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SECTION 2-PACE 8- PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. MARCH 7. ltM general News CL patrolman convicted of sex crimes Brother, sister wounded in Carpentersville shooting A Carpentersville brother and sister were shot Saturday by an assailant who then apparently turned her weapon on herself, according to police. Cathy Bradshaw, 21, and William B. Bradshaw, 18, both of 312 Green St., Carpentersville, were allegedly shot by Pamela S. Fischbach, 21, of 519 Barrington Ave., according to the Carpentersville Police Department. Both remain hospitalized in an Elgin hospital after being wounded by pistol shots in their home Saturday, March 3. After the noontime shooting, Ms. Fischbach reportedly turned the weapon on herself, firing one shot, police said. Sunday night Ms. Bradshaw was reported in fair condition at Sherman Hospital, Elgin, and her brother was reported in good condition. After firing six shots at the brother and sister, Ms. Fisch­ bach shot herself once in the r head, police said. The East Dundee woman was taken to Sherman Hospital by Car­ pentersville and Countyside Fire Protection District paramedics. Fischbach was pronounced dead 4% hours later. Police said the initial in­ vestigation reveals no motive for the shooting. Ms. Fischbach, a student at Elgin Community College, and Cathy Bradshaw had been friends for a few years. Brandishing a .22 caliber handgun, Ms. Fischbach reportedly broke into the Green Street home and chased the Bradshaws into a bedroom on the second floor. The brother and sister barricaded them­ selves in the bedroom, and Ms. Fischbach reportedly fired through the bedroom door, wounding Cathy Bradshaw in the leg, arm, chin and back of her skull and William B. Bradshaw in the hand, police reported. by Kirk Birginal Shaw-Free Press Newsservice Crystal Lake patrolman Herman Roebke was convicted of felony sex crimes Friday after testifying that the allegations against him came from an embittered teenage girl. McHenry County Circuit Judge Henry Cowlin found Roebke guilty on two counts of major sex violations, including indecent liberties with a child, for molesting a 16-year-old girl while off duty in November, 1982. The 36-year-old police officer sat expressionless as Cowlin acquitted him of four identical charges relating to incidents involving the same youth in January and March last year. During the final day of testimony in the two-day bench trial, Roebke testified in his own behalf that he stopped opposing a teenager's planned marriage after she and another young girl accused him of having sex with them. A 16-year-old girl had testified that Roebke had had sexual relations with her on at least three occasions while he was off duty in November, 1982 and in January and March last year. Under questioning by defense attorney Arthur B. Carlson, Roebke denied he had had sex with the teenager and said the girl was bitter towards him because he had "advised her not to marry" her boyfriend. His opposition to her marrying her boyfriend stopped abruptly after she and another youth told his wife, Susan, that he had had sex with them. Confronted with the charges by his wife, Roebke said, "I was shocked by the allegations." He said he asked his wife if she believed the two girls, and she said she was unsure. Roebke testified that be had taken the girl to a Rockford abortion clinic in December 1982 under an assumed name to protect her reputation. He refuted earlier testimony by a counselor from the clinic, Eileen Whitegrove. Ms. Whitegrove said Roebke had identified himself as a youth officer with the Crystal Lake Police Department who helped pregnant girls when they couldn't go to their parents. Prosecutors called a surprise witness after Roebke denied telling another young girl that he could give her an obstetrical examination to determine if she was pregnant. The young girl later testified that she spoke with Roebke in his car. According to the girl, she asked him for help getting an abortion, and he offered to examine her at his house or her's. She said Roebke said he would drive her to the Rockford abortion clinic. The teenager said she never followed up on his offer because it turned out she wasn't pregnant. Returning to testify, Roebke admitted he had talked with the youth but that he had only ad­ vised her where she could get an abortion. He said the girl thought of him as a father and had come to him for help. "I told her that her boyfriend would have to take her to Rock­ ford for the operation," Roebke said. Pack said in his closing remarks that no testimony has been entered refuting the girl's statement that sexual in­ tercourse had occurred. Defense attorney Carlson, citing evidence he said showed Roebke did not have the op­ portunity to be alone with the youth at the time of the alleged incidents in January and March, said "the charges here are easily brought and difficult to defend" and that the youth made up her story of abuse. In rendering his judgment after two hours of consideration, Cowlin said that he found the suggestion that the girl "told lies about Mr. Roebke out of revenge for him to be somewhat in­ credible." Cowlin said that although reasonable doubt remained about the two alleged incidents inJanuary and March 1983, "in the total picture of the case- considering the abortion and everything that went with it- the court has no doubt." Roebke, being held in McHenry County Jail without bond, faces a term of im­ prisonment of four to 15 years and is scheduled to be sentenced by Cowlin on April 10. Girl Scouts 72 years old \ o©s" •me Sluw f rat Prut «mp»pw firoop In celebration of Girl Scout Week and the seventy-second anniversary of their birthday, the Girl Scouts of Sybaquay Council will be hosting "Around the World with Sybaquay". The event will be held ' Sunday, March 11, from 1-5 p.m. at the Hemmens Auditorium in Elgin. The exhibition is open to the public and will feature troop activities with an international theme. One hundred thirty-five troops will participate with stage and puppet shows, arts, folk dancing, cooking demon­ strations, songs games, and displays. The Sybaquay Girl Scout Council, a United Way Agency, serves girls 6-17 throughout a seven-county area. For more information contact the council office at (312) 741-5521. 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