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RE: Radioactive Assault Case

Your message came across garbled, but I am very interested.  Please
re-transmit.

Steve Cima
scima@texas.net

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From: Joel Baumbaugh [mailto:baumbaug@nosc.mil]
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:22 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Radioactive Assault Case


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February 9, 2000 <br>
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misdemeanor assault and felony unlawful disposal of radioactive material
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Andrew Andris Blakis, 32, of Newport Beach was sentenced to 120 days
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jail and three years probation, Orange County Deputy District
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Lance Jensen said. <br>
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Blakis also was ordered to stay away from the victim, a=20
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researcher, and pay any future medical costs she may incur as a result of
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Jensen said the July 1, 1999, incident occurred because Blakis believed
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substance. <br>
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The incident began when Blakis was conducting tests at the
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a waxy, colorless chemical used in DNA testing. <br>
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During his tests, Blakis' lips began to tingle. A Geiger counter,
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measures radiation levels, revealed some of the substance had escaped
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workstation, officials said. <br>
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Believing Zuo was responsible, Blakis put the compound on her chair,
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Zuo sat on the chair for about six hours before she discovered the<br>
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contamination, officials said. <br>
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Investigators estimate Zuo was exposed to an average yearlong dose
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radiation during the time. To date, Zuo has not experienced any
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of radiation poisoning, Jensen said. <br>
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