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THE BIG ONE THAT GOT AWAY; GONE BUT NOT FOROOTT* ?S ? - r. ?- f t /* <?? ,ro I i n a: P ' ^ o.rrt -r-rryffit V t,4'4k .Library loO Ws'st rifih Sir^ioi yvinston-$alem4 N? C* 27101 75 CENTS / ? ?. 7/1 e Choice for African -American News and Infprmation THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1994 ei' concedes nothing without a struggle. r rederiek Douuht ss VOL XXI, No 8 Test Results May Clear Hunt A DNA results show Hunt's semen was not found in Deborah Sykes I By DAVID L. DILLARD " Chronicle Staff Writer } ?: ,? .?? ? . ? ' ? DjNA test results released yesterday show what Parry 1 Eugene Hunt and his defense team ? has known for 10 yearn ? Hunt didn't rape and kill Deborah B. Sykes, Hunt lawyers say. I "The lab concluded that Darryl Hunt is not ? the source of the semea found in the body pf Deborah Sykes," said Mark Rabil, Hunt's defense attorney. "The evidence contradicts the erroneous/ theories the state has said about this case. Unfor tunately we had to wait all these years for the technology to prove what he had been saying." ? After an order from Judge MetZer A. Mor gan in April. Roche Biomedical Laboratories in Research Triangle Park conducted the PCR & DNA testing on Hunt and Sykes. ' . | In a letter written to Rabil. Richard A. Guer rieri, assistant director of the forensic identity lab. stated: "The DNA profile obtained for the blood sample listed as Darryl Hunt is different than the DNA profiles obtained for items of evidence described as the sperm and non-sperm extracts of the vaginal swabs from Deborah Sykes. Based upon these results. Darryl Hunt is eliminated as a possible source of the genetic material detected in such samples." I see TEST page 8 Darryl Hunt Residents Welcome Grocery Store to E. Winston A "This, is something we have needed in our community for a long time. " By DAVID L. DILLARD ; ' . Chronicle Staff Writer ? -- G?>.. DJI r^u- ^ live on Cameron Avenue in eastern Wiiisiun-Saleni. ? ? r? For the last few years, the mother and daugh ter by-passed sev eral stores and traveled 1 1 miles to High Point to do their grocery shop ping. But with thf grand-opening of ? BI-LO at the Eastway Plaza Shop ping Center, everything has changed. ' > ? . " ? , "This is something we have needed in our community for a long time," Bell said. "We stopped at a BI-LO in High Point one time and they had a good line of products m the store. We felt like it was worth the drive." Pettigrew said they would by I pass other stores in the area because they received poor service and the \ ?; ? : . stores were not kept clean. ; "I think it's good because (other Pettigrew added. 'I stopped going there because they didn t givq qual ity service. People just had to take what was given to them. " I ? ? Eastway Ptaxa davalopar blasts g^AliiU ? M <? Him. wmw*m ? ?' ; ? *?Uan ? ,i i . ? i Bell -and Petti grew -were among the hundredslof people who came to Bl-LO s grand opening at the Eastway Plaza on New Walkertown Road last Wednesday. Store Manager Koger Sullivan said the store was overflowing with people and' didn't "slow down until about mid-afternoon. "I'Tn very pleased with the turnout we've had so far." he said. "I believe people are, coming here because Uiey wanted good service, low prices and a clean store. That's what we offer." , ? ? ; A see RESIDENTS page S Shippers flocked to the grand opening last Wednesday of Bl-LO grocery store at Eastway Plaza Shopping Center on Mew Walkertown Road. Midday Shooting at Greenway Park Leaves 2 Dead A Residents say Greenway Park has worsened over the years * ? . By'RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Executive Editor James Rucker can lie in bed at his home on Greenway Avenue almost any Saturday night and hear all the commotion com ing from nearby Greenway Park. During the 30 years *he has -? ?? _ &REENWAY PARK WINSTON- "SALtVt ? RECREATION ft PARKS ' PLAYGfcOUf? / SHELTER Two men were slain at park Saturday afternoon. lived at 2524 Greenway Ave., which is less than 300 yards from the park, Rucker said he has seen drastic changes occur in the once well-kept, middle-class neighbor hood. Most of those changes began when crowds began hanging out at the park ? some times beginning at midday and not ending until the wee hours of the morning. Rucker is like most resi dents there who. out ot tear, now steer clear of Green way Park. That fear was hammered home Saturday afternoon when two men were gunned down execution style in broad daylight at the western most mouth of the park's entrance, near 27th Street ? ? - ? ? No arrests have been in the slayings of Michael Anthony Williams. 