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Bomb suspect held without hail after court date
BY JIM MUSTIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The man
accused of sending pipe bombs
to prominent critics of President
Donald Trump was ordered held
without bail after his first court
appearance in New York on
Tuesday.
Cesar Sayoc, who was trans
ferred from federal custody in
Florida, hugged his lawyer after
a hearing in which Assistant U.S.
Attorney Jane Kim called him “a
serious risk of danger to the pub
lic and a flight risk.”
Sayoc has been accused of
sending improvised explosive
devices to numerous Democrats,
Trump critics and media outlets
in a scare that heightened
tensions before the cru
cial midterm elections
Tuesday. None of the
devices exploded, and
no one was injured in the
pipe bomb scare.
He was arrested out
side a South Florida auto
parts store. He was liv
ing in a van covered with
stickers of Trump and showing
images of some of the president’s
opponents with red crosshairs
over their faces.
Sayoc faces nearly 50 years in
prison if convicted on five federal
charges that were filed in New
York because some of the devices
were recovered there.
Assistant Federal Defender
Sarah Baumgartel
declined to comment
after the hearing, in
which Sayoc presented
himself as polite and soft-
spoken and responded
“Yes, sir” to the judge’s
questions. He wore navy
blue jail scrubs and a gray
pony tail.
At one point during the
hearing, which lasted less than
10 minutes, Sayoc told U.S. Mag
istrate Judge Robert Lehrburger
that he understood his rights
“100 percent.” He appeared
taken aback, however, when
Lehrburger noted that Sayoc is
charged with assaulting federal
officials, among other counts.
His lawyers decided not to seek
his release on bail after pros
ecutors released a letter outlin
ing more evidence against him,
including DNA linking him to 10
of the explosive devices and fin
gerprints on two of them.
Other evidence includes online
searches Sayoc did on his laptop
and cellphone for addresses and
photos of some of his intended
targets, which included former
President Barack Obama, former
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
former Vice President Joe Biden,
California Sen. Kamala Harris
and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker.
Packages were also mailed to
CNN in New York and Atlanta.
Prosecutors say the most recent
crude bomb was recovered Fri
day in California, addressed to the
liberal activist Tom Steyer.
Sayoc is scheduled to return to
federal court Monday for a pre
liminary hearing.
While Sayoc’s attorneys have
not commented on his mental
health, his mother wrote a let
ter to ABC News saying he has
suffered from mental illness for
years.
“While I have not lived with my
son for 35 years or even heard
from him in over four years, I
cannot express how deeply hurt,
sad, shocked and confused I am
to hear that my son may have
caused so many people to be put
in fear for their safety,” Madeline
Sayoc wrote in the letter, accord
ing to ABC News. “This is not how
I raised him or my children.”
Sayoc
SAVANNAH
Harvest of popular
sushi fish shut
down until March
The federal government is shutting
down a chunk of the Atlantic Ocean
fishery for a species of mackerel for
several months.
The National Oceanic and Atmo
spheric Administration says com
mercial harvest of the Atlantic’s
migratory Spanish mackerel in fed
eral waters is shut down until March
1. The closure went into effect on
Nov. 4.
The closure applies from North
Carolina to New York. Over the years,
Spanish mackerel have been har
vested from Florida to Maine, though
the northern edge of the fishery is
typically closer to Rhode Island. The
biggest producer is Florida.
Fishery regulators say commercial
catch of the fish is projected to reach
the quota limit, which means harvest
must close. Spanish mackerel are
harvested for food and are some
times used in sushi.
SPARTANBURG, S.C.
Sheriff’s deputies shoot,
kill man approaching
them brandishing ax
Sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina
shot and killed a man who they said
was approaching them with an ax.
Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Lt.
Keith Bobo said in a news release
that two officers were called to a
home around 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Bobo said the two white male offi
cers were confronted by an Asian
man acting aggressively. The man
went inside a home and picked up an
ax.
Bobo said the man thought he
was going to be taken to jail and
approached the officers swinging the
ax.
One officer fired. The man was
taken to a hospital where he died.
The names of the man and the
officers have not been released. The
officers and the man’s mother were
not hurt.
The State Law Enforcement Divi
sion is investigating.
CHARLESTON, S.C.
