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Jeremy Allen, M.D.: Staff physician, psychiatric ward, Faith Hospital, Queens, New York. Born 17 July 1958, Suffolk County, New York. M.D., New York University, 1987. Physician, Faith Hospital, 1987 to present. Single, no children. Allen owes $78,000 on a house bought in 1994. No recorded credit problems.
Reverend Thomson Ezekiel: Born 1961, Charleston, South Carolina. Bachelor of arts in History, New York University, 1984; Master of Divinity from Duke, 1987. Minister at Good Hope Church, Brooklyn, New York, 1989 to 1992. Minister of Southside AME Church, Queens, New York, 1992 to present. No criminal record. Ezekiel has written several articles for prominent African-American magazines, criticizing mainstream American government and society for their failures in alleviating poverty and crime in minority communities and criticizing the military and law enforcement establishments for what he calls "ingrained racist brutality." He has addressed the same themes as a keynote speaker and in appearances on local radio talk shows. Married to Clarissa Ezekiel (nee Canfield), 1987 to present. Rev. Ezekiel and his wife are joint owners of two bank accounts, both of them reflecting several years' worth of savings on modest incomes. Their largest purchases have been of a new car in 1988 and regular purchases of clothing at Burberry's, an upscale men's clothier in downtown Manhattan.
Rita Fajans: Nurse, Faith Hospital, Queens, New York. Born 2 September 1958, Bronx County, New York. Bachelor of Science in Nursing, City University of New York, 1984. Nurse, Saint Vincent's Hospital, New York, New York, 1984 to 1989. Nurse, Faith Hospital, 1993 to present. Fajans married Hernando Fajans in 1988, but successfully sued for divorce in 1992. She has one child, Eduard Fajans, born 19 November 1991. Fajans owes $600 in credit card debts.
Franklin Garoux: Music Director and Youth Director, Southside AME Church, Queens, New York. Born 15 April 1968, Kings County, New York. High School equivalency degree, 1996. Hospitalized for ten months after a subway accident, 1989. Disk Jockey, Harvey's Club, Queens, New York, 1990 to 1992. Clerk, New Today Consignments, Queens, New York, 1992 to 1994. Freelance musician and tutor, 1994 to 1996. Music and Youth Director, Southside AME, 1996 to present. Lives with his mother and father in Harfleur, New York.
Andre Jones: Supervisory Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Field Office. Born 25 April 1953, Cook County, Illinois. U.S. Army Special Forces, 1972 to 1984: Bronze Star 1973, Purple Hearts 1973 and 1974; service records classified Top Secret (code OSIRIS) 1974 to 1975, and classified Top Secret (ANGLER) 1983 to 1984. Drug Enforcement Administration, 1984 to present: Honduras station, 1984 to 1988; Los Angeles, 1988 to 1990; Miami, 1990 to 1993; New York, 1993 to present; promoted to Supervisor, 1995. Married, 1989, to Nessie Anderson; divorced (a "no-fault" divorce proceeding), 1991. One child, Amos Jones, born 1990, in sole custody of Nessie Anderson, now residing in Los Angeles. Supervisory Special Agent Jones has never had a debt greater than two thousand dollars, or one which went unpaid longer than six months. He pays $820 per month in child support.
John Kluwer: Detective-Sergeant, New York City Police Department, 116th Precinct. Born July 16, 1958, Richmond County, New York. Bachelor of Science in Psychology, New York University, 1983. Police officer, New York City Police Department, 1983 to present: Patrol officer, 116th Precinct, 1983 to 1988; Detective-Sergeant, Vice Squad, 116th Precinct, 1988 to present. No distinctive disciplinary or professional problems. He has been involved in one shooting incident, a prostitution and racketeering investigation in 1992 in which the victim attempted to shoot another police officer; the shooting was determined to be justified. No credit problems. Single, no children. One sister lives with her husband and children in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Bertrand "Bato" Leguerre: Born January 18, 1978, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. No education past 10th grade. No recorded employment. Mother, Angelique Leguerre, a Haitian national, returned to Haiti in 1994; father is unknown. No other known relatives. No driver's license. No recorded address; Leguerre gave a fictional street address when arrested. Arrested in 1996 for felony possession of narcotics and in 1997 for misdemeanor possession and possession of a concealed weapon (a .357 revolver). Each arrest resulted in incarceration. Single, no children. No credit record.
