16 - Sunday, November 30, 1997 — North Shore News Judgment numbs law scho NEWS OF THE WEIRD FORMER law student Scott Fruehan, 35, suf- fered another setback in August as a federal judge in Pittsburgh declined to reinstate his lawsuit against Duquesne University. Fruchan had claimed that the only reason he dunked out was that the school had failed to accommodate his disability, which is that if he sits for a long time, his arms and fingers get numb. eee In July, the California Supreme Court suspended prominent criminal-defense lawyer LeRue Grim, 69, for 2.5 years for lying to investiga- tors. Grim admitted visiting an imprisoned client’s wife’s rrail- er home to help prepare for one of the husband’s trials and staying overnight rather than driving back to San Francisco. However, he denied having had sex with her, explaining that the wife had climbed into bed with him but that the sex they had was “without (my) consent.” eee Catholic priest Donald Kocher, 61, testifying at a deposition in August in a Chicago-area lawsuit against him and his diocese for sexual abuse of parishioners, admitted that he had had sex with as many as a dozen women over a 20-year period. However, he added, “P’ve always seen (the affairs) as morally wrong, and I’ve always tried to bring them to a con- clusion as quickly as I could.” eee Ricky Wassenaar, 34, was convicted of assault and rob- bery in Tucson, Ariz., in July. He was apprehended in a car after a chase, holding stolen moncy plus guns, a ski mask and a bullet-proof vest. Wassenaar, acting as his own attorney, presented the defense that a man named Jim had slipped a date-rape pill into his drink at a bar, dressed him in the vest, and placed him in the car. As for the chase and attempted ramming of an officer on a motorcycle, Wassenaar said he was just rrv- ing to get out of the officers? way so they could chase whomever they were after. ese In September in New York City, federal judge Lewis A. Kaplan disregarded sentencing guidelines and sent Orthodox Jew Solomon Sprei to prison tor only 18 months for insur- ance fraud (instead of three to four years, as prescribed). Kaplan cited Sprei’s three marriageable-age daughters, who by law of his Bobov Hasidim must rely on their father to tind husbands for them. Kaplan declared thar the happiness of at least pwo of them would be crucially delayed if Sprei were inipris- oned for the recommended time. eee Weird Weapons: Frozen chicken legs (woman pelted her bovtriend tor carousing, Broward County, Fla., September); slow-moving train (robber rubbed victim's head into it to convince him to give up the money, Orlando, Fla. October; red peppers (Ebensburg, Pa., cook laced the luncheon special of a police officer who had given her one too many parking tickets, July); dildo done female Pittsburgh student hit another, knocking her uncon- scious, May). eee Incompetent Cops: Loren HUNDREDS OF SALE ITEMS Qualls’ 1994 firing from the Akron, Ohio, police force was upheld bv a state appeals court in June. Qualls’ main problem was having answered police calls on theee accasions in which he had forgotten to bring his weapon, And Reiko, a Great Fails, Mont., police German shep- herd, was dismissed tram the force in July after the second straight incident is which he responded in a standoff by bit- ing 2 police officer and not the suspect. ers. @ Lancaster (Va.) High School marching band director Robert T. Spiers was detained and handcuffed at a parade in Warsaw. Va., in October after Fashions, Furniture, Linens & more. Save 15% on regular and clearance merchandise foo! NO GST Small Electrics, Home Electronics, Broadicom, Vacuums and Infants’ Wheelgoods ONE DAY ONLY Tuesday, December 2nd Seniors’ Sale 15%, dkgcount excludes cosmeies, fragrances, Bath & Body, concessions & servoes, Easy Spint sho2s. Eaton Gitt Cartficates, Jockey and Can Ken apparel, Liz City ene and Guess fashion aocessones & apparel. Women's Designers - (classes 950/118), Men's Designers Manni, Volentino, Josep Abboud & cK clotlng and sie priced deagner collactons. Mant Blanc acoessores, Prospector tootwear, Royal evel towels, Eaton Homie towels, S: glass Hut, walch straps, estate sale- and clearance: priced fine jevefiery. Guon & Presuge watches. “Eaton's wil deduct an amount equivalent t. the GST from the tota! price of your purchase. Exclucad trom ths offer are: Panasonic GAOG TVs, Offers cannot be combined together or wrth any other tax saving offer Seniors’ Day dacounts end at 6:00 pum. in our Vancouver Pacific Centre store. pre-racorucd wideo & aucho tapes, CLs, dearance-pricad Shinn canieras and fitn. Offers valid tor hose 65 waars of age or cider | fail ure he nice iunored Sherif Gene Sydnor’s demand that he speed up his marchers. Svdnor said he was concerned that the gap in tront of the Lancaster band was growing su large that people might think the parade was over. Spiers was released about 1S minutes later, and the Lancaster band eventually won first prize.