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B6 REGIOMMETROPOUTAH THE HOME NEWS SUNDAY. APRIL 1.1990 NYC cop charged in fatal shooting of teen-age robbery suspect NEW YORK A police officer accused of fatally shooting an apparently fleeing, unarmed 14-year-old robbery suspect on a Brooklyn street was indicted and charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, authorities said. The officer, Francis Albergo, 30, was suspended without pay from the police force at 4 pjn. Friday after the indictment was returned, said Sgt Peter Sweeney, a police spokesman. Patrick Clark, spokesman for.

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes, refused to comment on the indictment Albergo faces five to IS years in prison if convicted of second-degree manslaughter, the most serious charge. According to the police account of the Jaa 31 shooting, the victim, Jose Luis Lebron, ran toward Albergo just before he was shot and put his hand into his pocket, as if to pull outa gun. walled me," Stickel said of the indictment. He said Hynes had resisted allowing the grand jury investigating the case to hear what Stickel said was crucial evidence.

On Thursday, however, Stickel said he put before the grand jury two eyewitnesses that the DA had not located." Stickel has filed a $5 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city and the Police Department on behalf of Lebron's family. Lebron, of Willoughby Avenue in Bushwick, was shot by Albergo, a uniformed patrolman assigned to the 83rd Precinct, when the officer and his partner tried to arrest the teen and his friend for a $10 robbery, the police said Albergo was ordered to surrender tomorrow at the Internal Affairs Division, police said. He had turned in his weapon and badge and had been working at a desk job until his suspension on Friday, the police said Trri amazed, the way they stonewalled me. Attorney Thomas Stickel The boy was six to eight feet away from the officer when Albergo opened fire, striking hira behind the right ear, the police said. However, a lawyer for the boy's family, Thomas Stickel, said Lebron was running away from the police on the Bushwick street when be was shot in the back of the bead.

An autopsy report released by Stickel showed the bullet entered the boy's head from behind and lodged near his left eye. The police never explained how the boy could have been wounded in the back of the head while running toward Albergo. "I'm amazed, the way they stone Fire victims' bodies flown to Honduras Mugging victim charged in shooting of assailant 24-hour watch. Six victims were buried Friday at St Raymond's Cemetery in the Bronx, and dozens of mourners attended a wake Friday evening for three others. Other funerals were held yesterday before the flight to Honduras.

The DC-8 taking the 50 bodies to Honduras was chartered by the American Red Cross. Ed Hardy, a Red Cross spokesman, said about 100 relatives of fire victims also were flown to Honduras at Red Cross expense on regular commercial flights. None was aboard the cargo plane, and none attended the memorial service at the airport Hardy said that although the plane would reach Honduras after dawn this morning, an exact takeoff time from Kennedy had not been set The flight takes about five hours. censed social dubs, or bars, which dot the city's poorer neighborhoods. Police said they visited 261 locations late Friday and early yesterday and found only 65 clubs open.

They issued 29 orders to vacate the premises, 57 summonses and 80 violation notices. On Thursday night they visited 89 club sites and found 74 dosed. Most dub operators dosed down before they were shut down, according to a neighborhood liquor store owner who has supplied liquor to social clubs. He spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The retailer said that by Friday afternoon he had not heard from any of the dubs that normally contact him during the day to place orders.

Because they are not licensed, social dubs cannot obtain liquor from wholesalers and must buy rob him on a subway train. "She is another decent law-aiding citizen who was brutalized in several muggings and was forced to carry a gun to protect herself," Slotnick said in the News. "She saved her own life. Unfortunately, she could not save her best friend" Slotnick gave the following account to the News. Bureau and her friend Theresa Jackson, 19, were in Jackson's car waiting for a green light in the Crown Heights section Monday night An armed man jerked open the driver's door and tried to snatch Jackson's purse and then tried to rip Jackson's earrings off.

