The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, March 28, 2002 3 . permarket, Chief John Fowler. By ANDREW TUTINO Special to The Dallas Post The Dallas teenager who left from her home last week was found Monday in northern Wis- consin and authorities there are ‘holding a man in connection with ‘her disappearance. Lynn Nafus, 16, called her par- ents Monday to tell them she was OK, and police were able to trace the call back to a Wisconsin su- said Dallas police Authorities in Washburn, Wis., “were alerted to the call and took the man Nafus was staying with, Josh Egelund, into custody Mon- day night. Egelund was charged with child enticement, interference with parental custody and ob- structing a police officer. He is being held without bail, said Craig Haukaas, the Bayfield County District Attorney. Dallas police believe Nafus met Egelund on the Internet and he might have picked her up Thurs- day at her Dallas home. Police were searching for a small, light blue or gray car with a Washington state license plate, which was seen at Nafus’s home Thursday. The man driving the car was described as being 19 to 24 years old, police said. issing teen found in Wisconsin Haukaas was unsure of Egelund’s age and said he knew little about him as of Tuesday night. He was awaiting paper- work from the Luzerne County District Attorney’s office, he said. Luzerne County First Assistant District Attorney Joe Carmody said the investigation into what charges can be filed against Egelund is continuing. Carmody said charges could be filed today. Nafus’s parents were heading to Wisconsin to pick up their daughter, Fowler said, and were unavailable for comment. This article appeared in original form in the Times Leader. , 2 men charged after 8-hour car chase 4 id Thomas . Trotta Jr., By ANDREW TUTINO Special to The Dallas Post LEHMAN TWP. — Two Lack- “awanna County men led law en- forcement agencies on an eight- hour chase through four Back ‘Mountain municipalities Tuesday morning after the men were spot- “ted trying to steal a jack hammer. Nicholas Dombek, 32, and 27... are charged with attempting to steal the jack hammer from Lehman Power Equipment on state Route 4 ERTS SA a A a. ou FCT @- | 118, police said. Each was arraigned before Dis- trict Justice James Tupper on criminal and traffic charges in connection with the alleged theft and ensuing chase. They are lodged in the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $25,000 bail each. : Though they only face misde- Paul McCartney April 16 - Philadelphia The Who with Robert Plant June 29 - Hershey GALL MARTZ 1821-3855 + 800-432-8069 inancing could put your house in order.” E. Lee Beard, President & CEO meanor charges, Tupper set a high bail for Dombek and Trotta based on a request from Lehman Township police. “They fled from us through four different townships and boroughs for eight hours this morning,” Lehman Township officer Damian Hoover told Tupper. “I believe they would flee again if they had the chance.” Hoover said he saw a dark Chevrolet Blazer leave the equip- ment company’s parking lot while he was patrolling at about 2:30 a.m., according to an affidavit. Dombek and Trotta first fled in the Blazer, but crashed minutes after the chase began, according to court papers. After exiting the vehicle, Dombek and Trotta led police on a foot chase through Lehman, Jackson and . Dallas townships and Dallas borough. Trotta, of Moscow, was taken into custody after he collapsed in the St. Nicholas Cemetery in Kingston Township at 7 a.m., ac- cording to court papers. He was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and later released. He appeared at his hearing still wearing a hospital smock. At 10 am. Dombek, of Gouldsboro, was taken into cus- tody in a residential area in Kingston Township, according to court papers. In addition to Lehman Town- ship officers, officers from Jack- son Township, Dallas borough, Dallas Township, Kingston Town- ship, Harveys Lake, Veteran Af- fairs police K-9 unit and state po- lice at Wyoming assisted in the search and investigation, Hoover said. This article appeared in original form in the Times Leader. Wr business suits GINNY BISHOP Quality Alterations prom & bridal vintage restoration by appointment 570.675.3065 Dallas, PA Our Home Equity financing can help you make a clean sweep of all those items on your household “TO DO” list. Landscaping, remod- eling, new roof or painting. Now's the time to get your financing in order at today’s low rates. Best of all, the interest could be tax deductible, but ask your tax advisor to be sure. Call us for details, or stop in to see us today. 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The board did vote to request a fact-finding panel from the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (PLRB) at last week's meeting, with James Mahon be- ing the lone dissenting vote. Hol- land said the LLEA had request- ed the fact-finding on Feb. 12 and “the board, behind the scenes, shot it down.” “We find it somewhat ironic that a month ago when we re- quested fact finding, the board was opposed to fact finding,” Holland said. “And now, today, they say we need fact-finding. We should have been in fact finding a month ago.” Roberts explained that when the teachers had asked for the fact finding in February, the “We should have been in fact finding ‘a month ago.” John Holland Attorney for ~ Lake-Lehman teachers board's attorney had advised them to give the mediation more time and the board asked for an- other meeting, March 18. “That meeting produced no significant movement so the board, again on the recommendation of the attorney, decided that maybe it was time for fact-finding,” Roberts explained. “At that time the teachers said, ‘No, let's meet again and talk again.” So you can see how complex this is.” A fact-finder, appointed by the PLRB, will take testimony from both sides and make a recom- ~mendation to the parties in an effort to help resolve the current impasse. “The board hopes that the fact-finder will look favorably upon our proposal as opposed to the associations proposal,” Roberts said. : Holland feels the fact-finding panel will be a good thing for both the LLEA and the school district. “Often times, even when it doesn’t produce an agreement, it does have a tendency to bring the parties closer together in the positions.” Both parties reported the ma- jor points not yet resolved were wages and health care, but Hol- land feels the board is unwilling to negotiate. “The board is tak- ing a very hard-line position — take it or leave it.” Holland said. “They just basically want to ram (their proposal) down the teach- ers’ throats and that is not ac- ceptable.” “We are somewhat perplexed that we've asked for dates (to meet for negotiations) and the district has refused to give us dates as well,” he added. “As a matter of fact, at our last ses- sion, I asked the district to set a follow-up date and they refused to.” Roberts clarified the issue, saying the board refused, on the advice of their attorney, because they were in fact finding and once fact finding is granted, no face-to-face meetings should oc- cur. 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