[Vision2020] assistant football coach/"disturbing the peace"

[Ron Force]

Tom-- He pleaded out, and was given a "withheld judgement"-- ie, if he kept
his nose clean for a number of years, the offense would disappear from his
record.

Campus charges were brought against him by the administration.  The case was
heard on campus by a faculty committee, which recommended against his
dismissal on the grounds that he hadn't been convicted of a felony. The
President at the time (Tom Bell)over rode the recommentation and asked the
Board of Regents that he be fired.  He was.

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Ron Force          Moscow ID USA
rforce at moscow.com
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From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 7:02 AM
To: 'Debbie Gray'
Cc: 'Vision 2020'
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] assistant football coach/"disturbing the
peace"


As much as I agree that the Athletic Department has been the recipient of
preferential treatment, for instance:

Just recently when the Athletic Department excused themselves from
participating in campus-wide budget cuts simply because (now, get this) they
couldn't afford it.

It is my impression that people tend to feel that this attitude (unwavering
favoritism) toward the Athletic Department is prevalent in all actions
restricted to the Athletic Department.   Such that when an employee of the
Athletic Department or athlete is "let off" due to unforeseen circumstances,
it is merely because that person is an employee of the Athletic Department.

Along that line of thought, could somebody explain to me the outcome of
(copied and pasted from the March 4, 1995 issue of the Lewiston Morning
Tribune):

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UI teacher bound over on aggravated battery charge;
John L'Hote charged with stabbing UI tutor at Moscow tavern

Jim Jacobs

Lewiston Tribune
1995-03-04
Page: 5A

MOSCOW - University of Idaho teacher accused of stabbing a Moscow man was
ordered bound over Friday for arraignment on a charge of aggravated battery.

John Willard L'Hote, a 50-year-old associate art professor, is charged with
stabbing Jose Luis Palacios Feb. 24 during an altercation at John's Alley, a
Moscow tavern. Palacios, a 25-year-old UI tutor, suffered a stab wound to
the belly that required treatment at Gritman Medical Center.

Palacios offered his version of the incident Friday during a preliminary
hearing before visiting Clearwater County Magistrate Judge Patrick D.
Costello. Defense attorney Craig Mosman called no witnesses, and L'Hote did
not testify.

Palacios, one of two witnesses called by Latah County Deputy Prosecutor
Robin Eckmann, pulled up his sweater and unbuckled his belt to show the scar
on his waist.

The alleged attack was unprovoked, according to Palacios, who testified he
had never before met L'Hote. Palacios said he was talking with a woman at
the tavern when L'Hote emerged from the bathroom, pushed him aside and began
speaking with the woman himself.

L'Hote then turned around and shoved him again, Palacios said.

"I told him not to push me," he said.

Moments later, Palacios felt pain in his abdomen.

"I looked down, and I saw a blade coming out of my stomach," Palacios said.

He said the two wrestled near a pool table as Palacios tried to take the
knife away from L'Hote. Palacios said he pushed L'Hote down a hallway toward
an exit, then stopped to pull up his sweatshirt and examine the wound.

"Like water getting out of a fountain that was my blood," Palacios said.

He chased L'Hote down an alley, catching up to him at the Gart Bros. store
parking lot. Palacios testified he grabbed L'Hote and told him, "You and I
are going to the police."

L'Hote allegedly tried to stab him again, said Palacios, who responded by
striking L'Hote in the face with the palm of his hand. Palacios said he then
felt too weak to worry about whether L'Hote would get away.

L'Hote told officers a different story, according to a police affidavit. He
said he was talking with a woman at the tavern when a stranger became
irritated with him. L'Hote told police he left the bar and was followed
outside by six men. He got scared, pulled a knife out of his pocket and cut
one of the men, according to the affidavit.

During questioning the morning of the incident, L'Hote told police he
dropped or threw the knife while he was running from the tavern, Moscow Sgt.
Dan Bruce testified Friday. Bruce said officers found no knife during a
search of downtown streets.

Costello scheduled L'Hote, who is free on bail, to enter a plea to the
aggravated battery charge next Friday.

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Take care, Moscow.

Tom Hansen

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are
dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but they all
exist very nicely in the same box.



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