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Show 1 A2 Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Vernal Express Insurance Continued from Al ing sentencing. A third agent from Timothy's office, Bart Winterton, pleaded guilty to forgery in October ! for signing a client's name to a insurance policy application. The charges against Winterton sprang from a separate state investigation. He has never been tied to any of Timothy's alleged activities. In addition to keeping clients' refunds and creating phony bonds, authorities claim that Timothy ordered the shredding of 114 boxes of records from the Vernal and Roosevelt Service Insurance offices in July 2007, one month after a search warrant war-rant was executed on the Vernal office. Timothy, during two telephone tele-phone calls Friday night, denied or offered explanations for most Em SL (USPS 0892-1091) Periodical postage paid at Vernal, Utah Published weekly at 54 N. Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT 84078 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Vernal Express at 54 N. 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He confirmed that office records had been shredded, but said it was 12 boxes, not 114, and they were from 1992, making them irrelevant to the state's investigation. investi-gation. As for the money he's accused of keeping from clients, Timothy said it's been repaid in full. He said state investigators are overreaching over-reaching with their estimate of $300,000. "The money that you have in (the court records) is so far off, it's unreal," Timothy told the Uintah Basin Standard. Timothy said an audit of Service Insurance's books, conducted over the past several months, revealed that only about $75,000 was ever mishandled. "I'm just trying to be decent with everyone," he said. "Everything's "Every-thing's been done, everything's taken care of, no one's lost anything any-thing at this point - nothing. I can tell you that honestly." Paul Murphy, spokesman for the Utah Attorney General's Office, said investigators presented pre-sented prosecutors with enough evidence to pursue more than 150 felony charges against Timothy. He said the case was filed in Salt Lake City because the two district court judges in Uintah County recused themselves due to past personal and professional dealings with Timothy. Murphy said after negotiations negotia-tions with the state, Timothy has agreed to plead guilty to the 15 counts filed against him in exchange ex-change for the state's promise not to file the additional felony charges. As part of the proposed plea bargain, Timothy also agreed to put money into a state-managed state-managed trust account to repay any additional victims, Murphy said. "It is possible that there are victims that are unaware of the issues," he said. Murphy did not offer comment com-ment on whether the state would be pursuing charges against other individuals in Timothy's office. Anyone who suspects they may have a claim against Timothy Timo-thy can contact state insurance investigator Rick Angel at (801) 526-4559. Timothy is scheduled to make his initial court appearance March 17. 1 -X a"''"1 ."- ' 5 -V l '"""K Coyote Killer Continued from Al it fell over. When he picked it up, it exploded, sending a cloud of orange granules into his nose, mouth and eyes, Slaugh told the Tribune. M-44s are spring-loaded to shoot poison into a predator's mouth. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services Program is the only agency allowed al-lowed to use the devices to poison poi-son coyotes and dogs to prevent livestock loss. But when the Slaughs told the USDA and the BLM about their experience, the family said the agencies denied responsibility and eventually informed them the statute of limitations on their claims had run out. "We were just asking for compensation. We've got medical medi-cal bills. They just flat denied everything," Dorothy Slaugh told the Tribune. Last Monday, she said, the EPA investigator told her that time on the claim would run out in May. Dennis' Slaugh, 65, has extremely ex-tremely high blood pressure, difficulty breathing, and vomits almost daily, his wife said. He can no longer work as a heavy equipment operator for Uintah County because he is too weak. One Vernal resident was killed and two others were injured in a crash on U.S. Highway 40 in Naples last week. On Jan. 15 at 8:30 p.m., Naples Police Officers along with Vernal and Uintah County Deputies responded to the accident near Naples Auto.lt was determined that a vehicle driven by Dorlene Brown, 73 of Vernal, made a U-turn in front of a truck driven by Trevor Collett, 22 of Vernal. The vehicle driven by Collett reportedly struck the driver side door of Brown's vehicle. Brown received fatal injuries. 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In the past eight months, we've gone through three, four officers." Guibord and Watkins sought the council's permission in hiring two new officers, one of which would be bringing with him a trained canine. "It's like having a second burner with you," Guibord said about the canine program. "This dog has made a lot of arrests." The city council granted approval ap-proval for the hires in the police department bringing the department depart-ment back up to a full staff of seven officers in addition to two Guibord also mentioned they had been asked by the Roosevelt Police Department to help assist with routine drug checks in the Roosevelt area. "It's and honor and aprivilege for us to be able to do that," Guibord Gui-bord said. Naples will now have two trained canines to assist in drug searches. During the Jan. 10 meeting, the police department also introduced intro-duced the city council to the new hires in the police department following fol-lowing the swearing in of council members Kenneth Reynolds and Dan Olsen. Home Costs Continued from Al both impact and connection fees. Jensen Water District offers no sewer connection. In the more far-flung areas of the county like Tridell, Lapoint and Jensen v 0 0 uJ0 "The credit union we'd been with forever wouldn't lend on our existing equity. Grand Valley National Bank said, 'WItat are your needs? How can we make this easiest for you?9 They bent over backwards to make our construction loan smooth as can be." Gary & Michelle Jensen You'll find all the convenient financial products and services you'll need at Grand Valley National Bank, provided with a personal, friendly touch. We'll get to know you well, and we'll work hard to provide everything you expect from your ideal banking relationship. .a J septic tank hook-ups are the responsibility of the homeowner. The Tri-County Health Department Depart-ment must inspect and clear the system before the building permit can be issued. "A site assessment by costs $100," said Darrin Brown, environmental en-vironmental health inspector with Tri-County Health. "But before we do this, the home builder must have a certified contractor provide soils analysis and perk tests. First, they apply for a waste water permit and inspection. Once that is complete they can proceed with the septic assessment." The initial step of septic emplacement with perk tests and soil logs also varies among contractors and the condition of the subsoil. In some parts of the county, residents can still obtain water from culinary quality wells. To do so, approval must be sought through inspection by the TriCounty Health Department before a building permit can be issued. With all these inspection letters and plats in hand, the potential builder is ready to file for a permit. Filing a completed application has a submittal fee of $50. The estimated cost of a building permit for a $200,000 home taxable value is roughly $1,580 with the initial application applica-tion fee deducted. That includes required county inspections over the period of the project. Plan check fees collected for planners to evaluate the proposed project usually run between 10 and 25 percent of the permit fee. In the case of the $200,000 home, Cazier said total permit and fees would be around $1,900. "A comparison of permitting fees across the state finds Uintah County is among the lowest," said Cazier. In 2005, Uintah County collected $406,381 in nonbusiness nonbusi-ness license and building permits fees and $701,040in 2006. By early Nov. 2007, the county had collected over $550,000 in similar revenues. With three inspectors, one building official and an office staff of planning people these fees directly provide funding for department operations. |