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Man confesses in teen's death in the Camarq's trunk as that of Jonathan Francia. DNA tests necessary to complete a positive identification of the body are under me affidavit says. "It breaks my heart," a tearful Larry Francia, the father, told Albuquerque television station KOAT oi Monday. The father and several volunteers had circulated fliers seeking information about Francia's disappearance. BELDON SAID charges against Richardson would be modified once the body is identified arid that Richardson's companion would be charged once identified.

A murder case would be prosecuted by the state of Arizona, Beldon said. Beldon said the younger Francia and friend Jerry Lee Williams stopped Jan. 12 at an Albuquerque JB's restaurant where Williams worked. While Francia stayed in the car, Williams went into the restaurant twice, once to borrow money from a co- worker and- the second time to check his work schedule. When he came out less' than five minutes later, Francia had vanished.

FBI Agent in Charge James Ahearn said Monday in Phoenix that Richardson was considered armed, dangerous and possibly headed toward Phoenix. "He's very desperate," Ahearn said. "We are very fearful he could do (a crime) again. He is very, very low on money." Richardson was released from the Arizona State Prison at Florence in 1992 after serving two years for theft, Ahearn said. THE AFFIDAVIT was filed Monday with the warrant charging Richardson, 27, with kidnapping and carjacking in connection with the disappearance of Jonathan Francia of Albuquerque.

Francia, 17, disappeared with his mother's maroon and white 1978 Chevrolet Camaro, which was found burnt 15 miles north of Winslow on the Navajo reservation Jan. 13, Beldon's affidavit says. "Investigation by law enforcement officers and the Coconino County medical examiner's office in Flagstaff, Arizona, has tentatively identified the body found PHOENIX (AP) The FBI has tentatively identified chaired remains found in a burned car as the body of an Albuquerque teen-ager who disappeared Jan. 12, and agents issued a warrant for the arrest of a Winslow man. Relatives of Paul Daniel Richardson told agents Richardson confessed to them that he 'missed a bus in New Mexico, so he and a companion commandeered a car, killed its young driver, put the body in the trunk and set the car ablaze in Arizona, an FBI court affidavit says.

IN BRIEF Ex-officer accuses bosses of racism Time running short as organizers pian dance By TOM WALKER Current-Argus staff writer BOARMAN SEEKS unspecified damages, back pay, reinstatement to the department and deletion of all derogatory personnel file information. He's also asking for $2 million in compensatory damages and $4 million in punitive damages for violation of his due-process rights. Morrill said Monday he didn't know about the lawsuit He denied Hobbs police engaged in racially discriminatory law enforcement practices. "I don't want to say a whole lot more until I see the lawsuit," Morrill said. "But we have never done anything like that." In the lawsuit, Boarman says he was held to a different standard than other officers and ultimately was fired on Jan.

7, 1993. shortly after arresting a known crack dealer. THE ALLEGED crack dealer and his family complained about procedural violations by Boarman to police supervisors; who used those allegations to fire him. Although untrue, the allegations part of a plan for eliminating a racial and ethnic stranger from the Hobbs Police Department," Boarman says in the lawsuit. The lawsuit says that during his employment with the department, other officers tampered with his personal vehicle by deflating tires, removing the rear tire and jacking the vehicle up and loosening the lug nuts.

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) A former Hobbs police officer claims in a federal lawsuit he was the object of racial epithets and that police supervisors required officers to ignore crime in black neighborhoods. Tommy Joe Boarman alleges he was told to stop his drug enforcement activities in black neighborhoods because his supervisors said: "As long as we know where the niggers are, they won't be committing crimes up north (in Anglo neighborhoods)." BOARMAN IS an Asian-American who worked for the Hobbs Police Department more than three years. His lawsuit says he opposed the alleged biased policy but was told to observe it Boarman, who now lives in Clovis and works at a lumber yard, also alleges he was the butt of racial jokes. According to the lawsuit, Boarman was called "grasshopper" a reference to a child in the 1970s television scries, "Kung Fu" and other epithets including "Slope," "Chop Suey," and The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque by Albuquerque attorneys William Dixon and Charles Vigil and Carlsbad attorney Dick Blcndcn.

Named as defendants are Police Chief Bill Morrill, retired Chief Marshall Newman, three other officers, the city manager and the city of Hobbs. Local relief efforts in the past, like the one for Hurricane Andrew victims and Midwest flood victims, have proven successful, McKean said. But the rush is on to gather food and money for earthquake victims. raised $30,000 for flood victims and (assembled) 500 care packages. But we did it over a period of four weeks.

