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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1988" -THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- A-5 Man dies caught between car, dirt bike Federal jury convicts rktown couple in bankruptcy fraud case UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Fort Wayne, Ind. A Fort Wayne man, apparently taking a joyrlde, was killed Monday when he became trapped between a car and a dirt bike, police said. Willie Hodges, 20, had been riding the dirt bike while holding on to the back of the car when he became entangled between the two, authorities said. He was dragged about 30 feet behind the car driven by Todd Sowles, 17, Fort Wayne. Hodges was pronounced dead at Lutheran Hospital of head and massive internal Injuries.

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Sale in effect for merchandise brought in this week only. Ends Saturday, April 9. Repair Center (D.761), all Indianapolis stores except Greenwood. Ame fyom By HOWARD M. SMULEVITZ STAR STAFF WRITER A federal court Jury early today convicted a Yorktown husband and wife on two counts of bankrupcty fraud.

The jury, which began deliberations about 5 p.m., returned its verdict against Phillip R. and Beverly Sue White shortly after midnight. Each could be fined up to $5,000 and receive up to five years in prison on each count. The Jury found that the Whites shielded assets from creditors by concealing possessions from bankruptcy court and fabricating mortgages to discourage the court from seizing and selling their homes at Yorktown and in Florida. The couple were the second of three brothers and their wives to be tried on similar charges associated with personal bankruptcies filed after the family-owned business.

White Petroleum also went bankrupt. Richard and Judy White of Middletown were convicted in March of bankruptcy fraud. Daniel and Judith White of Shirley are slated for trial Monday. In closing arguments. Assistant U.S.

Attorney Jackie M. Bennett compared the Whites' manipulation of various loan transactions to the disappearing Cheshire cat in Alice In Wonderland: "Now you see them, now you don't, now you do." 8-year-old girl's body found in ditch STAR STATE REPORT Fort Wayne, Ind. The body of an 8-year-old Fort Wayne girl missing since Friday when she failed to return home from a friend's house was found Monday in a ditch next to a rural DeKalb County road. An autopsy was being conducted Monday evening on the body of April Marie Tinsley to determine the cause of death. DeKalb County Prosecutor Paul Cherry said there were no obvious wounds.

The body was found by a Jogger on County Road 68 about a mile west of Spencervllle, 18 miles northeast of Fort Wayne. State police, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Department and the FBI are investigating. The girl was about two blocks from her home Friday when she left for another's friend's house to pick up an umbrella before continuing home. She never reached the second house. Her father, Mike Tinsley, reported her missing about 3 p.m.

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