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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016
WORLD IN BRIEF
Associated Press
Police capture Afghan
immigrant sought in
weekend bombings
NEW YORK — An Afghan immigrant
wanted for questioning in the bombings
that rocked a New York City neighbor-
hood and a New Jersey shore town was
captured Monday after being wounded in
a shootout with police that erupted when
he was discovered asleep in the doorway
of a New Jersey bar, authorities said.
WABC-TV footage showed a man
believed to be 28-year-old Ahmad Khan
Rahami being loaded into an ambulance
on a stretcher in Linden, New Jersey. He
appeared to be conscious and looking
around.
Two oficers were wounded in the gun
battle but were not believed to have been
seriously hurt, authorities said.
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead said
that the owner of a bar reported someone
asleep in the doorway of his business. A
police oficer went to investigate and rec-
ognized the man as Rahami, police and the
mayor said.
Rahami pulled a gun and shot the ofi-
cer — who was wearing a bulletproof vest
— in the torso, and more oficers joined in
a running gun battle down the street and
brought Rahami down, police Capt. James
Sarnicki said.
The arrest came just hours after police
issued a bulletin and photo of Rahami, a
naturalized U.S. citizen from Afghanistan
with an address in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Authorities said the blasts were look-
ing increasingly like an act of terrorism
with a foreign connection.
The shootout came after a weekend
of fear and dread in New York and New
Jersey.
In addition to the blast that injured 29
people in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighbor-
hood on Saturday, an unexploded pres-
sure cooker bomb was found blocks away,
and a pipe bomb exploded in a New Jersey
shore town before a charity race. No one
was injured there. On Sunday, ive explo-
sive devices were discovered in a trash
can at an Elizabeth train station.
Also on Saturday, a man who author-
ities say referred to Allah wounded nine
people in a stabbing rampage at a Minne-
sota mall before being shot to death by an
off-duty police oficer. The Islamic State
group claimed responsibility.
Authorities have not drawn any con-
nection between the violence in Minne-
sota and the bombings in the New York
area.
UO to spend $26
million to renovate
Oregon, Paciic halls
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EUGENE — The University of Oregon
plans to spend about $26 million renovating
two campus halls.
The Register-Guard reports that the uni-
versity will renovate Oregon and Paciic
halls, adding more research laboratories to
the campus. Paciic Hall is a science build-
ing. Oregon Hall is an ofice building that
needs a new HVAC system.
After Paciic Hall’s overhaul, scientists
will be able to receive federal grants for
research opportunities in the 14 laboratories
planned for the building. Those grants will
help offset the cost of the building.
The Oregon Hall project is expected to
cost $9.5 million and be completed by Sep-
tember 2018. The Paciic Hall renovation
will cost $16.7 million and be completed in
2019, with labs opening January 2018.
Evangelina Wing in an undated photo. The 2-year-old
died Dec. 20, 2014.
Benthin: He hasn’t given up on the NFL
Roden’s trial could last
up to two months. Trial days
will be Tuesday through Fri-
day, with occasional time off
of those days if a session in-
ishes early or the court has an
emergency hearing in another
case.
Multiple witnesses for the
prosecution and defense will
testify. Many are traveling from
Georgia, where Roden grew
up.
Witnesses for Roden
include his close friends, sis-
ter, half brother and sixth-
and third-grade teachers.
The defense also plans to
call Janice Ophoven, a pedi-
atric forensic pathologist,
who claims the toddler likely
died from complications
of a lesh-eating infection,
rather than from blunt-force
trauma.
The prosecution will
call two of Roden’s ex-girl-
friends, who can detail a
pattern of violence against
women and children.
One ex-girlfriend, who
dated Roden from March to
July 2014, will say he did not
like children, he abused her
children both physically and
emotionally and her children
were fearful of him. She will
testify that Roden was very
controlling with her and the
children, threatened to move
out and warned he would
commit suicide in order to
control her behavior, accord-
ing to court documents.
Roden is serving an eight-
year prison sentence for vio-
lating probation from a
domestic violence conviction
in 2013 involving his other
ex-girlfriend. The woman is
traveling from Tennessee to
testify against Roden.
“(She) is a past girlfriend
and prior crime victim of
Mr. Roden and has abundant
information about his char-
acter,” Chief Deputy District
Attorney Ron Brown wrote in
a court document.
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After playing one game
for the San Jose Saber Cats in
2015 before ending the season
on injured reserve, Benthin was
assigned to the Kiss in Decem-
ber after San Jose announced it
would not ield a team in 2016.
Arena football is a different
game than your average NFL
game, as far as strategies, for-
mations and plays. But football
is football, says Benthin. He can
speak the language and play the
game.
And play it well.
If anything, it’s tougher for a
defensive lineman.
In arena football, quarter-
back sacks are almost nonexis-
tent. After the ball is snapped,
it’s usually out of the quar-
terback’s hands in less than 2
seconds.
“The game is a lot quicker,”
Benthin said. “The ball’s out in
1.5 seconds every play. You have
to beat your guy 100 percent
clean just to make a hit. Some-
times the ball’s out in less than a
second, so the chances of getting
a sack are zero. It’s tough.”
‘Ultimate goal’
After his 2014 tryout with
the Chargers, Benthin didn’t
make the team, but the expe-
rience was invaluable. And he
hasn’t given up on the NFL.
“That’s the ultimate goal,”
he said. “I’m basically play-
ing in the minors, waiting to get
called up. Guys (from the AFL)
get picked up all the time. After
our playoff, the Cleveland nose
guard got picked up right after
the game.”
From those Clatsop County
state championship teams of
2008, only two players are still
playing the game: Astoria High
School’s Jordan Poyer with
the Cleveland Browns, and
Benthin.
