| Johnson
City Press Tuesday, May 11, 2004
 Lawyers
Appointed for Two Israelis
ERWIN -- Two Israeli nationals
being held here without bond on a variety of
charges placed over the weekend were appointed
lawyers Monday by Unicoi County General Sessions
Court Judge David Shultz. Almaliach Naor and Shmuel Daran,
Tel Aviv, Israel, requested the Israeli Consulate
also be notified of their incarceration. Naor told
Shultz he could only speak Hebrew. Daran, who
speaks both Hebrew and English, acted as a
translator for Naor during the proceedings. Erwin attorneys William Lawson and Kent Garland
were appointed to represent the men. Lawson will
represent Naor, while Garland was appointed Daran's
lawyer. Unicoi County Sheriff Kent Harris arrested the
two men after a rented 25-foot Ryder truck failed
"to stop for my blue lights and they were speeding
and swerving on Highway 352 in Flag Pond." Harris
said he finally pulled the truck over nearly three
miles down the mountain at the Temple Hill
community. Harris said he found a false Florida driver's
license under Naor's passenger seat. Harris also
said one of the two threw out a vial containing
some type of accelerant. The two deny throwing
anything out of the truck, but Harris said he has a
witness who said the men threw out several
items. The discarded vial was found by Unicoi County
Sheriff's officers who combed the area following
the two men's arrests. Harris said after testing the vial locally it
was sent to an FBI lab. "We're still working with
the FBI on the case," he said.  At
the request of Assistant District Attorney General
Fred Lance, Shultz did not set bond at the brief
morning hearing. However, he said he would consider
the matter later Monday or today after the Israeli
authorities were notified.
Harris said late Monday he was traveling to Mars
Hill, N.C., to search a storage building the pair
had rented from Triple A Storage, 1393 U.S. Highway
19. "We found a receipt in their truck, and we've
received permission to inspect it," Harris said.
"One of the suspects will accompany us over
there." Harris said upon further investigation, the
Ryder truck was rented in Plantation, Fla., not
Mars Hill, N.C., as previously thought. At the
direction of the FBI, Harris said the vial has been
sent to the director of Emergency Management for
Tennessee in Sevierville. He said federal
authorities had ruled out any federal charges,
"unless the liquid in the vial is an illegal
substance," Harris said. State charges "are still
intact," he said.  Harris
said he talked to an official at the Israeli
Consulate's office in Atlanta Monday afternoon, who
in turn spoke to Daran, 22, and Naor, 19.
"He wanted to know how they were being treated,"
Harris said. "Because of their religion, they are
asking to be fed a special diet and we are
complying with the request." Both men are expected to appear in Sessions
Court today for a bond hearing.  Courtesy News Watcher Also see: Two
Men Arrested After High Speed Car Chase in
Tennessee Website note: we request readers to
keep their eyes open for follow-up stories on this
incident. 
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