Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 23, 1995 TAG: 9503230107
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
WOODBRIDGE - Call it the case of the not-too-bright crime victim.
A man called Prince William County police last week to report that his home had been burglarized. He told police that the thieves had taken $3,000 - and eight ounces of his marijuana.
Because no drugs were found at the house, officers did not arrest the man.
But, as police spokeswoman Kim Chinn said, ``I'm sure we'll be keeping an eye on him.''
Police did not release the man's name.
- Associated Press
Student, 16, slain in Newport News
NEWPORT NEWS - A 16-year-old Warwick High School student who was shot in the head has become the city's youngest homicide victim of the year.
Shaun Parker was shot to death Tuesday night about 11/2 blocks from his home, authorities said. Police received a call from a person who reported hearing shots fired; and when officers arrived on the scene, Parker was dead.
Newport News Police spokeswoman Patty Mahaffy wold not give further details about the slaying, the city's ninth of the year.
- Associated Press
School uniforms rejected in Surry
SURRY - Surry County parents have rejected a proposal to put public school students in uniforms.
In a week of balloting, 133 parents in the small school district voted against the uniforms and 101 voted for them.
School officials said Tuesday that the Surry School Board likely will abide by the vote.
``They just wanted to hear from the parents which way they wanted it to go,'' said Rita Holmes, who headed a committee of 40 educators and parents studying the issue.
Many of the parents said that if a program was implemented it should be voluntary and affect only pupils in kindergarten through fourth grade.
Supporters suggested the uniforms could lead to better grades, fewer behavior problems and increased self-esteem. Opponents argued against the cost of uniforms and said they would rob students of their individuality.
Holmes said the one company that school officials contacted said a set of three uniforms would cost parents about $140.
- Associated Press
Sentence leaves bones of contention
ALEXANDRIA - Richard P. Maniscalco apologized to his family, the court and the federal government when he was sentenced for trafficking in American Indian bones.
But he didn't apologize to the Indians.
That angered the three members of the American Indian Movement who showed up for the U.S. District Court hearing Tuesday.
``A spiritual resting place was defiled, and they act like it was a piece of pottery, or an arrowhead,'' said Chris Matson, 28, of Richmond, who is Cherokee.
Maniscalco, 49, of Caroline County, had pleaded guilty in December to selling a Cheyenne leg bone to an undercover agent, a misdemeanor.
Maniscalco was fined $2,000 and ordered to pay the cost of returning the bone to the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana, an estimated $1,500.
The members of the Indian advocacy group said a harsher punishment was warranted.
``If I dug up the Jamestown settlers, I would be locked up,'' said Michael A. Johnson, 21, of Richmond, who is Cherokee and Chickasaw. ``If our ancestors are dug up, it is considered archaeology.''
- Associated Press
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