The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 18

THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL I WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10 2007 mceB6 Br Wayne Run fitfafQtjisoioopptQLcoM Two teens 2 children get caught county emergency services director Bobby Storey said Ala ThnstaQ 18 and an unidentified 17-year-old girl were charged as adults Department Lt Michael Gurley said TUnstall is in jail The 17-yearold is out on bond The children were referred to youth court Officials said the four suspects are related ner of the county in an area served by Rurhaven Volunteer Fire Department Other volunteer departments had to be called as backups on fire calls Storey said The volunteer fire department was getting no sleep It would start at 7 pm and go on all night Gurley said get six or seven calls hurt got to pay attention to that Authorities first suspected a pattern of fictitious calls in Jhne Gurley and deputy emergency services director LeBlanc fed the investigation With subpoenaed records from cell phone companies they pinpointed global positioning system (GPS) coordinates where the calls were made The officers ultimately put the home under surveillance before making arrests in Cell phones are capable of making 911 calls as long as batteries are charged even if service has been disconnected LeBlanc said They thought they get caught because they were using disconnected cell Investigators believe the calls were made on three prepaid phones from TfcacfoneCingular and BoostNexteL The phones were recovered at the time of the arrests Gurley and Storey said the case was made easier by strong cooperation from the cell phone companies LeBlanc said the parents evidently were in file dark given to us is they had no idea it was going on They were as upset as parents can be WayiRidKr(662) charged someone with breaking a state law pro Investigators hive nailed two it teenagers and two children 7 and 11 for allegedly making W3S IUI1 bogus calls to DeSoto County official S3VS 911 system last year Sheriff and fire officials said Tuesday the suspects made at least 60 fake emer-gency calls between June and December tying up manpower wasting money and putting lives at risk The calls were made on inactive cell phones often in the middle of the night They sent public safety workers on wild goose chases looking for house fires stabbing shooting and car accidents that exist tecting against abuse of an emergency telephone service Prosecutors will seek felony indictments of Tin-stall and the 17-yearold by a grand jury Maximum penalty is a $10000 fine andor three years in prison for each count Each call could be a separate count They thought it was fun and that they The calls were concentrated in the northeast cor School shooter Beebe sworn in feces charges found with gun pot fee on 0000 bond BtMakusKaul a f-j-J JwwUHWh fTHV New governor of Arkansas says hard times inevitable By Ammbw DeMillo AssociattdPrm LITTLE ROCK Mike Beebe was sworn in as 45th governor Tuesday completing a journey that took him from tiny Amagon to a 20-year career in the state Senate and finally the job he has eyed for years In an inaugural address on the state Capitol steps Beebe said he does not believe that Arkansas which faces an ongoing battle over how it funds its 450000-student school system must continually face economic and educational hardships Arkansans are Imbued with a spirit of persistent nopOa MIKE BEEBE Said in hit inaugural addrat refuse to accept that hard times or perennial problems are our lot in Beebe told a crowd of more than 2000 Arkansans are imbued with a spirit of persistent Beebe offered few specifics on his policy proposals those are to come today he said but he said his term FAYETTEVILLE Ark One of two buys convicted in the Jonesboro school shootings was found with a loaded gun and marijuana this month while trending in northwestern Arkansas with his roommate a boy incarcerated for three years for killing his father with a crossbow Mitchell Johnson now 22 was 13 when he and classmate Andrew Golden Mitchell killed four Johnson girls and teacher in a March 24 1998 shooting at Jonesboro West-side Middle SchooL Justin Trammell was 15 when convicted of killing his fether in 1999 Ihunmdl was driving Johnson 1991 Ford Econoline van a few Mocks from their grted apartment complex when a sheriff officer noticed it weaving about 8 pjn New Yfeart Dqr Washington County Deputy Jak Kimball said CpL Stwen Hulsey smelled marijuana and asked to search the will mark a new course for the state others have Damy Jphnftoniftraocfaitod Press Arkansas Gov Mike Beebe waves as he and his wife Ginger walk down the steps of the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock during his inauguration on Tuesday He toM of his hard dimb to success witnessed history repeating itself let us seize our opportunities and create a new awakening to the possibilities of change and the promise of success in our state now today he said Beebe 60 was a near-sure bet for a second term as attorney general last year but in 2005 