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"This is not the normal way people leave town," he said. "These guys were up to something. couple of guys left under strange circumstances who have been bragging about surveillance and end up in Las Vegas where all the money is supposed to go with all the equipment they are supposed to have to communicate with the victims." Prosecution witnesses included neighbors, co-workers, friends and classmates of the suspects. They testified that Makuch and Faroni compiled numerous lists: names and addresses of co-workers at Rockwell, possible fund-raising Flease see EXTORTION, Page 9 rffl ill Sherman Way Vwwtand (818) 503- WOO Appts. Available Cont Lie.

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TORU KAWANA La Angela Tlma Former Lancaster Mayor Louis Bozigian thinks other disgruntled community members assisted in mass extortion mailings. MOST VZU THINXIT COULD uivia HAPPEN TO THIi1. UNTIL IT DOES. 0ASSAM BEJJAM, M.D. 14S60 ROSCOE BLVD.

PANORAMA CITY, CA 91402 (813) 780-3995 reported that Lancaster residents Makuch and Faroni had bragged about sending the letters. The pair had left town sometime in early November, but when they applied for Nevada driver's licenses in Las Vegas, detectives were able to track them down by computer records. They were arrested Nov. .24. Among the possessions seized in Lancaster and Las Vegas were two walkie-talkies of the type described in the letters, papers with the names of several victims, books on electronic surveillance, computer printouts with lists of cars and a 9-millimeter pistol belonging to Makuch, who acquaintances said always carried a gun.

Continued from Page 4 The letters mailed in early November went to hotel and restaurant owners, attorneys, doctors, realtors and public figures such as former Lancaster Mayor Louis Bo-zigian, Lancaster businessman and present state Republican Party Chairman Frank Visco and former Lancaster City Manager James Gil-ley. Childishly Malevolent The letters were crude, strewn with expletives, childishly malevolent. They demanded that amounts generally ranging from $200,000 to $600,000 be sent to various names and addresses. Some letters instructed victims to gather their cash along with cash to be received from others, purchase walkie-talkies and drive repeatedly to Las Vegas until contacted. The letters threatened victims and their families with death by hideous means, claiming that the authors had poisoned former Lancaster Mayor Nick Maluccio, who died of a heart attack in a Palmdale restaurant in June, 1988.

"The police cannot protect you every minute of every month, day and year," the letters said. "But we'll stay after you FOREVER. We are experts in poison. We can put toxic chemicels (sic) in your toothpaste or glue laced with poison cyanide on envelopes and stamps that you lick." The letters were postmarked at the nearby Kern County town of Mojave and alluded to personal details about the victims, including their children and cars, which indicated that they were being watched. Attorney Cathrin L.

De Voe, for example, was addressed as "Miss Cat," a nickname she had not used since teaching exercise classes several years ago. "I had my moments of paranoia for a while," she said. "At least half of the victims were extremely fearful. The other half took it to be a ludicrous joke." Some of those who took it seriously hired bodyguards, bought guns and left the area temporarily. Several victims became ill from the shock, said Cooley, who believes that personal information was gleaned from newspapers and other public documents as well as actual surveillance.

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