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JA8 Friday Sept 16 2005 WC The StarL NATION Suspect in 1993 Las Vegas armored car heist surrenders Tallchief made a brief appearance Thursday before a US magistrate judge who ordered her held without bond on nine felony A preliminary hearing luted for Sept scheduled for Sept 29 If Heather Tallchief said Thursday that surrendering to federal authorities is "the right thing to Circus casino to a rented garage The couple escaped after donning disguises and flying by private jet to Denver Thllchief said Solis did not physically threaten her Joe Plarris an FBI supervisory special agent in Washington DC said Tallchief was a sought" fugitive but never made the Top 10 Most Wanted list Mark Clark spokesman for Loomis Armored successor Loomis Fargo Co of Houston said he welcomed Thllchiefs surrender but said the company was more concerned about the missing money dont suppose she turned the money in when she turned herself Clark said leaving him at school Monday in Amsterdam with some parting words "I told him to practice his guitar have fun at his sporting club do his homework and see you Tallchief said adding that her son will be cared for by friends in Amsterdam She said she hopes to see the boy within a year Axelrod said Thllchief ran away from home in Buffalo as a teenager and was "a 21-yearld vagabond street person in San Francisco" when she met Solis The morning of the robbery Thllchief said she followed explicit orders from Solis who even told her which streets to drive the armored car from the Circus By Km Ritter The Associated Press LAS VEGAS A woman accused in a multimillion-dollar armored car heist on the Las Vegas Strip surrendered to federal authorities Thursday saying she was tired of more than a decade on the run and wanted her son to have a normal life 1 truly feel this is the right thing to Heather Catherine Tallchief 33 said minutes before turning herself in at the federal courthouse in downtown Las fegas Talkhief was 21 and working for an armored car company when authorities say she drove away from the Circus Circus hotel-casino with at least $25 million in cash Her lawyer Robert Axelrod of Meriden Conn said Thursday was convicted Thllchief faces at least 30 years in prison Thllchief told reporters she and her 10-year-old son have been hiding in Amsterdam Netherlands where she and Solis fled after the heist A few months after their son was bom Thllchief said she left Solis now 60 with the cash and has no idea where he is today Solis remains a fugitive in the case Thllchief said she told her son about her intent to surrender Isaac BnkfcM AP acts are quite overwhelming: But there are mitigating Axelrod said brainwashed hen As surely as a Manson kind of character (or) a Jim Jones kind of there was no doubt Thllchief committed the October 1993 theft but said she was influenced by her boyfriend Roberto Solis a manipulative ex-con "The evidence of the physical ipflQfUcl flg? 5X515) (gQflfflgfl WEEKiS MONTHS US to fight ruling on Pledge of Allegiance No violation says attorney general -wf rv VX'Zj i 57 good guys PLUS: 150 Value! to the Game Foodjti the Tailgate RaifeH Mv imii kial Mitltf (OOA in' After rebates when TV $999 1 you buy my up i The Associated Press WASHINGTON Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the Justice Department will fight to overturn a federal court ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance cant be recited in public schools because it contains a reference to God Gonzales said the pledge is me of several expressions national identity and patriotism that mention God but dont violate the Constitution ban on state-sponsored religion The high court "has affirmed time and again that such official acknowledgments of our KARLTON heritage foundation and character are constitutional" Gonzales said in a statement a day after the ruling by US District Judge Lawrence Kariton in San Francisco Amisubsi SAVE 1500 NOW 4399" Karltonb decision could put the issue on track for another AS LOW AS 1111 MONTH Mitsubishi DLP" Microdisplay HDTV with 1080p WD62628 332154 SAVE 500 449999 AS LOW AS S11S KS MONTH Sony Plasma WEGA" HDTV with Enhanced Memory Media Slot Originally $549999 KDE42XS855 316882 1 AFTER $500 INSTANT SAVINGS AS LOW AS S134 HI MONTH Samsung 56 1080p Microdisplay HDTV with Pedestal Stand Originally $499999 HLR5688W 308183 round of Supreme Court arguments The court sidestepped the issue last year ruling that atheist Michael Newdow had no standing to bring the case on behalf of his daughter because he did not have custody of her The Bush administration had opposed Newdow on the same basis that Gonzales set forth Thursday Newdow also is in NOW 4999" AFTER MAIL-IN REBATE NOW 1799" AS LOW AS S14S KN MONTH AS LOW AS SS3 i KO MONTH volved in the latest case acting itschal- as attorney for three parents NEW LOW PRICE! 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