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Food prepared especially for drivers SeeBS B1 Friday, July 18, 1997 Carlisle Patrol arrests up in CDfooni area By David Wenner Sentinel Reporter ww "ww mm mmm mm, .1 in.w iu i in i i ii ijiiji i ijj i iiiidii iu Shooting victim moved to Hershey Charles Messinger was transferred to Hershey Medical Center Thursday. He had been listed in fair condition at Carlisle Hospital. Carlisle police Chief Stephen Margeson says Messinger's injuries aren't considered life-threatening. Messinger, 39, was conscious and speaking with investigators and visitors this week, the chief says. But Margeson says the shooting victim might have suffered permanent injury and faces additional surgery and treatment "The extent (of long-term impairment) is just not known at this time." Meanwhile, two organizations have added to the reward for information leading to an arrest in the shooting.

Carlisle Productions contributed $1,000 and Dauphin County Fire Chiefs Association contributed $100. The reward now totals $4,100. Those with information can call Cumberland County Crimestoppers at Carlisle police have released figures they say demonstrate intensified crime-fighting efforts in the Memorial Park neighborhood. Arrests in April, May and June rose sharply over the same period last year, according to figures supplied by Mayor Kirk Wilson and police Chief Stephen Margeson. They say total arrests for the three-month period climbed to 73, up from 29 during the same period last year.

These include 12 arrests for assault, up from only one last year. Police also arrested 23 people on disorderly conduct or public drunkenness charges, up from nine last year. Hours devoted to foot and bicycle patrols rose from 301 to 506. Wilson attributes the increased arrests to a more aggressive attitude by police and more time spent in the neighborhood. Wilson and Margeson remain convinced increased police presence provided the motivation for the shooting of Charles D.

Messinger of Carlisle Saturday night. Messinger was shot as he sat in the car of Wally ShankThe Sentinel Charles Messinger was sitting in the front passenger seat when he was shot Saturday night. The inset shows two of the bullet holes in the car, with the white arrow showing which portion of the car is pictured. See Shooting, B3 Carlisle Carlisle Carlisle Bus star delayed Verdict 1 expected in stabbing By Dan Miller Sentinel Reporter By Marijon Shearer Sentinel Reporter Murder defendant Craig Eugene Harry testified Thursday that he remained "clean" of his cocaine habit for more than a year before starting ajyiy crack from Shippensburg drug dealers last summer. Harry broke down in sobs as he told how he stabbed Jamel Jackson, 18, on rural Brit-ton Road in Southampton Township during an Aug.

29, 1996, drug deal. "I'll never forget that scream as long as I Jive." Harry, 28, admits he stabbed Jackson, 1 8, ibut he claims the killing was in self-defense. A jury of eight men and four women was expected to return with a verdict this morning. If they find Harry guilty of first degree murder, his trial enters a second phase in which the same jury will sentence him to death or life in prison. i The jury also could convict Harry of a lesser degrees of murder or of manslaughter.

iOnly first degree murder can lead to the penalty. i 4 Is. jk MiUml The start of the new public bus service proposed for the Carlisle area by David Danner is being delayed. Danner said Thursday the delay is needed to give more time to people who work wilh area human service agencies kx'afrrt their clients the 'new' called' CarlisleCiiyBuslnc. -He said partial service will begin July It had been planned to begin Monday.

But the route from Carlisle to the Harris-burg Pike's Miracle Mile will not begin until sometime after July 28. Danner still intends to provide this service but could not give an exact starting date. i Danner said his service is meant to help get people to jobs they can't get to now, and many of these people are clients who are working to make the transition from welfare The routes that start July 28 will take people from Newville and Mt. Holly Springs in the morning to jobs in the Carlisle area and then back again in the afternoon. The onq-way fare for the Newville and Mt.

Holly' Springs runs will be 1 .50. Danner said he plans to begin daily servicfe Aug. 4 from Loysville, Perry County, to the Miracle Mile and to Carlisle before return-! ing to Loysville. The one-way fare for this service is to be $3.50. Danner also announced the Aug.

2 start of service to be run once every two weeks from Newville and Carlisle to the Wal-Mart in Silver Spring Commons. The bus will leave in the morning and return to Carlisle anji Newville in the early afternoon. The round trip cost will be $6 from Newville and $5 from Carlisle. Michael BuppThe Sentinel In search of bargains Downtown Carlisle is holding its traditional July sidewalk sale days. Above Jane Harker of Carlisle shops in front of Dutrey's Shoes and Dutrey's Tudor Room on North Hanover Street.

Right, Marie Jones inspects goods in front of Phillips Office Supplies. The sidewalk sales continue through Saturday, which is serve as a tribute to early rock 'n' roll. Free carriage rides and music will be provided, and the movie "Grease" will be shown at Carlisle Theatre. He also is accused of robbery. Surgery prompts relapse Harry told the jury Thursday he hadn't 'I i-touched cocaine since a few months before his March 1995 parole stemming from con-jvictions for robbery and receiving stolen property.

