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't' MleMlVllMiBiJal.lJj1iBaMMF 4 "4w8IIra.lBKSH 1 VT mnmmmmMm i ito. fcfc i 7 Saturday, August 6. 1988 Area Poughkeepsie Journal 5A Police briefs State troopers cleared in shooting death KINGSTON Two state troopers who shot a Tiltson man suspected of killing a Columbia County lawyer were clearedNjf any wrongdoing by an Ulster County grand Jury Thursday. State police officers Patrick Paul, 24, and Timothy Ruzzo, 29, shot and killed Mark L. Larsen, 43, in Napa noch June 1 after Larsen shot Paul three times.

The grand jury found that the troopers acted in self according to Chief Assistant District Attorney Donald A. Williams. "The grand Jury found that they acted properly and completely professionally," Williams said. According to state police, the officers bad stopped Larsen to ask him what he was doing walking in a secluded, unlit, area in Napanoch. The troopers did not recognize Larsen as the subject of a police manhunt Police have evidence that on May 26 Larsen killed lawyer John J.

Crimmins, who represented Larsen's ex wife in her divorce case. The gun Larsen shot Paul with is the same gun that was used to kill Crimmins, police said. All police shootings that result in a death are presented to a grand jury. Mother charged with BB gun shooting of son ELLENVTLLE A 20 year old woman was charged with felony assault and reckless endangerment Friday after she confessed to shooting her 21 month old boy with a BB gun Thursday, police said. Ellenville police Chief George Sheeley said Tina Doolittle of 119 Canal St admitted to shooting her son, Joseph Doolittle in the fore? head with an air powered BB gun.

The boy was in stable condition at Kingston Hospital Friday. "She made admissions to handling the rifle as it went off," said Sheeley. The woman's husband, Joseph Doolittle 38, was charged with misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child after he surrendered to police on a warrant Friday night According to Sheeley, the Doo littles had been using a broken television set for target practice in their house. Sheeley said it appears the child was shot while the mother was shooting at the television. The father was not home at the time of the shooting, he said.

Tina Doolittle was arraigned Friday before village justice Jerimarie Winkler and taken to Ulster County Jail. No bail has been set She is scheduled to appear in town court Monday. Joseph Doolittle Sr. was released on his recognizance to reappear in village court Tuesday. Police charge 2 in store burglary Two City of Poughkeepsie men have been charged with breaking into a LaGrange convenience store and stealing $1,000 worth of cigarettes, beer and food, the county sheriff said Friday.

William Moore and Glen R. Bates, tboth 27, were charged with the July 25 break In at the Manchester Plaza Cumberland Farms on Route 55, Dutchess County Sheriff Frederick Scoralick said. He said the burglars tore off the rear door sometime after midnight then fled with 50 cartons of cigarettes, several cases of beer, food and loose cash. Moore, a Poughkeepsie transient was arrested Friday at about 1:15 p.m. Bates, of Flannery Avenue, waff" arrested July 27 by the sheriff department Both men were charged with third degree burglary and third degree criminal mischief, both felonies, and misdemeanor conspiracy and petty larceny.

Moore was later turned over to Poughkeepsie city police on additional charges of burglarizing two stores and forcibly robbing a man during July. Det Paul Slater said Moore allegedly burglarized a Mill Street woodworking shop July 20, making off with power tools and office equipment; broke into a Main Mall store to steal cigarettes and two rifles July 14; and robbed a man of less than $10 near Cannon and Academy streets July 9. City police charged Moore with three felonies second degree robbery, third degree burglary and fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property. He also faces a misdemeanor charge of fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon. Some of the Items stolen in the biux glaries were recovered, he added.

The arrests were the result of a continuing Investigation between the sheriff's department and city police. Moore and Bates were held la the citv lockup pending arraignment. New Paltz students to feel crunch in classroom By Steve Mardon Journal lUf NEW PALTZ Students at the state university College at New Paltz will have an easier time parking but more difficulty getting into popular courses and finding a place to live this year, acting President William Vasse said this week. When the 7,800 graduate and undergraduate students begin classes Aug. 29, they will likely notice two things: a new parking policy and larger classes.

The college was ordered in July to trim $386,000 from its $28.4 million budget because of the state's budget crisis. Vasse said the cuts may keep students from progressing as smoothly through their year as they would like. "They're going to notice that some courses are very hard to get into," he said. "We've cut back on some of the more specialized classes that attract small enrollments." In addition, Vasse said, community use of some facilities, including the lecture center and the student union, will be limited. In an effort to reduce the daily scramble for parking spots close to the center of campus, the college will no longer allow students who live on campus to park in the centrally located lots.

