REGIONAL MUSIC'WEST * V -IPS’ s r. a n m n ^ - i ^ s d 3 * c»„....$7" comp<£*12" = \ \. \\ £v -j •1 r • •V w |vj r’j. r...V;-’ Cllllllf $y99c°mp«l$^ 299 nit mi sk i» rm nv h 3 compact dt*c %*t' DISC JOCKEY Gateway Mall ?4A hVi Girl says she lied about bank robbery YAKIMA, Wash JAP) A 15-year-old Kiri has told a fed eral jury she lied to police and unpin ated her mother in two hank robberies because she hales her Virginia Barrett, 34. is i barged with robbing a Yakima bank in March, and with help ing her daughter. Regina Mer cer. and two other teens rob the same trank in April Hut Merift testified Wed nos <i,n lhat she and two male friends planned and carried out the April robbery on their own Barrett wiped her eves and frequently turned awav during her daughter's testimony Men er initially told police that her mother told her and her friends to rob the hank in April, and provided a hand gun She also said her mother had confessed lo committing the March roblrery Hut Men er told I' S District Court jumrs she had lied to po lice Her mother did not plan the April robbers or provide the weapon, she said Mercer, who was i onvil ted of the robbery in juvenile court, said she stole the handgun Imm home Mercer said she had decided to tell the truth in court be cause she did not want to be prosecuted for perjury. Assistant U S Attorney Rob ert Kills asked Mercer why she had initially implicated her mother in the robberies. I feel hatred for her." Mer < er said. /father they've been naughty f or nice> they'll love what you ge t them from the UO Bookstore! \ • • 3th & Kmcaid Mon Fn 7 30 6 00 Sat 10 00 6 OC 346 43