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Show Public Safety Briefs Attorney wants client evaluated The defense attorney for a man accused of holding a girl at knifepoint in an LDS church said Thursday that she wants to have her client's mental competency evaluated. Stephanie Miya asked 8th District Dis-trict Court Judge John R. Anderson Ander-son to continue the case against Brian William Poundstone for four weeks. Miya also told the judge that she intends to seek a psychological examination of her client to determine whether he understands the charges against him and can assist with his own defense. Poundstone, who is charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault, appeared briefly beside Miya in court on Thursday. The appearance was slated to be a status hearing on the 21-year-old's bail, but his attorney said she didn't feel it was the proper time to address the issue. Poundstone is accused of grabbing grab-bing a 14-year-old girl around the neck and holding a knife to her throat on March 2 inside The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint's West Stake Center in Roosevelt. The girl told police Poundstone pulled her into an empty room inside the church, but ran off after another person walked into the room. Anderson granted Miya's request for a continuance. He scheduled another hearing for Poundstone on April 10. Poundstone remains in the Duchesne County Jail. Help sought in two burglaries The Duchesne County Sheriffs Sher-iffs Office and Roosevelt Police Department are looking for the public's help to solve two Thursday Thurs-day morning burglaries. Duchesne County Sheriffs Deputy Monty Nay said someone broke into an office at the Moon Lake Electric yard on North State Street. The burglar gained entrance to the office through a garage door and stole a $25,000 infrared video camera, a still camera, and a laptop computer. Nay said investigators know the burglary occurred sometime after 4: 15 a.m. because the laptop had updated to Moon Lake's server at about that time. Roosevelt Police Detective J eremy Chapman said his agency is also investigating a break-in that occurred sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday Thurs-day morning at Skip's Refrigeration. Refrigera-tion. Chapman said someone broke ! the doorknob off the building's j main door and stole about $100 j from the office, i; Nay and Chapman said it's unclear whether the burglaries are related. Anyone with information on the Moon Lake Electric burglary should contact the Duchesne County Sheriffs Office at 738-2015. 738-2015. Individuals with information informa-tion on the Skip's burglary can contact the Roosevelt Police Department at 722-4558. McCairns gets prison for abuse A former Roosevelt man living in Idaho, who was convicted of beating his infant son last fall, will spend at least two years in prison. Kason William McCairns was sentenced last Monday in Rexburg by 7th District Judge Brent Moss to serve two to nine years behind bars for abusing his 8-week-old son in October. The sentence was handed down after emotional testimony from McCairns wife and members mem-bers of her family. "When I look into my sweet little baby's eyes, I can't imagine what kind of a person could look into his eyes, harm him, lie about it, and then point the finger at me," Heather McCairns said. "To think that Kason could prey upon his own flesh and blood over and over again in my presence breaks Our Ads are worth the dip in the... It-- 64 North Vernal Avenu Vernal, Utah .435-789-3511 www.vernal.com my heart." Heather McCairns said she had no idea her son was being abused. She said her husband told her he tripped while holding the baby or that the infant baby fell out of bed. The child suffered facial and genital bruises, broken ribs, and a fractured skull as a result of the abuse. Police were contacted when the McCairns' baby was hospitalized hospital-ized and Kason McCairns blamed his wife for the child's injuries. He later admitted he lied. The couple is divorcing. McCairns expressed remorse for his actions before the judge ordered the 2001 Union High School graduate serve prison time. During testimony at last week's sentencing hearing, a police lieutenant said McCairns dropped his son from a height of VA feet from the ground several times because of "anger and frustration." frus-tration." Bluebell crash blamed on deer An 18-year-old Bluebell man drove his Jeep into a power pole Friday night after he swerved to avoid deer on the road, the Utah Highway Patrol said. Trooper Rex Olsen said Clayton Clay-ton Grinstead was driving west on the Bluebell Road near the cemetery in a Jeep Wrangler when he went off the right side of the road and struck a power pole. Grinstead told the trooper he had tried to avoid a group of deer standing in the road. Grinstead was wearing a seatbelt, Olsen said, and did not receive any injuries. The trooper said Grinstead and other witnesses reported that the glare from the sun was very bright for motorists in the area at the time of the crash. Moon Lake Electric crews repaired re-paired the damaged power pole. The Bluebell Road was limited to a single lane for about two hours as a result of the crash. Grinstead was cited for failure to operate his vehicle in a single lane. Blaze destroys truck near Ouray The Vernal City-Uintah County Coun-ty Fire Department responded to a vehicle fires