Reno Gazette-Journal from Reno, Nevada • Page 15

Thursday, September 19, 1991 3B WASHOE DISTRICT COURT 2 men plead guilty to fatal stabbing Reno Gazette-Journal By Mike Henderson GAZETTE-JOURNAL tA restaurant. Washoe County sheriffs investigators said the men were angry with Lovinger for pushing another youth down an escalator. Detectives said parole. That means they would serve 20 years before becoming eligible for release from prison, said Gene Drakulich, deputy Washoe County District Attorney. 9, Two 19-year-old men who ad-mitted fatally stabbing and slashing the throat of an 18-year-old woman in Sun Valley early this year innAj i Holden Stewart that Lovinger, Pathologist Ellen Clark testified at a preliminary hearing that an autopsy revealed 23 wounds, 1 7 of them deep, on Lovinger's face, neck abdomen, throat area and hand.

Officers said the men used a knife and bayonet to inflict the wounds. Police said both men gave statements acknowledging they killed the Reno woman. Officers said the three youths were street people and that the men picked up Lovinger at a downtown casino daughter of Kathleen Poole of Reno, had recently left her mother's home. Lovinger's body was found Jan. 1 2 by off-road vehicle enthusiasts on a dirt road in a sagebrush area at the extreme north end of Sun Valley.

The site is about four miles north of North McCarran Boulevard. Officers said she had last been seen alive on Jan. 5. She had not been reported missing. Lovinger Wednesday to First-degree murder.

Washoe District Judge Deborah Agosti is to sentence Raymond E. Stewart, of Flagg Drive, Reno, and Richard M. Holden, of Stone Corral Drive in Sun Valley on Nov. 7. Each was convicted in the slaying of Angela Christine Lovinger.

Under a plea agreement, each is to receive two consecutive life sentences with the possibility of RENO POLICE Some officers may get Spanish lessons 'mlmmw iMyiMiwy $to "We want to make sure they understand we're not the enemy," Kirkland said. "We want to hear from them what they want done. What are their problems. What they think the solutions are, and what they expect from us." Officer Carlos Madrid, the department's liaison to the Hispanic community, said he had the same job for two years when he worked with the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department before coming to Reno. Giving the residents an officer to deal with directly helped solve neighborhood problems quickly from barking dogs to gang members hanging out on street corners, he said.

A key problem for Reno police is the language barrier, Madrid said. Kirkland said officers who patrol Hispanic neighborhoods may be required to take Spanish classes. Out of the department's 255 officers, eight are Hispanic, he said. The chief said the department could be hiring new officers soon and asked the group to encourage interested Hispanics to apply. Miquel Sepulveda, the editor of Ahora, Reno's Spanish-language newspaper, said he supported the ideas including one to bus Hispanic youths to the police department for anti-drug information programs.

Police officials have held neighborhood meetings with Hispanic residents before, but they're trying to strengthen ties, Capt. Tom Robinson said. By Darcy De Leon GAZETTE-JOURNAL Reno police introduced a liaison officer for the Hispanic community Wednesday and said they planned to hold regular meetings with Hispanic residents to build a bridge to the Hispanic community. Some police officers may learn Spanish to ensure the white-majority police department understands minority needs. "What we're doing is being proactive," Acting Reno Police Chief Richard Kirkland said following a neighborhood advisory group meeting for Hispanic residents.

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