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Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 11

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PHILADELPHIA, fAIL flEWS Saturday. Feb. 4, 1989 Family Flees rFoYebomlbed Worn Man Leaps from Window With Infant; Stepfather Killed Jail Term For a Duped mm 4 y- By Joseph P. Blake Loneivh iear st 1st. i Mm heard the "whoosh" sound.

When he opened his door to investigate, he was greeted by a wall of flame. "I yelled 'fire, fire." said Outter-- bridge, before he jumped out the back window. "By the time I got out, everyone was out already. They got out quick," he said. Outterbridge suffered second-degree burns on his left arm, His brother.

Derrick Outterbridge. 20, jumped from a side window with his 6-month-old daughter in his arms. He suffered arm and leg injuries. The girl's mother, Laria Allen. 18, who also leaped, was burned on her arms and legs and suffered other injuries from the fall.

1 According to a neighbor, when paramedics arrived to take the injured to the hospital they had to pry Allen's arms away from her thighs because the burned flesh had started to fuse together. John Outterbridge said he had no idea who would want to firebomb their home, but admitted the family did have a dispute with the boyfriend of Allen's mother in October, and that the boyfriend fired a shot into the house. However, he said, there had been no trouble since then. Banks, the stepfather of the Outterbridge brothers, had retired in June after working almost 40 years for a paper company. His wife, Mary, the mother of John and Derrick, died two years ago.

ftety Wews Staff Writer First there Was a "whoosh." Then flames spread so quickly through the house on Wishart Street i near 28th yesterday morning that Raymond Banks had to leap from the window of his second-floor bedroom to escape. Banks, 59, suffered fatal head injuries in the jump. Police said the fire, which injured four others in the house, was started after someone threw a firebomb through the front window. They said pieces of broken glass and a flammable liquid were found. John Outterbridge, 42, was awake in the back bedroom of the home around 4:30 a.m.

when he said he She Helped Killer jflee Pa. Prison -it bi Associated Press BELLEFONTE. Pa. A married beauty parlor receptionist "sweet-talked" into helping a convicted killer's 1986 escape after meeting him through a prison ministry program was sentenced yesterday to at least two years in prison. Diane Brodbeck showed no' emotion as Centre County Court Judge Charles Brown Jr.

imposed a two-year, three-month to five-year sentence at Muncy state prison for conspiring in Jon Yount's escape. She given credit for 79 days already served in county jail. "I think Judge Brown was 'Very fair," she said as she was led from he courtroom in handcuffs. '-t Brodbeck's mother, Nadine Warner, wept when the sentence was announced. Brodbeck's hus COLOR TVs -jl ejfc pvieJ Mivll lit FROM Lv RCA QUASAR HECTOR VALENTIN i i i 4S SS GE-ZLNITH MISSING! 90-DAY RIPLACIMEKT CUABANTU ONE DAY ONLY" i ASSOCIATED PRESS Diane Brodbeck: aided convict" tionist at a beauty salon at the time of the escape, met Yount in 1982 while she was working as a church volunteer.

She visited him frequently, talked with him on the telephone and exchanged love letters with him, authorities said. On the day of the escape, Brodbeck drove Yount from prison' property and later spent as much as $7,500. from her savings during their more than two years on the run, authorities said. Centre County District: Attorney Ray Gricar said giving Brodbeck probation instead of a jail termwould set a dangerous "It would have green light for any do-gooders out in the community to take the law into" their. own hands and decide that if they felt someone wasn't dangerous they could turn them loose and there wouldn't be anypenaltjr to' be' paid for it," he said.

as Hispanic Male, lbs. "Black Hair: Brown Eyes. Age 46: Last seert on T2889 in N. Phil. He was wearing --grey pants grey sweater black shoes.

He drives a 1978 Buck Electra 4 Door Brown. Plate No. RST .852. Jf you see this person or his car or know his whereabouts please contact 'the -i. Phila.

police; or his family '2327999. Mr. Valentin is in need of medical attention. Any information will be grate-- fully appreciated. FEBRUARY 5th, 10 AM-4 PM 7600 ROOSEVELT BLVD.

