W-b City Fire Union Eyes Pact 
Unlike Years Past, Contract 
With Firefighters' Union Could 
Be Wrapped Up Before A City 
Budget Is Passed

3 Return With Golden Memories

Thursday, August 15, 1996 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page: 2A 





WILKES-BARRE -- Nico A. Botch, sentenced to jail for stalking, and to 21
years probation for calling women to ask about their undergarments, was
released Wednesday from the county prison to serve under house arrest. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Botch, who admitted to 42 counts of harassment by communication, was
sentenced May 15 to nine to 23 months in the Luzerne County Correctional
Facility for stalking. He had called one woman from a telephone across the
street from where she worked at the Merry-Go-Round store in the Viewmont Mall. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Botch, 25, from Hazleton, was released from jail Wednesday after Luzerne
County Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan granted Botch's request to
reconsider his sentence. Botch will be electronically monitored as he serves
his sentence under house arrest. He is ordered to seek inpatient treatment,
according to court documents. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Botch pleaded guilty May 13 to 10 counts of harassment by communication and
one count of stalking in Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas for making
several calls to Victoria's Secret, a store specializing in women's lingerie,
also in the mall. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Admitted Stalker Begins Monitored House Arrest