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I 2 Part II Tuesday, Aug. 5, 1986 Cos Angeles (Times Potential for Violence Cited SAN DIEGO COUNTY DIGEST La Mesa Stiffest Term Possible for 14-Year-Old Killer Cab Firm Gives Police Tip on Woman Driver's Attacker By JIM SCHACHTER, Times Staff Writer reported their discovery to authorities. Deputies found the fully clothed body, and detectives determined that it had been in the area for days, officials said. There were signs of trauma but the nature of it could not be determined due to the body's decomposed state, authorities said. The county coroner's office will determine the cause of death.

Fallbrook By SAU YING CHU. Times Staff Writer An anonymous phone tip was received this weekend by Coast Cab after area cab drivers launched a campaign to track down the person who attacked one of the company's drivers July 29, leaving her for dead. The phone tip came after cabbies from Coast Cab and Orange Cab distributed unsigned leaflets telling local lawbreakers either to come forward with the name of a suspect or be turned over to the police for their illegal operations. The flyers were posted Thursday in the downtown area. Jeff Hano, general manager of Coast Cab, said he turned over the caller's information to San Diego Police Monday.

Police Lt Doug Price said the information pertained to the shooting of Sharyn Kamrath, who was dumped from her cab and left for dead on a La Jolla roadside after being robbed July 29. No details will be released until further investigation, Price said. "This the single phone tip doesn't satisfy me," Hano said, adding that drivers have vowed to start taking down the names and addresses of persons engaged in suspected illegal activities and turn them in to the police. Police and cab drivers are "cooperating, but we both don't know anything yet," Hano said. Kamrath, paralyzed from the neck down, is listed in serious condition at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.

Hospital officials said Kamrath's vital signs are improving and that she was able to eat Monday for the first time since the attack. Her co-workers are starting a fund to help pay for her therapy once her condition stabilizes, Hano said. Twenty years ia federal prison was the sentence handed down Monday to a 19-year-old Spring Valley man who kidnaped a woman, kept her tied up for long periods and took her across state lines. The sentence given Jeffrey James Miller by U.S. District Judge Rudi Brewster followed the recommendation of the probation department and Assistant U.S.

Attorney Joan Weber. At the sentencing were the victim, Cindy Gladen, 20, her parents and her brother. Gladen was kidnaped March 28 as she left work at a beauty shop in La Mesa. She was released after an Arizona highway patrolman stopped Miller's car. The judge said Miller has "an acute need" for structure in his life and needs prison to provide that.

Brewster said he didn't sentence Miller to the maximum life sentence because the victim was not sexually assaulted or killed. Weber noted that Miller's first crime, a burglary, occurred when he was 11 years old and since then he has had four felony and five misdemeanor convictions. Brewster said Miller received no time in custody on his first five cases. "It's up to Mr. Miller to decide what to make with his life.

He's the ultimate key to his own problem," said Brewster. Miller told authorities he kidnaped the woman because he needed a car to get out of the area because of a pending burglary charge. A Fallbrook motorcyclist was killed Sunday in an apparent hit-and-run accident on Gird Road in Fallbrook, the California Highway Patrol said. John R. Raver, 46, was heading west on Gird Road about 820 p.m.

Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding was struck head-on by a pickup truck. The CHP is looking for a blue or green Ford or Dodge truck with a damaged front end. San Diego San Diego police responding to reports of a 12:40 a.m. traffic accident Monday at the 5500 block of Trojan Avenue found a man who had been shot to death, officials said. The 22-year-old man was face down on the street, dead of gunshots to his upper torso, Sgt.

Ted Armijo said. A handgun was used, but no suspects or motives for the slaying have been found, he said. Neighbors thought they had heard a car backfiring, Armijo said. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of relatives. work out arrangements with prison officials for transportation.

He sentenced Harvey under a provision that allows him to review the sentence at a later date for possible reduction. on Sunday by a family out rock hunting, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. The Lakeside family found the unidentified female about 2:45 p.m., at the bottom of a California 67 embankment about miles south of the Poway junction, said Lt. William Baxter, a Sheriff's Department homicide investigator. The family drove to their home and Spring Valley Poway A 14-year-old San Diego youth Monday received the stiffest punishment possible for killing his elderly next-door neighbor when the man surprised him during a burglary.

