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CD DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, ROCHESTER. N.Y.. SATURDAY. JULY 7. 1990 Robinson to return to prison in man's 1985 beating death overturned on appeal.

He was al Because the murder charcre was and fool, in a remote area of Gene Hill's hands and feet, put him into He altered plea to first-degree manslaughter By John Riley lowed the weekend to get his affairs in order by Monroe County Judge Donald J. Wisner. Assistant District Attorney Lawrence Bernstein said yesterday that the pathologist who performed the autopsy on Hill has retired and is no longer available to testify. Monroe County Medical Examiner Nicholas Forbes had re-examined the evidence and told Bernstein that he believes Hill was dead before his body was dumped in the park as a result of the beating. The first pathologist believed Hill died of based on "a depraved indifference to human life" that stemmed from leaving Hill bound and beaten but still alive in the sub-freezing temperatures in the park, Bernstein said he agreed to a deal that included a plea to the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter.

Wisner told Robinson yesterday that he anticipated sentencing him to the maximum term of 8 'a to 25 years in prison for the manslaughter charge when he is sentenced on Aug. 10. He had been sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for the earlier murder conviction. the trunk of his girlfriend's car and drove him to the park, where he dumped the body. After the body was discovered, police learned that Milton Hill was actually Robert Peters, an escaped convict from Alabama who had been serving a life term in prison for burglary.

Hill also was terminally ill from inoperable lung cancer that had been diagnosed several months before. Police described him as a frail man whose 5-foot frame had been emaciated by the disease to the point where he weighed only 90 date, drinking at the Airport Lounge on Thurston Road. They decided to return to Hill's Sawyer Road home, where, Robinson said yesterday, he confronted Pierson-Hill's husband the man he knew as Milton Hill. A fight ensued in which Hill was pushed through a window. "I was the stronger of the two.

I beat him and kicked him several times until he was partly conscious or unconscious," Robinson said in court yesterday. A few minutes later, the police came to the door, responding to a complaint by a neighbor, who heard the fighting. They were turned away by Pierson-Hill, however, who told them nothing was wrong. Robinson said yesterday that he grabbed an extension cord and tied see Valley Park in January 1985. Robinson was convicted of murder and manslaughter in 1986, but his conviction was overturned on appeal in February 1989.

Since then, the district attorney's office said yesterday, the testimony of a key witness has changed and prosecutors did not feel they could prove the "depraved indifference to human life" necessary to sustain a second -degree murder charge. The story of Robinson, his acquitted co-defendant Ruthann Pierson-Hill and the victim has played out as strangely as any soap opera. According to Robinson's statements to police and in court yesterday, he met Pierson-Hill at a grocery store in October 1984 and on Jan. 25, 1985, the two were out on a Democrat and Chronicle What began in a romantic encounter at a grocery store almost six years ago will end Monday morning, when Menthorn W. Robinson III turns himself in to resume a prison term for the death his paramour's husband, Milton "Beau" Hill Jr.

Robinson, 36, pleaded guilty yesterday to first-degree manslaughter in the beating death of Hill, also known as Robert Lee Peters. Hill's body was discovered, bound hand pounds. Robinson has been free on bail since his earlier conviction on charges of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter were REGIONAL BRIEFING Council OKs arts school site ilwf i I Llmttrt tine, im wrtrile ymrtmei test! FROM PAGE 1B 10 to 25 Off assorted tables and chairs, selected lighting and bedroom pieces 20 to 50 Off all summer furniture and accessories $50 to $200 Off selected upholstered furniture REGISTER TO WIN TWO ROUND TRIP TICKETS TO FLORIDA told council members that he would have liked to have had more time to consider the impact of spending $20.5 million on a building project The council did not receive the formal request from the school district on the Eastman site until last Tuesday. The School of the Arts, one of the city's magnet schools, has an enrollment of 650 students between grades 6 through 12. That enrollment is expected to increase to 1,000 by September 1991.

