The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Saturday, February6, 1999 Kingston Quit State Job Amid Benefits Investigation Oversight in Elko allowed memberof polygamousclan to marry niece despite incest law notified his boss that he was quitting BY GREG BURTON © 1999, THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE is mid-level auditor's position. His last day at work was Dec. 25. Andersen refused to comment on A prominent memberof the Kingston polygamous clan resigned his posi- tion with the state Auditor's Office benefits he claimed fora niece,a teen- communities, was unsure if the state would investigate Jason and Rosalind’s marriage. As an auditor, Kingston worked with a team of accountants reviewing the books of public or quasi-public agencies.It is not clear whether Kingston waseverprivy to the books of companies that could possibly compete, or sign contracts, with a networkof busi- copyof the marriage certificate from the Elko County courthouse. Jason was 19 and Rosalind was 18 bathroom carrying the Sunday paper. Now a newevil was entering Gracle'’s life. > FOR THE RECORD ‘Sarrest AFTER CROSSWALKINJURY 3 An Orem manwas arrested at his homeearly Friday, urs after witnesses told Salt Lake City police the ASAD bumped and then drove over a pedestrian in a crosswalk near the Delta Center. At 11:20 p.m, Thurs- thay, the female victim was among a crowd of people wing the Rolling Stones concert and crossing the = street at 100 South and 300 Westin Salt Lake City. The driver of the pickup edged into the crosswalk. “Some =Sxofthe pedestrians banged on the hoodofthe vehicle,” when they married. That the groom's last name was Kingston and the bride’s mother’s name was also Kings- ton, did not alarm Elkoofficials, It is a third-degree felony in Utah to marry or havesex with a niece. “off.” Witnesses provided police with a license plate “humber that was traced to an Orem address. Orem += =police arrested the owner ofthe pickup and impound«fed his car He was booked into the Salt Lake County os “Jail on suspicion of aggravated assault with a vehicle. ithe victim wasin stable condition at LDS Hospital. oo « oO MOTORCYCLIST KILLED ‘TRIBUNESTAFFand NEWS SERVICE REPORTS a house and a van to get me to go back to school and study small-business management.” around,” Wolfe said. “I also want police, hassettled his federal lawsuit for $1 million. Wolfe, a formeroil-field work- er from Roosevelt, sued the city and the Uintah Basin Medical Center after his April 16, 1996, injury. Wolfe’s spine was injured S. State when the motorcycle driver, Martin Cruz, 3, knocked the UDOT employee to the ground. The and coveredbyits insurance company, said City Manager Brad employee wasnot injured, but Cruz dumped his bike Qo “THREE CLAIM SEXUAL ABUSE ~ A 30-year-old Pleasant Grove man was arrested Thursdayonallegations that he sexually abused three boys. The man waslater booked into the Utah County “Jail on suspicion of aggravated sexual abuseofa child, sodomyon a child and sexual exploitation of a minor. <The Salt Lake Tribune normally does not print the “names of suspects until they have been formally ~ -eharged. The suspectis accused of sexual abusing a 10- year-old boy. Later, 10- and 12-year-old boys came < forward andsaid they had been sexually abused by the ~.game man in a secluded area of Provo Canyon, said . Utah County sheriff's Lt. Ron Fernstedt. Qo ‘FALSE CLAIMS BRINGFINE,JAIL A Manti woman whofalsely claimed she was raped ~on Interstate 15 was sentencedto 180 daysin jail (150 -suspended), 12 months probation and fined $1,850 Fri“dayin 3rd District Court weeks after pleading no con- test to one countof class B misdemeanorfaise infor- mation to a police officer. Dianne M. Meldrum, 19, -initially told police in September she was changing a tire when two men whopulled up ina red low-rider car ‘and took turns raping her on the interstate between American Fork and Lehi. The suspects’ faces, based on <Meldrum’s recollection, were broadcast statewide ©-Several men were questioned based on the drawings. A “medical exam showed Meldrumhadsexualcontact the “nightshe reportedthe rape, butshelater recanted her Fape story. of safety violations, has previously bid for jobs funded by taxpayer dollars. The Kingston polygamous family Wayne Wolfe, left a quadriplegic after a struggle with Roosevelt crashed into a Utah Departmentof Transportation ve- ‘and slid into a parked UDOTvehicle. tion for two recent accidents and a raft reau. Last September, caseworkers for DCFSwereassigned to investigate Jason and Rosalind’s household and the married in a secret polygamous ceremony before they drove to Elko for the “legal” ceremony. level of care the couple was providing for Jason's 6-year-old son, also named brother of John Daniel Kingston, 43, its officers, but consented to the $995,000 settlement arranged Hancock. The remaining $5,000 will be paid by Duchesne County According to police reports, Wolfe became aggressiveafter he was stopped for suspicion of drunken driving. He kicked a ra- dar gun, mobile phone and video camera with his bare feet while being taken to the police station, the reports say. At thestation, while walkingto- ward a breath analyzing machine, Wolfe attempted to knee Officer Tracy Bird, his suit admitted. Of- ficer John W. Gardner came to Bird’s assistance, and in the fracas, Wolfefell and brokehis neck. Wolfe's attorney, Kevin