Leroy Lemonde: Police Officer, New York City Police Department, 116th Precinct. Born 10 September 1963, Queens County, New York. Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1985. New York City Police Department, 1985 to present. 8th Precinct, Manhattan, 1985 to 1990. 116th Precinct, Queens, 1990 to present. Community Policing Liaison, Village of Harfleur, 1996 to present. Lemonde averages three arrests per week. Multiple suspects have lodged preliminary brutality complaints, all of which were dismissed at an early stage for insufficient evidence; none of the complainants spent more than two nights in the hospital, and all returned to the streets within weeks. Lemonde has never been involved in a recorded shooting. Single, no children. Lemonde owes around four thousand dollars to Chemical Bank for an automotive loan, and around eighteen hundred dollars to Chase Visa for assorted purchases over the past six years. He has never defaulted on these debts.
Jessica Morgan: Special Agent, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Field Office, Queens County Narcotics Task Force. Born 16 May 1966, Orange County, California. Bachelor of Science in Sociology (cum laude), 1988, University of California in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department, 1988 to 1994. Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Field Office, 1994 to present. Queens County Narcotics Task Force, 1996 to present. Morgan left the LAPD in good standing amid corruption hearings in which she offered sealed testimony to federal civil rights investigators. Single, no children. Special Agent Morgan owes over six thousand dollars to Bank of America from a homeowner's loan after her home in Los Angeles sold in 1996 for substantially less than the cost of her mortgage. Bank of America reported delinquency on the mortgage once in 1996.
Joseph Pace: Born 24 August 1978, Queens County, New York. No education past 10th grade. No recorded employment. Has been arrested five times on various charges, mostly drug related. Has served a total of forty months in jail for assault, weapons possession, escape, and narcotics possession. He is a known member of the Third Court Warriors street gang. No credit history. Mother was a natural of Haiti and was deported in 1982 for drug arrests. One brother, Henry Pace, is presently attending Stonybrook University on athletic and academic scholarships.
Anton Royce: Born 22 November 1956, Kings County, New York. No education past 9th grade. No recorded employment. No known family still surviving. No driver's license. No permanent address; he lists a Harfleur homeless shelter when required in arrests, hostpitalization, or other city functions. Fourteen arrests since age 18 (prior records are sealed) for narcotics possession, vagrancy, petty theft, and assault. Seven of the arrests occurred since 1994. Jail terms have never exceeded sixty days. Single, no children. Anton Royce has no credit record whatsoever; he has never owned a bank or credit account. He has been jailed on more than one occasion for failing to pay fines levied for criminal infractions.
Madeleine Smith: Secretary, Southside AME Church, Queens, New York. Born 14 October 1977, Queens County, New York. Presently attending the City University of New York as an Industrial Psychology major. Cashier, Blimpy's Restaurant, Jamaica, New York, 1996 to 1997. Secretary, Southside AME Church, 1997 to present. Lives with her maternal grandmother in Jamaica, New York. Mother lives in Pittsburgh with her new husband. Natural father died of natural causes in 1990. No siblings.
John Swank: Orderly, Faith Hospital, Queens, New York. Born 20 April 1973, Kings County, New York. High school diploma, New York Public School 201, 1991. Assistant manager, Fry King #331, Brooklyn, New York, 1990 to 1993. Custodian, Faith Hospital, 1993 to 1995. Orderly, Faith Hospital, 1995 to present. His credit report lists no present debts, but one reported delinquency in 1994.
Maude Wagner: Nurse, Faith Hospital, Queens, New York. Born 11 March 1967, Mexico City, Mexico. Naturalized citizen of the United States. B.S. in Nursing, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1991. Secretary, Wagner and King Law Firm, 1987 to 1992. Nurse, Faith Hospital, 1992 to present. Married Ted Wagner in 1986. No children. No recorded credit problems. No present debts.
Carl Williams: Handyman, Southside AME Church, Queens, New York. Born March 2, 1968 in Queens County, New York. Presently enrolled in New Dimensions Vocational College, Electrical Engineering program, Queens, New York. Clerk, Compton's Hardware, 1985 to 1988. Handyman, Southside AME Church, 1995 to present. Served six years in the Rikers Island Correctional Institution for Men, 1988 to 1994, for Grand Theft Auto. Mother, Pamela Williams, lives alone in Bensonhurst, New York, and works as a housekeeper for Maid-to-Order, Inc. One brother, Angelo Williams, is presently serving 15-20 years imprisonment in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City, New York, for violation of federal narcotics trafficking laws.


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