Show S t a SS 1 c bl 1 d trw il pr rr r.r. J JDAVID J DAVID CANNON and Wm Odell Ransom to be sentenced Oct 27 Suspects plead guilty to Mountain Bell David Cannon 34 and Wm Odell Ransom 41 from the Bountiful and Salt Lake fake area pled guilty before Judge David Sam Monda Monday Sept 19 to the theft of copper wire stolen from Mt Bell telephone nearly a year ago said Sheriff Arden Stewart today Robert McCrae was counsel for the defense Nearly 1765 pounds of wire has been recovered by the sheriffs sheriff's department since the July 28 1976 At that time said Sheriff Stewart copper wire wire was selling at 60 cents a its it's down to pound now 30 JUDGE SAM has asked for a 30 day sentence pre-sentence in investigation investigation investigation in- in adult probation and parole Based upon these findings findings findings fin fin- dings said officers the defendants will be sentenced October 27 n Jeff Grandison Fish and Game officer picked the two up upon upon upon on a back road on the suspicion they were in possession of illegal meat He brought them to Vernal and obtaining a search permit discovered not game but heaps of copper wire under the canvas Sheriff Stewart and Mac Holmes as investigating officers found the stripped telephone lines and the case has been in the courts since The two men have been on parole |