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...wedlock can. The Army launched a probe into the couple's marital status earlier this year after the father acknowledged the union while filling out a pregraduation form detailing his housing needs. Army investigators confirmed that the pair were married clandestinely, and recommended to Lieut. General Daniel Christman, West Point's superintendent, that they be expelled. After all, that's been West Point's punishment for the very rare cases of cadet matrimony for the past 163 years. "Any cadet who is married prior to graduation," the academy's handbook says, "shall be separated from the military academy." But before...
That left Christman in a bind. "The annulment meant there was no marriage," he says. Army lawyers told him to abandon his efforts to expel the couple. "Since, following the annulment, no marriage ever existed legally," he says, "we felt strongly we couldn't sustain the separation." Army officials say the two were punished, short of expulsion, although they decline to offer details or identify the couple. Through an Army spokesman, the pair declined to be interviewed...
...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...
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...