Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 45

4 'V -4 1 -V 'f N' VV MIaplesMmitm to District attorney pulls some strings By JIM HANNAFORP it to an unauthorized person 1 made my disclosure to the court It was important information that was necessary in order for the court to make a ruling on my motion Harkey said He said he gave no details unlike Koskela "If my limited disclosures are equated with the detailed disclosures of my predecessor eat my hat preposterous Harkey said Please see JURY Page 2 Harkey announced his plans publicly Wednesday He would not go into detail about what will be presented to the grand jury but did say it would consider of Harkey said Monday that by making his intentions public he was not violating the same rule of conduct that he claims Koskela did The rule says a court official shall not release an unauthorized any information about what will be presented in an upcoming grand jury session difference is I disclose the same day Harkey filed it and the order was filed Monday in Circuit Court in Pascagoula The judge ruled without comment and declined to comment on the case Harkey who said he struggled for five months trying to reach a decision on whether to prosecute the two said lastweek that the indictments were tainted because of the actions of former District Attorney Earl Koskela and former Assistant District Attorney Gray Burdick Koskela who was running for re- election at the time acted improperly by detailing to the media beforehand what the grand jury would hear he said And Burdick erred by acting as both witness and prosecutor during the grand jury proceedings he said Koskela has not responded to calls seeking his reaction Burdick now an assistant district attorney in Jones County declined to comment Monday He said he comment because he may be called as a wit-mss but he said he may comment later and Martin was indicted on two charges District Attorney Dale Har-key said last week however that the indictments were politically motivated and obtained improperly He will present some evidence to a grand jury that reconvenes Monday to consider only the Maples and Martin matters he said Judge Robert Evans of Raleigh granted motion Wednesday THE SUN HERALD PASCAGOULA A judge has dismissed criminal cases against former Circuit Court Judge Darwin Maples and Circuit Clerk Joe Martin clearing the way for a new grand jury investigation to start Monday In September Maples was indicted on 42 charges of alleged wrongdoing WWMWHERE CANYOU Making a lasting impression Metals Paper products 5 im Other stuff 160 Plastic Plastic Oil bag Aluminum Batteries Scrap cans (rinsed) and radiators vehicles Newspaper Cardboard Grocery bag m(cy Mixed paper White ledger paper (no wax laser computer paper or carbon) high-grade computer paper Glass Nylon printer ribbons toner cartridges Scrap metal Catalytic converters (aluminum steel rebuildable copper brass) auto parts iriessj lopperS Only batteries letafwhite goodsand steel In Harrison County and Ocean Springs ra jrnmm Put recyclables in the bin supplied by BFI and lPT Vllii4 leave it on the curb each week on your Delchamps grocery stores (Get 5C discount for each bag 6 am-l 1 pm Sun-W 7-10 pm Th-Sat 7-1 1 pm Winn Dixie grocery stores T-F 9:30 am- HERB WELCHfTHE SUN HERALD Terrell Buckley signs autographs at the Gautier City Hall on last Saturday Reynolds Aluminum 3731 35th Ave Gulfport (next to Coke bother) Bayview Drive and Lee SL Biloxi r- US 90 and Dennv Ave Pascaooula pm Coast Recycling Service 1900 29th Street mmwzi Goldin Industries Inc 12440 Seaway Road M-F 8 am -noon pm Buckley honored back home Southern Scrap Gulf Coast 1 0032 Park Drive M-F 8 am-4 pm (896-9C Spee Dee Oil Change Tuneup 301 Pass Road Gulfoort Sat- 8 being compared to he said "You have to like that Once I'get in the pros going to be my own man Personally I never compare myself to anyone As long as I keep working hard I have any Buckley worked out for the Braves before the NFL Draft in April Like Sanders he proved his ability goes beyond the gridiron "They (the Atlanta Braves staff) were amazed that I could do some of the things that I did and never play at Florida said Buckley "They were surprised at my arm 1 said "I was throwing from right field on a line chive to third Please see BUCKLEY Page 2 defensive back Both left college a year early in favor of the NFL and both were the fifth player taken in the draft Sanders in 1989 Buckley in '92 Now the former Pascagoula High star and Green Bay Packer first-round draft pick is thinking baseball making the comparisons to "Prime even more apparent "As far as on the field I consider Deion to be the best all-around athlete in the Buckley who was also honored at Gautier City Hall on Saturday in a reception and celebration with Mayor John Reed proclaiming June 13 as Buckley Day "Now that in the pros I think up there said Buckley not even in the pros and By JERRY LACY THE SUN HERALD At Florida