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

[Mark Solomon]

Willard  left the UI shortly after the incident. I can't recall the 
exact terms of his departure.

Mark Solomon

At 7:01 AM -0700 4/11/05, Tom Hansen wrote:
>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.