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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, April 16, 2008 A5 Public Safety Briefs Defendant sent to state hospital A woman accused of threatening threaten-ing two convenience store employees em-ployees with a knife has been sent to the Utah State Hospital. Eighth District Court Judge John R. Anderson ordered 50-year-old Rose M. Snyder to the state hospital for an evaluation following her initial court appearance ap-pearance Thursday. Snyder is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of witness tampering, and one count of disorderly conduct. Duchesne County Sheriffs Sgt. John Crowley said Snyder and male companion entered the Gateway 66 convenience store on Wednesday shortly before noon. The Ohio woman had a knife, Crowley said, and was repeatedly opening, and closing it, prompting prompt-ing store employees to ask her to leave. Crowley said Snyder responded re-sponded by cornering the store's two cashiers, waving the knife at them and telling them not to call police. She then left the store. The cashiers did call sheriffs deputies, who caught up to Snyder Sny-der and questioned her about the incident. Crowley said Snyder was upset that the cashiers hadn't followed her orders and admitted to having the knife because she was "being Mel Gibson." The sergeant also said Snyder claimed a passing motorist was : her sister and that the woman had two assault rifles pointed at the deputies. Snyder was booked into the ' Duchesne County Jail, where she ' remained until her court hearing on Thursday. A second hearing date has not been scheduled, pending the results of Snyder's competency evaluation. Hearing waived in church case : The man accused of holding . a teenager girl at knifepoint ; inside an LDS church in March has waived his preliminary hear-: hear-: ing. Brian William Poundstone, 21, faces charges of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated as-! as-! sault that stem from a March 2 i incident at The Church of Jesus ,. Christ of Latter-day Saints meet-t meet-t ing house at 150 S. Skyline Dr. t in Roosevelt. , , i , .-. ..." , Poundstone was in court Thursday for a preliminary hearing hear-ing on the charges. The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether there is probable cause to believe that a crime occurred and whether probable cause exists to believe the defendant committed the crime. Poundstone's decision to waive the hearing is not an admission of guilt. Preliminary hearings are often waived because be-cause of the relatively low threshold thresh-old of evidence prosecutors must present. A status hearing in the case is set for May 8. Poundstone remains in the Duchesne County Jail. He faces a prison sentence of 5 years to life if he's convicted of aggravated kidnapping and zero to 5 years in prison if he's convicted of aggravated ag-gravated assault. Woman pleads to $2,500 theft AMoab woman pleaded guilty Thursday to thirddegree felony theft as part of a deal with Duchesne Duch-esne County prosecutors. In exchange for her plea, prosecutors pros-ecutors dismissed a third-degree felony forgery charge against 32-year-old Ranasha Childs. Roosevelt Police Lt. Ben Lemmon said Childs, and a man identified by investigators as Nicholas Evan Nowak, entered en-tered the Roosevelt Zions Bank branch on Feb. 25. Lemmon said Childs presented a teller at the bank with a withdrawal slip for $25,000 using an invalid account number. The lieutenant said the account ac-count number made it past the bank's computer system, but the teller misread the amount on Childs' withdrawal slip and only gave her $2,500. Childs and Nowak then tried to get a bank employee to help them get a new ATM card before boltingfrom the bank, Lemmon said. Investigators obtained arrest warrants for Childs and Nowak and placed them on the National Crime Information Center's database. da-tabase. Childs was subsequently taken into custody on March 3 by police in Grand Junction, Colo. Lemmon said she was caught in a car that had been reported stolen by a Price rental car agency. Nowak has not yet been arrested. ar-rested. Childs is due back in court on June 19 for sentencing. She faces up to 5 years in prison. Plea entered in sex abuse case A 33-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday to second-degree forcible sex abuse after he was bound over to stand trial on the charge. Christopher Vincent Yvellez chose to enter his plea following a preliminary hearing. According to Roosevelt Police Officer Karla Strebel, Yvellez forced himself on his girlfriend while he was visiting her at the Western Hills Motel on Jan. 12. The woman told investigators that Yvellez put his hand down her pants and touched her without with-out her consent. Eighth District Court Judge John R. Anderson ruled Thursday Thurs-day that there was enough evidence to bind Yvellez over for trial. Deputy Duchesne County Attorney Grant Charles asked Anderson for a trial date, noting not-ing that prosecutors would not be offering Yvellez the opportunity opportu-nity to plead guilty to a reduced charge. As Charleswasaddressingthe court, defense attorney Stephanie Stepha-nie Miya asked Anderson for an opportunity to speak with the prosecutor. Following a brief discussion, dis-cussion, Anderson was informed that Yvellez would be entering his guilty plea. After accepting the plea, Anderson ordered Yvellez to un dergo a psychosexual evaluation and a presentence investigation. He also allowed Yvellez to be released on his own recognizance pending sentencing, but forbid him from having contact with the victim and said he must take his medication as prescribed. A sentencing hearing is set for July 17. Gonzalez pleads to firearms count Pedro Banda Gonzalez - the man who allegedly fired a gun at another man during a dispute at the old Petroleum Downs racetrack race-track in March 2007 - pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal weapons charge. Gonzalez, 39, entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Court Judge Ted Stewart to one count of being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. On March 14, 2007, Gonzalez and another man got into an argument that escalated to the point where Gonzalez pulled a .22-caliber revolver and fired it, according to authorities. Gonzalez Gonza-lez then ran into a stand of trees between the old racetrack and East Elementary School, prompting prompt-ing Roosevelt police to briefly put the school on lockdown. Gonzalez was found hiding in the trees by a Utah Highway County plans spring cleanup at cemeteries The Uintah County Cemeteries Cemeter-ies announced last week that crews will begin spring cleaning at all cemeteries. 