[46][bettersourceneeded], Carolyn McCarthy whose husband Dennis McCarthy was killed by Ferguson, and whose son Kevin McCarthy was severely injured was subsequently elected to the United States Congress[47] on a platform of gun control. "[3] None of Ferguson's victims were black, although it was unclear whether any other black passengers were aboard the train. ``He was very nervous. [17] Ferguson told a judge he questioned Falanga's integrity, disagreed with his handling of the case and had no intention of cooperating with him. While Carter doesn't possess a genius-level IQ, he's often called upon to clean up the messes caused by these creations. ; Police Look for the Spark That Led to the Shootings", "Mineola Woman Is 6th to Die in Rail Shootings", "Death on the L.I.R.R. LIRR spokesman Aaron Donovan says the decision to retain the car was not made lightly. Under New York state law, an insanity defense would require Ferguson's lawyers to prove he suffers from a mental disease or defect and, as a result, could not tell whether his actions were right or wrong. Since Eureka, Neil Grayston has had guest and recurring roles in a number of television series like The True Heroines, Spooked, Daredevil, and The Magicians. LIRR officials responded by noting that the rate of crime against passengers had dropped over the past few years before the shooting. Carolyn McCarthy, whose husband was killed and son seriously wounded, emerged as a key spokeswoman for the victims' families. ; Adelphi Recalls a Student Driven by Rage and Suspended for Making Threats", "Sadness and Hope for Family of Victims of Train Shooting", "Man Accused in L.I.R.R. But it's funny how this time around, talking to other people and seeing where we are today, I'm beginning to think that maybe there is some now.". [32] George Peck, the prosecutor in Ferguson's trial, insisted Ferguson's apparent lack of cooperation with his lawyers was a defense tactic to avoid a trial. The train's conductor was informed of the shooting, but he decided against opening the train doors right away because two of the cars were not yet at the platform. She was motivated to run for Congress after the representative in her district, Dan Frisa, voted against an assault weapons bill. When a witness refused to answer the question to his satisfaction, he would often ask the judge to "admonish the witness to answer the question." Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a149b7f092e77f5 [50], The LIRR units in which the shootings happened, #9891 and #9892, a pair of standard M3 electric cars, were held out of service for potential use as evidence, then were renumbered to #9945 and #9946. Beverly is usually the driver of the story behind the story, selling Eureka's secrets to her employers, and she makes a great villain thanks to Debrah Farentino's ability to be warm and inviting on the surface and cold-blooded in reality. On the video game side of things, gamerswill recognize Jacot's voice from his work as Maurice Vega in Watch Dogs and as Dusan Nemec in Watch Dogs 2. These days, fans likely best know him for playing Silas Stone, father of Cyborg, in Justice League. Ferguson was using the phone and told Rifkin to be quiet. She was bold, flawed, and fantastic, and Richardson-Whitfield carried those qualities into her projects after Eureka, appearing on shows like The Newsroom, Being Mary Jane, andNCIS as well as taking on the role of covert agent Maggie Baptiste in sci-fi crime drama Stitchers in 2015. At Great Meadow, Ferguson is separated from the general prison population in a special unit of 30 one-inmate cells. Nathan is still stuck in the void with William, Audrey and Duke must convince Haley to open the thinny before its too late for Nathan. [10], Anthony J. Falanga was appointed Ferguson's attorney on December 11, 1993. [36], Ferguson argued that the 93 counts he was charged with were related to the year 1993, and had it been 1925 he would have been charged with only 25 counts. imberly Combatti, left, and her mother, Lisa pose in this Nov. 29, 2013 photo released by Lisa Combatti. Well-meaning but bumbling Douglas Fargo was Eureka's junior scientist, beyond brilliant but often dismissed by his peers for his ideas often being even too out-there for a bunch of theoretical physicists. Farentino has two daughters, and one of them clearly got bitten by the same journalistic bug as her mother: her daughter, Molly Adams, is a photographer and documentarian. And in 1996, she made gun control the centerpiece of her successful bid for Congress. . [41], Ferguson originally sought to question himself on the witness stand, but ultimately did not do so. She was played by the talented Tembi Locke, who has since gone on to appear in a number of TV series from NCIS and its spinoff NCIS:Los Angeles to The Magicians andNever Have I Ever and some fans might recognize her from her turn as Dr. Walcott in Dumb and Dumber To. However, even though she wasn't a genius with science, she was more than capable with firearms and weaponry thanks to her years as an elite U.S. Army Ranger. Deranged gunman Colin Ferguson methodically walked through the train, firing at random and pausing to reload as screaming passengers tried to flee. [56] The day after the shooting, Clinton announced he had asked Attorney General Janet Reno to review a proposal by New York City Mayor-elect Rudy Giuliani that would set up a national uniform licensing system for gun buyers. He has been assigned prisoner number 95A1838. She instead issued a statement. [1] [2] Early life [ edit] Ferguson was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, and is a graduate of Appleby College and McGill University. [7], In late 1990, Ferguson transferred to Adelphi University in Garden City, where he majored in business administration. This was in large part thanks to the quirky cast of characters that populated the fictional titular town of Eureka, Oregon. Ferguson continued to claim he was not involved in the shootings and proposed