We're trying to do this in 12 days," he said. Relief accounts have, been established at United New Mexico, Western Commerce and Carlsbad National V' vw CARE PACKAGE supplies, McKean said, can either be brought to the Fox and Lake Church of Christ; the Sunset, Southside and Guadalupe Churches of Christ or Victory Baptist Church. Collection boxes also are set up at Wal-Mart, Kmart, IOA Foodlirer, Purr's Supermarket, La Tienda Thrift-way and Albertson's Food Store. McKean said 11 communities are working with Carlsbad on the relief ef-fort For the care packages, organizers need sugar, flour, rice, shorten-r ing, canned goods, macaroni and 1 cheese, oatmeal and personal hygiene items. CARLSBAD Local earthquake relief organizers have but a few days to collect food and basic items for care packages they plan to forward to California Feb.

3, said coordinator Rick McKean. McKean is benevolence minister for the Fox and Lake Street Church of Christ Along with collecting food and personal hygiene items, organizers are raising cash to help earthquake victims. "MONEY IS wired in there faster than food and it can buy things they need, like medicine," McKean said. "A lot of them are out of work. Prices of food has gone up there," he said.

"They're even to the point that they need money for propane fuel to cook outside." To help raise money for the victims, local rock-and-roll band Banbury Cross is rrforming Saturday at the Rivcrwalk Recreation Center. Admission is $4 and all the proceeds will be donated to the; relief effort, said lead singer Tom Ireland. THE DANCE begins at 9 pjn. and ends at 1 tin. Robber threatens victims with syringe Parks association opens southwest office ALBUQUERQUE The National Parks and Conservation Association recently opened a new southwest office in Albuquerque to work with national parks in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

The association is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting, preserving and enhancing the U.S. National Park System. It was founded in 1919 and now has more than 350,000 members. David J. Simon, appointed as regional director for the area, said the office would be calling for expansions of several parks, including Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Carlsbad and Texas; Bandelier National Monument, Capulin Volcano National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico and Petrified Forest National Park, Walnut Canyon National Monument and Saguaro National Monument in Arizona.

Environmental project lands Clovis boy honors CLOVIS (AP) A Clovis boy is among 10 regional winners being recognized this week in Washington D.C. for their environmental achievements. Aaron Michael Dickson, IS, persuaded 21 community groups to participate in last April's "Trash Bash," a cleanup and recycling project in downtown Clovis. He was chosen a regional winner in the President's Environmental Youth Awards sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Dickson was chosen from among nominees in New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. State Farm Insurance to refund $1.3 million ALBUQUERQUE (AP) State Farm Insurance will refund SI million to some of its New Mexico policyholders, a company executive said. The refunds will be awarded to between 18,500 and 18,800 of the company's auto insurance customers in the state, said deputy regional vice president John Spears. The refunds will average about $68 for each policyholder. "It's in that neighborhood," Spears said Monday.

"Some will get more and some less." The money comes from excess amounts State Farm collected as a surcharge on some of its New Mexico policies after the state's 1992 attempt to mandate additional discounts for good drivers. The Legislature reversed the la last year after insurers raised rates on other driven to replace revenue lost in providing the discount Fire destroys 5,000 acres HONDO, N.M. (AP) A range fire burned about 5,000 screi of grass, brush and timber in Lincoln and Otero Counties along the Mcsalcro Apache Indian reservation's eastern border. The fire was burning mostly on private land Monday about 15 miles south of Hondo, said Ricky Smith, dispatcher with the Lincoln National Forest The cause of the fire remained under Investigation, Smith said. Between VO and MO nxf.to the flames.

Crews from the Mcscalcro fribc, the VS Forest Service, the VS. Bureau of Land Management and the suie Forestry Division were Involved, Smith sail The fire began sometime Monday morning, but crews lost control of the flame! when high wind gusts began about I pjn. Smith, said. Steer crushes teen COLUMBUS (AP) A Dtming lecn iger working on I southern New Mexico ranch was critically Injured after being crushed by 1 700-pound steer Francisco Oiavo, Id, tnwtntJy was working Monday to the corral of a ranch 17 miles west of Columbus when the steer charged. Chivcx was pinned behind gate and suffered I punctured lung, said Co! urn but Fut Chief Walter Simpwa Rescue crews delivered Chaves to Mimhrti Manorial llocr-itaJ in Dcming shortly after 5 pin, lie as transported tee Monday to University Medical Center in Tucson, An, for further treatment, officials said Saturday's victim, a 35-year-old Albuquerque woman, had just put her 6-year-old son and 1 -year-old daughter Into her van when a man approached.