Bureau pulled out her gun, a .25 caliber pistol, and fired once, grazing the forehead of Clint Smith, 24. Smith fled and the women drove oft A few blocks later, a car pulled up next to them. Someone inside fired a shot that hit Jackson in the head She died Wednesday at Kings County Hospital NEW YORK (AP) A three-time mugging victim was indicted on a weapons charge after she shot an armed man who tried to rob her and her girlfriend, the Dairy News reported yesterday. After the robber fled and the two women drove off, the girlfriend was fatally wounded moments later when a car pulled up next to them and began shooting, the News said Ysesnande Bureau, 20, of the East New York section, was charged with possession of a deadly weapon and freed Friday on $500 bail by Criminal Court Judge Seymour Gerschwer. Bureau's lawyer, Barry Slotnick, denounced prosecutors for pressing charges against his client "She is one of the many innocent victims in New York City," Slotnick said in the News.

Slotnick also defended subway gunman Bemhard Goetz, who was convicted on a weapons charge for shooting four youths who he said were trying to PARKS: Nearing goal Continued from Page B1 from a $125,000 recreation fund contributed by K. Hovnanian Companies of Red Bank, a major North Brunswick developer. The open-space master plan, which cost $25,000, was also funded by the Hovnanian money. "The dollars are there and they're not tax dollars," Mayor Paul Matacera said "We're off and running on our open-space program. Campaign promise No.

1 is completed." State loan The township plans to apply for a low-interest Green Acres loan to fund the acquisition, and the pay Fire damages Perth PERTH AMBOY A kitchen fire in a second-story State Street apartment left one person injured and caused damage to the apartment and to the Cedeno Pharmacy below last night NEW YORK (AP) The bodies of 50 of the 87 people killed in a I Bronx social club fire were loaded onto a cargo plane at Kennedy Air-' port yesterday for a midnight flight to Honduras, a nation in mourning. At a brief memorial service in the huge hangar to which the caskets had come, some in hearses, others stacked on flatbed trucks, Deputy Mayor Bill Lynch said the city would "do all possible to make sure this will never happen again." 'These young people came to this great city of ours seeking hope and opportunity, and now they leave like this," Lynch said, gestur-; ing toward the long row of steel caskets. "The bodies hying here be-1 fore us say we have got to do more. We have got to do more to make sure this doesn't happen again." As he spoke, police were conv I pleting another night in their crack- down on the hundreds of unli Skinhead stabs 2 boys in mail WOODBRIDGE A self-proclaimed "skinhead" chasing five Hispanic youths through Woodbridge Center Mall with a knife Friday night stabbed two in the back including a boy just walking out of a store, Lt Barry Burns said Edwin Nieves, 19, head shaven and formerly of Brooklyn, was arguing with five boys outside of the Steinbech wing on the lower level of the mall at 7:10 pm, Burns said A fight broke out when Neives punched one of juveniles in the face, and then pulled a knife with a six-inch blade. "He began to chase them through the mall with the knife," Burns said describing the weapon as a "Rambo-type survival knife." Nieves was not intoxicated, Bums said A 15-year-old Colonia boy walking out of a store with his mother was stabbed iin the back, Bums said He was taken to Perth Amboy General Hospital, where he received 12 stitches and was released.

Nieves finally caught up with one of the boys a 16-year-old he was fighting with, and stabbed him Joseph DeToro, 38, SAYREVILLE Joseph A. DeToro of the Parlin section died Friday at South Amboy Memorial Hospital. He was 38. Bom in Perth Amboy, he lived in Fords for six years before moving to Sayreville seven years ago. He was postmaster of the Iselin Post Office for the past year, he worked at that post office for 18 years.

He was secretary of the National Association of Postmasters. He was a cummunicant of Sacred Heart RC. Church, South Amboy. Surviving are his wife, Joanna Hovanecc DeToro; a daughter, Gina, and a son, William, both at home; his father, Joseph of the Ise- Iin section of Woodbridge; two brothers, Richard of Iselin and BOONAR In Perth Amboy, on March 31, 1990, Eugene John of Hickory Drive, East Brunswick. Services will be held 9:15 a.m.

Tuesday at Selover Funeral Home, 555 Georges Road, North Brunswick. A 10 am. Mass will be offered at St. Bartholomew's R.C. Church, East Brunswick.

