Monday, March 29, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
KU employee arrested on embezzlement charges
By Katie Burford
kourford@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The investigation into unauthorized purchases and altered payroll documents in the Office of Minority Affairs in 145 Strong Hall resulted in the arrest of an office employee Wednesday, a Lawrence Police report said.
The employee, who worked as a secretary in the Office of Minority Affairs, was taken into custody at 8 p.m. Wednesday and released on $7,500 bond the same night.
According to records in the office of the Douglas County District
Attorney, the employee will make her first court appearance at 3 p.m. April 2 to face four counts of theft greater than $500 but less than $25,000 and two counts of criminal use of a financial card greater than $500.
The embezzlement was reported Feb. 5 by Sherwood Thompson, director of the office of Minority Affairs. It was reported to have occurred between March 1, 1989 and Nov. 28, 1989, said Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office.
The Office of Minority Affairs deferred comment to Tom Hutton, director of University Relations.
Hutton said the employee was on leave without pay and that her employment status with the University would depend on what the court determines in the case.
Phil Rankin, assistant director of Human Resources, said the employee had been on leave since the investigation began.
Edited by Julie Sachs
Investigation of the case was conducted by the KU Public Safety Office, University auditors and the Comptroller's Office. Before sending the final report to the District Attorney's Office, Bailey said that they had identified the employee as a primary suspect and that she was cooperating with authorities.
Trial to begin in Wyoming
Matthew Shepard's accused killer could receive death penalty
By Heather Woodward
hwoodward@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Opening statements in the trial of 21-year-old Russell Henderson, who is accused of beating and killing a gay college student, tentatively have been scheduled for next Tuesday.
Henderson faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Matthew Shepard, 21, who police say was lured from a Laramie, Wyo., bar, before he was pistol-whipped and left on a fence to die last October.
Henderson's attorney announced last week that the defense would claim Henderson watched while co-defendant Aaron McKinney, who also faces first-degree murder charges, beat Shepard. McKinney's trial tentatively has been scheduled for August.
Donald Rowland, graduate liaison for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Concerns, said that the line of defense did not make Henderson any less guilty.
"When you are a witness to a heinous crime and you do not go
to the police, then you are guilty of that crime," Rowland said. "If you did nothing to prevent the crime, then I believe you are just as guilty."
Jury selection in Henderson's trial began March 22 with a quarter of the 71 potential jurors in the first pool dismissed by Thursday
Rowland said he thought the defendants would receive a fair trial in Laramie.
"I have been a member on a jury before, and I think most jurors follow court orders," Rowland said. "If they are guilty, and it appears that they are, I think they should be punished to the full extent of the law, whatever that may be. It is not a decision I want to make."
Both Henderson and McKinney face the death penalty if convicted. McKinney's trial tentatively has been scheduled for August.
Brian Jones, Lawrence senior,
said he did not think the defenders
should receive the death
penalty if convicted.
"In general, I don't believe in the death penalty," Jones said. "I do not think it is any further of a determent than life in prison."
Lisa Braun, co-president of Politically-Active Queers and student senator for Queers & Allies, said she thought a guilty verdict would send a positive message to the gay and lesbian community. Braun also said she did not believe in the
"When you are a witness to a heinous crime and you do not go to the police, then you are guilty of that crime. If you did nothing to prevent the crime, then I believe you are just as guilty."
Donald Rowland
graduate liaison for Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgender Concerns
"It would send a message that we're not going to put up with acts like these — that yes he may be different, but you still can't mess with him," Braun said. "The trial is definitely something that all of us in the activist core hope will promote us or put us down. It is a semi-turning point."
death penalty
"It just takes two people brought up to hate us." Braun said. "And Lawrence has those people. My personal experience has just been with name-calling, nothing physical, but I know people who have experienced more."
Braun said she thought crimes against homosexuals could happen in Lawrence.
— Edited by Juan H. Heath
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