Word: mariposa
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...have named no suspects. But in connection with their investigation, they have questioned Billy Joe Strange, 39, a night janitor at the Cedar Lodge restaurant who was arrested on March 5 for violating parole. Having twice been convicted of assaulting women, he is being held without bail in the Mariposa County jail. According to local newspaper reports, the FBI has searched Strange's home, impounded his borrowed van and seized his payroll records. A roommate, Darrell Stephens, 55, told the Fresno Bee, "The FBI has been harassing us for two weeks now... The only reason they got [Strange] is because...
BORN: June 20, 1955, Mariposa EDUCATION: California State Polytechnic U, B.S., 1978 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Vintner POLITICAL CAREER: Mariposa County Board of Supervisors, 1989-92; sought Republican nomination for U.S. House, 1992; U.S. House, 1994- ADDRESS: 2037 West Bullard, No. 240, Fresno...
Though Thom took a lot of teasing about his paramilitary pursuits, he fascinated some kids at Mariposa County High School with tales about a secret cave called Havoc, where he claimed to have stored a cache of weapons. Thom could identify knives and guns with uncanny precision, and his military obsession gave rise to a nickname, "G.I. Jenkins." Another was "Indiana Jenkins," since Thom often sported a hat like Indiana Jones' in Raiders of the Lost Ark, his favorite movie. Says his cousin Ed Jenkins: "He was always a dreamer, dreaming of exciting places." His high school yearbook announced, "Expect...