found out that a follow-up meeting was being held, but said she could not attend the session because she would have violated the state's Open Public Meetings Law. (no purcnase necessary) MidwayAirlines Winton Place rotmerlv Todd Mart PI ah 4i7-7620 Buckman's Plaza SUJKidKr-KiudWf-tt WeekddV Sal 10-5 10Sun W-5 Also in Buffalo! Under the law, any time a quorum of a governmental body meets, the session must be open to the public and prior notice must be given to the news media. Councilwoman Lois Giess, who helped lead negotiations with the school district on behalf of the council, said there was never a vote on the RIT site because the proposal vantages, mainly its proximity to the Memorial Art Gallery and the Rochester Museum Science Center, said Catherine A. Spoto, Rochester school board president But Spoto said moving the site to the Eastman dormitory will delay the opening of the school a year until 1992. She also pointed out that a preliminary estimate showed that renovating the Eastman site would cost more than a million dollars more than the RIT site.

"There are pluses and minuses to both sites," Spoto said. She added that she believed the Eastman site will "be a showcase not only for the City School District but also for the community." The school board voted 6-0 Thursday night to ask the council to bond for $3.97 million to pay for site acquisition, design work and project management. The total cost of the project will be funded by state building aid and tax dollars. A financial report released yesterday shows that relocation of the School of the Arts from the Monroe Middle School and the construction of four additional schools will increase school taxes to support debt service and capital costs by 77 percent between now and 1995. For the average home assessed at $63,000, those taxes will rise from $95.76 this year to $169.47 in 1995.

Warsaw to vote on budget items Warsaw Central School District will put three propositions before voters Monday for its 1990-91 aus terity budget Proposed are $124,527 for student transportation and equipment purchases, $82,480 for inter-scholastic sports and library book purchases, and transferring $10,000 from general funds to the lunch program. The transportation proposition must pass for the Wyoming County district to provide bus service to students in kindergarten to the third grade who live within two miles of school, and to high school students living within three miles. Proposition defeats also would curtail budget support for the other programs. The vote, scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. at the elementary school, became necessary after voters defeated proposed budgets of $8.27 million on May 16 and $8.17 million on June 13.

On June 20, the school board approved a $7.97 million austerity budget, $1.49 million more than I kooivv buy iHFontrsfi I rrrMH was not forwarded to council from the mayor. The district had sent a letter to Mayor Thomas P. Ryan stating that it had reached an agreement to purchase the RIT building for $6.2 million. Giess said the council asked the district to look at another site because some council members preferred that the RIT building be used to attract businesses. Another factor in seeking an alternative site was the city's construction of a new parking ga- a av mm AMERICAN-MADE POOL SPA! ffTI -S I rage near the RIT building on Fitz hugh Street, which was intended to Those figures represent only a por- help lure business to the area.

tion of the school taxes residents Although the school district fa- pay, according to City Budget Di- vored the RTT building, the East- rector Alfred J. Sette. man dormitory also offers some ad- Councilman Robert J. Stevenson FT. ROUND 'TiS JLR II POOL PACKAGE 12 x18' "GROUND POOL, gj I PACKAGE INCLUDES: fa I STAY 4 DAYS IN CI nmm 1 17QAT WOULD DE RECYCLED 15- Round Pool woodgrai 5afW' l-VIMUH UIN US' Patterned Walls 'fad' afab jrf Includes Four Days and Th ki- Wintemed lw CZP p.

SALE PRICF Delue accomodations at (hp I. fl AlunwnSafet, ladder Uferghts IC Keg Price SALt YYWJt Hc Giltw 04 fl lllf only I2'x24' .2700 SI 099 ONLY talbicaklasc lor two common. I 1M si3 I These are the Items Monroe County residents would be required to recycle: Newsprint. High-grade paper, such as computer paper. Clear and colored glass.

a Metal cans, Including aluminum. Glossy paper, such as magazines. Corrugated cardboard. Plastics, such as laundry detergent bottles. Frey seeks to expand recycling FROM PAGE 1B The county wanted to expand as member recycling advisory committee, including representatives from government, the trash industry, business, industry, an environmental group and others.

