RAINBOW TRIBE NABS SUSPECT

SPRINGERVILLE, ARIZ. -- Police who had shuddered to see 25,000 hippies
pitch their hugging, drumming and marijuana-smoke-filled camp last week in
the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, saw the Rainbow Family Gathering
somewhat differently after unarmed Rainbow peacekeepers captured a man
wanted for a brutal Florida murder.

``In my long law-enforcement career, this is something I have never seen
happen,'' said Apache County sheriff's Sgt. Jim Morse.

Deputies, responding to a call from the Rainbows' security team, the
Shanti-Sena, arrived at the camp to find 25 Rainbows in a ring around the
wanted man, Joseph Giebel, who had escaped two months ago from Florida
police and was wanted for the rape and murder of a woman there. He was
bound in a blanket.

Giebel is wanted for killing Sherri Lyn Jett, who was raped and beaten to
death. Having learned he had been at other annual Rainbow Family
Gatherings, Key West police sent his description to the Rainbow Family's
Web home page.

The deputies could not say how the Shanti-Sena, an unarmed, unstructured
organization captured Giebel. The Shanti-Sena, who wear small badges made
of bark, includes many military veterans. The week-long gathering ended
Saturday except for the Rainbows' cleanup crews, who work for two or three
more weeks to clean and reseed the area.