‘Southern Charm’ star’s
sex assault case going
forward to trial
The sex assault case against
“Southern Charm” star and former
South Carolina treasurer Thomas
Ravenel is going to trial.
The Post and Courier reports a
judge ruled Monday that the case will
proceed. The 56-year-old reality tele
vision star was arrested in Septem
ber on assault and battery charges,
accused of sexually assaulting a for
mer nanny in May.
Charleston Police Detective Chris
topher Malinowski told the court the
woman said a seemingly intoxicated
Ravenel tried to forcibly remove her
clothes and fondled her.
She told authorities he then shoved
his groin in her face before she was
able to flee.
Malinowski said the woman pho
tographed her injuries, but the photo
quality wasn’t good enough for offi
cers to see visible injuries.
A trial date hasn’t been set.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA.
Police: Man slapped
youth football player
who tackled son
An Alabama dentist is accused of
slapping a player who tackled his son
during a youth football game.
Tuscaloosa police Lt. Teena Rich
ardson said in an email to news out
lets 43-year-old Marcus Dempsey was
arrested Monday in connection with
the Oct. 4 Tuscaloosa County Park &
Recreation Authority football game.
Richardson says Dempsey was
part of a crew keeping up with first-
down yardage markers when he saw
his son injured during a tackle. Rich
ardson says he then walked onto the
field and slapped an opposing team’s
player, who stumbled backward.
Dempsey is charged with harass
ment. His attorney, Jay Stuck, said
in a statement that he “vehemently
denies these charges.”
Reports didn’t specify the play
ers’ ages, but according to the youth
tackle football’s website, 11- to
12-year-olds were playing that night.
Associated Press
GARY CORONADO I Associated Press
Orange County Boy Scouts Troop 227, of Huntington Beach, Calif., hold onto a large American flag at
the city’s 4th of July Parade in 2017.
Girl (Scouts) vs. Boy (Scouts)
in new twist on gender wars
BY CHRISTIAN BERTHELSEN,
Tribune News Service
NEW YORK—America’s gen
der divide is leaving no genera
tion on the sidelines.
A year after the Boy Scouts
of America announced it would
admit girls, the Girl Scouts of
the United States of America
punched back Tuesday with
a federal trademark lawsuit
seeking to block the boys group
from rebranding itself simply as
“Scouts.”
The Girl Scouts, claim the
move by the Boy Scouts will “mar
ginalize” the female organization
and “erode its core brand iden
tity.” The Boys Scouts announced
in May that it was changing its
name to “Scouts BSA,” with mem
bers known as “Scouts.”
“Since BSA’s announcement
that it would admit girls to its core
programs, GSUSA’s fears about
the damage that would be caused
to its trademarks and the mission
those trademarks symbolize have
been realized,” according to the
complaint filed Tuesday in Man
hattan federal court. “Through
out the country, families, schools
and communities have been
told that GSUSA and BSA have
merged, or even that GSUSA no
longer exists. Parents interested
in signing up for Girl Scouts pro
grams have instead mistakenly
signed up for the new girls’ pro
grams offered by BSA.”
A representative for the
Boy Scouts didn’t immedi
ately respond to a request for
comment.
The case was filed as Ameri
cans went to the polls to vote
in midterm elections in which
the gender divide is stark and
expected to influence the out
come. A record number of
women are seeking office in the
election, and the #MeToo real
izations of workplace sexual
harassment in the last year have
crystallized voter opinion on can
didates and social issues.
In the lawsuit, the Girl Scouts
claim their right to use “Scout”
and “Scouting” marks in market
ing to girls has long been recog
nized both by the law and by the
Boy Scouts.
But the Boy Scouts’ decision to
open all of its programs to girls
has crossed that line, according
to a complaint.
The Girl Scouts seek a court
order blocking the Boy Scouts
from using the term “Scout,”
“Scouts,” “Scouting,” or “Scouts
BSA” without an “inherently dis
tinctive or distinguishing term
appearing immediately before
it.”
The suit isn’t the first time the
two organizations have tangled
in court. A century ago, not long
after the founding of the Girl
Scouts by Juliette Gordon Low in
Savannah in 1912, the Boy Scouts
sued to block them from using the
name “Scout,” according to The
Atlantic magazine.
OBITUARIES
Mary Louise Medlin
Died Nov. 3,2018
Funeral services will be held Thursday,
Nov. 8,2018, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Ward’s
Funeral Home for Mary Louise Medlin, 94,
of Dahlonega. Dr. Chris Swan will officiate.