RT. 1 ROOSEVELT BLVD. SOUTH, NEAR COnMAN ALL TV Completely Reconditioned! Sale Held by East Coast TV Rental Mastercard, VISA or Cash band, Chester, a brother, three sisters and two daughters also attended the 50-minute hearing. Yount, a former teacher at DuBois Area High" School-was serving' life sentence for the 1966 murder, of Pamela Sue Yount rmsmusT savings baWk PHH.ADCLPHM, PENNSYLVANIA SlOl CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF CONDITION AS OF DECEMBER 3 1, 1988 y-n: ASSETS in Thousands -Cvrrncy dnd om .42. 13 Nonmtereit-bearing bojoncei 8.726 7 r.i i tiaj; i3ijs.j Deluxe 4 Pc.

Bedroom plus 73.108 5Ut -r'r-W-' -tr f-edr fundi laitt mS ptvctosed undf igrfln(Mj. 10 lojom fow -Mot- i. en a iwo.w- -j -b IESS-. Atewonc for toon feuet U.736 Daect oMd iemlenwti real mme hemheiaed tmU eaw y.n 2(4 mmmm maiiktss ho 1 1 1 I rllr SIEH FMJtf At ONt l3 IOWWHCB BEDS ra0M-ti)S) v. Olhef iiuiilmeli iwwowiolidotej'' 1.....

0 8o IOIAI SSIi. LIABILITIES Dapowts Headboards GiMttes Cecktatl TaUe Net 2 Rimer, 18, a student in his advanced math' class. In a two-minute appeal to the judge before sentencing, Brodbeck said in a.elear, unwavering voice she regretted. helping Yount flee an unsuperi yised farm detail outside Rock view state prison April 5, 1986. 1 miwi am greatly saddened and sorry jfqrjthe pain and suffering I brought pn my family and friends I also regret; breaking the law," said Bred; $eck, Wellsville.

know am golely responsible for what I. did Brown said remorse was, aot enough, describing Yount a danger to "In this case, there is more' than saying you're sorry," the judge said id-handing down the -'1 Brodbeck and Yount, rested June 15 near Coeur' Idaho, where they were living under assumed names. 1 A tip from a viewer of a May epi1 sode of NBC-TV's "Unsolved Myster- Jes," which dramatized Yount's police to the' couple, authorities said. McGowan, Brodbeck's attorney, had asked Brown for credit for time served, seven years' probation and community service -r ran into a fellow who was a sweet-talker She was at a low point in her life and she fell for a guy who told her what she wanted to hear," McGowan said. McGowan said Yount convinced her to take part in the escape after all his legal appeals had failed.

"Diane was not the only one fooled by Yount," he added. Brodbeck, who worked as a recep LARGE lniorst fa 804.305 25 97.000 23.97 SELECTION FROM $4Q mm OTTO CHID rnr nrr Portable Folding Cols Kitchen Chairs Bar TOIAl IIA6I1ITICS NET WORTH Cohtwb Stack Awihorized 10.000.000 thorM. utttanding 3, 105.000 si.oop Undividd profit and net worth rMrvi Brass Coat Rack $24 5oo iD LlR rWk l.Ktt 16S.B46 rim Swivel T.V. Carts Bookcases Rockers Bedroom Chest from 42 $49 99 Recliners I I sin I RUSS tiir Uetal Wardrobes Total nt worth. 168.51 TOTAL LIAMITfCS AND NET $1.1 18 068 MEMORANDUM: Aflrsunt ouhtondmg- Mol report do(t.

STANDBY ItMmotcradil. Total. 22.647 W. the vnoWsrgnM of(icr(t). do hereby declare that this Report ct Condition hot been prepared in conformance with official mlrvctiom and true to the bet of my knowledge and belief.

OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO SIGN REPORT Cart M. Grenen. Vice President DATE StGNED PHONE NO. 13189 (215) 728 8349 We. the underiigned alrectors.

ottesf the oarrectnett of this Report of Condition and declare that it has been mammed by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in cenearwante wit official etstrvcttoM and is true and correct. Hollywood Bods ComOO from 09 93 From III I mm DIRECTOR Daniel 8. Green DIRECTOR Richore) i. Green DIRECTOR Arlm S. Green I t.

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