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B2 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH METRO WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1999 www.postnet.com Law order ALORTON little is set to begin his time today at Workhouse Man is sought in slaying of his brother in quarrel Shelter from the sun -it tA' ff In i. ill By Bill Bryan Of the Post-Dispatch Rams linebacker Leonard Little is scheduled to begin serving the first portion of his manslaughter sentence this evening at the City Workhouse. Little will report to the Workhouse at 7600 Hall Street where he will sleep for the next 21 nights. His sentence caUs for a total of 90 days of "shock time," the balance of which he must serve within a one-year period.

Little will be free during the day to attend informal workouts and training at the Rams facility in ft Earth City but must show up nightly to sleep at the Workhouse. "He'U receive no special treatment," said Dennis Black-man, the city's superintendent of corrections. Little "1 1 RICH GLICKSTEIN POST-DISPATCH Reggie Jones (left) and Jamar Ross, both 14, find some shade Tuesday in the shovel of a front-loader at Vashon High School in St. Louis. The John Fabik Tractor Co.

brought three large vehicles to the school for a demonstration to stimulate interest in the industry. The boys will be freshmen at Vashon next year. Group honors those who improve city Police are searching for a 36-year-old Morton man who, witnesses said, argued with his youn-ger brother, chased him from his home and shot him to death the night before his birthday, Daryl Henry, 33, of the 3700 block of Brady Avenue, was wounded in a yard in the 200 block of South 37th Street at 11:08 p.m. Monday. He was taken to St.

Mary's Hqspital in East St. Louis, where he was pronounced dead of multiple gunshot wounds at 11:40 p.m., according to St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone. He would have turned 34 on Tuesday. Witnesses said the suspect threatened his mother before he shot his brother.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY Dennis Rabbit pleads not guilty Dennis Rabbitt, suspected of being the "South Side Rapist," was arraigned Tuesday in St Louis County Circuit Court, where he faces 10 counts involving sexual assaults of three women in 1996. Rabbitt's attorneys, public defenders, Lucy Liggett and Randy Knopf, entered not guilty pleas for Rabbit to 10 counts. Judge James. R.

Hartenbach then bound Rabbitt over for trial. Rabbitt, 42, previously was arraigned in St Louis, on 43 counts stemming from 14 attacks, and in Jefferson County, where he is charged with two rapes. He was caught Feb. 28 in Albuquerque, N.M. FLORISSANT Woman's death is investigated The Major Case Squad is investigating the death of a woman whose body was found Tues-' day afternoon in woods in the 700 block of Thompson Drive.

Lt. Robert Lowery commander of the unit, said the body was found about 3 p.m. at the rear of an apartment building. Her name was being withheld Tuesday night ST. LOUIS COUNTY Detective, officer are honored A St.

Louis County police detective and a police officer received special commendations Tuesday. Det Robert Robinson was recognized' for helping arrest a dangerous armed robbery suspect Officer Richard Weinhold was honored after being picked Instructor of the Year from among 500 police academy instructors statewide. ST. LOUIS COUNTY Suspect is arrested in robberies A Granite City man accused of robbing the Union Planters Bank at 11920 New Halls Ferry Road in Ferguson on Monday afternoon was also charged with an armed robbery and an armed robbery attempt on Saturday. Joe H.

Acardi, 40, of the 1400 block of Chouteau in Granite City, was charged with the armed robbery Saturday afternoon at the Phillips 66 Service Station at 3555 Dunn Road, in the Spanish Lake area, and an attempted armed robbery just 15 minutes later at Dirt Cheap Cigarettes and Beer, 1401 Dunn Road in Black Jack. ST. CLAIR COUNTY Man gets 3 years in molestation A former college instructor and Boy Scout leader was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for engaging in two sex acts with a 16-year-old boy. Edwin Vega, 49, earlier pleaded guilty to the offenses, which occurred Aug. 11 at a motel near Scott Air Force Base.

The sentence was imposed by St. Clair County Circuit Judge Jan V. Fiss who said, "This is a situation that is totally abhorrent." He said Vega had misused his position of trust. Vega, of Steeleville, faced up to seven years in prison. The state's attorney's office asked for four years, and Vega's attorney argued for probatioa Vega taught psychology part time at Belleville Area College.

