Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Mon, 26 Oct 92 14:37:03 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;EAST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Princeton impostor gets 9-month sentence TRENTON, N.J. - A 32-year-old fugitive who faked his background to enter Princeton University was sentenced to nine months in prison Friday for swindling the Ivy League school out of $22,000 in scholarships. Prosecutors had dropped charges of forgery and falsifying records against James Arthur Hogue in exchange for a guilty plea to theft by deception. In addition to the prison time, Hogue was ordered to repay most of $22,000 he accepted in scholarship money from the university. He remained free on bail pending a review of his sentence today by an appeals court. Authorities said Hogue entered Princeton in 1989 under the name Alexi Indris-Santana. He claimed that he had grown up on a commune and had never attended school but was self-educated and employed on a Utah ranch. He was enrolled based on test scores and a "unique and impressive life story," said Fred Hargadon, who became the school's dean of admissions after Hogue was admitted. As Indris-Santana, Hogue claimed to be 20 years old when he was arrested in class in February 1991 on a warrant from Utah. He had served six months in jail in Utah for stealing bicycles and was wanted on a parole violation. S=NEW STORY Husband charged in death of wife EAST AMHERST, N.Y. - An estranged husband shot his wife and a man to death Saturday in the woman's home, then turned himself in to police, authorities said. Virginia Berk, 41, a real estate agent, and Joseph P. Valvo, 35, a nine-year veteran state trooper, died at hospitals, police Capt. Thomas Gould said. Carl Berk drove to police headquarters 30 minutes after the shooting, handed over a .38-caliber revolver and turned himself in, said Mr. Berk's attorney, Michael Taheri. Mr. Taheri said Mr. Berk did not confess. Police said Mr. Berk, 53, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Police would not give a motive for the shooting but said the victims had been romantically involved. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM