Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 29, 1995 TAG: 9503290094
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
MANASSAS - A Woodbridge man whose children have been hidden by their mother for a month has won temporary full custody of his two boys.
Substitute Judge Thomas J. Middleton awarded custody to David Coder in hopes that it would bring the children, Charles and Andrew Coder, out of hiding, he said.
Coder's lawyer, Bob Madigan, argued that the children suffer from disorders that require constant medical care and medication, which their mother, Donnamarie Coder, has denied them since they have been ``on the run,'' he said.
Coder testified that the boys' 30-day medicine prescription last was filled Feb. 27 and that they needed to be on the medication every day and seen by a physician at least once a week.
Charles, 8, suffers from attention deficit hyperactive disorder and pervasive disorder. His brother, 6-year-old Andrew, also suffers from ADHD.
Coder's ex-wife did not attend the custody hearing. She reportedly went into hiding with the children Feb. 27, though her reasons were unclear.
- Associated Press
Pistol-packing pizza driver fired
WOODBRIDGE - Domino's Pizza driver Anthony Leone started toting a handgun after a co-worker was robbed on a delivery.
He hoped he wouldn't have to use it, and for two years, he didn't.
Then on Thursday night, he had a fake delivery call. A man and a woman approached him. The woman punched him in the jaw. He drew his .45-caliber pistol and told her to back off. She did.
On Monday, Leone was fired.
Pizza delivery people for Domino's are not allowed to carry guns or weapons of any kind, a company official said.
- Associated Press
Man arrested after meeting pen pal, 13
CHESTERFIELD- A self-described condom salesman from California was arrested in Virginia after traveling to Richmond and meeting with a 13-year-old girl who had become his on-line ``pen pal.''
Morgan Bremner, 32, of West Los Angeles was charged with two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and three counts of trespassing on school property. Police say he met the girl several times outside an elementary school.
Police said Bremner conversed with the girl for more than 30 days on the Internet, an interconnected global network of computer networks, before suggesting they meet. He flew to Richmond on March 16, called the girl and arranged to meet her.
Bremner was arrested on March 18 after the girl's mother found out about the meetings and alerted police, Mize said. He said Bremner had kissed the girl several times, but had proposed nothing further, Mize said.
Police found a laptop computer and a spiral-bound notebook containing names of other girls in other cities across the nation in a car Bremner was driving.
- Associated Press
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