Since his parole, he had been working two jobs and sharing an apartment with his ifiance, who disapproved of drugs. I He said his habit got hold of him again I while he was out of work for two weeks in July for surgery on a work-related knee iinjury. He spent all of an $850 workers com- Fairview Township Trial ordered in driveway shooting! See Harry, B3 Xf District justice says 72-year-old man should be tried for allegedly shooting neighbor, 4Bt "I saw my husband hold his one arm with By Dan Miller Sentinel Reporter I Notable events and meetings for iFriday, July 19, include: (all times p.m. unless indicated) 5:00 'Bluegrass on the Grass," Dickinson College lawn concert, beside the Weiss Center, Carlisle 6:00 U.S. Sen.

Rick Santorum to host town meeting at Messiah Village, 100 Mt. Allen Drive, Mechanicsburg. was seated next to Musico, she said, "Caji you come over here please? I don't want to look at him." Fetterhoff did not appear to react to Smith's request. Jeremy Smith testified that after Musico started shooting he went into his parents" house, where he also lived, and got his father's .45 caliber automatic pistol. He fired several shots trying to slop Musico, who by then was in his truck.

Gross testified that police found 15 empty shell casings in the area from the 9 mm handgun believed to have been used by Musico and four empty .45 shell casings from the gun used by Smith. Gross said police also found three bullets or three bullet fragments, believed to be from a 9 mm handgun, in a nearby mobile home occupied by Eugene Smith's grandmother, Mary Smith. One was in a Bible inside the living room. Gross also testified he was present during the June 9 autopsy of Smith's body in Lehigh Valley Hospital. The detective said the body had four bullet wounds and added the examiner, who did not testify Thursday, said Smith died of "multiple gunshot wounds." Musico, dressed in orange York County Prison coveralls, listened throughout the nearly two-hour hearing as several members of Smith's family, including his wife Joan, testified.

Police called before shooting The Smiths described a pattern of increasingly hostile actions allegedly committed by Musico June 8 because he was angry over Smith paving a portion of their shared driveway. Mrs. Smith said she called police about 1 1 a.m. because Musico was making "big ruts" in the dirt with his pickup truck, trying to spread dirt over the paved driveway as Smith tried to remove it with a shovel. She said police arrived, talked to Musico and left.

Musico returned with his pickup and Mrs. Smith called police again. She testified that when police arrived this time her husband told them Musico hit him with his truck, although "I didn't see that." The police said they would cite Musico and left. Musico subsequently returned in a Jeep with attached snow plow and was "plowing dirt everywhere," Mrs. Smith said.

Then Musico left and returned in his pickup, "got out and shot my husband," Mrs. Smith testified. blood coming out. Mr. Musico had the gun pointed at him.

He then pointed it at me. "He just stared real mean and said, 'You're next'" and fired, Mrs. Smith said. She testified the bullet hit the bumper of a truck belonging to the Smiths' 26-year-old son, Jeremy. She said she heard at least four more shots as she ran into her house and called 911.

When she returned she found her husband lying in the driveway with "his eyes open. He had a hole in his face and his mouth was full of blood." Musico had driven away in his truck by then, she said. Suspect seated nearby While Mrs. Smith testified, Musico was seated just a few feet away from her. Musico, who suffers from hearing loss, was wearing earphones connected by wire to a portable microphone so he could hear the testimony.

Because the cord linking the microphone to Musico's earphones was not very long, he was seated just a few feet away from Mrs. Smith as she testified, The proximity clearly made Mrs. Smith upset. At one point, under questioning from Musico's attorney, William Fetterhoff, who A York County district justice Thursday ordered George Musico bound over for trial on charges of murdering his Fairview Township neighbor and hijacking a car in Lemoyne. District Justice Roger Estep ordered the 72-year-old Musico bound over on criminal homicide, two counts of simple assault, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and robbery of a motor vehicle.

Musico, charged with killing 49-year-old Eugene Smith at their shared driveway in the 300 block of Steigerwalt Hollow Road June 8, is scheduled for an Aug. 22 arraignment in York County Court. Musico will not be tried in Cumberland County, although the hijacking of the car owned by 69-year-old Arlene Hunter, also of Fairview Township, occurred in Cumberland County. Instead, all charges are being brought by York County "because of the very short time from the carjacking less than one-half hour after the homicide," Fairview Township Detective Scott Gross said after the hearing at Estop's Fairview Township office. B7 B5 B4 B2 B7 B2 B2 B7 Ann Landers Bridge Business Comics Editorial Helolse Horoscope Hospital report L.M.

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