"He walked up to me, stuck a syringe about a foot away from my face and said, i have AIDS and have just gotten out of prison. If you do not give me all your money 1 will take your the woman said. She said she started screaming, attracting the attention of a clerk. She said she threw money toward the robber and ran toward the clerk as the robber grabbed the money and drove away. The woman said the clerk got his license plate num ber and called police.

About IS minutes later, police Sgt Jim Spain spotted a man speeding. As Spain followed, he realized the vehicle matched the description of one used in an armed robbery several days before. The vehicle crashed into a car at an intersection, then turned into a parking lot, blowing out a lire and finally stopping in another parking lot, where the driver ran. Spain arrested Baca hiding on the balcony of a nearby apartment complex. Garcia said police do not believe the syringe in the holdup had been used.

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) There have been at least four robberies here in which a man threatened victims by brandishing a syringe he claimed was infected with the AIDS virus, police say. John Baca, 27, of Albuquerque, was arraigned Monday on charges stemming from the Saturday afternoon robbery of a woman in a produce store parking lot. Bond was set at $100,000. "We have been investigating other cases where someone has said they have AIDS and then threatened to inject someone wuh a syringe during a robbery," said Albuquerque Police Sgt Dcsi Garcia. Lawmakers list income sources Hospital Albuquerque and Miners Hospital in Raton.

Pals, first-term lawmaker, said his business relationship with both hospitals dates back years before he ran for the House. He also noted hospitals must follow state procurement requirements before buying from him. The reports show many legislators particularly those who are lawyers appear before state agencies on behalf of diftts. SANTA FE (AP) Lawmakers are reporting their source! of income to the secretary of suic and disclosing any business they do with state government. Legislators, statewide elected officials and other members of state government must file information by the end of January on how they make a living.

Many of those public reports are already on file. The disclosure requirement is part of a government ethics act passed by the 1993 legislature. Officials must identify their employers and those of their spouses, describe sources of family Income mere Ifcza SSjOOO and fis4 LwkI hoUiiifc Ci Lawmakers also must disclose any business they do with (he state and whether they appear before state agencies on behalf of someone. Rep. Robert Pali, D-Comlcs, said (he medical technology firm he owns sells equipment to University A report by Sea.

KLy Aio, JU-; said an associate in his Law firm represents several companies before the State Corporation Commission, Sen. Tom Rutherford, Albuquerque, said he works before (he boards that regulate pharmacists, real estate a genu and other professions. Puppy stolen Supreme Court decides case of fired worker WASHINGTON (AF) Illegally fired workers can be ordered reinstated wuh back pay even if they lied while challenging their firing, the Supreme Court ruled Mort4sy. The justices ruled tmantmouUy that the National Labor Relations Board is not barred from ordering reinstatement of such workers. Even though "false testimony in a formal proceeding Is intolerable," Congress has given the board the authority to decide such issues in cases involving unjustly fired workers, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the court HE SAID the board did not abuse its discretion in ordering (he reinstatement of Michael Manso, who was fund by ABF Freight System from his ko as a dock worker an Albuquerque in Augiut 1989.

Manso had been fired by the company twice before, and both timet he was ordered reinstated. Manso joined in a union grievance over the first firing, and later was warred of likely retaliation by top tnana cement Hot third firing occurred after be arrived late for the 3 un. shift for the second time within i week. The company had announced I Mt Lite nets pol ky after the first time Manao arrived tate. The second lime he was late, Man telephoned the company to lay he was having car trouble, and he repeated the excuse when be arrived for work.

The company bimtigasod, deckled he was tying and fired him. MANSO Film an tmfair labor practice claim. At an KLRQ hearing, sdminutrativc law pdgt decided Man hl bed to hit tors about the rtaton be was late. tm (he MRU onfcrt4 him rtinrtased wiA back psy. The board said he was hot fired fa lying, tut the company Btsed bis Utemt 1 fre ten to fire him fur brirg involved fei the anion grievance.

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