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Tuesday 25 april 2017
Couple charged in shooting outside Seattle right-wing event

SEATTLE (AP) — Prosecu- band, Marc Hokoana, was ban from Twitter. they “created a situation morrow.” In the message,
tors on Monday charged a charged with third-degree In charging papers, King designed to allow Elizabeth obtained by a search war-
couple in connection with assault. County prosecutors say Hokoana to shoot the vic- rant, he wrote: “I’m go-
a shooting during a dem- Joshua Dukes, 34, was criti- “this shooting was not an tim in the middle of an ex- ing to the Milo event and
onstration over the appear- cally injured in the Jan. 20 impulsive act done in a mo- tremely crowded event un- if the snowflakes get out
ance of a right-wing speak- shooting and had several ment of fear.” der the guise of defending off hand I’m just going to
er at the University of Wash- surgeries before he was re- Instead, the two went to herself or her husband.” wade through their ranks
ington in January. Lawyers leased from a hospital. the campus event “with In a probable-cause state- and start cracking skulls.”
for the two said they acted The shooting happened the intent to provoke alter- ment by a University of Lawyers for the couple in
in self-defense. outside the university audi- cations with protesters who Washington police officer, a statement said the two
Elizabeth Hokoana, 29, torium appearance of Milo they knew would also be Marc Hokoana messaged have given police and
was charged with first-de- Yiannopoulos, a far-right at this controversial event,” a friend on Facebook the prosecutors “evidence
gree assault for shooting commentator known for wrote Mary Barbosa, senior day before Yiannopoulos showing that our clients
a 34-year-old protester in leading a hate campaign deputy prosecuting attor- was scheduled to talk and acted lawfully in defense
the abdomen. Her hus- that resulted in a lifetime ney.Barbosa added that said he “can’t wait for to- of others.”q

Tennessee teacher planned to take 15-year-old girl to Mexico

DON THOMPSON Assistant U.S. Attorney Ja-
KRISTIN J. BENDER son Hitt said Cummins is a
Associated Press danger in part for “using his
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) position of trust as a school
— A Tennessee teacher teacher” and for having
charged with kidnapping two guns in the vehicle
a 15-year-old student and when he and the missing
driving her to California girl were found.
had planned to take the Assistant federal defender
girl to Mexico and took a Ben Galloway argued the
boat from San Diego on a girl went willingly and that
test run, according to fed- Cummings had no criminal
eral court documents filed history.
Monday. “These allegations do not
Authorities credit the care- involve force, threats or
taker of a remote north- coercion,” Galloway said.
ern California property for “This was not an abduction
helping police find the girl or kidnapping as has been
Thursday and arrest her suggested,” he added in
alleged abductor, fired an emailed statement.
teacher Tad Cummins. “He surrendered without
She has returned home incident and has been co-
and is being treated by a operative with investiga-
team of therapists. tors.
Cummins is charged with Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey, right, speaks during a press conference in Yreka, Calif. The Ten- He looks forward to return-
taking a minor across states nessee teacher charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old student and driving her to California had ing to Tennessee as soon
lines to have sex. planned to take the girl to Mexico, according to federal court documents filed Monday. as possible to answer the
(Danielle Jester/Siskiyou Daily News via AP)
In carrying out his “au- charges against him.”
dacious scheme,” the Cummins still had the
50-year-old Cummins ance, paid only in cash Cummins acknowledged in see to face charges there. beard, mustache and
switched vehicle license and used back roads dur- federal court in Sacramen- U.S. Magistrate Judge Ken- glasses he had when he
plates twice, disabled his ing his nearly six weeks on to on Monday that he is the dall Newman ordered him was arrested. He sat during
vehicle’s GPS system, used the run, according to the suspect in the case and held as both a flight risk and the brief hearing clad in an
aliases, altered his appear- documents. agreed to return to Tennes- a danger to the public. orange jail uniform.q
California police search for 5-year-old boy; father arrested

SOUTH PASADENA, Calif. Chief Art Miller said Sunday scious, Miller said, adding the two spoke through a amazd Andressian,” Miller
(AP) — Authorities in South- that investigators were hav- that there is no evidence video call. The boy was said. “I’m asking you as a
ern California searched ing a difficult time getting he was attacked. supposed to speak to his law enforcement official
Monday for a missing answers from the boy’s fa- Andressian’s statements mother via video call again and as a parent, if you
5-year-old boy whose fa- ther, Aramazd Andressian have been “convoluted on Thursday but that did know anything, please
ther was arrested after be- Sr. He was arrested Satur- and contradictory,” Sher- not happen, officials said. contact us.”
ing found passed out at a day on suspicion of child iff’s Capt. Chris Bergner Miller asked the public to Andressian’s bail was ini-
park. endangerment and child said. The child’s mother re- report if they had recently tially set at $100,000, but
Investigators were asking abduction after paramed- ported Saturday that her spotted the father’s car, detectives later went back
anyone with information ics found him unconscious estranged husband had described as a silver four- to a judge to explain the
about the disappearance in South Pasadena’s Arroyo failed to drop the boy off door 2004 BMW. The car boy is still missing and pro-
of Aramazd Andressian Jr. Park. It wasn’t immediately at a pre-arranged meeting was seen early Friday morn- vide additional information
to come forward, Los An- known if he has an attor- place. The parents are di- ing in Orange County. about the circumstances.
geles County Sheriff’s Dep- ney. vorcing and share custody. “There’s got to be some- The judge then upped An-
uty Lisa Jansen said. Investigators don’t know He was last seen by his one out there that knows dressian’s bail to $10 mil-
South Pasadena Police why the man was uncon- mother on Tuesday when the whereabouts of Ar- lion, Miller said. q