Both the Boy Scouts and college suspended him immediately after his arrest The Workhouse houses 810 prisoners, 90 of them women. The facility is made up of the older, main center, an annex for drug treatment and four modern, state-of-the-art "podular" units that opened three years ago. Blackman said he could not predict where Little would sleep, but the best of the accommodations would be the "pods." Each prisoner sleeps in a smaU, individual cell that has room for a bed and desktop and little else. During non-sleeping hours, prisoners can watch a single television or play board games in a common area in the middle of the pod. Little wiU not be allowed to bring in any amenities, such as a stereo, and will have to go to his cell for bed at 10:30 or 11 p.m., depending on the particular location he's in.

Last Wednesday, a St. Louis Circuit Court judge approved a plea agreement in which Little pleaded guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the traffic death of Susan Gut-weiler, 47, of Oakville. She was fatally injured Oct. 19 when Little drove his Lincoln Navigator through a red light in downtown St. Louis and broadsided Gutweil-er's car.

Police said Little was legally drunk at the time. In addition to the 90 days of shock time, which allows Little to continue his professional football career, he will also serve four years' probation, submit to drug and alcohol testing, perform 1,000 hours of community service and work with Mothers Against Drunk Driving. by Deborah Peterson Of the Post-Dispatch People, programs and partnerships mat help make the St Louis area a better place to work and live were recognized Tuesday night by a local leadership group. FOCUS St. Louis presented its 1999 leadership awards to William H.

Danforth and Minnie Liddell for their work on desegregation. Danforth, former chancellor of Washington University, was settlement coordinator for the 27-year St Louis area desegregation case. Liddell was recognized for her courage. In 1972, she united a group of north St. Louis residents to join in a lawsuit charging the St.

Louis Public ing training facility for people who would not have had an opportunity for such training otherwise. Category, "Using Technology to Create Jobs or Improve Service Delivery." Jerry and Susan Schlicht-er, a couple who created Mentor St. Louis, which pairs adults with 800 elementary students through religious groups, social clubs, business organizations and the St. Louis Board of Education. Category, "Creating Positive Environments for Children and Youth." St Louis ConnectCare, a nonprofit health care provider that largely serves the area's uninsured and underinsured.

Category, "Promoting Community Health." Schools and state of Missouri with illegally operating segregated schools. The topic of FOCUS' second annual meeting and awards celebration at St. Louis University High School was "Whafs Right with the Region." It spotlighted the successful initiatives and best practices that exist often without much fanfare in the St. Louis region, said Christine A. Chadwick, executive director.

"It's a recognition that this is still one of the best places in America to live and work," she added. Thirty organizations and individuals were nominated for awards in six categories. The winners and categories were: St. Paul Saturdays, a youth development program founded by the late William J. Harrison at St.

Paul African Methodist Church. Category, "Improving Academic Achievement and Creating a Safe Learning Environment." Greg Freeman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist, host of the television show "MOSAIC" and KWMU commentator. Category, "Fostering Race Relations." Joe Edwards, owner of Blueberry Hill, former owner of the Tivoli Theater and creator of the University City Walk of Fame. Category, "Building Safe and Viable Neighborhoods." The Cornerstone Partnership, a high-tech manufactur Soldier is one of two charged in rape and beating i Franklin By Denise Hollinshed Of the Post-Dispatch Two men were charged Tuesday in the rape and severe beating of a Ballwin woman after she left her bachelorette party at a Sauget nightclub.

Sauget Police Chief Patrick Del-aney said the two men beat the woman with their fists and bricks early Sunday. The woman was reported Tuesday in stable condition at a St Louis County hospital. The two men charged were Army Sgt Antonio Barber, 26, of the 5700 block of Warren Avenue in Washington Park, and Sam Franklin, 29, of the 1700 block of Loretta Avenue in Cahokia. They were arraigned Tuesday on charges of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated battery. The men were being held Tuesday in the St Clair County jail in lieu of $250,000 bail each.

Barber is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, and was home to see his father for Father's Day, Delaney said. Sauget police said the woman, 27, had been celebrating her marriage this weekend with friends Saturday night and early Sunday at The Oz nightclub, 300 Monsanto Avenue. About 5:10 a.m. Sunday, she left the club heavily intoxicated with a girlfriend. Outside the club, the women were approached by two men who suggested the women join them for a party.

The woman's girlfriend tried to stop the woman, even grabbing her arm, but the woman got into a car with the men and departed. The girlfriend got the license plate number and caUed police. An East St. Louis resident found the woman, nude and unconscious, behind a vacant house at 11th Street and Baker Avenue in East St Louis. Delaney said the woman had stumbled her way there after being attacked two blocks away.

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