entered the contest to replace Republican Mike Huckabee in the governor's office He considered a run in 1998 when Huckabee first sought election and in 2002 when Huckabee ran as a popular incumbent The son of a single mother who worked as a waitress Beebe remembered his path to college and law school to the stale Senate and to a tenure as one of the state most powerful political figures University paying for his education with loans summer jobs and part-time work He has a law degree from the University of Arkansas He served in the state Senate from 1983 until 2003 when he was elected attorney generaL He defeated Republican Asa Hutchinson in November who has made the journey from where I started to where I stand today knows that absolutely anything is Beebe said in his inaugural address In a brief address earlier to die Arkansas House and Senate after being swore in Beebe recalled sitting in the well of the House to watch past inaugurations Tth fun on this end Beebe said Bom at Amagon population 89 Beebe grew up in Newport but he and his mother liwd in various cities including Chicago Detroit and St Louis before he reached high schooL He graduated from Arkansas State van That what you're looking Johnson said when Hulsey found the marijuana according to the officer report Johnson told the officer there was a gun in the van too and Hulsey found a loaded 9 mm semiautomatic pistol in the rear of the vehicle the report says Johnson was arrested and charged with carrying a prohibited weapon and possession of a controlled substance both misdemeanors He was released on a $1000 bond and faces a Jan 28 arraignment lYammell was cited for careless driving and not arrested Kimball said He is due in court the same day Neither Johnson nor Thun-mell have criminal records because they were juveniles when they committed their crimes If Johnson had a criminal record he could have been charged with a felony Kimball said Dustin McDaniel who was sworn in as attorney general Thesday said he was glad that police were not injured during Johnson arrest Brent Davis who prosecuted the 1998 case agrinst Johnson and Golden said the feet Johnson has a don criminal record shows the law was inadequate1' when dealing with juveniles who commit brutal seeks more electronic eyes A police City wants additional dear violation before the to a which cameras to Germantown hopes to seek bi next month for video traffic enfon Snap ment cameras at a third location red-light Installation of enforcement ca Poplar and Kirby Parkwi ninncrS adjacent to the suburbs western der with Memphis had been as officials crafted a bid pn eluding all three locations AJ Wolfe The Commarcuti Appeal September 2002 capturing drivers entering two intersections Poplar and West Street and Germantown Road and Wolf River Boulevard after the light turns red A Germantown police officer reviews the footage and determines if there was a clear violation before the suburb mails a $50 citation to the owner Only a handful of cases have been challenged all the way to the Municipal Court bench none successfully Germantown leaden emphasize the violation does not go on the driver record and funds beyond the cost of the system are earmarked for driving programs such as the Alive At 25 and driver education through high schools The city has talked about adding the third signal for months Unlike the other locations which catch violators on only one of the junction streets the Kirby Parkway location will check in both directions on Andy Pouncey the city assistant city administrator who has worked closely with the program said the matter should be considered by the Board of Maybr and Aldermen in Ffebruaryi Rebidding is necessary because the con tract with Nestor Traffic Systems which operates the existing two locations expired in September "It not what I would consider a professional service and when it is not you have to have City At-ty Tom Cates said The city is not interested in surrendering that much oversight And a recent state attorney general opinion indicates such control by a private company is not allowed anyway number of them want Pouncey said 1 dont see any reason (for Germantown) to change that process This is not a time for a company to come sell us on something dap Bailey 529-2393 crimes Golden who was 11 at the time of the shooting in Jonesboro remains incarcerated He is eligible for release on May 25 his 21st birthday Meanwhile Golden grandfather Douglas Golden 70 died Monday in his home A cause of death immediately known The boys stole guns from the elder Golden home for the chod attack Poplar and northbound Kirby Parkway The road southbound approach jg in Memphis Pouncey said they expect to write 800 to 900 citations a month at the KirbyPoplar location compared to other spots where violations fluctuate between 600 and 700 A key aspect to the bid instructions is the city maintaining control Some companies handle the entire process from constructing the system to monitoring violations to mailing the citations Germantown began its program in in nu Higi S3 rifeirMliTViTh rtl 1.