DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE Primary ballot trimmed -rr State The Monroe County Board of Elections struck three of 12 City Council contenders from the primary ballot. Page 3B OCA SECTION 28 I DEATHS 3B LOCAL NEWS SB I STATE NEWS ROCHESTER, NEW YORK DemocratandChronicle.com THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005 IT "We have children. still not found a way to protect our We have to ensure that all children are nurtured and loved." MAYOR WILLIAM A. JOHNSON JR. City cop's conviction reversed V.
'A Jl ID dtitd cn da or iro SL I i I -v 7 Vli1 Inl I t. ic A "K'u -i J1 GARY CRAIG STAFF WRITER A County Court judge has reversed the convictions of a former Rochester police officer who was convicted of stealing $40 from an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer. Monroe County Court Judge John Connell a week ago tossed out the convictions of Victor A. Millan, one of two Rochester police officers arrested in an undercover sting in 2003. In 2003, a City Court jury convicted Millan, 33, of the misdemeanor charges of petit larceny and official misconduct, and a violation charge for unlawful possession of marijuana.
Connell ruled that City Court Judge Teresa Johnson erred in her instructions to the jury. He also determined that Johnson should not have agreed to the prosecution's request to try the marijuana charge with the other criminal counts. Assistant District Attorney Timothy Prosperi said the case will return to Johnson's court. Prosecutors will have to determine whether to try Millan again. "Obviously, Mr.
Millan is pleased with the outcome of the appeal," said Millan's lawyer, Matthew Lembke. "He's pleased that the appellate court agreed with some of the points of law we raised." The reversal of the conviction strikes another Pallbearers carry the casket of Arthur J. "A.J." Gibson Jr. to Power of Deliverance Church in Rochester. Look to God for KARIN VON VOIGTLANDER staff photographer a hearse Wednesday after his funeral at the Pentecostal strength, the pastor told mourners.
DONNA JACKEL and JAMES GOODMAN STAFF WRITERS Arthur J. Gibson Jr. was an outgoing, energetic child who loved playing video games, attending church and having his hair braided. About 120 tearful mourners attended the 5-year-old's funeral Wednesday. The Rochester boy Victor A.
Millan was accused of stealing $40 from an officer in 2003. i blow against an undercover Rochester Police Department operation that went awry. The undercover probe targeted another Rochester police officer, Philip Bustos, who was suspected of robbing drug dealers of money. In the sting, police used a state trooper who posed as a drug dealer peddling marijuana on Cedarwood Terrace. Bustos and Millan answered a call about the suspected drug dealing.
Police alleged that Millan stole $40 from the car of the supposed dealer. Police also found 10 small bags of marijuana in a Millan's workbag in his police car. A search of Bustos' police locker after the sting yielded five small bags of cocaine. Defense lawyers argued that the drugs were from earlier police seizures. Bustos, 35, was acquitted at trial of cocaine possession and is now suing the city, alleging he was wrongly fired.
Millan, who also was fired, was sentenced to 26 weekends in jail after his conviction, but the sentence was delayed while the appeal was argued, GCRAIGnDemocratandChronicle.com guilty Hinman said even Rut-ley's statement was suspect because it was not written in Rutley's hand. But Assistant District Attorney Julie Finocchio said Rutley's statement included details that could have been known only by a perpetrator. Key parts of the statement also were corroborated by the victims' testimony, she said, MZEIGLER a DemocratandChronicle.com NEWS BEAT Arraignment of priest delayed The arraignment of a Roman Catholic priest charged with third-degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child has been postponed. The Rev. Dennis R.
Sewar, 54, was scheduled to answer the charges Wednesday in Rochester City Court. But the arraignment was postponed until Tuesday because his lawyer wasn't available. Sewar faces the misdemeanor charges from an alleged incident that occurred when he was pastor of Church of the Annunciation on Norton Street in northeast Rochester. He was pastor from 1999 to 2001. Festival marks law's birthday The Americans with Disabilities Act, signed 15 years ago this week, is being marked today with a film festival and a wheelchair basketball clinic.
