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IttOn TMIPIAXAl The Kansas City Star Wednesday December 12 1984 Page 3A Suspect in KC rapes is captured in Colorado By John Glionna Bernard Jackson a Kansas City man who fled the area in May after being charged in a series of rapes was arrested by Colorado authorities late Tuesday night local police said Jackson dubbed the in 1977 after he was During the Holidays Tiffany's will be open weekdays until 7:00 accessories A Tiffany Classic watch with quarts movement arid black onyx crown 895 Key chain with "Please return to Tiffany tag 295 Black onyx oval cuff links 475 Signet ring 775 (Engraving additional) against anyone as of he said Jackson was paroled in 1963 after serving six years of a 15-year sentence for a 1976 sexual attack of a woman in her bedroom police said He had been implicated in five other sexual assaults around that time Three of the women were forced to wear pillowcases during the rapes Jackson was implicated in another series of sexual assaults early this year and was charged in April A week later Jackson County Associate Circuit Judge Charles Stitt reduced bond to $2000 after consulting with his defense attorney but not a prosecutor At that time Jackson faced life imprisonment if convicted on the new charges After posting the lower bond Jackson fled the area police said In May authorities issued warrants for Jackson charging him with burglary attempted robbery armed criminal action attempted rape and failure to appear Jackson had violated the condition of his parole at least five times without being sent back to prison Officer Kevin Cooney of the Georgetown Police Department said he and another officer saw car parked outside a convenience store about 10 pm They suspected a robbery was inside the store leaning over the counter and the woman derk was leaning tie said The convenience store was about a half block from Interstate 70 the officer said When police stopped car a short distance from the store he identified himself as Cory Darts and produced a photocopy of a birth certificate may be a small town but I still become suspicious when a guy hands me as identification an unnotarized photocopy of a birth Officer Cooney said He said an eventual check of the license plate indicated that the owner was wanted in Kansas City and that he had two identifying features on his face arrested him after I confirmed that some of his teeth were missing and that he had a scar under his right Officer Cooney said The second man was released this morning after being questioned by officers he said ties in Georgetown Colo after an automobile check Georgetown Ls about 40 miles west of Denver He was being held this morning pending extradition to Kansas City said Sheriff Jim Bennett of Clear Creek County He was arraigned this morning in the county court in Georgetown where a judge set bond at $250000 Mark Komoroski chief warrant officer for Jackson County said that local authorities were in the process of bringing Jack-son back to the area been charged with some pretty serious offenses" he said definitely want him back Kansas City police said they had traced Jackson to the West Coast last month received information that Jackson had been living in Sacramento since he fled from Kansas Sgt Gee said the time we notified authorities out there and had a surveillance set up he was Sgt Mike Roy of the Sacramento Police Department said that Jackson was being investigated in connection with a series of 17 rapes in that city earlier this year filed any charges assaults apparently was headed back to Kansas City after an extended stay in Sacramento Calif police said this morning think he was headed back in this said Sgt Tom Gee of the Kansas City Police fugitive division Jackson 27 who has been on the local list since his disappearance in May was arrested in the evening hours" by authori KANSAS CITY COUNTRY CLUB PLAZA 64112 TO ORDER CALL 816-931-2700 1984 Court delays execution at Missouri penitentiary Rockport Innovations in comfort nociTWil 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Jefferson The execution of convicted murderer Maurice Oscar Byrd which had been scheduled for Thursday morning was postponed today in an order from the US Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A Blackmun granted request for a stay of execution a short time after the Missouri Supreme Court declined without comment to delay what would have been Missouri's first execution since 1965 Justice Blackmun order delays the execution until the full court considers and acts on appeal a process that could take months TTie rejection by the state court was anticipated and attorney Robert Maurer filed a request with the US Supreme Court for a stay The state court had to dispose of the case before the US Supreme Court could consider a stay of execution Byrd was sentenced to death in gas chamber for the 2490 Tan suedeTan leather Mauve suedeMauvd leather We welcome: Mastercard-Visa-American Express Country CiuD 0 Motro indopondonoe Indian Motcalf Souin-Wrd Pnwy Bannister Prow Lae Sumrrvt-Antloctv-The 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Ted Boliek Jr 28 who was convicted Sept 26 by a Cam Witness tells of payment before restaurant fire By Joe Henderson stall write of a two-year term Mr Picone pleaded guilty Friday to charges of conspiring with Mr Kavorinos to destroy the restaurant and submit false insurance claims after the fire He also pleaded guilty to a charge of income tax evasion Judge Roberts deferred sentencing of Mr Picone He is not expected to be called as a witness in this trial federal authorities said Hie case is expected to go to the jury late Thursday or Mr Kavorinos long active in Jackson County politics is being tried before a jury in the court of US District Judge Ross Roberts in Kansas City He is charged with conspiring to destroy the restaurant and submitting false claims to three insurance companies after the fire Mr Jones testified the two men who assisted him in setting the fire were Vincent Picone and Melvin Westfall Both men have entered guilty pleas in the case Mr Jones was not charged Mr Jones testified Mr Kavorinos paid him and Mr Picone $5000 during a meeting at the restaurant before the fire Dur ing the meeting Mr Kavorinos showed them around the restaurant so they could familiarize themselves with the interior and the entrances prior to setting the fire the witness said Earlier a former steward with Teamsters union local 41 testified that Mr Kavorinos told him during the summer of 1981 he wanted get rid of the restaurant wanted to burn Charles Albert Couts 40 who was convicted in February of embezzling union funds said he had known Mr Kavorinos for seven or eight years Mr Couts was released from prison Sept 11 after serving about six months government witness testified in federal court today I that Frank Kavorinos a Kansas City area restaurant owner paid him $5000 in advance to burn his restaurant in Raytown Bobby Gene Jones who has a criminal record and who now is in the federal witness protection program said he and two other men were to be paid a total of 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