Benthin is a free agent, and
could end up anywhere next
season, from Los Angeles to
Washington, D.C., which was
awarded a franchise (the Wash-
ington Valor) and will soon be
selecting players in an expan-
sion-style draft.
Benthin still hasn’t given
up on his NFL dream, but for
now, he enjoys the high-scor-
ing, thrill-a-minute Arena Foot-
ball League.
Just last year, the Kiss beat
Jacksonville Sharks, Cleve-
land Gladiators, Portland Steel
(twice), and won by scores such
as 64-39, 66-27 and 63-61.
Los Angeles also lost to the
Philadelphia Soul, 73-37, and
after beating Cleveland twice
during the regular season, the
Kiss lost to the Gladiators in the
irst round of the playoffs.
Personally, “my irst true
season, getting to start every
game … it wasn’t as great as I
wanted,” Benthin said. “Every-
one wants to be better.”
For arena players, it’s the off-
season. And unless they’ve been
lucky enough to get signed by
an NFL team, the 2017 cam-
paign doesn’t begin until March.
Back home
Benthin is spending his off-
season in Knappa, offering his
time and experience to the Log-
ger team, serving as the line
coach on Aaron Barendse’s
coaching staff.
“I love this group,” Ben-
thin said. “Aaron Barendse puts
together a great staff, with Chris
Geisler, Chad Harrington, Rusty
Hebert and our new addition,
Kirk Miller. It’s a great staff to
work with.
“I’m really enjoying being
able to share my knowledge
of the game with the kids here.
I’ve been to a lot of big cit-
ies, but there’s nothing like the
hometown.”
And he says the Loggers
have that same potential to be
just as good as the ’08 version.
“We’re different than the
team we had in ’08,” he said.
“We passed the ball maybe 10
times the whole season. (Bryan)
Sablan, Tevan (Klauser) and
Eddie Corder were our running
backs, and we basically ran the
ball with those three.
“This (current) team is a lit-
tle faster and not quite as big up
front. But we deinitely have a
talented group.”
Next March, Benthin will
suit up again, somewhere, and
make the most of his opportu-
nity in the AFL.
“I love it,” he said of the
game he plays for a living, in
whatever league it may be. “It’s
something you dream about and
never think will become a real-
ity, but it’s working out so far.”
And the door to the NFL is
still open — Benthin is just hop-
ing to get his foot in for another
shot.
“I’m still trying to work my
way into that door. I’m not giv-
ing up any time soon, I can tell
you that.”
— Gary Henley
Claim: Breach of contract, defamation alleged
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Balzer has alleged breach
of contract, wrongful discharge
and defamation in his com-
plaint against the ire district
and directors Sharon Clyde,
Linda Beck-Sweeney and Garry
Smith.
In an August court iling,
Balzer made federal civil rights
claims that the ire district made
false statements “for the sole
purpose of embarrassing and
humiliating” him and ired him
without a due-process right to a
hearing.
Balzer states in his complaint
that the board’s actions led to
damages to his reputation and
standing in the community. He
seeks compensation of almost
$678,000 and reinstatement of
his duties and beneits.
Balzer, who served as ire
chief from January 2012 until
he was ired, has claimed the ire
district’s board retaliated against
him because of critical com-
ments made by his wife, Col-
leen, on social media.
According to the lawsuit,
directors Clyde, Beck-Swee-
ney and Smith “chastised” Bal-
zer for “allowing his spouse to
express her criticism of board
members on social media web-
sites and in her speech.”
Balzer alleges that the district
and board violated his free asso-
ciation rights, in that Balzer’s
“intimate association with his
wife” is “entitled to protection
under the First Amendment.”
“The conduct of defendants
Clyde, Smith and Beck-Swee-
ney were reckless or showed a
callous indifference to plaintiff’s
constitutional rights,” Balzer’s
complaint states.
The three directors named in
the lawsuit prevailed in a special
recall election in April.
Attorneys for all parties
did not return requests for
comment.
Roden: Blood
spatter was found in
almost every corner
of the apartment
Continued from Page 1A
they think they can be
impartial.
Judge Paula Brownhill
decided to have the jurors
questioned in groups, rather
than individually, after her
experience presiding over the
county’s last death penalty
case.
In 2001, Anthony Scott
Garner was found guilty and
sentenced to life in prison for
fatally stabbing a woman on
a motorboat in the Warren-
ton mooring basin and setting
the boat on ire to cover up the
crime.
“We questioned jurors
individually in 15-minute
segments, and it took over
a week to select 12 jurors,”
Brownhill said. “In the Roden
case, we will bring jurors into
the courtroom in groups of six
rather than one at a time.”
Evidence
The District Attorney’s
Ofice believes it has enough
physical evidence and expert
opinion to connect the crimes
to Roden. The state will pres-
ent evidence showing the
2-year-old, Evangelina Wing,
and her brothers were tor-
tured, burned, bitten and
caged in the Seaside apart-
ment their mother, Dorothy
Wing, shared with Roden.
Evangelina Wing appar-
ently died of battered child
syndrome with blunt force
trauma to her head. Blood
spatter was found in almost
every corner of the apartment,
staining holiday decorations
and the wall behind a Christ-
mas tree.
Roden’s defense is that he
did not commit the crimes.
His lawyer, Conor Huseby,
is adamant that someone else
is to blame, possibly the chil-
dren’s mother.
Dorothy
Wing,
26,
pleaded guilty in January to
irst-degree
manslaughter
and two counts of irst-degree
criminal mistreatment. She
was sentenced to more than
15 years in prison, contingent
on her truthfully testifying at
Roden’s trial.
“Mr. Roden’s defense will
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