Burial will be in Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be sent to National Kidney Foundation, Park Avenue, N.Y., N.Y., 10016. Calling hours at the funeral home are Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. DETORO In South Amboy, on March 30, 1990, Joseph A of the Parlin section of Sayreville. Services will be held 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Kurzawa Funeral Home, 338 Main Street, South Amboy. A 9 a.m. Mass will be offered at Sacred Heart R.C. Church. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, in the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge.

Calling hours will be Sunday, 7-9 p.m., and Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the funeral home. Florist Uaainilal Flowar Wedding Flower a Silks Fresh Fruit Basnets Worldwide Service buHi River 257-2357 Honor Mott Major Credit Cards. from retailers. Such sales often violate state rules limiting the amount of liquor any one person can buy retail at one time.

Their defenders say the dubs fill a need One, Julio Medina, was at a Brooklyn club that was raided Thursday night He admitted that the Bronx fire had left him worried about patronizing such a place. "But this is all there is," he said "People cannot afford anything else." A Bronx grand jury has charged Julio Gonzalez with murder for allegedly setting the social dub fire a week ago. Police say that Gonzalez, enraged by a former girlfriend's rejection, spilled gasoline in the entrance to the dub and set it ablaze. He faces a sentence of 25 years to life if convicted on all the counts against him. Gonzalez is being held in Belle-vue Hospital, in isolation and under No one was injured, he said.

Mr. Steinmetz chased the suspects but could not keep up, Bums said The couple are on their way back to Germany. Patrolman Thomas Ratajczak is investigating the case. Man clubbed, robbed at Edison complex EDISON A man was robbed and assaulted with a baseball bat Friday night at the Raritan Center on Clover Place, according to Lt A. Dutka.

According to Dutka, Carlos Plaza, 39, was found in his car bleeding severely from his forehead Plaza was apparently changing a tire when he said he was struck by an unidentified man. The assailant was allegedly accompanied by another man, Dutka said Plaza lost his wallet which contained checks and money. He was taken to John F. Kennedy Medical Center in Edison, where he was reported in critical condition yesterday. Two brothers killed In Rt.

571 crash MILLSTONE Two brothers were killed early Friday evening on Route 571 when their car ran into a Wallace Corp, Cranbury, for many years before retiring in 1985. He was a member of the Livingston Avenue United Church of Christ Surviving are his wife, Vilma La-katos Davis, and a sister, Rose Nagy of Somerset Services will be under the direction of the Gowen Funeral. Home, 233 Somerset St, New Brunswick. Leonard Norman, 40 IRVINGTON Leonard Norman of Irvington died Monday at Irving-ton General Hospital, Irvington. He was 40.

He was bom in New Brunswick. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service, Irvington. Surviving are his wife, Bertha; three daughters, Alexis, Agnes and Park. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m.

Tuesday at Gowen Funeral Home, 233 Somerset New Brunswick. Burial will be in St Peter's Cemetery, New Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be sent to Highland Park First Aid Squad, 11th Avenue, Highland Park. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. JOHNSON In Somerset, on March 29, 1990, John M.

"Cottonpicker" of Somer- SGt Husband of Mrs. Gloria Johnson; father of Kisha, Karen, Kimberty, Robert, Keith, and John M. Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Q.

Johnson; brother of Mrs. Mary Ann Tucker and David and Charles Johnson. Services will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday at Judkins Colonial Home, 428 W. Fourth Plainfield.

Friends and relatives may call Monday, 7-9 p.m., at the funeral home. NORMAN In Irvington, on March 26, 1 990, Leonard of Irvington. Services will be held noon Monday at Perry Funeral Home, 34 Mercer Newark. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside. Calling hours will be Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

and 7-9 p.m., at the funeral home. tree, according to police. According to Trooper Vincent Bellaran, a 1986 Chevrolet driven by Edward Parda, 20, was northbound on Route 571 at high speed. The car became airborne after going over a hilL Parda then lost control of the car, crossing into the southbound lane and striking a tree on the shoulder. He and his brother Robert, 17, were thrown from the vehide.