The four lots near the residence halls, meanwhile, will be off limits to non residents. Also, overnight parking has been banned in some lots. "Students will have a better chance of getting somewhere near the area they want to go to," said Emil Dedek, director of campus police. Vasse conceded that he isn't positive the new system will work. "When you're trying to change the behavior of several thousand people, you never know what's going to happen," he said.

"We've designed the system so we can make changes." The campus police also will use radar on the roads around the campus for the first time. An increase in the number of students who chose to live on campus will force the college to use 158 rooms as "triples" three students to a room. About 300 more continuing students than last year requested housing in the 11 residence halls. "Obviously we're doing something right. said Karen Pennington, head of residence life.

Students who live in triples pay $708 a semester, $122 less than those who live in pairs. Tuition will remain at $675 a semester for the fifth year in a row. Director of Admissions Robert Seaman said the college is expecting about 850 freshmen this year. Freshman applications increased from 7,800 to 9,400, while the number of students accepted stayed the same. Seaman said the rise in applications was the result of New Paltz's improving reputation and the increasing costs of private colleges.

"We're able to accept a higher quality student" he said, pointing out that the mean high school average of accepted students rose from 83.5 last year to 84.2 this year. Vas3c said the the Smiley Arts Building, which the state Labor Department cited in June for serious health violations, has been cleaned up. Vasse said the most serious finding that the intake and exhaust systems were not properly separated has been corrected. "We have dealt with the health and safety problems that have been identified," Vasse said, "but the building is not designed to handle the kinds of programs we have developed. For example, there's still the problem that there is no system for dealing with clay dust" Vasse said the college hopes to build an extension to the arts building, but is waiting for funding.

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Scientist finds what may be primitive tools East Fishkill dig may uncover traces of prehistoric times By Callaway Ludlngton Journal staff Traces of what may be prehistoric stone tools have been found on the East Fishkill property where developer Ann Dalton plans to build a hotel and office complex. "It was probably a temporary camp for hunting and preparation of tools," said Will Roberts, an archaeologist hired by Dalton to research the property. The stone flakes found on one corner may date as early as 4600 BC or as late as the 17th century, he said. Without more digging, they can't determine the dates, he said. Now it's up to a state agency to decide if more digging should be done, he said.

The state Department of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will decide if the site appears to have enough information that makes it worth digging. Roberts hopes and expects the state will ask for more digging. And he also predicts it won't delay Dal ton's project. Dalton has not received preliminary or final approval for the 480,000 square fopt complex. And this week the East Fishkill Planning Board rejected her environmental statement for the third time, seeking more thorough details.

Roberts said a portion of the 37 acre property may now be eligible for listing on the state's Register of Historic Places. Once the pieces are dug up, they are usually the property of the landowners, said Roberts. But Edmund Newhard, chairman of the Planning Board, said that remains to be decided. The last time artifacts were found in East Fishkill was when IBM started building its west complex in 1985, he said. Other Colonial artifacts were found on a residential site by East Tuck and Warren roads, he said.

Shopping mal9 gets go ahead in Fishkill By Mercedes M. Cardona Journal staff FISHKILL After months of debate and threats of a lawsuit, the village planning board approved the construction of the Fishkill Plaza shopping mall Thursday night, despite calls for another public hearing. The 126,000 square foot shopping mall has been at the center of controversy since neighbors complained last year that blasting used to clear rock in the construction site had damaged their The neighbors had called for another public hearing, saying the site plan for the project had changed since a public hearing was held in January. Critics also charged that the final environmental report did not address all of the concerns raised by the hearing. "I am surprised and dismayed that the planning board is considering approval," said a letter from former board member Betty Fasulo.

In another letter to the board, former Chairwoman Mary Brockway also asked for another hearing. "Time is not a factor, despite efforts by the Fishkill Plaza to intimidate the board with a lawsuit threat the proposed plaza is already a year ahead of proper procedures," she said. The developers, Fishkill Plaza Partners, L.P. of Danbury, served the village with a notice of claim May 9, saying the board was maliciously holding up approval and stating their intention to sue if the project was further delayed. Board members declared they were satisfied that the developers had addressed all the concerns raised at the hearing and voted to approve the plan, provided the developers add more parking spaces to bring it in compliance with the village code and submit more detailed plans for landscaping and signs.

