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Police set eyes on Shipping fast cruisers a B2 The News riday March 30 1990 By Donna Pazdera Connor of the News staff PORT ST LUCIE Port St Lucie police Sgt Henry Devlin has a message for people who plan on speeding down Shipping Road: "If doing wrong we're coing to get ya Devlin had persuaded the city's' traffic engineering department to conduct a speed and traffic count after Shipping Road residents complained about speeders possi bly endangering the lives of their children Gil Louthian city traffic engi neer said the two day study: which started March 21 revealed that most drivers using Shipping Road obeyed the law About 205 cars traveled the road each of the two days at a speed of 27 or 28 mph The speed limit is 30 But not all motorists obeyed the speed limit Louthian said there were people who occasionally trav eled between 40 and 45 mph and one person who sped past' at between 46 and 50 mph before 6 am Louthian said there a speeding problem on the road but Devlin believes the few speeders need to be taught a lesson going to get in there as much as we said Devlin pin it down and get the problem Last month Shipping Road resident Robert Minacapelli took matters into his hands and threw two by fours into the road to slow motorists He expressed concern that there are 12 children living in a small area and they often play in the street "I want them to think ignoring Devlin said Devlin said Shipping Road isn't the only street where residents complain about speeders He said his department regularly receives complaints from residents living on other streets When he does he asks the traffi engineer to perform a study and i there is a problem he tries to cor reel it But Devlin said he is short staffed and the complaint migh not be answered as quickly as resi dents would like Devlin said one thing hi' department can be faulted on guilty of being under Experts testify coed unaware she gave birth By James Martinez Associated Press writer TAMPA An unusual toler a nee for pain and denial of her pregnancy were the first signs something was different about a college student now on trial for murder in the drowning of her newborn a doctor testified Thurs day 7'7 '''7 7 Tso Defense attorneys began calling a battery of experts to bolster the argument that Claire Moritt 18 of Hollywood suffered from a men tal disorder that left her unaware of what was going on around her "She absolutely denied being: pregnant" said Dr Elizabeth Ja inieson the emergency room phv siciah who first examined Moritt after the Oct 23 childbirth Dormitory roommates found the Hillsborough Community Col lege student in her bathroom co vered with blood and took her to University Community Hospital When they returned to the dorm they found a baby Toy swathed in sheets and stuffed face down in a 'toilet? A 2 Jamieson testified that at the emergency room bleeding profusely and in shock She was found to have severe tears and bruises to her birth canal ap parently from a quick and violent childbirth Later the physician described how a gynecologist manually re moved remnants of the placenta from womb "She had to be in incredible pain most women would be scream Jamieson testified didn move There was just no reaction Dormitory roommates testified earlier this week that they had heard a baby's cries from the bath room but never heard any sounds from Moritt when she was giving birth alone and without anaesthe tic 7 The defense contends Moritt still' has no recollection of being pregnant going into labor or giv ing birth and was first told by a hospital social worker that she had had a baby "Her facial expression was such of wide eyed said social worker Cheryl Harrell "as if I had told her we were on the Moritt was quoted as saying at the time will hate me I deserve to live Don't tell my parents" Defense attorneys have lined upat least 10 psychologists and psy chiatrists to testify Moritt was' temporarily insane suffering from a "dissociative that left her out of touch with 7 The first psychiatrist Jerry leischaker testified that given state of mind she could have not formed the criminal in tent to murder her newborn If convicted of first degree mur der Moritt would automatically: be sent to prison for life with ho chance of parole for 25 years since the state seeking a death pen alty She also could be convicted of a lesser offense Prosecutors rested their case earlier Thursday but in cross ex amining the physician tried to show that Moritt was clear think ing While Moritt denied being preg nant she clearly answered doctors when she told them she was sexual ly active with her boyfriend and took no precautions to keep from getting pregnant WPBT CONTINUED ROM B1 "It would appear" Peterson said "that the Palmetto ounda tion and Dr (Claude) Rhea (presi dent of Palmetto a wing of Palm Beach Atlantic College) did not have any of their ducks in line when they launched this project the