The acddent occurred at about 5:45 pjn. The brothers, both of Hightstown, were taken to Freehold Area Hospital Robert was pronounced dead at 8:10 and Edward at 8:15 pjn. Man, woman arrested for drugs, stolen car EAST BRUNSWICK A report of a stolen vehide led to the arrests of two Woodbridge residents on drug charges, police said. Lt Don Henschel said that police received a report that a 1990 Chevrolet truck had been stolen in Woodbridge at about 3 a.m. Officer Alan Quercia saw the truck at about 5 ajn.

in the parking lot of Rickels on Route 18. Inside the vehide were Alfonse Cicalese, 27, of Colonia and Lisa McPartland, 24, of Woodbridge. and three sons, Alexander, Aaron and Gregory, all of Newark; a sister, Georgianna Jenkins of New Brunswick; two brothers, Ruben Crayton of New Brunswick and George Crayton of New York City, and 10 grandchildren. Services will be noon tomorrow at Perry Funeral Home, 34 Mercer St, Newark. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside.

Elizabeth Hengsperger HIGHLAND PARK Elizabeth Kovacs Hengsperger of South 4th Avenue died Thursday at Roosevelt Hospital, Edisoa She was 96. Bom in Hungary, she had been a Highland Park resident since 1926. She was a member of the Ascension Lutheran Church, New Brunswick. Her husband, Stephen A died in 1985. Surviving are a son, Edward S.

Hensperger of San Jose, a daughter, Margaret A. Hensperger of Highland Park; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Services will be 10 am Tuesday at the Gowen Funeral Home, 233 Somerset New Brunswick Burial will be at St Peter's Cemetery, New Brunswick Memorial contributions may be made to the Highland Park First Aid Squad, 11th Avenue, Highland Park. Edith Rickwood, 86 PERTH AMBOY Edith A. Bjork Rickwood of Perth Amboy died Friday at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy Division.

She was 86. Bom in Perth Amboy, she was a lifelong resident of the city. She was active in the city's Democratic party for most of her life. She was a communicant of St Mary's RC Church and a member of its Rosary Society. She served on the Perth Amboy General Hospital Auxiliary for many years'.

Her husband John W. Rickwood, in the back He was also taken to Perth Amboy General. Patrolman Greg Lehman, off-duty but working for the mall, and mall security officers apprehended Nieves and recovered the knife he had dumped in a garbage can. Nieves was charged with two counts of aggravated assault two counts of a possession of a weapon, and two counts of possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. He was taken to the county Adult Correctional Center, North Brunswick.

Patrolmen Mike Dalia, Robert Sutton and Detective Charles Hawkins assisted in the investigation. German tourists robbed at mall WOODBRIDGE Two German tourists were held by knifepoint by two men and robbed of their luggage in the Woodbridge Center Mall parking lot yesterday afternoon, Lt Barry Burns said. Matthias and Gabriele Steinmetz of Aachen, Germany, were walking to their car from the Fortunoff department store when they were approached by two men. One pointed a knife at Mr. Steinmetz and demanded that he open up the car, and stole two pieces of luggage.

Iselin postmaster Francis of the Lawrence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Services will be 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at Kurzawa Funeral Home, 338 Main St, South Arrirjoy, followed by a 9 a.m. Mass at Sacred Heart RC Church. Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemetery, Hopelawn.

Paul Davis, 67 OCEAN CITY Paul S. Davis of Ocean Avenue died Friday at The Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point He was 67. Bom in New Brunswick, he lived in Griggs town before moving to Ocean City three years ago. He was a foreman for Carter- DUBAY In Edison, on March 30, 1990, Andrew J. of Edison, formerly of Wood-bridge, beloved husband of Helen Gur-carkowski Dubay; loving father of Andrew J.

Dubay Jr. and Noella Roberts; dear brother of John and Ernest Dubay, Julia Zucov and Mary Vasquez; dear grandfather of five. Services will be held 10:15 a.m. Monday from Thomas J. Costello Funeral Home, Green Street and Cooper Avenue, in the Iselin section of Woodbridge, followed by an 1 1 a.m.

Mass at St Francis of Assisi Cathedral, Metuchen. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Iselin. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Sunday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. GROBOSKI In New Brunswick, on March 31, 1990, John "Grubby" of South River. Services will be held 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday at Maliszewski Funeral Home, 218 Whitehead South River. A 9 a.m. Mass will be offered at St Mary's R.C. Church, South River. Burial will be in St Mary's Cemetery, East Brunswick.