south of Ouray on Friday. j rr- - ' Uintah Fire District Director Direc-tor Jeremy Raymond said when firefighters arrived, the entire cab and engine compartment of a 1995 Peterbilt owned by Jackson Construction had been completely destroyed by fire. Raymond said the truck was hauling gravel and there were no concerns about hazardous materials. Raymond said the flames originated from under the hood of the truck, leading fire officials to believe something in the engine compartment sparked the blaze; however, the official cause of the fire remains undetermined. No one was injured in the fire. Dr. G.P. Massand, Orthopedic Surgeon has opened his practice here in the Uintah Basin. He brings over 25 years of experience in general orthopedics; ortho-pedics; trauma; arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder, knee, ankle and wrist; total joint replacement; sports medicine; and hand and foot surgery. Dr. Massand is a provider for the following insurance companies: Medicare Health Utah WISE network Medicaid Blue Cross Blue Shield Tricare GEHA Great West Humana IHC Mailhandlers PHCS Altius Riilroad Medicare United Healthcare r, 1 Vernal "create the buzz-about your business PR expert You can learn the art of promotion pro-motion and public relations by spending a day with national public relations expert Dian Thomas. Thomas will be in Roosevelt on April 3 to present a seminar titled: "Creating Great Buzz About Your Business with Free Publicity." The seminar is sponsored spon-sored by the Custom Fit Department Depart-ment of the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College, and will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the UBATC conference room. "The information that I will share will be beneficial for more than your traditional for-profit for-profit company," Thomas said. "If you're responsible for fund-raising fund-raising events for a non-profit group, if you are a volunteer, Accused poachers extradited By Geoft Ltsw Uintah Basin News Service Two men made their initial appearances Monday morning in a Vernal courtroom after being be-ing extradited from Georgia by officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. Johnny Lee Jeffrey Mills, 35, and Joseph Carl Head, 31, are each charged with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a third-degree felony. Mills is also charged with unlawfully possessing possess-ing a handgun, a third-degree felony. DWR Lt. torrey Christo-phersen Christo-phersen said investigator received re-ceived an anonymous tip that a trophy mule deer had been illegally ille-gally killed near Pelican Lake in November 2007. Christophersen said the animal's carcass was recovered by DWR officers, who interviewed several people and ' uncovered evidence that led them to Mills and Head. However, before Mills and Head could be arrested, Christophersen Christo-phersen said they fled to Georgia. The DWR obtained warrants for the men and listed them on the National Crime Information Center's database. Christophersen said authorities authori-ties in Georgia arrested Mills and Head earlier this month on the outstanding warrants. After a failed attempt to have the U.S. Marshal's Service transport the pair back to Utah, two DWR officers of-ficers were sent to Georgia and returned with the men on March 10. 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"In my seminars I share my valuable inside secrets of how to get free publicity to increase your visibility, credibility and just go away,'" Christophersen said. "We have proved this in our efforts this past week by traveling across the nation to apprehend the potential violators in the poaching of a trophy buck deer." The cost of the extradition was paid for by the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, which receives annual appropriations appropria-tions from the state Legislature to assist with extraditions. Christophersen said with the increased activity in the Uintah Basin's oil and gas fields there has been a rise in poaching. He was quick to point out, though, that oil field workers have pro- - - Also has a 2 bedroom, 1 bath receiving monthly income. 9- X. 3 V... : W 1 - ' I,-.-. - . J Today's Weather Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 319 320 321 322 323 m ' " 4430 4826 4825 4622 4827 Snow showers in the Occasional showers Times of sun and Partly cloudy. Highs A lew clouds. 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"You'll be amazed at the opportunities that will come your way." Thomas' career skyrocketed when she appeared on the Tonight To-night Show with Johnny Carson. Her book, "Roughing It Easy," soared to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. The seminar costs $169, however Custom Fit money is available to eligible businesses to bring the cost to $68. To have vided the DWR with information informa-tion on suspected poachers, and energy companies have been cooperative with the agency's efforts to protect wildlife from illegal killing. Mills and Head were due back in court on Tuesday, after press time. Mills is free on $10,000 bond. Head is free on $5,000 bond. Anyone with information about a suspected poaching incident should call the DWR's Help Stop Poaching Hotline at 1-800-622-DEER or DEER on a cell phone. Callers can remain anonymous and rewards are available in some cases. 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