kind of basic business de tails that one would normally have in place" Trinity Broadcasting officials in Los Angeles were not available for comment on the planned content of Channel broadcasts Trinity nearest affiliate WHT Channel 45 ort Lauderdale runs almost wall to wall religious programming on its station Richard Roberts Kenneth Copeland TBN Today Jimmy Swaggart and Praise the Lord dot the schedule Even a Christian soap opera Another Life is part of the mix Despite the 'announcement by Palmetto Channel 2 attorney Car ol Licko said WPBT still has a agreement" with Palmet to have made a commitment to bring public television to South lorida and will continue in our ef forts to do so in the Treasure Coast Dooley said Licko said Channel 2 ruled out buying another TV sta tion on the Treasure Coast to broadcast its signal The sale of Channel 2 1 to Trin ity is subject to ederal Communi cations Commission approval Death warrants signed for 5 convicted killers By Curt Anderson Associated Press writer TALLAHASSEE Gov Bob Martinez signed death warrants Thursday scheduling executions for five condemned killers includ ing a former motorcycle gang member convicted of murdering an Orlando nurse Martinez signed a third death warrant for Joseph "Crazy Spaziano just two weeks after the lorida Supreme Court turned down his fifth appeal The execu tion was scheduled for 7 am May Spaziano 44 was convicted of the August 1973 murder of Laura Harberts whose mutilated body was found in a Seminole County trash dump Testimony showed he was a former member of the Out laws motorcycle gang and had bragged about the slaying 7 He came within 48 hours of ex ecution in September but the state Supreme Court issued a stay to consider his latest appeal The de cision denying all of his claims was issued March 15 The governor also signed first death warrants in the cases of Har old Harvey Jr Etheria Jackson Eduardo Lopez and WT Turner Their executions were set for 7 am May 30 No one has been executed on a first warrant in lorida since the state resumed executions under a new death penalty law in 1979 Harvey 27 was sentenced to die for the ebruary 1985 shooting deaths of William and Ruby Lou ise Boyd in Okeechobee County Jackson 31 was convicted of beating choking and stabbing Lin ton Moody to death in December 1985 Lopez was given the death pen alty for the January 1983 shooting death of Luis Reimar Perez Vega 8 in Dade County Turner was condemned for the July 1984 stabbing death of his es tranged wife's roommate Joyce Brown in Duval County Turner 44 also received a life sentence for fatally stabbing his wife Shirley Hart Turner Martinez plan would reduce comp By Jackie Haliifax Associated Press writer TALLAHASSEE Workers' compensation would be slashed from 10 years to only five and from 85 percent of salary to only 80 percent under a proposal Gov Bob Martinez released Thursdav The measure also would allow the state to charge companies with felonies for lying about their pay rolls to reduce their premiums The package is effort to stop the hemorrhaging the compensation system is going Martinez told reporters He said spiraling premiums are driving up costs and drying up jobs and pay raises Premiums for workers' compen sation insurance went up 29 per cent last year and 37 percent this year Another increase of 70 per cent is expected "We think these recommenda tions can go a long way to begin ning to truly contain the cost of the gov ernor said it will not hap pen Last fall Martinez appointed the Workers Compensation Over sight Board to come up with wavs of fixing the system last over hauled in 1 979 The panel's recom mendations which the governor endorsed Thursday include reduc ing the benefits an injured worker could get from 85 percent of their salaries tor 10 years to 80 percent for five years and redefining the definition of wage to exclude health insurance and other benefits Jim Bax chairman of the panel said Thursday he think it was right to call the change a cut in 7 benefits 999999 9 don't exactly agree with this concept of the reduced benefits Bax said are restructuring the benefits system which in many cases will mean increased benefits to the worker both direct and indi Bax also said there was labor support for many of the legisla provisions Dan Miller president of the lorida AL CIO resigned from the panel to protest its benefit rec ommendations Miller complained the panel was stacked in favor of employers and insurers Bax defended the proposal as balanced referring to a recom mendation that lying about the number of workers and the kind of work they do on payrolls be made a third degree felony Other recommendations include strengthening the requirements for safety equipment denying benefits to drug and alcohol impaired workers capping fees paid to attorneys at SI 25 an hour denying benefits to injured workers who turn down three or more appropriate job opportuni ties providing independent eva luation