Bernard Cascio, one of the partners in the project, said there is no estimate on when construction can begin. He said the construction managers will have assess the situation after meeting with the vilbge building inspector. Green Haven water crises over By Dennis Klpp Journal staff GREEN HAVEN A five day water emergency at Green Haven Correctional Facility in the Town of Beekman is expected to end today, a prison official said. The emergency was caused by a buildup of mud and silt in the water filter plant, according to prison Superintendent Charles Scully. The plant broke down, leading to a loss of water pressure at the maximum securitysecurity prison on Route 216 Monday evening.

Scully said the pressure gradually dropped until the facility was without water Wednesday. The plant was thought to be fixed Thursday evening, but failed again Friday morning. Scully said he will know today if plant repairs are successful. Once the prison was without its normal water supply, the prison began trucking emergency water into the facility for cooking and drinking. Two dozen portable toilets were also brought into the prison.

Staats Dairy of Stanford supplied three tanker trucks that were used to haul water from the Dover and Pawling areas. Seitz said he did not know how much water was trucked in. "As soon as one (tanker) was empty, we sent it to be refilled," he said. Scully said the prison's 2,075 inmates were handling the crisis well. "The mates aren't happy, but they feel we're doing as much as we can," he said.

In an unrelated development, the Dutchess County Department of Health has charged a Beekman land See GREEN HAVEN, page 6A UFO or planes in formation the debate continues By Bonnie Hede Journal staff The Hudson Valley UFO is still alive and well and flying over Dutchess and other counties, says Philip Im brogno, author of "Night Siege," a book about UFO sightings in the valley. Nighttime sightings of the boomerang shaped UFO started In 1983. Hundreds of people from Dutchess to Westchester started calling police about the football field sized mass. The national press picked up the story. The story was debunked or seemed to have been in February of 1984.

Several pilots from Dutchess County came forward and told the media they were the UFO. The pilots said they en joyed flying their single engineengine planes in formation at night and never meant to fool anyone. But they said they feared their certification might be jeopardized and asked to remain anonymous. But Imbrogno, a high school science teacher in White Plains, says the explanation is not that simple. "What we are seeing could be the product of another intelligence," he said.

"I don't see why we think we are the top intelligence In the universe." In July of 1984, a Brewster man videotaped the Hudson Valley UFO, and Imbrogno and his group of investigators had the tape analyzed by Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL) In Pasadena, Calif. The laboratory works for NASA, converting signals from space into pictures, Imbrogno "What we are seeing could be the product of another don't see why we think we are the top intelligence in the universe." Philip J. Imbrogno, author of 'Night Siege', a book about UFO sightings jn the Hudson Valley. said. "They looked at the videotape and It was their lmpres slon the lights represent one solid object," Imbrogno said.

The Hudson VaUey UFO has appeared In places as distant as Albany and the Connecticut and Massachusetts borders. It can make sharp turns and hang motionless in the sky and disappear suddenly, he said. "Just the fact that something that large can hover si lently and turn at sharp angle turns there Is no aircraft we have that can do these things," Imbrogno said. One of the unidentified pilots had insisted that the formation flew at 100 miles per hour, but would appear motionless because it is so wide and can be seen from long distances. The last sightings in Dutchess were In May, but Imbrogno said he has not investigated them yet because they were scattered.

But hundreds of people reported sightings in Waterbury, May 26. That is his group's first priority. Imbrogno was in New York last week to promote the sale of a new book called "The UFO Cover up" by Timothy Goode, about sightings in the United States. Neither the FAA nor the armed forces officially investigates UFO sightings since the government determined there was no threat to national security. They don't have to, Imbrogno said they wait for people like him to investigate and then use the research.

An FAA official at the Dutchess County Airport said he believes the UFO sightings are airplanes. "I don't take UFOs too seriously. I don't doubt there explanations but I don are unfounded for certain things. take them too seriously," said the official, who asked that his name not be used in the newspaper. When people call the airport to report sightings, he refers them to Dr.

Gary Le vine, a Greene County college, professor who investigates UFOs and is the New York State director for the Mutual UFO Network. Residents can report UFO sightings to: Philip Imbrogno, P.O. Box 4218421A, Green wich, 06830. "We have proven to the satisfaction of the majority that the UFO phenomenon exists. Now we have to continue our research to find out what it is," Imbrogno said.

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