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By JOHN CURRAN The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY Missing for nearly two years, a Vermont teenager may have turned up at an Atlantic City casino, police said. On Jan. 17, surveillance cam- eras at Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino captured the image of a woman police say may be Brianna Maitland, 19, gambling next to a man. The video, taken from ceiling- mounted surveillance cameras, shows a dark-haired woman at a table game but her face is only partly visible. It was obtained from the casino after a man who lives near Mait- hometown returned from a trip to Atlantic City and contacted Vermont State Police, telling them he saw a woman who looked like Maitland at the casino.

That was on Jan. 19. The man, who knew of Mait- disappearance and what she looked like from fliers posted in Vermont, alert authorities at the scene. But he told Vermont State Po- lice the number of the table where she was playing, the day and the time, and investigators contacted New Jersey State Police, according to Detective Lt. Brian Miller of the Vermont State Police, the chief in- vestigator in the case.

The Associated Press Since 13-year-old Natasha Brown vanished on her way to school Monday, police say sent text messages to her moth- er, claiming that someone fol- lowed her and that she woke up in a dark basement. One of the messages Brown sent her mother shortly after dis- appearing said: has me, take my Jer- sey City Police Chief Robert Troy said Wednesday. disappearance is totally out of Troy said. family and friends are wor- ried and so are But at the same time, Troy said there enough evi- dence to show Brown was ab- ducted, if she is in danger or if she is the one sending the text messages. He said there have been no demands for money for her return.

Since Monday, Brown answered her cell phone or called anyone from it, but in ad- dition to her mother, she has messaged three friends, includ- ing one message Monday night which mentioned that she would be in school the next day, Troy said. REGIONThursday, March 9, 2006 HERALD NEWS D3 REENA ROSE Jersey Journal Stella Brown shows a text message that she says came from her missing daughter phone. Officials say there is not enough evidence to show the girl was abducted. A call for help? Hopes pinned on text messages Asked if disappearance could be a hoax, Troy replied, are a lot of Troy said Brown was last seen in Fairview, about nine miles from her home, but say when or by whom. family said they last saw her Monday morning at 8 a.m.

when she left for school, wearing her black and blue uni- form. Authorities say she never made it to Public School 34. possible leads are being fol- lowed up Troy said. He said a missing unit from the state police is assisting with the investigation. But the state police put out an Amber Alert for Brown be- cause she fit within that certain spokesman Ger- ald Lewis said.

JERSEY CITY Corzine bailed out jailed lobbyist By ANGELA DELLI SANTI The Associated Press When a lobbyist found herself behind bars last month after being accused of stalking a state assem- blyman, she called her former boss, Gov. Jon S. Corzine, for help. Corzine, a multimil- lionaire Democrat, came through with $5,000 in bail money for the lobbyist, his office confirmed Wednesday as the first political firestorm of the term hit the Statehouse. Karen Golding, a government relations manager for insurance gi- ant Prudential Financial, is ac- cused of breaking into the govern- ment-issued car of Assemblyman Joseph Cryan and of authoring threatening letters and calls to Cryan and others.

Corzine said Golding requested money after her Feb. 6 arrest and he complied because she worked for his 2000 Senate campaign and he remains friendly with her fam- ily. He said he did not ask ques- tions about her situation beyond making sure Golding was not a danger to her- self or others. reacted as a human being re- sponding to someone in Corzine said in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon, as ques- tions over his role in the incident became an increasing distraction to state government operations and fodder for GOP critics. light of my position as gov- ernor, I realize this was a Corzine said in his afternoon state- ment.

Corzine characterized the mon- ey as a loan but did not offer in- formation as to when or whether it would be repaid. Golding has been on paid leave of pending resolution of the charges, said Prudential spokesman Robert De Fillippo. Cryan, D-Union, sits on the As- sembly Budget Committee, is vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee and heads the Human Services Committee. He is the newly elected chairman of the De- mocratic State Committee. Golding is scheduled to make a preliminary court appearance on March 17 to answer charges of stalking and burglary, said Robert spokesman for the Union County office.

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