defending himself during the trial. Henry's engineering and mechanical genius were often crucial to figuring out how to stop whatever disaster was threatening the town, and, as the one conscientious objector to Global Dynamics' experiments, he often was the moral center of the show. Case Again Raises Sanity Issue", "Suspect in L.I.R.R. Now, if I remember correctly, there are some causes . Larry may be annoying, but the actor who played him, Christopher Jacot, certainly isn't, with a successful career as a screen actor as well as a voice actor. However, Belfi warned attorneys from both sides to follow a State Court professional disciplinary rule which already limited their comments to news organizations. Ferguson was held down for several minutes; Andrew Roderick, an off-duty LIRR police officer who was picking up his wife from the train, then boarded the train and handcuffed him. He found another man who was willing to testify that the government had implanted a computer chip in Ferguson's brain, but at the last minute decided not to call him to the stand. [12] The day after the shootings, Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta called Ferguson "an animal." Locke's passion is in social activism, however. Slayings May Dismiss His Lawyer", "Lawyers in Rail Slayings File for Insanity Defense", "Suspect in L.I.R.R. But Eureka was never as concerned with its critics as with its fans, and fans embraced it in return. Fans embraced Jack for being the one "normal"guy in over his head in a town full of eccentric super-geniuses. [7] In 2010, Ferguson starred as Nathan Bickerman in the syfy original film Lake Placid 3 co-starring Kirsty Mitchell. Police officers remove a body from a Long Island Railroad car at the Merillon Ave. station in Garden City, N.Y. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. self-described enormous fan of sci-fi and fantasy, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily and Finding Home. Kunstler and Kuby argued they would have no problem finding 12 unbiased jurors and claimed Ferguson had already been publicly attacked in the press by government and police officials. She's also produced news segments and investigative reports, winning a Suncoast Emmy for her work producing Saving America's Heroes. ``For the rest of your natural life, Ferguson, the officer said he told him sarcastically. [29], On December 10, 1994, Judge Belfi ruled Ferguson was competent to stand trial. Dave confronts Croatoan in his mind. [32] On August 12, 1994, Kunstler and Kuby asked Judge Belfi to reconsider Ferguson's competence to stand trial, claiming he was growing more delusional, paranoid and obsessive by the day, and that he was too mentally unbalanced for them to mount any kind of defense. Retired Nassau County Judge Donald Belfi will always be remembered for his decision to allow Ferguson to represent himself in his murder trial. She's also involved in several social activism initiatives and has given TEDxTalks and keynote addresses. "Any other time, I would not like something like that happening in my courtroom," Belfi said. Donald Belfi, a retired. "But a trial of this magnitude and emotion, I thought it was almost appropriate.". "[18] Later, Ron Kuby argued Ferguson had been a frequent target of harassment at the Nassau County jail, and requested that the United States Department of Justice intervene to ensure Ferguson's safety. Ferguson represented himself in trial, prompting bizarre and dramatic proceedings. [7] As Ferguson was escorted from the courthouse, a reporter asked him if he hated whites, to which Ferguson replied, "It's a lie". [1] He is known for playing Sheriff Jack Carter on the Syfy series Eureka, the Maytag Man, and Lewis on Then Came You. [11] In July 2015, Ferguson began playing a recurring role in season three of the Hallmark Channel series Cedar Cove, as the new district attorney and a rival to Jack. He is eligible for parole in 2309. The judge said, "Colin Ferguson will never return to society, and will spend the rest of his natural life in prison." Joel Rifkin "Joel the Ripper" - ALIVE - Convicted of murdering 9 prostitutes between 1989-93 in New York City & Long Island, Rifkin was arrested on 28th June 1993 following a high-speed pursuit when officers spotted him driving without licence plates. As a rival to Douglas Fargo, the two are in constant competition, but Larry is annoying on a level even Fargo can't deal with. Ferguson, now 55, is serving his sentence at the Upstate Correctional Facility in Malone, N.Y., not far from the Canadian border. A train car that became a massacre scene when a gunman killed six people and wounded 19 more is still in service 25 years after the deadly rampage. Shootings Requests a Different Lawyer", "Ferguson Collapses in Court After Scorning Insanity Plea", "Judge Delays Ruling in L.I.R.R. He wanted no part of claiming that racial persecution triggered the violence. With Kellie Martin, Colin Ferguson, Ava Preston, Art Hindle. First debuting on Syfy (then Sci-Fi Channel)on July 18, 2006, sci-fi dramedy Eureka felt like the Little Show That Could. "[9] Students and teachers tried to quiet him, but he started threatening them, repeatedly saying, "The black revolution will get you. [10] In January 2014, Ferguson became the newest "Maytag Man" where he plays the role of the appliance in the latest Maytag ad campaign. "My mom always said we both survived because we were destined to do great things," she said. Falanga called for his client to receive a psychiatric evaluation. [53], During a press conference in the days after the shooting, the Long Island Rail Road Police Benevolent Association called the trains "unsafe" and said the railroad needed to triple the size of its 216-person police force. [11] Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson delivered a sermon at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, during a service attended by the victims' grieving families. 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