Interment will follow at Alta Vista Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Wednesday
from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Thursday from 11
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Med
lin passed away Nov. 3,2018.
A graduate of Lyman Hall High School,
Mrs. Medlin was a member of the Joy Sun
day School Class at Corinth Baptist Church.
Mrs. Medlin was the daughter of the late J. J.
and Mary R. (Maddox) Hudgins. She was
preceded in death by her husband Ray Sloan
Medlin.
Survivors include sons and daughter-in-
law, Gary R. and Vivian Medlin, Dahlonega,
and Myron S. Medlin, Clayton; grandchil
dren, Lynn and Mike Cottrell, Dahlonega,
Scott Medlin, Dahlonega, Jonathan and
Danae Medlin, Wake Forest, N.C.; great
grandchildren, D.J. Cottrell, Destin, Fla.,
Dakota Cottrell, Dahlonega, Kayla Cottrell,
Dahlonega, Calvin Medlin, Dahlonega,
Megan Medlin, Cleveland, and Logan Med
lin, Dahlonega.
Special thanks to all the caregivers at Tan-
glewood Personal Care and Agape Hospice.
Online condolences may be sent to
wardsfh.com.
Ward’s Funeral Home, Gainesville
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Nov. 7,2018
DEATH NOTICES
James Edward Baker
May 10, 1939-Nov. 5,2018
James Edward “Bobby” Baker, 79, of
Maysville died Monday. Funeral service, 1
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, funeral home chapel.
Ivie Funeral Home, Commerce.
Benjamin Gene Boegh
Died Nov. 4,2018
Benjamin Gene “Ben” Boegh, 78, of
Buford died Sunday. Funeral service, 5:30
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Suwanee. Hamil
ton Mill Memorial Chapel, Buford.
Irene Buice
Died Nov. 5,2018
Irene Buice, 71, of Suwanee died Monday.
Graveside service, 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8,
Sawnee View Memorial Gardens. McDonald
and Son Funeral Home, Cumming.
James Roger Bullock
Died Nov. 5,2018
James Roger Bullock, 81, of Gaines
ville died Monday. Funeral service, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 10, funeral home chapel.
Memorial Park North Riverside Chapel,
Gainesville.
Willie Campbell III
Died Oct. 31, 2018
Willie Campbell III, 50, of Aurora, Colo.,
died Oct. 31. Memorial Park Funeral Home,
Gainesville.
Edith S. Chambers
Died Nov. 6,2018
Edith S. Chambers of Gainesville died
Tuesday. Ward’s Funeral Home, Gainesville.
Isabel Garcia
Died Nov. 3,2018
Isabel Garcia, 96, of Covington died Sat
urday. Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory,
Cumming.
Martha Shadburn Grant
May 18, 1945-Nov. 6, 2018
Martha Shadburn Grant, 73, of Cumming
died Tuesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Thurs
day, Nov. 8, funeral home chapel. Ingram
Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming.
Bobbie
Jean Grindle
Died Nov. 3,2018
Bobbie Jean Grindle, 86, of Gainesville
died Saturday. Funeral service, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 7, Cool Springs Baptist
Church. Little & Davenport Funeral Home
and Crematory, Gainesville.
Toney
Alexander Johnson
April 4, 1953-Nov. 4, 2018
Toney Alexander Johnson, 65, of Buford
died Sunday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Satur
day, Nov. 10, Allen Temple United Methodist
Church. Flanigan Funeral Home and Crema
tory, Buford.
James Curtis Mobley Jr.
Dec. 25, 1961-Oct. 30, 2018
James Curtis Mobley Jr., 56, of Houston,
Texas, died Oct. 30. Memorial service, 2
p.m. Nov. 13, funeral home. Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory, Cumming.
James Verald Selvidge II
Died Oct. 21,2018
James Verald Selvidge II, 60, of Gaines
ville died Oct. 21. Ingram Funeral Home &
Crematory, Cumming.
Sue Sears Southerland
Oct. 9, 1933-Nov. 6, 2018
Sue Sears Southerland, 85, of Buford died
Tuesday. Funeral service, 2 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 11, funeral home chapel. Flanigan
Funeral Home and Crematory, Buford.
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