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The Paducah Sun 9A Friday, September 1 8, 1 992 Trigg man faces 10-year drug sentence ysteries' show i. 1' says seven tips considered 'hot' Paducah lawyer Len Ogden, Hatfield's attorney, said Hatfield was originally charged with the offenses in Trigg Circuit Court. The state charges were dismissed following the federal indictment. f. Ogden said Hatfield spent 584 days or 19.2 months in the Trigg County Jail, including a period of time after state charges were di missed.

I. Johnstone sentenced Hatfield to 15 months in. federal prison but ruled the Trigg County jai time was to be credited to his federal sentence and he wasn't to report to prison. Miller objected to Johnstone's ruling saying the Supreme Court ruled that only the Bureau of Prisons could determine whether a defendant's state jail time could be credited to his federal sentence. I Johnstone said, "This case took some very' strong and strange turns before we got into it.

I don't want him hauled off again to another institution while somebody calculates the Miller and a probation officer, during a brief recess, obtained a decision by phone from the Bureau of Prisons that supported Johnstone's ruling. Johnstone said he would not give up jurisdky tion of Hatfield's case until he knew the interests of the United States and Hatfield "were fully complied with. "This man, to say the least, has been jostled by the judicial systems of this country. "I'm not pointing a finger at anyone," Johnstone said. income from the sale of marijuana -r'for both 1989 and 1990 in Hopkins County.

Abbott, in an attempt to explain why he didn't report drug earnings in 1989, said most of the marijuana he produced was stolen. "I wound up with about five pounds of that," he said. As for his 1990 tax return, he said, "I paid in $1,500 that year but I guess it wasn't the right amount I should have paid." Abbott also agreed to forfeit seven tracts of land in Trigg and Caldwell counties, including lake properties, $3,000 cash, 1979 and 1989 model tractors, a backhoe, mobile home, 1988 4-wheel drive pickup truck, five chainsaws and a four-wheeler. "These were either the proceeds of drug transactions or used in some way directly or indirectly in the sale of drugs," Miller said. Abbott will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m.

Nov. 16. Hatfield, 66, pleaded guilty in July to a four-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with possession with intent to distribute drugs and distributing a controlled substance. The charges included the sale of about a pound of marijuana to an undercover Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force officer for $925, the sale of a 'Colt semi-automatic pistol (by a convicted felon) to the same officer for $162 and the sale of about a gram of cocaine to a drug agent for $100, all between Aug. 13 and Aug.

24, 1989. About 12 pounds of marijuana was seized with a search warrant at Hatfield's home. BY VERNE BROOKS SUN STAFF WRITER Trigg Countian Lawrence E. Abbott faces a sentence of 10 years to life and fines up to $4 million after pleading guilty to federal drug charges. Assistant U.S.

Attorney Mark Miller asked Judge Edward Johnstone Thursday to dismiss similar charges against Abbott's son, Rodney G. Abbott, of Nortonville. In still another federal drug case involving a Trigg County man, Johnstone ruled that Donald Ray Hatfield had served more than enough time on state charges and would not be sent to a federal prison. The Abbotts were indicted by a federal grand jury in January on charges of conspiracy to manufacture marijuana and possession with intent to manufacture marijuana. The indictment alleged the offense included more than 2,000 marijuana plants and occurred on or about June 4, 1991, in Graves County and elsewhere.

Miller, in filing a motion to dismiss federal charges, said Rodriey Abbott, also known as Rodney Goode, entered into a plea agreement on state drug charges with Graves County Commonwealth Attorney Richard Weisenberger. Lawrence Abbott, 60, who has spent 16 months in jail in Graves and McCracken counties, gave his address as Barkley Lake, 10 miles from Cadiz. He pleaded guilty to manufacturing marijuana in Graves County and failing to file correct federal income tax returns including 1 i I 1 John Doe was wearing when he fell to his death. One caller told a telephone operator that he'd bought the coat in 1974 at an Air Force Base in Denver and given it to a friend, from whom it later was stolen. Another caller said he is a special investigator for the Air Force, and wanted more information about the jacket.

Yet another caller wanted more information so he could launch his own investigation. A number of people reported John Doe looks like a missing friend or relative, or like a dancer they'd seen or known. Several said he looked like someone they knew who'd worked for the government, possibly in intelligence, or like a man they'd seen on the TV show "Studs" about a week ago. Many callers offered advice to investigators: check with the military, check for a record of his fingerprints, check dental records all steps taken just days after John Doe died. One woman asked if investigators had dusted the plane for fingerprints.

A man said John Doe looks exactly like his twin brother, and that he is getting "weird vibes about this." A man claiming to be a psychic told an agent, that he felt John Doe was headed to the northern part of Arizona. A man who an agent said was "very confused" called and said that "the description fits him. The caller thinks it could have been him." Show officials announced Wednesday night that a new computer program soon will enable telephone agents to enter specific information such as scars, tattoos, birth marks or any other identifying features, into a computer for an immediate match with any cases ever reported on "Unsolved Mysteries." Although the show featuring John Doe's story aired Wednesday night, show officials say calls will continue to come in for months. The work is just beginning for investigators, who'll chase down all leads provided by the 151 callers. "Anything that you get that gives you a direction to take your investigation, it 'rekindles a fire and makes you hungry for more information," Walker said.

"It gives you a ray of hope." BY ROBIN DIVINE SUN STAFF WHITER LOS ANGELES More than 150 calls were received after all areas of the country viewed an "Unsolved Mysteries" segment on McCracken County's John Doe. Seven "hot tips" were flagged by telephone agents, including a woman who said John Doe strongly resembles her son, who has been missing since August 1990. Another man tearfully told McCracken Sheriff Howard Walker that he believes John Doe is his missing son. Walker also spoke with a man who said John Doe is "the spitting image" of a Lt. L.F.

Price, with whom he served in World War II. Two of the callers, and possibly a third, are sending photographs to Walker for preliminary investigation purposes. The show's telephone bank here received a flurry of calls here after the first airing on the East Coast and in the Midwest. The calls slowed, however, when the program aired on the Pacific Coast. Walker and Detective Jimmy Greif, who helped answer questions from callers with promising leads, were encouraged by the tips.

"When we get back to Paducah, we'll sit down and go through each and every call that came in," Walker said. "The, reason we will do this is that there may be some little something out of any one of the calls that will give us a lead. "From the ones I looked at personally and the people that I talked with during the airing of the segment, I feel like we do have some strong leads we will be pursuing immediately," Walker said. Dozens of callers said they recognized a composite drawing of John Doe the man who fell to his death Sept. 30, 1991, from a commuter flight taking off from Barkley Regional Airport but many were quickly eliminated as possible leads.

Some said they had served with the man in various branches of the military, but investigators already know that John Doe has no military record. About half a dozen callers said they knew or served with Lt. L.F. Price during World War II. The name was sewn into the lining of a leather bomber-type jacket tlO Interest For 12 Months yycjBlllIi MfeM Nothing for 12 months nrort.

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