Harper College wrestler, shot after walking into off-duty cop’s home, convicted of trespassing

BY DAN ROZEK Staff Reporter drozek@suntimes.com July 30, 2013 4:36PM

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Updated: July 30, 2013 5:03PM

A drunk Harper College wrestler shot while scuffling with an off-duty cop in the officer?s DuPage County home was convicted of trespassing but acquitted of a more serious charge of home invasion.

The split decision issued Tuesday by Judge George Bakalis comes three months after a jury couldn?t reach a verdict on the same home invasion charge facing 22-year-old Kerin Ramirez.

The ruling also means Ramirez, who was jailed for 18 months before going to trial last April, likely won?t serve any additional time behind bars.

Now free on bond, Ramirez faced a 6- to 30-year prison term if he had been convicted of home invasion.

His conviction for felony criminal trespass carries a maximum 3-year prison term. The jail time Ramirez already has served makes it unlikely he?ll spend any more time in custody, defense attorney Gal Pissetzky said.

Ramirez was charged following a Sept. 24, 2011 fight with Wood Dale Police Sgt. Michael Peters that erupted about 7 a.m. when a drunken Ramirez walked into the cop?s house after leaving a party in a nearby home.

Peters testified Ramirez attacked him, touching off a lengthy fight that ultimately included a neighbor who tried to aid Peters. Peters said he shot Ramirez once in the abdomen because the two men couldn?t subdue the college wrestler.

Ramirez?s attorney argued he mistakenly walked into the unlocked house and was quickly shot by the enraged officer.

Sentencing is set for Sept. 19.

Source: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/21628964-418/harper-college-wrestler-shot-after-walking-into-off-duty-cops-home-convicted-of-trespassing.html

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?When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe.?

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Perrigo to buy Elan for $8.6B, seeks tax savings

DUBLIN (AP) ? U.S. drugmaker Perrigo has agreed to buy Ireland's Elan for $8.6 billion in a deal designed to expand overseas and reduce its tax bill.

Michigan-based Perrigo says it will pay Elan investors $6.25 per share in cash and $10.25 in Perrigo stock. The deal represents an 11 percent premium over Elan's closing price Friday.

Earlier this month, Elan said it was open to offers after spending months fighting a hostile, lower-priced takeover bid by Royal Pharma.

Perrigo said Monday it will become an Irish-based company and says it could cut its tax liabilities nearly in half, saving more than $150 million annually.

About 700 U.S. companies based in Ireland pay a 12.5 percent rate of tax on profits, versus the U.S. rate of 35 percent.

Elan confirmed the deal.

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N. Korea Celebrates Armistice with Military Parade

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South Korea and the U.S. are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice Saturday by honoring veterans and fallen soldiers. North Korea, on the other hand, decided to take a more ... celebratory approach. ?

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In a huge parade designed to flaunt the military might of the North, tens of thousands of soldiers marched through the capital city Pyongyang. (Via BBC)

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Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un watched over the spectacle with China?s Vice President at his side. North Korea says it was the largest parade in the nation?s history. (Via Deutsche Welle)

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According to reporters who were allowed to attend, the displays were North Korea?s way of celebrating what it sees as a victory, even though the armistice was a truce. (Via NTDTV)

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Though, technically, the North and South are still at war. And over the past 60 years there has been an almost constant fluctuation of tensions fueled by North Korean threats.

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In the past year, though, tensions have been near an all time high. Following a series of North Korean missile launches and an underground nuclear test. (Via RT)

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Back in 2010, South Korea nearly scrapped the armistice entirely after North Korea killed 50 South Koreans in a torpedo attack against a Southern ship and during a shelling of a South Korean island.

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South Korean president Park Geun-hye spoke at a ceremony honoring veterans and said she is willing to reopen peace talks if the North agrees to quit its nuclear development program. (Via Euronews)

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It?s the same demand the U.S. has put forward for years ??always in vain. On Saturday, President Obama shifted focus away from current tensions and asked for more support for the nations? veterans. (Via Al Jazeera)

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?Here in America no war should ever be forgotten, no veteran should ever be overlooked.? (Via Sky News)

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In a ceremony following their extravagant parade, North Korea?s ceremonial head of state said: ?The U.S. imperialists sustained a heavy defeat for the first time in their more than 100-year-long history of wars and aggression.??(Via The Washington Post)

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According to the U.S. Department of Defense, more than 2.5 million people died during the three-year Korean War.