The Disability Film Festival, with captioned films that focus on disabilities, will be from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Bausch Lomb Public Library, Kate Glea-son Auditorium, 115 South Ave. And from 7 to 9 p.m., a wheelchair basketball clinic is offered for anyone with a physical disability at the Al Sigl Center, 1000 Elmwood Ave. Paralympic gold medalist David Kiley is expected to attend. Both events are free.
41 cats rescued at Holley home A Holley, Orleans County, couple could face animal cruelty charges after Humane Society investigators removed 41 cats this week from the couple's home. According to a news release from the Humane Society at Lollypop Farm, investigators were called to Don and Sheila Kee-nan's home at 16744 Glid-den Road on Saturday following a tip from Orleans County Animal Control. Richard Gerbasi, the Humane Society's vice-president of operations and field services, said investigators found animal feces and urine throughout the home. Gerbasi said charges against the couple are pending. Reward offered in thefts probe Irondequoit police are offering a reward of up to $500 in their search for a man who may have information about recent evening burglaries.
Sgt. Al D'Agostino said police are seeking Michael J. Franklin, 45, whose last known address was in Rochester. Anyone with information about Franklin's whereabouts is asked to call Irondequoit police at (585) 336-6016 or 911. Related story, 3B.
THINGS TO DO RPO Brass Quintet: 7 to 9 p.m. today, Mead Square Park, Main Street, Victor. Free. Call (585) 742-7026 or visit www.victorny.org. For more events, see Weekend magazine.
COMING UP Events salute Disabilities Act As part of the Americans with Disabilities Act 15th anniversary celebration, local agencies are hosting a series of events, including an adaptive sports and assistive technology expo at MCC. In Friday's Democrat and Chronicle Golisano just keeps on giving white roses and framed by yellow and blue balloons stood in front of the pulpit of the Pentecostal Power of Deliverance Church on Weyl Street. The Rev. Mel-vin Cross asked the grieving to look to God for fortification. "God gives us strength when there is no strength to be found," said Cross, the pastor of Pentecostal Inside Golisano ponders race for governor 5B turing at the boat, "See the anchor and think of me." "I had to make my contribution," Golisano later joked, as he sat in a chair, waiting for the start of a stage production.
But it was Golisano's other contributions including millions in philan Foundation turns 20; billionaire says more projects in the works. Power. During the 90-minute service, mourners remembered the little boy who liked to pretend to be Superman. In a highly emotional moment, Lois Walker, a cousin of Williams', said she cared for A.J. in the first three month of 2005 but FUNERAL, PAGE 4B thropy that were being celebrated Wednesday.
The B. Thomas Golisano Foundation marked its 20th birthday with a bus tour of six programs it has helped finance, including those at Continuing Developmental Services (CDS), Al Sigl Center and the art and therapy program at Dazzle. But the $9 million in GOLISANO, PAGE 2B Background Chicko Dillard, whom investigators believe was the shooter, is serving 20 years in prison. Travis Rutley was sentenced to 10 years behind bars. held three employees in an office and scooped cash into a backpack.
Although the employees complied with the thieves' demands, died July 21. Shortly before the funeral, his 24-year-old mother, Yolanda Williams, was in court, where it was disclosed that a grand jury had voted to indict her in the boy's death, according to the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. As a hard rain pelted down outside, a small white coffin decorated with der of Paychex Inc. who asked about the absence of an anchor on a boat in the picture. This prompted a facilitator in the enrichment program for people with developmental disabilities to draw it in.
"When you look at that," Golisano told Snyder, ges- Market in the university's Crossroads Building. Rutley could receive up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced Aug. 23. His two co-defendants, cousin Travis L. Rutley, 20, and friend Chicko A.