Sutter- field, called thecase “‘a classic ex- ample of excessive force.” While and its medical center, which officers did not intend to maim Wolfe accusedof negligent treat- Wolfe, “they clearly were trying of the settlement — after medical to hurt him,” Sutterfield said. Wolfe’s hands were cuffed behind his back at the time of his bills and attorney fees — to leave fall, Sutterfield noted. ment. Wolfe, 43, plans to use his share the Provo care center where he nowlives. “Hopefully,I will be able to buy Hancock said the officers were “trying to do their job, doing the best they can, and they did not in- Jason Kingston is the youngest who is awaiting trial in Box Elder County on charges that he beltwhipped his 16-year-old daughter for Jason. Despite the incestuous household, state caseworkers approved the living arrangement. In 1992, Jason Kingston, now 24, fathered the premature baby with his half-sister Andrea Johnson, a 15-yearold girl wholater died from complica- rebelling against an arranged mar- riage to her uncle, yet anotherof John Ortell's sons, 32-year-old David 0. Kingston. tions ofa treatable prenatal condition. Jason and Andrea, who had the The 16-year-old girl told police she had become David Kingston’s 15th same father, longtime polygamous leader John Ortell Kingston, were wife. David Kingston has been secretive polygamous ceremony. Johnson's death prompted childabuse and negligent homicide investigations by state and local detectives. half brother and sister. john Daniel married months before thebirth in a Man’s neck wasbrokenin scuffle with police after hetried to kneean officer attempted to knee an officer in the groin, and two officers knocked him to the ground. The city denied wrongdoing by yhen he ran into a highway employee and then Al Disposal, a garbage collection company owned by the Kingston clan and currently under investigation by the Utah Department of Transporta- taken to ensure hedid not review the Roosevelt to Pay Quadriplegic $1 Million in the city police station after he ~~ A Salt Lake County mantrying to beat a red light ith his motorcycle waskilled at 11:30 p.m. Thursday nesses run by his family. Last December, an attorney for the Utah Public Employee Health Plan opened an investigation into benefits Kingston claimed for Rosalind. After the probe was launched, Kingston gave a copy of his marriage certificate to Dan Andersen, counsel for the PEHP. Soon after, Kingston 2 according to a police report. “The driver then lurched “forward knocking the victim to the ground. Once she ivas down,the truck drove overthe top of her and sped once Jason Kingston’s family ties were identified (late last year), steps were booksof agencies with a potential conflict, including the Division of Child and Family Services or any agency affiliated with the child protection bu- ed attempts for an interview. A spokesman for Utah Atty. Gen. Jan Graham, who has vowed to police crimes committed within polygamous full sister is the mother of his wife, Rosalind. The Salt Lake Tribune obtained a It was bad enough when Bill headed into the what his investigation turned up. “If he were to resign, the question matter.” Jason Kingston has refused repeat- ager he married in Elko, Nev. The 1993 marriage, illegal in Utah and Nevada, was performed in Elko by a justice of the peace who apparently was unaware Jason Kingston’s 1998, when pregnancy and delivery records presumed to be from University Hospital were released to detectives. Subsequent investigations cleared Jason Kingston of complicity in his half-sister’s death. Rosalind L. Brown began taking care of Johnson’s baby soon after her death, witnesses told The Tribune. Rosalind, then 17, and Jason were State officials told The Tribune that yondthat, I feel it would be a private would be moot,” Andersensaid. “Be- amid an investigation into medical Both queries stalled until August also owns Standard Restaurant Supply, which has in the past done business with state-funded agencies. tend to do anything wrong.” It is police policy, Hancock said, “whena guystarts kicking at you, you need to take him down and put him in Jeg restraints.” David Church, an attorney for the city’s insurance company, said Roosevelt settled the ease for what its policy would cover. A jury could have awarded Wolfe more, and a higher verdict would have been drawnonthe city’s cof- fers, Church noted. Said Sutterfield, Wolfe's attorney: “He got as much as he could practically get.” Wolfe will personally receive far less than the $1 million, his lawyer pointed out. He has $400,000 in medical bills, althoughSutterfield hopes to nego- tiate a lower reimbursement to Medicaid and Wolfe's health insurance company. Sutterfield notes Wolfe still faces an Apriltrial on a charge of assaulting a police officer. “He could be found guilty of assaulting the same guy who broke his neck,” Sutterfield said. ‘That is troubling to me.” charged with incest. The girl also told police that her father and motherare Kingston has not been charged with incest. He andhis wife, Susan Nelson, purportedly have nine children. UTAH BRIEFS 1-15 CLOSURES Interstate 15 will be closed between 600 North and 900 South twice this weekend. Thefirst closure began Friday at 11 p.m. and continues until 10 this morning. The second closure begins tonight at 7, and continues until Sunday at noon. 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