The-Leader_1983-12-15

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FREEPORT, NEW YORK. DECEMBER 15,1983.
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Another Rape In Victim's Own Home
Custodian Suspended
By Baldwin District
Police Release Artist's
Rendering Oi Suspect
: FREEPOBT • A 20-year-old woman was raped in het own bedroom
eariy Sunday roondng, December 11, by a man who apparently had
entered tluoqgh a basement window of the Iiouse in south Freeport.
This was lite eighth sach incident in Uie last five months in which
Frieeport women were raped, or were victims of attempted tape, in
their own homes."
Santa VisHs
Freeport A LHtle
Early This Year
FREEPORT • Santa Clans has
been visiting tMs village * litUe
early this year. .The red-Hdothed .
star of the animal Christmas Eve
inieinatibnal spectacular - has
been mating some ilia) runs,
sometimes accompanied by bis
wife, Mrs. Clans.
Sanla was first spotted last
Saturday, December 10, on The
Freeport Mail. A Bttle thinner
than last seen sometime on
December 25,1982 Kiis — a» be
said we can call him.:— explained
that within the next two weeks he
would ixgin to fatten up due to all
the goodies offered to Mm.
"I'm duef gnest speaker at
various functons," s u 4 . Clans/
Kringle. "You know, I have to
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Special Holiday
Garbage Pickup
In North Village
FREEPORT • - A one-time,
"eipeiimenlal" holiday garbage '
pick-up in the northern section of
the village win be tried daring the
Christmas boBday
At the Monday, December I2th
Village Board ef Tmstees meet­ing,,
the.- Board naanimoosly
approved ihe plan, which win
attempt to ease the problem
caused by Monday and Friday.
- holidays.
Those viDage reddents,' who
irre north cf RandaS and Grand
Avenaes, win have tbdr garbage
picked op Saturday, Decem­ber
24. This win be done by Fire
ConnUes Carting after they mal^e
the usual picknp fai the scnlhem
section..
There wffl be no garbage pick­up
in the north on Moitday,
December 26, and DO trash collec­tion
on Thursday, December 29.
Residents are recdnded thai
the pick-up is a one-time caperi-
V—mrnfrig^,
Grievance Provokes
Action, Says Wally Young
tyJocnPtknty
BAIDWIN - On Monday evening, December S, the Baldwin Board irf
Education voted to suspend custodian WaUy Young for 30 days without
pay peiiding a hearing. Young is bong cliar«d wiUi incompetence and
miscnndart. bit p h ^ intenietir whh THE tEADER, Young denied
Ihe cfaajge* sod lUIc^jcd'lliat-the sdiooi district was not'giiing Mn>-
"diKptooesx .under ihe con- '
trad." Young alleges that he had
filed a-grievance against the
IKslrict dling harassment, over- •
woiUng, Uafication of s i ^ time-rerards
and denial of overtime.
He says that as a result of the
action by Ihe Board, his pending
grievance has been cnrtaOed. :'-
According to the -governing
law, Ypong^s case wiU be beard
beitoce a . ^ g l e hearing officer
chosen from *n approved list by
the District. That officer wiQ be .
Robert Zeif, formerly ct the
Chancellor's Ofiice of the New "
York Oty Schools. No hearing,
date has been set.
Young sajd that his grievance
had previoasly been scheduled
for December 14. He indicated
that he should have had tlie rigbf
to have his' grievance hard
before Ihe suspension began on.
CdughranWins
In Baldwin
Fire Dept. Race
BALDWIN - John Cbughlan
easily won re-eiection to a second
term as Baldwin File Commis-
' sioaer Tuesday, December 13.
Cbughlan's mote than two-to-ooe
victory over Edward Gaynor,
gives the Efdoog Baldwin.tcsi'
dent another five years as ime of
the Baldirin Fire Department's
commisskxiert. . -
On a stormy, rainy day, more
than 2,000 Baldwin - re^desls
came ool to vote at Baldwin Fire
Headqaarteti. •
Commissioner Cmghlan, a
fanner Chief of Ihe Department
(1977) and member of Hook and
ladder Co.. No. 1, received 1,393
votes.
what he described'as basiotlly
thisameissnes. '--'
Young is the Baldwin resident
wlio, several years'ago, brought
to the New York State Cbm-missioner
of Edncatioa a oom-plainl
regardisg' the sale cf the.
Coofidge School property. As a
result of that complaint and the
ruling by Commisstoner of Educa­tion
Cordon Ambacfa, it was
necessary for the District to
resubmit to the voters the refer­endum
for the sale of the
property.
Yoimg is also the husband of
Mary Young, former secretary to
the Superintendent of Sdraols,
(ConliOnPageiO)
Tttts most recent attack occur­red,
police say; at about 3:45 am
as the young woman was watch­ing
television in her bedroom.
Apparently, the man entered '
throu^ the cellar window and,
once inside the house, went.
upstairs where he surprised his
victim.
After the rape, the man appar­ently
left the house the same way
he entered. After the police were
notified, the victim was taken to
Ihe hospital where she was
treated. , ' . ; \ - '. '. '. •
' Nassau Co^ty jjiolice'have re-'
leased aii artist's rendering of the
suspect.. . • • • . . . • . . .. ,
Described as a male Hispanic,
the man is about 22-24 yean old,
approximately'. 5'8" tan and
weighs I40-1S0 lbs. He is des-
. ctibed as having a medium build,
brown eyes, moustache and dark
cnriyhajT.
The snspect was said to have
been wearmg a sweater, whose
top half, indnding the sleeves,
is wtute, and bouota half, also
indnding part cf the sleeves, is
bloeish gray. The neck is trimmed
with Woe.
Anyone with any information
is asked to call Nassau County
Detectives Kopke or Waljh, at
223-1100, extensiaa52.
The .'oUiet npes of a umUar
nature that occurred in Freeport
recently included one on Sunday,
WANTED
HA VE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?
May 29, where Ihe victim was a
26-year«ld woman; one on Tues­day,
June 21, wiiere the 23-year-old
victim lived in an apartment
house on North Long Beach Ave­nue;
on Sunday, July 10, where
the, victim was a 4S-year-oId
(Cont. onPags24)
win be approximately S2.00O. Co. No. 2. received 646 voces.-
WITH A HO-HO-HO, a vtry cheerful Santa has bMh (pending Saturday atftvnoon* on The FrMpon
Mall. Assisted last week by Loii-Ann Moitzan fon hia lap), Santa Claus Ibtanad to ra^Mtta from hun­dreds
ol youngster*, and sotna adulta too. Sanu Ctau* will ba atopptng at Tha Mall again Saturday.
UirtmtmrM tniji, fmm 17 fwnn In S pm •^jalploo-F.taapoilani walcorna Santa. aia(»tocaLratailacs..
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(back row, 3rd r.) o> kvbig'a'Men's Shop.
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