Dil-lard, 25, pleaded guilty in March. Prosecutors alleged that Dwight Rutley, who worked at the dining hall, set up the robbery after JOY DAVIA STAFF WRITER A billionaire critic appeared behind Matt Snyder as he worked on an art project Wednesday at the Dazzle Performing Arts Theatre. The critic was Tom Golisano chairman and foun MAX SCHULTE staff photographer Tom Golisano, far right, and Morris Lew, vice president of Continuing Developmental Services, tour a CDS facility, where Marlene Clark, foreground, was on the job. Third suspect in dining hall robbery found one of the bandits shot two of the employees with a pistol. The shots grazed their heads and wounded one in the left hand.
In his summation to state Supreme Court jurors, defense lawyer James S. Hin-man noted that none of the victims could identify Rutley and said the only evidence linking him to the crime was a confession. Dwight Rutley faces up to 25 years in prison for robbery and assault. noting that security was lax. Three men entered the building as the dining hall was preparing to open, 1 MICHAEL ZEIGLER STAFF WRITER A Rochester man was convicted Wednesday of an armed holdup that wounded two employees of a Rochester Institute of Technology dining hall.
Dwight D. Rutley, 31, was found guilty of first- and second-degree robbery and first- and second-degree assault in an Oct. 4 heist of $600 from the Cafe and Finally, a real foolproof get rich quick scheme (Not!) MARK HARE Contact him at: Democrat and Chronicle 55 Exchange Blvd. Rochester, NY 14614 (585) 258-2351 suspicious of lawyer Campbell Jones because his written English is really broken English. Indeed, none of the offers seem as legit as Mrs.
Owuso's. For once I think I might actually be of genuine service to a person who just wants to make sure her money gets a good home in America. "I only hope we can assist each other," she wrote. "If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again." Oh no, no, Mrs. Owuso, please don't forget it.
I'm only too eager to help you hide that $3.7 million from your supervisors. They don't need the money. We need the money. I'd be happy to send you my bank account information even a credit card number if that would help. What could possibly go wrong? At least Mrs.
Owuso is more personable than some of the e-solicitors out there. Just this week, I had an anonymous offer to "run your own online casino. No skills needed." Just call an 800 number. Sounds like work, though. I'd rather get rich without having to run anything.
I have the same problem with this anonymous greeting: "If you have a phone and can return calls you can make $1,500 to $3,500 per day just for returning phone calls." Why would I want to spend all day on the phone when I have Mrs. Owuso offering me money for doing absolutely nothing? Just a few days ago, I received an even more lucrative offer from a lawyer in London. He has a client with $17.8 million he needs to stash, and if I agree to take it, I can keep 25 percent of it. I was Somewhere in Ghana, a bank manager has an extra $3.7 million and she needs my help to keep it out of the hands of her superiors. Ahh, summer, when I actually have time to read some of the e-mail offers I receive from the wonderful people out there who want to help me get rich.
This one is from Mrs. Atu Owuso, who promises a very generous payment in exchange for access to my bank account which she says she will use to hide the loot. "As the regional manageress of the International Commercial Bank I discovered that my branch in which I am the manageress made Three million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars (3,750,000.00) which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of." Hmm. I wonder how the branch made all that money without the central office finding out. Is that even legal? Is that even possible? Don't banks have central accounting? Oh, well, what do I know? Besides Mrs.
Owuso wants to give me money lots of money. "As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money," says Mrs. Owuso's e-mail, "so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will have 30 percent of the total fund, Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit." (sic) So I just have to lie and say I needed a foreign bank to hold my mhare DemocratandChronicle.com money and thought, why not Ghana? I guess I could say I made a fortune in a dot-com business before the crash. I doubt anyone will ever ask where the money came from anyway.
By the way, once the money is in my account, what stops me from keeping it all? What's to say I'll settle for 30 percent? I think Mrs. Owuso, who says she's 34, married with three kids and a "woman of PEACE," may be a little naive. But that's not my problem..