Memorial contributions may be sent to South River Emergency Squad, Thomas Street, South River, N.J., 08882. Calling hours will be Monday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. HENGSPERGER In Edison, on March 29, 1990, Elizabeth Kovacs of Highland ments would likely be made from an additional 2-point tax levy, as outlined in the referendum. Officials estimate that a loan application will be submitted to the state by September. North Brunswick now has three major parks and nearly 20 small parks and playgrounds.

Another 140 acres are permanently preserved in the Farrington Open Space and Conservation Area, which surrounds Farrington Lake. In addition, about 500 acres in North Brunswick, most of which is farmland are owned by Rutgers University-Cook College and Middlesex County owns about 110 acres of open space along Route 130 near the county workhouse. Amboy apartment Police believe someone was cooking inside the apartment at 358 State when a fire broke out There was one minor injury but police did not have the victim's name last night He was a communicant of St Mary's RC. Church. He was a member of the Polish American Union.

Surviving are his wife, Sophie Zdrodowski Groboski; a daughter, Dorothy Larson of Massachusetts; four grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren. Services will be held at 8:30 ajn Tuesday from Maliszewski Funeral Home, 218 Whitehead South River. A 9 a.m. Mass will be offered at St Mary's Church. Burial will be in St Mary's Cemetery, East Brunswick Memorial contributions may be sent to South River Emergency Squad, Thomas Street South River 08882.

Eugene Bodnar, 70 EAST BRUNSWICK Eugene John Bodnar of Hickory Drive died yesterday at Raritan Bay Medical Center, Perth Amboy. He was 70. Bom in New Brunswick, Mr. Bodnar lived in East Brunswick for the past 33 years. Mr.

Bodnar was the founder of Bodnar's Liquors in New Brunswick, which he started in 1941. He was a Navy veteran of World Warn. He was a communicant of St Bartholomew's RC. Church. He was a member of the East Brunswick Elks, 2370.

Surviving are his wife, Margaret Theismann Bodnar; a son, John of East Brunswick; a sister, Helene Benczik of Milltown, and four grandchildren. Services will be 9:15 am. Tuesday at the Selover Funeral Home, 555 Georges Road, North Brunswick, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass at St Bartholomew's RC. Church.

Burial will be at Holy Cross Burial Park, South Brunswick. Memorial contributions may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 2 Park New York, 10016. died in 1968. She was the mother of -the late William A. and John who both died in 1987.

She was also the sister of the late Ethel Hadden, Dorothy Lassen, Ann Fallon, Loret-ta Murray, Lillie Shyers and John E. Bjork. Surviving are four grandchildren. Services will be 9 a.m. Tuesday from the Flynn and Son Funeral Home, 424 East Perth Amboy, followed by a 9:30 am.

Mass at St Mary's RC. Church. Burial will be at St Gertrude's Cemetery, Colonia. Millie DeFilippo, 79 WHITEHOUSE STATION Millie Janelli DeFilippo of White-house Station died Friday at home. She was 79.

Bom in Orange, she lived in Newark for most of her life before moving to Whitehouse Station three years ago. She was a former member of St Joseph's C. Church, Newark. Surviving are six sons, Daniel of Bloomfield, Raymond of New York City, Gerard of East Hanover, Joseph Jr. of East Brunswick, John of Clark, and Victor of Whitehouse Station; a daughter, Florence Ris-cintj of Warren; a brother, Carmen Janelli of Summit; two sisters, Bertha Samese of Hazlet and Esther Damm of Old Bridge; 18 grandchildren and 12 A Mass will be held 9:30 a.m.

tomorrow at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Whitehouse Station. Burial will be at Graceland Memorial Park, Kenilworth. Arrangements from the Keams Funeral Home, Whitehouse. John Groboski, 83 SOUTH RIVER John Groboski died yesterday at St Peter's Medical Center. He was 83.

Born in Pozon, Poland, he lived in Bound Brook before moving to South River 45 years ago. Mr. Groboski was a machine shop foreman for 45 years, retiring 18 years ago. i A 4.