St. Lucie News Tribune from Fort Pierce, Florida • 11

co rt reverses Kruse co vi ctio By Janie Gould Newt Tribune Writer A pr- jf and Russell Petersen of Vero Beach lawyer during the trial both said Thursday they had not yet men-'-the new ruling But Petersen said he believed that then 'circuit Judge Royce Lewis who heard the case' and the prosecution erred in introducing testimony from character witnesses about other charges Kruse faced' Kruse was accused of sexual offenses against two other girls- but those charges were dropped after his conviction "And then you had a psychiatrist (Dr Donna Sue Levy Holland of Boca Raton a witness for the state) who basically Mid you should believe all those children no matter what they were Petersen said Holland testified during the trial that one of the girls suffered from post-trauma syndrome and that one of the symptoms was a fear that adults believe her Allowing Holland to testify was with potential error" Petersen said at the time Colton said Thursday that conviction marked -the first time in Florida the post-trauma syndrome was used successfully in a rape case The Florida Supreme Court now must decide whether to hear the appeal Colton said Appeals of rape cases are not automatic first hope is that it can be appealed to the Florida Supreme he said pot successful have to look at the ruling and see what evidence we can use (in a new trial) and what we Kruse reportedly living and working in St Lucie Coun- ty could not be reached for comment A state appeals 6ourt has reversed the conviction of former St Lucie County school teacher Frank Kruse sentenced to seven years in prison in 1983 for molesting a child In a 13-page decision released Wednesday the Fourth District Court of Appeal in West Palm Beach ruled that Kruse must receive a new trial because of errors made by prosecutors during his trial in St Lucie Circuit Court Kruse 31 of Fort Pierce taught handicapped children-: at the Means Court Center until his arrest in 1983 on charges he sexually molested a 5-year-old girl His teaching certificate wu later revoked by the state State Attorney Bruce Colton who prosecuted Kruse antTHhuiilhiMi Frank Kruaa Whale that beached itself in FP dies at Sea World inmate Writer I bodil )As "ekpbdne privilege on hr 72803 Avenue harassment 'hone call rom jail to thebome of the victim mother asking them to op'thoA -By Bernie Woodall News Tribune Writer 1 'v 1 i Parasites caused the death of a pygmy sperm whale that beached itself on Fort South Beach Wednesday morning Sea World officials said Thursday' Glenn Young curator of animals and mammals at the Orlando attraction said the whale died at 9 am Thursday It had been brought to Sea World by van Wednesday afternoon after being cared for by beachgoers from 7 am to noon that day A necropsy wu performed Thursday morning by' Sea World officials to determine the cause of death A female the whale wu between 10 and 12 years -old weighed 700 pounds and wu in and condition when it arrived at Sea World at 2:30 pm Wednesday uid Holly Eby of Sea public relations department Full-size female pygmy sperm whales usually 'weigh 900 pounds This led Young to believe that the parasites received by ingesting iish had been eating away at the whale and it had beached itself because it was ill Eby said (Young) said parasites also cause disorientation for Eby uid "We believe she may have beached herself not only because she wu sick but because she becsme disoriented" Pgymy sperm whalu aren't as social as other types and they have bun studied little since history first recorded a sighting of them in 1838 the We believe she may have beached herself not only because she was sick but because she became disoriented World spokesman Pacific according to of the by Lyall Watson On Wednesday a woman walking on the beach discovered the beached whale about thru feet outside of the then-receding tide at about 6:45 am uid Bill McNeely lifeguard captain at the boardwalk Jerry Korman a 19-year-old South Beach resident missed his biology and western civilization classu at Indian River Community College to keep the whale company until Sea World officials arrived about noon on Wednesday dad wu walking en (he beach around 7 and he told me about Korman uid stopped off on my way to school and Just Korman who hopes to major in both marine biology and psychology uid he and others brought sheets and seaweed to put on the whale in an attempt to keep it alive 1 1 did a good Jobu much they could have" uid Eby of the Fort Pierce effort to uve -the whale "Since it wu parasitu it wu going to die with two mutts' of sex FllmIW'IPWkjMidAs aestftsth oiun feomtbe defendant wu placed to th home assaulting the girL over a wvett-nionth period of on? ot her patients 5 Park saidi 8ith grlnted Fort Pierce police Detective Peggy Gahn ar-dantf mar'iiot tvee i the telephone I wh lie rested Merit at his home on Jan 17i He is being carterated attheSt LudeCounty Jail ending held id SULucieCountyJail in lieu of 875000 ibuldGipositioa of his gaso except for to bon Educational TV station gets FCC construction i By Susan Burgess News Tribune Writer tion gave him a "suggested daily list 1 that indicates courses sponsored by Barry University will run for two hours in the early morn- ing The telecourses will be followed from 9 am until noon by instructional programs from the state Department of Education and various instruc- tkmal television centers around the nation Weather news interviews a calendar of events and seminars on a variety of topics such finance business and personal enrichment are to fill the re- mainder of the broadcast hours according to the proposed schedule 1 J- Henkel wu to have obtained his construction The signal is expected to cover ah of St Lucie Okeechobee and Indian River counties along with parts of Brevard Hendry Martin and Highlands counties serving about 400000 residents in the Treasure Cout area Henkel expects to underwrite some of the programming costs with the assistance of local banks' stock brokerage firms and local businesses Additional money would come from the state and from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting according to Information he gave The News Tribune lut year Henkel couldn't be reached Thursday for additional information permit last spring but information missing from his application to the FCC delayed approval' The construction permit wu granted in January after the FCC received the additional finnrii in-formation it sought Hcnkei hu until June 1988 to get the station on the air WFET is expected to broadcast from 6 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday beginning in 1987 according to the information given Fenn Henkel is seeking to have the St Lucie County Commission adopt a resolution In support of the station Last February Henkel gained an endorsement from the Okeechobee County Commission After nearly a delay a new St Lucie County-based television station hu received its construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission a county official uid Thursday Florida Educational Television Inc plans to broadcsst on Channel 21 from northern St Lucie County according to county commission Chairman HavertFenn Fenn uid William Hcnkei of Boca Raton founder and president of the non-commercial sta- I 1.