Source: http://www.newsy.com/videos/n-korea-celebrates-armistice-with-military-parade

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Mont. youths get military inspiration during master chief's visit

After graduating from Columbia Falls High School in 1992, Robert Stout entered boot camp.

Seventeen years later, he became a master chief petty officer in the Navy, a rank exclusive to about 1 percent of those enlisted.

Entering the Navy was something Stout, 39, thought would entail four years of service, yet 21 years later, Stout said he likely would sign up for another tour before possibly retiring to Montana.

During those 21 years, Stout earned a Bachelor?s in Criminal Justice and History, met the woman who would become his wife (at the time also enlisted in the Navy) and had four children.

Stout returned to the Flathead Valley this week to share his experiences with Boys and Girls Clubs and Rotary Clubs in Columbia Falls and Kalispell.

On Wednesday, Stout visited his hometown Boys and Girls Club, answering a wide range of questions from about 20 eager children ages 5 through 12. The hot topic was military vehicles and weaponry. Children were also impressed to learn that all the residents of Columbia Falls could fit on a Navy aircraft carrier, which holds a crew of 5,000.

Before talking about jobs and duties in the Navy, Stout briefly talked about growing up in Columbia Falls. Right across the street, Stout pointed to the school where he attended elementary and junior high.

?Strive for excellence,? Stout said. ?You?re our future; if you decide to enter the Navy or college, great, but whatever you do, do the best you can.?

Ten-year-old Caleb Sweder of Columbia Falls was brimming with information about Navy SEALs.

?I really want to join them,? Sweder said. ?SEALs go everywhere ? land, water and air.?

After Stout?s talk, Sweder said he learned that the Navy often works with other military forces such as the Marines and organizations such as the FBI and Coast Guard.

Joining the Navy has allowed Stout to work and travel around the world: Canada, Greece, Iceland, Italy and Japan. He?s been to every continent except Antarctica.

As a young man in high school, Stout said, he wasn?t sure what he wanted to do as a career. When Stout went to get his driver?s license, he stopped by a recruitment office where a friend knew some of the recruiters.

?I say the same thing [to youth] even in my job with the young sailors ? they are the future of the United States whether it?s politics or military service or college, and it?s our responsibility to guide them and show them the different opportunities out there,? Stout said.

Stout said it was important that he talked to youth about the Navy?s role while on leave because landlocked states such as Montana usually don?t get to see or hear much about the Navy.

?When I was growing up, I didn?t know much about the Navy besides my grandfather being prior military, prior Navy,? Stout said.

Working as a master at arms, Stout deals with military law enforcement, force protection and anti-terrorism duties onboard Naval ships or installations.

?Seventy percent of the world is covered by water; 80 percent of people live by it and 90 percent of all cargo and shipping is done over it. We?ve got to protect all that,? Stout said. ?My primary background since the attack of the USS Cole DDG-67 is teaching ships and installations how to defend against a terrorist attack,? Stout said. ?

Eighteen sailors were killed in the bombing of the USS Cole by suicide attackers in a small boat. ?

For three years, Stout was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

?We would board other ships and search for terrorists or contraband or anything that could hurt or cripple the United States or our allies missions such as mines in the water [or] the smuggling of oil out of Iraq,? Stout said.

The military has certainly shaped Stout as an adult.

?It made me more dedicated and focused towards completing any challenges that come my way. One of the things I tell my sailors always: ?You must exceed the mission. If you settle for the standard and you mess up, you?re below the standard at that point.??

Between visiting community groups Stout has worked in a trip to Glacier National Park, picked huckleberries in the North Fork and plans to attend Columbia Falls Heritage Days this weekend.

?I enjoy being back to see the community. I can?t wait to see what the Columbia Falls swim team does,? Stout said noting that he has been an avid swimmer since 5 and swam competitively? through high school.

On Sunday, Stout returns to Washington where he is stationed.
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Source: http://www.stripes.com/news/navy/mont-youths-get-military-inspiration-during-master-chief-s-visit-1.232594

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