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Wednesday, April 10, 1991 / University Daily Kansan
Alleged pranker arrested
The Associated Press
Man suspected of sending fake calls to police
ASHLAND, Ky. — A ham-radio operator is suspected of transmitting prank calls of chases and shootouts to three in three states, authorities hire
James A. Haas, 39, was arrested Friday when sending a bogus distress call to police in Virginia's Prince William County, said Ed Boldt, an FBI representative in Cincinnati.
FBI agents also suspect the Athens, Ohio, man of making illegal transmissions over police channels in Albany and Columbus. Athens, Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio.
The agents said that Haas, a physical-education teacher, used sound effects to make his calls sound more realistic.
ace morning in Alexandria, Va., on a charge of furnishing false statements to police. Haas was released on a $100,000 personal recognition bond.
A woman who answered a telephone at Haas' home said there would be no comment. She declined to give her name.
In Kentucky, similar prank calls have hvested state police in Ashland, Frankfort, Morehead and Pikeville since late 1989, said Bill Stewart, communications supervisor at state police headquarters in Frankfort.
Haas had an initial court appear.
State police have not filed charges against Haas in any of those incidents. Stewart said.
The operator, who made his first transmission in September 1989, has caused confusion with his false reports of car chases and wounded officers, said Trooper Gary Kistner,
state police representative in Ashland, 90 miles southeast of Athens.
Columbus police said an identical call came in later that night.
On June 14, someone radioed state police that he was in a chase and was being shot at. A siren wailed in the background.
By tying up the channels with illegal transmissions, the operator has prevented state troopers from being in touch with one another, Kistner said.
He said it would take someone with a lot of training in electronics to infiltrate state police radio channels. The channels are protected by a system that requires troopers to be present before their messages can be received.
The Federal Communications Commission helped locate Haas.
Duke's victory feeds homeless men
Governors bet food in the Final Four The Associated Press
RALEIGH — It soon will be shark steaks and Kansas City strip steaks all around for the homeless men of the Durham Rescue Mission — courtesy of the Duke Blue Devils national relationship men's basketball team
port of Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with trout fillets and Trout Devils, a trout dinner, from western North Carolina
Duke University selected the mission to receive food wagered by the governors of Nevada, Kansas and North Carolina over the outcome of the NCAA basketball tournament. Gov. Jim Martin backed his sup-
Nevada Gov Bob Mills put up a case of shark steals, in honor of UNL coach Jerry "Tark the Shark" Tankarian
Gov. Jim Martin backed his sup-
Kansas Gov. Joan Finney showed her support of the Kansas Jayhawks with 10 pounds of Kansas City strip steaks.
"Of course, it won't be enough for everybody, but we are going to try and stretch it as far as possible."
in教室,Sam Monday. The shelter housed about 70 men each night during March. Mills said.
Duke won the food by upsetting UNLV in the scrimmails and beating Kansas in the finals.
Gail Mills, secretary to the mission director, said Monday.
The shelter housed about 70 men each night during March, Mills said. Details have not been worked out, but there has been talk of inviting Duke coach Mike Krzewzski to help serve the steaks.
"It's just been something that added a little excitement for the men around the mission," she said.
Jeff Merritt of the North Carolina governor's office said the steak shipments were expected to arrive within a few days.
"We're looking at delivering it to them maybe Thursday or Friday," he said. "I'll probably drive it over myself one day this week."
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