Superior Court Judge Norbert Ehrenfreund placed the boy, James Gary McClure, in the custody of the California Youth Authority, which by law can hold him until his 21st birthday. Citing concerns about James' potential to commit further acts of violence, Ehrenfreund rejected defense requests that the blond youth be placed in the custody of Vision-Quest, an outdoors-oriented rehabilitation program that is less restrictive than the Youth Authority. "It's a placement that can deal, at least in some respects, with his problems, but it's also a placement that will give some peace of mind to a public concerned about juvenile violence," Ehrenfreund said of the Youth Authority. The judge opened the proceedings to the media, in spite of James' youth, under recent court precedents encouraging greater public access to Juvenile Court hearings in cases involving violent crime. Because he was less than 16 at the time of the offense, James could not be tried as an adult James was 12 on May 7, 1985, when according to his admissions in court earlier this year he decided to break into the house of Thick Lew, his 79-year-old Chinese-born neighbor in East San Diego.

The boy's plan was simply to steal something. But Lew surprised him and the frightened James pulled a knife from his pants pocket and stabbed Lew once in the heart. Lew's son, one of several relatives who visited LeW daily to prepare his meals, discovered the body hours later. James was arrested ten days after the killing. Ehrenfreund barred prosecutors from using his initial confession to San Diego homicide detectives, ruling officers had misled the youth by saying he wouldn't get in trouble by talking with police.

But Ehrenfreund ruled admissible a later confession to a Florida girl who was in custody with James at a Florida juvenile detention center last year. Ultimately, the youth pleaded guilty in June to voluntary manslaughter as part of a bargain reducing the charge against him from first-degree murder. James' eyes were downcast throughout the hearing Monday. His only words were a mumbled "No, Sir," to a question from Ehrenfreund asking if he wanted to speak. He looked back at his mother, Jean, as he was led out of the courtroom.

She continued to stare down a courthouse corridor even after he was out of sight. His attorney, Robert Bourne, said after the hearing that James has had little to say about the killing during more than a year in custody. "I'm sure he has remorse," Bourne said. "James is a very inward person. He does not express himself very well.

He's not a loner, but he's very reserved at Juvenile Hall." Bourne argued during the hearing that James stood a better chance of being rehabilitated if he were committed to VisionQuest instead of the Youth Authority. He said VisionQuest, which aims to build self-reliance and self-worth in delinquents by exposing them to challenging outdoor activities, was well-suited to the boy's needs. The Arizona program was the only one of eight residential centers contacted by the county that was willing to accept James, according to Probation Officer Karole Gustafson. The others rejected him because of the seriousness of the offense to which he pleaded guilty, she said. At the Youth Authority, Bourne said, James would be surrounded by older, seasoned criminals in a setting "extremely non-conducive to rehabilitation." According to Youth Authority statistics, only 75 of the 7,640 youngsters in its institutions were 14 or younger as of June 30.

"The population is considerably older than James, considerably more hardened and considerably more experienced in the ways of crime," Bourne said. Deputy Dist. Atty. Dennis Olson asked Ehrenfreund to follow the Probation Department's recommendation and place the boy in Youth Authority custody. Olson said James would be placed with youths close to his own age at the Nelles School in Whittier.

Explaining his decision to commit James to the Youth Authority, Ehrenfreund read from a psychologist's report that found the boy had "deep-seated" anger arising from hurt during his childhood at the hands of his father and his peers. Ehrenfreund said the report indicated that the boy's anger might spur him to further acts of violence if he did not learn to control it. "James represents, to some degree, a danger to the public," Ehrenfreund said. Bourne estimated that the Youth Authority would hold McClure no more than two to three years about the same period that Vision -Quest estimated would be necessary for his rehabilitation. The agency has broad discretion in releasing its wards, but cannot keep them in custody beyond the age of 21.

