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it B2 The Arizona Republic Thursday, July 31. esals target Assistant police chief retires after 34 years 4-year-old Russian girls placed in foster care of crackdown by Chandler police Services of Phoenix; the parents are continuing supervised weekly visits with the children, Lear said. Fernando Vender, a spokesman for Arizona's Department of Economic Security, which handles out-of-state referrals, said because of state rules requiring confidentiality for children in DES's care, he couldn't comment on the children or even whether they were in Arizona. The children have been in foster care since the Thornes were arrested at Kennedy Airport on May 28 and charged with assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child. Conviction for the misdemeanors could mean as much as a year in jail.

The Thornes are accused of screaming at the girls, hitting them with their hands and eating utensils, choking them and pulling their hair throughout the 10-hour flight from Moscow to New York. Associated Press NEW YORK Two 4-year-old Russian girls allegedly abused by their adoptive parents on a flight from Moscow to New York have been placed with a foster care family near the parents' home in Phoenix, a spokeswoman for the city's Administration for Children's Services said Wednesday. Also, a Family Court hearing Wednesday on whether custody of the children will be returned to Richard and Karen Thome was postponed until Oct. 6. The children, whose identities have not been released, were flown to Phoenix last Thursday, accompanied by two caseworkers, said ACS spokeswoman Maggie Lear.

She said Family Court Judge Joseph Lauria agreed during a private meeting in his chambers earlier this month to approve the transfer to Arizona. The children were placed with a family under the auspices of Baptist Children's service. They could retire whenever they please. This is the generation of officers I hired when the department made a' major expansion in the 1970s. "It's scary, how many could, leave, and the tough position we'd, be in if 37 percent of our ment just left," said recruitment) officer Reuben M.

Gonzales. Gonzales' boss, Lt. Deborah Byers, is of two minds cops leaving the force. With Boehm leaving, Brewster moving up and.1 Commander David Bennett taking, Brewster's spot, Byers will be' promoted to commander. That will make her one of only,) three female commanders.

Byers will join ex-homicide division head Sharon Kiyler as a watch commander, which amounts to be- ing chief of police at night. But if a third of her force has left their jobs, she won't have many, people to supervise. 1 "We've worked hard to bring; new people onto the force, and in the last three years we've recruited 679 new officers," Byers said. By William Hermann The Arizona Republic Phoenix police have praise for an assistant chief who is retiring and prayers that 600 veteran officers don't do the same. Executive Assistant Chief Jeffrey Boehm "pulls the pin" today after 34 years in the department.

His job as second-in-command goes to Assistant Chief David Brewster. Dennis Garrett had high praise for Boehm, calling him, "an extraordinarily competent administrator excellent on labor negotiations and financial planning." Garrett also dropped hints his that own retirement may not be far off: "I'm 57 and this is all I've done all my adult life," he said. "I'd like to try my hand at something else before I get much older. "But I have no plans to leave in the next few months, anyway." Top cops retiring or moving up isn't unusual, but what has many in the force worried is that Phoenix now has more than 600 officers who have 20 years or more of Teen is held as adult in rape case under new law ing to search-warrant documents filed in Glendale Justice Court. The documents resulted in an order allowing police to seize clothing from Herrera, as well as blood, hair and saliva samples.

The youth, who turned 14 on discrimination, saying that Hispan-ics unfairly were turned into scapegoats for Chandler's social ills. "I do agree, there are a lot of people who don't deserve to be here," said Erasmo Garcia, who operates a downtown Chandler immigration agency. "But no race is perfect. Every race has its criminals." Jesse Martinez, who works with Garcia at the immigration agency, said the vast majority of illegals are hard working people whose only crime is being in the United States illegally. "There's going to be a few rotten apples in every barrel, but you can't say that all illegal aliens are criminals," he said.