35, of 3620 Westgate Center Circle, and Delroy Hugh Williams, 36, 5009 Woodsboro Lane* police said* The men were brothers and were natives of Jamaica, West Indies, according to Capt. P.R. Rumple of the Winston Salem Police Department. * Rumple said the two men were in the greenway near the park about 31T0 Saturday afternoon talking with at least two other men "and all of a sudden gunfire broke out.'' J Both men were shot in the % head. The descriptions of the sus pects and the car they left in were incomplete, he said. "Right now we don't know what the reason or motive of it is," he said. Anthony Williams died at the scene and Delroy Williams died two hours later at Baptist Hospital, Rumple said. He said there were no signs of drug activity and no weapons were found at the scene. "We've been out ... trying to locate people whose names have come up during the investigation see MIDDAY page 8 Lawsuit Filed Against Judiciary A Local lawyer accuses judges, lawyers with misapplying law By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Executive Editor Winston-Salem AtKjrney "Phillip S. Banks III and several of I his clients .on Tuesday filed a major civil rights lawsuit against the State Judiciary, the Nortlr Carolina State Bar and certain federal judicial offi cials, alleging that they willfully combined to misapply the law in cases involving Banks and his clients. I . The suit, filed in Forsyth County Superior Court, states that these actions were taken because Banks uncovered a pattern of judi cial misconduct and reported, it to the Department of Justice and other authorities. The 248-page document? alleges thafcourt officials, includ ing judges, clerks of court and some - attorneys have retaliated against Banks and his clients by misapply mg the law in the cases involving legal malpractice and judicial mis- * conduct claims. Banks told tne Chronicle that he was outraged after learning from local attorneys that a plan of retalia tion was under way against him for helping clients sue lawyers, as well as in questioning the practices of judges and in protecting the rights of the citizens to sue their govern ment for wrongdoing. "The losses to citizens who have been fooled out of their indi vidual damage claims of the false notion that there is immunity when it is inconsistent with the North Carolina Constitution is a ridiculous proposition," Banks said in an inter view. Banks, who is African- Ameri can, and his clients, most of whom are white, contend in the lawsuit that- the harm is so reprehensible that their damages are in excess of $20 million. One example of such a case see LAWSUIT page 6 Businesses Look For Ways To Improve Image of Liberty St. A Merchants want corridor study adopted By DAVID L. DILLARCr Chronic-re Staff Writer . Merchants on Liberty Street say their businesses are being hurt by vagrants, drugs and prostitution. They also want to rid them selves of negative names like "The Street' and possibly rename Liberty Street. Many business owners like Curtis Car penter, feel the area has K en neglected and they are organizing to make ? chanjio. Carpenter, who owns a hair salon, music store and convenient store on Liberty Street, is trying to organize a merchants' association to collectively clean up the area and push the city to adopt the proposed Lib erty Street Corridor plan. "We're trying to get the cit> to spend some money in this area so we can get see BUSINESSES page H Business 24 Classifieds 30 Community..............^ 0pinion....................1 2 Entertainment........24 Obituaries ..29 Religion ........27 Sports.....................1 7 This Week In Black History October It- 19, IMS More than one hundred delegates from six slates held a black convention in Philadelphia. 3 s SB m H 0 2 2 B H Victim's Family Asks Judge for Leniency in Murder Case A Teen-ager gets 30 years for May 7 killing By RICHARD L. WILLIAMS Chronicle Executive Editor - A teen-ager has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the murder of his ex-girl fri^nd. * , Gary Joe Tart. 17, pleaded guilty to sec ond-degree murder on Oct. 6 in the shooting death of Celys Larraine Bennett on May 7. said Robert A. J. Lang, a Forsyth Count> assistant district attorney. Lang said Tart will be eligible for parole in less than 10 years. Tart likely would have gotten a life sentence from Forsyth County Judge Lester Martin had it not been for the victim's family plea for leniency, Lang said. Roosevelt Hudson, Bennett's uncle, told see VICTIM'S page 6 TO SUBSCRIBE CALL 910-722-8624
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