State comerback Terrell Buckley had the unenviable honor of being compared to Seminole super-star Deion Sanders The similarities between the two are almost spooky Both players were blessed with sub-45 speed Both were known throughout their college careers as big talkers Both were drafted by major-league baseball teams Sanders now with the Braves was picked by the Yankees Buckley was a 38th round draft pick by the Braves last week Both players were selected as Jim Thorpe Award winners an honor bestowed on the top college mTh cat mpm Center id Ba Vista fire station (436-9772) Gulf Coast Recycling center 2499 Pass Road behind Bay M-F 8 am-5 pm National Laser Ribbon 7201 Denver Drive 1-6926 am-4 pm Sat 7:30 am -noon Applewhite Inc Beasley Road (497-4130) Gautier Prosecutor seeks fitting penalty for suspects in cat-dipping case Owens Scrap Metal Inc M-F 7:30 am- 10820 Tucker Rd Ocean Springs (392-6158) 4 pm in OS 8-5500 Orchard Rd Pascagoula (762-2442) 4 pm in PaSC ByliM HANNAFORP Gautier City Hall 3330 US 90 All times Southern All Metals Recycling M-F 8 am 5044 US 90 Bay SL Louis (467-5704) pm 2319 Covington Slidell La (504-641-0434) Sat 8 am-noon 6 Hi IbiJ 4400 Peters Rd Harvsy La (504-362-3622) i4dU-pm hand to testify were only two eyewitnesses and the other eyewitness is the minor Reed said think he can shed some light on what Reed said the testimony is not crucial to the case however and he plans to prosecute with or without it Police say Dudley and the younger employee were disposing of hot used cooking oil behind the US 90 eatery when the cat named Hank was dipped into the oil The owner Gloria Lancaster who lives near filed charges against the two Neither works for anymore A restaurant spokesperson would not say whether they quit or were fired Please see SUSPECTS Page 2 to the judge "My recommendation would be extensive community service with local humane Reed said "And by I mean a great number of hours spent working with the various shelters working with abused or neglected animals I feel quite strongly about If found guilty Dudley would have 45 days to appeal to County Court for a jury trial Reed said Reed said Tuesday that he needs the 16-year-old to testify in City Court against Dudley but the minor whose identity is being protected by Jackson County Youth Court has left the state Reed said he hopes to be able to subpoena the juvenile to testify at a City Court hearing tentatively scheduled for June 24 The tearing had been set for June 10 but was rescheduled because the minor was not on THE SUN HERALD OCEAN SPRINGS The prosecutor in the case of an 18-year-old charged in connection with the killing of a cat that was dipped in hot oil said Tuesday he would like to see the man ordered to work at animal shelters David Dudley of Ocean Springs is one of the two charged in the case but is not accused of actually scalding the cat May 26 behind restaurant Dudley who claims a 16-year-okl co-worker is responsible for the act is charged with iqjuring an animal and contributing to the delinquency of a minor City Prosecutor Russell Reed said he will recommend to City Judge Foley Ranson that Dudley if convicted be ordered to wdrk in animal shelters around the county Sentencing is up M-F 8 am-5 pml Core Recovery Miss 26 West (928-7716) Wiggins fcjsilsj Gulf Coast Recycling Center Waveland toChaiitoBujcaYertt To Update I Satina send the new information I3953W8W By KAREN NELSON Scientist to give skull a new face Hattiesburg to have the face reconstructed They hope the face win help identify the man hope it will be dose 'close enough to have someone see it and say that looks like my broth- Jackson County Deputy Coroner Sue Cunningham said idea is to attract the attention of someone who knew enforcement agenries compared dental records from the corpse with those of Coast missing persons No match was found The skin on most corpses exposed to the heat and humidity of the Coast is usually decomposed Cunningham said mummified body odd for our she said needless to say been working really hard 1 on The face however had decomposed leaving only the skeleton The age of the man has been estimated at 35 to 50 years and Waldrip has estimated the man died three to 12 months before the body was found The face reconstruction is expected to be completed next week at a cost of about $1000 The face reconstruction is a last-ditch effort to identify a corpse that otherwise had very few dues Cunningham said The office also sent photographs of the corpse to William Bass forensic pathologist at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and an expert in estimating time of death she said These steps were taken after law I THE SUN HERALD PASCAGOULA The mummified body of a man that wasted ashore near Chevron USA in April has stumped doctors and law officers who are trying to identify it So investigators sent the skull to a forensic anthropologist at the Southern Institute of Forensic Sciences in.