By cooperating with the Border Patrol, Chandler police are alienating residents rather than building trust, said Alberto Esparza, a community activist. "It's not a one-sided issue," he said, adding that police should be cracking down on hotels and landscapes who hire illegals rather than just preying on the workers. The Hispanic businessmen -also said they resent the Border Patrol agents stopping anyone with brown skin and asking them if they're legal, including Hispanics who are native born. But George Reza, a Border Patrol agent involved in the bicycle patrols, said not all Hispanics were being asked to prove citizenship. Reza said illegal immigrants tend' to become nervous immediately when they recognize a border patrol agent, but admitted making' subjective judgements based on other people's appearance.

"It's not that we're targeting Mexicans, it's just that they're our closest neighbors," he said. "It's just the geographical location." John France, the Border Patrol's agent in charge for the Casa Grande district, said the Chandler crackdown is the first time he has authorized Border Patrol bicycle officers to work with a Valley police agency's bicycle officers. The practice is common, however, in Tucson, Douglas and Nogales, he said. "I wouldn't call it a large operation," France said, because only six agents participated. "I would call it an effective operation and an efficient operation." By Jim Walsh The Arizona Republic In an unprecedented special assignment, Chandler police bicycle patrol officers clad in blue uniforms rode this week with U.S.

Border Patrol officers in white shirts and green shorts. Their mission: to round up illegal immigrants in central Chandler neigborhoods where residents complained at a meeting about the illegal immigrants harassing children walking to school. The result: 340 arrests of suspected illegals in four days and plenty of controversy. "If they want to drive out the Hispanic or minority-owned businesses, that's a good way to it," said Joe Garcia, owner of South Chandler Video. "Whether they're legal or illegal, they're going to shun your business if they see the INS near your store." INS stands for Immigration and Naturalization Service.

But Sgt. Joe Kelly, who supervises the Neighborhood Response Team, said the businessmen are driven by profits, while the police are motivated to protect neighborhoods. "One particular lady, a Hispanic woman, has approached me several times," Kelly said. "Her children are afraid to walk to school because the aliens are drinking early in the morning, harassing them, making lewd remarks to young girls." The crackdown is justified, Kelly said, because "I have a problem with people living in their own neighborhood, being intimidated." A Chandler trailer park owner also circled lots on a map of her property where she suspected illegals were living, he said. Police raided the trailers and removed several suspected illegal immigrants.

"She's losing rent by targeting these residents," Kelly said. "Apparently, there's more of a problem there." An apartment manager quickly pointed out problem tenants who were rounded up, and a south Chandler convenience store manager was relieved when illegal immigrants who hang out in a parking lot in hopes of finding day labor were arrested, bicycle Officer Scott Hedges said. But the businessmen and a Hispanic activist accused police of crimes against children. If convicted, Herrera could receive a maximum of 78 years in prison without possibility of parole. If treated as a juvenile and adjudicated delinquent, he could have-been placed in a detention facility until his 18th birthday.

including any harm to the victim the most' important factor as well as the age of the suspect and previous problems with authorities. Herrera was indicted under provisions of the Arizona Criminal Code that mandate tough penalties for people who commit violent July 12, was arrested the same day that elements of the voter-approved Proposition 102 kicked in. I he most significant provision requiring the automatic transfer to adult court of juveniles 15 and ftp SO Get older who commit such felonies as rape and murder took effect shortly after voters passed the if9 InfOPHlSltlOEl measure in November. Judces previously decided TEEN, from Page Bl Attorney's Office. Marshall said the charges against the other youths are for such crimes as attempted murder, armed robbery and aggravated assault.

Herrera was indicted Tuesday by a Maricopa County grand jury on two counts of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping. He is being held in a Maricopa County jail in lieu of $8,000 bail and his arraignment is scheduled for Aug. 8. Herrera has refused to grant jailhouse interviews to the press, said a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Emanuel Herrera, the suspect's father, could not be reached comment on the case.

Glendale police said the 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted after she was dragged from the Harold W. Smith Elementary School, 6534 N. 63rd Glendale, and taken to a storage unit at a nearby apartment complex. The girl was forced to a sofa in the storage unit, where she was disrobed and raped, police said. Antonio Herrera was arrested shortly after the crime based on a description that the girl provided to officers about her assailant, accord whether such juveniles would be prosecuted as adults.

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