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Native American Chamber to hold unveiling ceremony grass programs are complete in a few weeks, decoration may be reinstalled. The cemeteries association along with the Uintah Uin-tah County Commission thank county residents for the continued contin-ued support in having beautiful cemeteries. ... ,j. ' . , The newly formed Utah Native Na-tive American Chamber of Commerce Com-merce will celebrate its launch with an unveiling ceremony on April 22. The ceremony will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Zion's Bank Building at 1 Main St. and South Temple in Salt Lake City. Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., various vari-ous government, business and tribal leaders have been invited and are expected to attend. The mission of the chamber is to develop business leaders and to be an advocate for self-reliance and self-sufficiency in the Native American business community, on and off-reservation. "The unveiling of the Utah Native American Chamber of Commerce is an historic event," said chamber President Cal Nez. "We are one of a few Native American Chambers of Commerce Com-merce of its kind in the United States." Utah's Native Americans business leaders are members of one of the five designated ethnic groups in Utah to form a chamber and Nez said he believes it is a "final chapter of progress" within the ethnic community. "I am honored to serve with an incredible group of business people who happen to be Native Americans," he said. "I believe this venture will effect many generations to come." The chamber is comprised of Native American business-owners business-owners from various tribes from throughout the United States. Everyone is invited to attend the event which will feature networking, entertainment and a light dinner. 2008 Severe Storm Spotter Training Classes in Northeast Utah and Northwest Colorado Please attend if you can. No need to register or RSVP for these classes. Provided as a free service to anyone any-one who has an interest in severe weather, as well as to those who would like to enhance or review their education in volunteer storm spotting for the National Weather Service. This is provided free to the public in northeast Utah and northwest Colorado during the week of April 28 through May 1 giving residents an opportunity to learn more about severe strom spotting and reporting to the National Weather Service. Monday, April 28, 2008 - Basic Storm Spotter Training 7:00-9:00 PM Moffat County Fairgrounds Pavilion (East side of Craig, just off US Highway 40, turn off next to Kum-N-Go) Craig, CO Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Combined Com-bined Basic and Advanced Storm Spotter Training 6:00-9:00 PM Yampa Valley Electric Association Associa-tion Community Room 32 Tenth Street Steamboat Springs, CO Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - Basic Storm Spotter Training 1:00-3:00 PMMDT Daggett County Courthouse County Commissioners Room Manila, UT Wednesday, April 30, 2008 -Combined Basic and Advanced Storm Spotter Training 6:00-9:00 PM MDT Vernal City Building - Conference Confer-ence Room 447 East Main Street Vernal, UT Thursday, May 1, 2008 - Advanced Ad-vanced Spotter Training 7:00-9:00 PM MDT Moffat County Fairgrounds Pavilion (East side of Craig, just off US Highway 40, turn off next to Kum-N-Go) Craig, CO Any questions? Contact Jim Pringle at 970-243-7007 ext. 726, or james.pringlenoaa.gov by April 24th (Thursday). This spotter training schedule is also posted on our web site: weather.govgjt -. . limmw iMtme mm. for your community and your family. When Betty Stone found a lump in her breast she "freaked out." She called her 0BGYN, Dr. Rick Thomas, who sent her immediately to the Emergency Room at Ashley Regional Medical Center. The ER physician found a large abcess. After surgery, by General Surgeon David Richards, to remove the abcess, Betty had to be given IV antibiotics. The infection was stubborn and tunneled deep into the breast; so Betty had treatments every day for 3 long months. After having a PICC line . - inserted, Betty found herself attached to a pump, which L she fondly named Buford. Buford went everywhere with her, including work. Every day she came to the Short Stay Surgery (SSS) unit at Ashley Regional Medical Center, where the nursing staff would hook her up to antibiotics, "From the first trip to the ER, everyone was wonderful," said Betty. At Thanksgiving, Betty was feeling particularly low about not being able to leave town. So the SSS staff trained her fiancee to administer the antibiotics, and ':T" ' " -r--' - arranged for her to take her antibiotics with her. She was able to go to Grand Junction and be with her family for the holiday. "They were wonderful," said Betty, "I just can't thank them enough. The SSS nurses are not just nurses, they're family." "They were wonderful, I just can't . thank them enough." I Ashley Regional MEDICAL CENTER J V , . f t , 7 j.-, i j Vr b9 , i lit, 'iffii 1, 1. 1, t if ii i ii. i ir. . jj i mnUS i r.' t jiw i mmA,i t ..,tt t s mm-rf irWi t -nary j mv b', . 1 , i |