Word: christman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...metal detector that is normally in use at the building's main entrance, a second magnetometer was installed to screen all who entered the courtroom. As one final precaution, officials bolted down the chairs to be occupied by the prisoners and their lawyers. Overkill? Said Chief Deputy Robert Christman of Seattle's U.S. Marshals Service: "It's not extraordinary, given the nature of the defendants and their record for violence...
...Boerman Jr., 27, a waiter and musician, were also indicted on charges connected with the double rapes of a mother and her 14-year-old daughter last June. Charges are expected to be filed against Simonis and Dickinson in at least seven other cities. Says Photographic Assistant Judy Christman, 23, a former girlfriend of both men: "They loved the thrill of meanness, to have their adrenaline running so fast...
...local stores. A team of 27 undercover agents blanketed the area and waited for Boyce to show his face. When he finally did, they found a rifle, two wigs and false sideburns in his car trunk, signs of life on the run and possibly bank robbing. Says Robert Christman, chief deputy U.S. marshal in Seattle: "He became cocky. He made a lot of mistakes...
Federal authorities are still unsure if Boyce received foreign help while on the lam. They think he may have spent part of the time abroad, before blending into the rural life of Washington as a quiet, well-mannered young man. "I have some ambivalent feelings about [him]," admits Christman. "The guy is likable. The only problem is that he is a manipulator; he uses people." Adds Kay Sullivan, whose husband worked with Boyce in a short-lived commercial fishing venture in La Push, on the Pacific coast: "He was not anti-American. He cared about his country...
Snared at last, the Falcon paces his cell in Everett, Wash., under 24-hour guard, refusing to eat. His lawyer says he will try to starve himself to death, and marshals are prepared to force-feed him if necessary. Says Christman: "He didn't believe he was going to be captured. His self-image, his ego told him he wasn't going to be. Now he is faced with the reality of the cell. That's a big adjustment for someone with a makeup like this...