandusky scandal

By MARC LEVY Sandusky was not arrested
MICHAEL RUBINKAM until 2011, after a pros-
Associated Press ecutor got an anonymous
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — email tip. Sandusky was
Penn State’s former presi- found guilty the next year
dent and two other ex- of sexually abusing 10 boys
administrators were sen- and is serving 30 to 60 years
tenced Friday to at least in prison.
two months in jail for fail- Penn State has paid out
ing to report a child sexual nearly a quarter-billion dol-
abuse allegation against lars in fines, settlements
Jerry Sandusky a decade and other costs associated
before his arrest engulfed with the scandal, and the
the university in scandal football program suffered
and brought down football heavy NCAA sanctions.
coach Joe Paterno. More than 100 of Paterno’s
“They ignored the oppor- victories were briefly erased
tunity to put an end to his This photo combination shows former Penn State vice president Gary Schultz, left, former Penn from the record books.
crimes when they had a State athletic director Tim Curley, right, and former Penn State President Graham Spanier, center, Both the judge and pros-
chance to do so,” Judge in Harrisburg, Pa. Schultz, Curley and Spanier are scheduled to be sentenced for child endanger- ecutors Friday thrust blame
John Boccabella said as ment Friday, June 2, 2017, in Harrisburg, Pa., for failing to report now-convicted sexual predator onto Paterno himself. Pa-
he lambasted the three Jerry Sandusky to authorities in 2001. (AP Photos) terno was fired but never
defendants and the Hall of charged with a crime; he
Fame coach over a delay to four to 12 months, with ment. coaching assistant Mike died of lung cancer at age
that prosecutors say en- the first two in jail and the The three are to report to McQueary’s claim that 85 two months after San-
abled Sandusky to molest rest under house arrest. He jail July 15. he witnessed Sandusky — dusky’s arrest.
four more boys. was convicted of child en- They all apologized in the a retired member of the Boccabella noted that oth-
Boccabella said he was dangerment. courtroom to Sandusky’s coaching staff who ran ers who were aware of Mc-
“appalled that the com- Former athletic director victims before the sentenc- a charity for youngsters Queary’s report, including
mon sense to make a Tim Curley, 63, received es were handed down. — molesting a boy in the McQueary and Paterno,
phone call did not occur,” a sentence of seven to 23 Spanier said he regretted team showers in 2001. Pros- could have called police.
a transgression that “sort of months, with three in jail. that “I did not intervene ecutors said that after Mc- Paterno “could have made
robs my faith of who we are Former vice president Gary more forcefully.” Schultz Queary recounted what he that phone call without so
as adults and where we are Schultz, 67, was given six to said: “It really sickens me to saw, the three administra- much as getting his hands
going.” 23 months, with two months think I might have played a tors decided not to report it dirty,” Boccabella said.
Former President Graham behind bars. They pleaded part in children being hurt.” to authorities to protect the “Why he didn’t is beyond
Spanier, 68, was sentenced guilty to child endanger- The case hinged on university’s reputation. me.”q
82-year-old woman held for 2 hours after airport scuffle

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An day in her carry-on bag been to their farm in Kansas 2 inches tall and weighs 120 be overwhelmed . by the
82-year-old Texas woman was over the 3.4 ounce lim- and gone to her 65th class pounds, according to jail time we got to her,” Ben-
had forgotten to take her it. The TSA said Friday that reunion. He said they’d had records. nett told The Eagle on
bipolar medication before the woman has apologized a long drive that included She spent nearly two hours Thursday. “She was clearly
she scuffled with an air- for walking around an X-ray stops to visit relatives and in the jail’s booking area having a hard time han-
port security officer in Kan- screening belt and assault- had not gotten much sleep and was photographed dling the stress of the situa-
sas and was arrested and ing an officer. the night before the flight. and fingerprinted before tion.”
jailed for about two hours, TSA spokeswoman Carrie He said his wife, who is bi- being freed, Sedgwick Bennett said his staff picked
her husband said Friday. Harmon said the security polar, had forgotten to County Sheriff’s Lt. Lin up the woman from the jail,
Silas Bryan, blamed a “little officer found the bottle dur- take her medication. Dehning told The Wichita took her to his office and
bottle of soap” for touch- ing a routine search when “She’s OK. I think it was Eagle. gave her something to eat
ing off the confrontation the woman’s bag trig- all unnecessary,” he said, After hearing about the in- and some coffee before
between his wife, Lila Mae gered an alarm. An airport adding that he didn’t see cident, Sedgwick County she was reunited with her
Bryan, of Mesquite, and police officer who saw the what happened because District Attorney Marc Ben- husband at the courthouse.
Transportation Security commotion “removed the his wife was behind him in nett authorized the wom-
Administration workers at passenger from the check- the security line. an’s immediate release The airline drove the cou-
Eisenhower International point,” Harmon said. Air- The 37-year-old TSA officer without bond. ple back to the airport
Airport in Wichita. The TSA port police authorized the was not injured, according “She was very shaken, em- and “got them on the next
said the problem was that woman’s arrest. to reports. The woman, later barrassed, and I think the flight back home,” Bennett
the bottle found Wednes- Silas Bryan said they had identified as Bryan, is 5 feet, simplest description would said.q