Eason

A 19-year-old man is being sought in the Monday night shooting of a 7-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy in East Baltimore, police Detective Eric Eason said yesterday.Jmal Jones of the 600 block of Cator Ave. and Angelena Richardson of the 300 block of E. 21st St. were shot inside a house in the 2100 block of Barclay St., Eason said. Angelena was treated and released from Johns Hopkins Hospital, where Jones was arrested on an escape warrant and returned to Boys Village in Cheltenham, Prince George's County.

John W. Eason, 80, Revere Copper executiveJohn W. Eason, retired executive vice president of Revere Copper and Brass Inc., died Saturday of complications from Parkinson's disease at his home in New Canaan, Conn. The former Guilford resident was 80.He joined Revere in 1944 and became head of the company's Baltimore division. He later moved to the firm's corporate headquarters in New York and retired in 1981.A mechanical engineer, he began his professional career in the 1930s working for Boeing Aircraft Co. He also worked for Glenn L. Martin Co. in Middle River, where he helped develop the B-26 bomber during World War II.The native of Folkestone, England, immigrated with his family to Charleston, S.C., where he graduated from The Citadel.

A Baltimore judge denied bail yesterday to three Northeast Baltimore men charged in the fatal shooting of Mount Vernon restaurant co-owner John P. Darda during a Monday morning robbery attempt. Only one of the men, Derrick Bernard Quarles, 20, of the 3800 block of Echodale Ave., had legal counsel at the separate District Court hearings, held at the Central Booking and Intake Center. Retired Judge Paul Alpert denied assistant public defender Dawn Marie Nee's request for $200,000 bail for Quarles, a former employee of the City Cafe.

A 26-year-old Baltimore man was sentenced yesterday to 16 years in federal prison for helping to rob two banks in Baltimore and Anne Arundel County, according to the Maryland U.S. attorney's office. The man and three others were arrested in Severna Park after a pursuit, prosecutors said. Gregory Eason pleaded guilty to charges of bank robbery with a dangerous weapon and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, prosecutors said. When he is released, he will have to serve five years of probation.

In tearful testimony, a former City Cafe employee admitted in court yesterday his role in the shooting death of owner John P. Darda and was sentenced to 35 years in prison. In pleading guilty to first-degree murder yesterday, Derrick Bernard Quarles, 20, apologized to Darda's family for the killing before Circuit Judge Wanda K. Heard sentenced him. "I just want to say I'm sorry about what happened," Quarles said, crying. "To my family and theirs just, I just got ... caught up with the wrong people.

NEW YORK - His name may seem better suited to a hip-hop magazine than to a movie marquee, but Franky G. is no budding rap star. "The only thing I wrap are presents," he says. Franky G. is a film actor who embraced the initial years ago when he found that there were too many actors in the Screen Actors Guild named Gonzalez. He has no regrets. "They love it in Hollywood," he says. And they apparently love more than just the name. In less than a year, Franky G., who reluctantly revealed he is in his "late 30s," has gone from a no-name actor kicking around "off-off-Broadway," as he put it, to a promising new talent sharing screen time with big names in the movies.

The Mount Vernon coffeehouse owner who was shot and killed Monday as he walked to a bank carrying $3,000 was set up by an employee who had accompanied the victim for protection, Baltimore police said yesterday. The 20-year-old employee and two of his friends were each charged early yesterday with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery in the death of John P. Darda, who co-owned the City Cafe. "What a betrayal," said Gino Cardinale, also a co-owner of the popular eatery at West Eager and Cathedral streets and Darda's half-brother.

The line of football fans seeking autographs snaked out the door, down the spiral staircase and into the lobby at Martin's West. At the Ed Block Courage Awards banquet Tuesday night, hundreds of people waited as long as 45 minutes for NFL players to sign helmets, jerseys, balls and programs. Among those signing was Nick Eason of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ravens fans gave him the business — and Eason gave it right back. "I like your smile, but that quarterback of yours [Ben Roethlisberger]

As teachers at Ruth Parker Eason School in Millersville began eating lunch in a school workroom yesterday, a torrent of rain burst through the ceiling, soaking the carpet and their turkey club sandwiches. They screamed, jumped up and ran for empty trash cans to catch the waterfall. Meanwhile, Kenneth P. Lawson, associate superintendent of schools, was in a nearby classroom evaluating whether the school would be able to open Tuesday, its delayed opening date. Until the downpour, indications were that Ruth Parker Eason, a special education school, would open next week.

Clouds and rain didn't stop several hundred people from participating in the Anne Arundel County Special Olympics this weekend.The swimming, track and field events were conducted at the U.S. Naval Academy. Some of Sunday's events were moved indoors.Developmentally disabled athletes from eight area schools and homes for the disabled competed with with help of 100 midshipmans and 175 volunteers.The competition was sponsored by the Annapolis Jaycees in cooporation with the Naval Academy.The Annapolis Jaycees need donations for next years games.