by a health care provider to eliminate doctor shopping cap certain hospital charges and requiring the state to notify workers of their rights Insurance Commissioner Toni Gallagher also praised the 212 page bill recommended by the pan el saying it addressed all of the problems that they could find 7 that need some bandaging in the hemorrhaging system of workers' 77 7 Dad daughter divorce get probation on incest The Associated Press BRADENTON A husband wife prosecutors say were real ly father and daughter filed for di vorced Thursday and only hours later pleaded no contest to incest charges i 7: Prosecutors charged last year that Jimmy Hendry 42 and Trina Hendry 18 married in September knowing they were father and daughter Their' no contest plea brought them a sentence of six months probation "I figure by going the way that we did it today six months from now we can go on with our lives and live the way we want to Hendry said as he left court main point is we stuck to gether still together and nobody out there that can take us Trina Hendry said The pair said they still plan to live together along with an infant daughter Trina had by another man 9: 9'9 7 state is not going to be in the position to act as over this said Assistant State Attorney Steve Cooley if there were some alle gations that could be proven that they were having sexual inter course that would constitute a violation of their probation" According to Trina birth certificate her father is listed as rederick Heiser and her mother as Caren Lynn Heiser Prosecutors claimed rederick Heiser is actually step father and that Hendry is the bio logical father Nineteen years ago Hendry said he had relationships with many women including Caren Heiser He has acknowledged he cannot be sure that Trina his daughter Defense lawyers maintained that since Trina Hendry was legal ly adopted by stepfather rederick Heiser it legally severed any ties between Jimmy and Trina Heiser and left them free to marry The pair still plan to fight to have the charge removed from their records CONTINUED ROM B1 7: working on did not only concern him There were other i Sheriffs spokesman Lt Lou Ericsson said the department paid $160000 in overtime between Oc tobcr 1988 and September 1989 and another $75700 from October 1989 to ebruary not in the practice of i violating the said Ericsson Deputies are paid time and a half for overtime at a range 1353 to $2404 per hour depending on years of service PL cars shuttling in coal Golden said while PL has plans to go to coal gasification that happen until it can be proved economically feasible He added that the coal gasification plants are tentatively planned for the Indiantown area but could be moved to a different location 1 rial tor Sells who has been sus pended without pay has been ten tatively set for May 23 If convict ed of the third degree felony he could face a maximum of five years in prison Deputies or police officers who believe criminal practices are going on within their departments should notify the State Office the lorida Department of Law Enforcement or federal law enforcement officials depending upon the complaint State Attor ney Bruce Colton said 1 CONTINUED ROM B1 I 7 now at the present plant will be I hired when the addition is com $1 pleted he said Some Indiantown residents have expressed concern about large coal piles in their community acid rain and the large number of railroad 4 And the winners are Second 'You Pick the Contest L2?" fed Grand Prize Winner Correctly picked the winners in all six categories: Shirley Holter Stuart Prizes include: Gourmet dinner for two at Bon Appetit Restaurant in Stuart two movie passes from Treasure Coast Cinema in Jensen Beach transportaton for the evening and free video rental from Blockbuster Video Second Place Winners Correctly picked five of the top six catagories: Michelle Taylor Stuart Mike Garvey Port St Lucie Betty Lou Daigneau Stuart Norbert Gorney Jr Stuart Alice Batey Stuart i Betty Lawrence Stuart Tanya Renee Wade Palm City Prizes include: free video rental from Blockbuster Video and free passes to the movies from Treasure Coast Cinemas Third Place Winners Correctly picked four of the top six categories Martin County Debora Sullivan William Pugliese Hatfield RJ Hatfield Alicia Sargeant Deborah Russell Ronald Morstadt Kenneth Symonds Joyce Kelly VickieSmothers Virginia Miller Cam Kiel Anne Adams James ord Dorris Newkirk Kim Heaton Nancy Allen Marsna DeRaeve Ryan Brian Cumola Eugene Razmer Rita Gervais Vera Richey John Gallant Al Ambrose Loretta Harris Shirley Hull hZ1 Peggy Kemper Maggie Mathews Ruth A Symonds Wanda Myers 1 Pat Kelly William Rose Nancy Gaul rances Dahl Lynn Smith St Lucie County Tami Prizekop Rob Elliot Diane Jenkins Mary Mistretta Kerry Allore Prizes include: ree video rentals from Blockbuster Video Treasure Coast dBL Cinemas' Where you really enjoy a zJDon ertpps tit the 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