Woman Jogger

A New York teen-ager indicted in last April's Central Park "wilding" rampage turned state's evidence and will apparently testify that several other youths bragged about their role in the rape of a woman jogger. In a 10-minute court hearing, Jermaine Robinson, 15, pleaded guilty to robbing a male jogger during the two-hour crime spree April 19.

I almost killed a woman jogger a few days ago. I was driving on a quiet street in San Marino at 8:30 on a crisp weekend morning, going about 25 mph, just blocks from home. I was relaxed, listening to a favorite old song on the radio. As I drove around a curve, suddenly I was about to run over a woman jogging down the middle of the street. Luckily my brakes and reflexes worked. I braked, swerved and missed the woman by a few feet. Our close call was over. We did not speak.

Two more youths were arrested on assault charges in the 1989 "wilding" incident in New York's Central Park in which two men were attacked and a woman jogger was beaten and raped. Orlando Escobar, 16, and Tony Montalvo, 18, face charges of robbery, assault and riot. Escobar is accused of beating one male jogger with a lead pipe and Montalvo is charged in the beating of an elderly homeless man.

A man attacked a female jogger, demanding that she surrender money and disrobe, but the woman resisted and escaped unharmed, sheriff's officials said Thursday. The 26-year-old Laguna Hills woman was jogging alone on La Paz Road near Alameda Avenue about 7:50 p.m. Wednesday when she was grabbed from behind and dragged into some nearby brush, said Sgt. Dave Remender. As the woman screamed, the man demanded money twice and then demanded she take her clothes off.

The case of one of the defendants in New York's Central Park jogger trial suffered a setback when the judge told the jury that parents do not "automatically" have to be present when police question a juvenile, as long as a reasonable effort had been made to notify the parents. Three youths charged with the rape and attempted murder of a woman jogger were juveniles at the time of the attack. One youth's defense involved the fact that his father had not been present during some of the

Jurors in Manhattan's Central Park rape-beating trial began their 11th day of deliberations by asking state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Galligan for a rereading of testimony on what happened between 18-year-old Kharey Wise and Detective John Hartigan between Wise's two videotaped statements to police. Wise and Kevin Richardson, 16, are charged with rape and attempted murder in the 1989 gang-rape and beating of a woman jogger.

A grand jury returned the first two indictments in the Central Park attack on a 28-year-old woman jogger, who remained in a coma for a seventh day, officials said. Details of the sealed indictments, including the exact charges, were not released. The two teen-agers had been arrested on charges of first-degree rape, second-degree attempted murder and first-degree assault. The grand jury reviewed confessions from some of the eight youths arrested in the rape and assault of the Wall Street investment banker, the source said.

The story of the woman jogger who was savagely attacked in Central Park has horrified even supposedly jaded New Yorkers. The reported nonchalance of the teen-agers who participated in the attack has made the event even more sickening. There was, however, in the April 26 article, mention of a 15-year-old girl named Shante Chunn and her friends who came from their high school in Harlem to express concern (Part I). It is important for everyone who hears about this terrible crime to remember that the kids who went out "wilding" that night are not the only representatives of their peer group.

Eight teen-agers accused in a rampage through Central Park that resulted in the rape and beating of a woman jogger and an attack on a male runner are also charged with assaulting a third jogger, indictments unsealed Friday revealed. Six of the teen-agers were indicted for beating and raping a 28-year-old female jogger and leaving her for dead. All eight were indicted for assaulting and robbing a male jogger, John Loughlin, 40, during the rampage April 19. The indictments unsealed by Manhattan Dist.

The rape and beating of a woman jogger in Central Park by a wolf pack of teen-agers prompted real estate billionaire Donald Trump to spend $85,000 on full-page newspaper advertisements today calling for the death penalty for such crimes. Trump, who has a long-running feud with Mayor Edward I. Koch on the quality of life in New York, said the Central Park attack was just another sign of growing lawlessness in the city and he disputed Koch's call to remove "hate and rancor from our hearts."

Jurors in Manhattan's Central Park rape-beating trial began their 11th day of deliberations by asking state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Galligan for a rereading of testimony on what happened between 18-year-old Kharey Wise and Detective John Hartigan between Wise's two videotaped statements to police. Wise and Kevin Richardson, 16, are charged with rape and attempted murder in the 1989 gang-rape and beating of a woman jogger.

The case of one of the defendants in New York's Central Park jogger trial suffered a setback when the judge told the jury that parents do not "automatically" have to be present when police question a juvenile, as long as a reasonable effort had been made to notify the parents. Three youths charged with the rape and attempted murder of a woman jogger were juveniles at the time of the attack. One youth's defense involved the fact that his father had not been present during some of the

Two more youths were arrested on assault charges in the 1989 "wilding" incident in New York's Central Park in which two men were attacked and a woman jogger was beaten and raped. Orlando Escobar, 16, and Tony Montalvo, 18, face charges of robbery, assault and riot. Escobar is accused of beating one male jogger with a lead pipe and Montalvo is charged in the beating of an elderly homeless man.

The teen-agers suspected of raping and beating a woman jogger in Central Park whooped with laughter and leaped into the air to celebrate the attack, one of the suspects said in a videotaped confession played Friday. "Everybody was laughing," recalled Kevin Richardson, 15, one of six youths indicted for rape and attempted murder in the April 19 attack.

A New York teen-ager indicted in last April's Central Park "wilding" rampage turned state's evidence and will apparently testify that several other youths bragged about their role in the rape of a woman jogger. In a 10-minute court hearing, Jermaine Robinson, 15, pleaded guilty to robbing a male jogger during the two-hour crime spree April 19.

Eight teen-agers accused in a rampage through Central Park that resulted in the rape and beating of a woman jogger and an attack on a male runner are also charged with assaulting a third jogger, indictments unsealed Friday revealed. Six of the teen-agers were indicted for beating and raping a 28-year-old female jogger and leaving her for dead. All eight were indicted for assaulting and robbing a male jogger, John Loughlin, 40, during the rampage April 19. The indictments unsealed by Manhattan Dist.

The teen-agers suspected of raping and beating a woman jogger in Central Park whooped with laughter and leaped into the air to celebrate the attack, one of the suspects said in a videotaped confession played Friday. "Everybody was laughing," recalled Kevin Richardson, 15, one of six youths indicted for rape and attempted murder in the April 19 attack.

The story of the woman jogger who was savagely attacked in Central Park has horrified even supposedly jaded New Yorkers. The reported nonchalance of the teen-agers who participated in the attack has made the event even more sickening. There was, however, in the April 26 article, mention of a 15-year-old girl named Shante Chunn and her friends who came from their high school in Harlem to express concern (Part I). It is important for everyone who hears about this terrible crime to remember that the kids who went out "wilding" that night are not the only representatives of their peer group.

The rape and beating of a woman jogger in Central Park by a wolf pack of teen-agers prompted real estate billionaire Donald Trump to spend $85,000 on full-page newspaper advertisements today calling for the death penalty for such crimes. Trump, who has a long-running feud with Mayor Edward I. Koch on the quality of life in New York, said the Central Park attack was just another sign of growing lawlessness in the city and he disputed Koch's call to remove "hate and rancor from our hearts."