the 1989-90 budget Most of the increase stems from debt service to pay off 12-year bonds for the district's upcoming, $7.95 million schools expansion, said district business manager Carol Smith. Smith said the district's total tax levy will increase from $2.17 million to $2.39 million, but that property tax assessments have not yet been determined for local municipalities. Newark man arrested on abuse, drug charges NEWARK A 32-year-old man was free on $1,000 bail yesterday after police charged him Thursday with third-degree sexual abuse and growing marijuana. Brian J. Carney, of 100 Allen was arrested at his home after police received a complaint that he fondled a 14-year-old girl, said Newark Police Department Capt Roger VanDemortel.

VanDemortel said that when police went to Carney's house to arrest him they found four marijuana plants. Seneca Falls man faces drug possession charge A Seneca Falls man has been arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell, according to the Seneca County Sheriffs Department. Raymond Breton, 46, of 2945 Lower Lake Road, was arrested yesterday at 2 p.m. with an unspecified amount of the drug, also called "crystal meth." He was later released on $1,000 bond. City teen charged with firing at police officers I Chemcah Toys UmmmmtmmmmmmmmM 1 I I tt.

1-a err i t'T I I CSTJ I I Liners Mora DECK FENCE afc! I I I I I a a pnni i ikx aa a i a FUTONS FROM $88 much as possible what could be recycled under the proposed law. The big additions are new types of paper. Glossy paper, such as magazines and catalogs, would be recycled, along with corrugated cardboard and office paper. The only papers picked up now are newspapers and their inserts, which are mixed in with the newspaper when making recycled newsprint, Wendelgass said. County officials even hope to find a recycling use for junk mail, known as "mixed paper" in garbage lingo.

Wendelgass said the county would require the stuff to be picked up if it can find a viable market. Businesses would be asked to do a "waste audit," then determine if they can recycle anything more than cardboard and high-grade paper, Wendelgass said. Many supermarkets and other large businesses already recycle cardboard to cut costs. ENDS JULY 15th I I fnjZrVVTTr 1450 LYELL AVE. nocu I VwfSM 9 a 47 9950 i MortmiM OS KI I mm I lu SAT.

10-5, SUN. 12-4 rr? I HJULCD Tout1;" I I 15 SHOWROOMsWlONWIDE I Bgl 680 Monroe Ave. 473-2145 I I lYi I I i 1 1 tf aiI 1 f-1 'JiVb dW Jl ii'J 2 1 III 1 1 1 Frey's recycling plan hinges on having a materials recvcline facility. A Rochester teen-ager arrested last month in a gang-related stabbing was arrested early yesterday in the firing of five shots at two city police officers late Thursday. Anthony Keith Rogers, 18, was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree criminal mischief about midnight after he shot at the two officers, who were working on the city's west side, police said.

Rogers, who apparently believed the officers were members of a rival gang, fired five shots, striking the front of the officers' car and a tire, police said. The officers were not injured, and did not return fire, police said. Rogers was arrested after the June 2 stabbing of Anival Williams at a meeting of the group Parents for the Elimination of Gangs. Wyoming supervisors which would sort and prepare items for market Frey proposed a county-run facility last year, but legislators balked. Now two companies are vying to finance, build and operate a center.

Frey expects to send his choice to the legislature next week, with construction to begin this fall. If someone doesn't recycle, the proposal covers that, too. Police officers, municipal code officers and county designees would be empowered to inspect for recycling violations, and Wendelgass believes each town would decide on its own who will enforce the law. Also, trash haulers would be required to report repeat offenders. The first violation would bring a warning, the second could mean a fine up to $50 and the third a fine up to $1,000, according to the proposed regulations.

However, Frey has said that he believes people want to recycle, so enforcement wouldn't be a problem. The proposal also calls for a 10- or Your "Sun' 3 i I Mimk 1ST ImlAM ETmilir Will Pnimrl il to discuss contracts WARSAW Appointments, contract authorizations, and other routine business are on the advance agenda of the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors for Tuesday. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. in the county courthouse, Warsaw. Ok RENT A ex.

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