Lew, who came to the U.S. from Canton, China, prided himself on living alone and maintaining his independence, according to Olson. No members of Lew's family were in court Monday. A decomposing body was found near California 67 and Poway Road WM A recently retired 23-year veteran of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration was sentenced Monday to three years in state prison for molesting his 13-year-old stepdaughter. Probation was rejected for Michael Vern Harvey, 50, of Spring Valley by San Diego Municipal Court Judge Wayne Peterson.

Harvey's attorney, Peter Hughes, argued for probation, citing the threats that would come to Harvey from prison inmates because of his offense and. his law enforcement connection. Deputy Dist. Atty. Brian Michaels said Harvey could be safely housed in prison, although he may have to be placed in isolation.

Michaels did not ask for the maximum eight-year term. Harvey was placed on sick leave by the DEA after his arrest in September. He was eligible for retirement from the agency on his 50th birthday, June 27, and retired then. The prosecution agreed to delay his case until June 30, after Harvey signed an agreement not to have the stepdaughter testify. Harvey, who pleaded guilty to one count of fondling the girl, must pay a fine of $500 and register as a sex offender upon his release.

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"The plan does keep the Conference Building for civic use," Kaine said. "I think that's a key part of our plan." Kaine also questioned the museum's revenue projections, suggesting the projections were overestimates based on the aerospace museum. Using charts of computations, Kaine predicted the museum would be in debt if its real revenues fell just 25 below projections. In addition, he said the museum would cost the city money in ways the dancers never would. It would create a need for additional daytime parking space in the park, he said, and its own computations include taking money from tourist tax revenues.

abstained and one was absent. The chairman votes only in the event of a tie. "This is just the first of four steps," Biggs said after the vote, referring to future presentations to the Park and Recreation Committee, City Council committee and finally the Council. "I think we're disappointed, but we're committed to the museum effort." The museum's board includes Biggs, Arnold, developer Terry Sheldon, publisher Lawrence Bame and seven others. The advisory board includes among others Councilman Bill Cleator, publishing executive David Copley, construction firm owner Gene Trepte, and Mrs.

William Evans, whose late husband started the Bahia and Catamaran hotels and was an avid collector of cars. Continued from Page 1 detailed financial information. At the hearing, Biggs said the auto museum now has $119,000 in pledges of cash (all of which come from the proposed museum's current or past board of directors, supporting documents show). He said it has another $115,000 in pledges for in-kind services, and some $160,000 worth of cars and collections. "I'm saying to you that we are for real," said Biggs, who is also president of an engineering firm based in Old Town.

"We have the assets, we will be credible, we will be something the park will be proud of." He and Jo-San Arnold, a member of the museum's board, outlined the museum's plan for a core collection of rare cars, a system of revolving quarter -annual exhibits, a research library and a restoration shop where the public might learn the art of auto restoring. They attempted to counter the criticism that the museum would cater primarily to tourists and people with a highly specialized interest. They suggested that dancing was a more specialized interest than the interest in restoring cars. "Balboa Park is a regionally accepted place for museums," Biggs said, explaining why the museum had chosen the park. "It's a place of stature.

It makes sense. It's efficient from a planning and land-use point of view." Kaine presented a detailed counter-offer under which the dancers would pay $34,000 a year toward the building's utility and maintenance costs. They would add another $20,500 a year toward an endowment fund that would help pay for capital improvements. He said the square dance association, which includes 28 clubs, already has $16,437 in cash. He said its projections for revenue from fees from dances were based on a ANNUALIZED YIELD DAN WEINTRAUB: A special kind of journalist Meet Dan Weintraub, a member of the Editorial Staff of the San Diego Edition of The Times.

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ft: -1 "Balboa Park is a park for the people," said Kaine. "Museums are an integral part of the park, as are the zoo, the gardens, the international village and people people picnicking, strolling, juggling, square dancing or clogging." After the presentations, committee members questioned whether the dancers had been offered other buildings. Several dancers said no specific buildings had been offered and that no other large park buildings had concrete floors that could survive the doggers' shoes. Committee member Delza Martin said she had serious doubts about the museum's finances, noting that past proposals for a car museum in the park had failed. Others asked whether the museum would bring nighttime activity to the park, as the dancers do.

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