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Show 4 Public Safety Briefs Roosevelt man pleads to abuse An 83-year-old Roosevelt man pleaded guilty last Monday in 8th District Court to sexually abusing abus-ing four girls, one for as long as five years. Archer W. Seaver entered guilty pleas to three counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, all first-degree felonies, and one count of forcible sex abuse, a second-degree felony, in four separate cases. In exchange for his pleas, prosecutors dismissed 10 remaining felony counts against Seaver. Defense attorney Roland Uresk told 8th District Court Judge John R. Anderson that the charges against his client stemmed from Seaver taking "indecent liberties" with the four victims. Seaver told the judge he disputed the facts in two of the cases, but felt it was in his best interest to plead guilty. The abuse came to light in June, when a 9-year-old relative of Seaver 's told her mother that the man had fondled her from the time she was 4 until she was 6. The girl said Seaver would sit her in his lap in a computer room at his home and touch her over her clothes. Seaver would then have the girl touch him over his clothes. That initial report prompted three more girls - all relatives of Seaver's - to contact law enforcement en-forcement about sexual abuse by Seaver. Anderson accepted the pleas at last week's hearing and set sentencing for May 19. Seaver faces mandatory sentences on the three first-degree felony charges of six, 10, or 15 years-to-life in prison. The second-degree felony charge carries a l-to-15 year prison term. Computer repair leads to charges A Vernal man is facing charges for sexual exploitation of a minor after images of child pornography were allegedly found on his computer com-puter by a technician working on the machine. Jon Eric Motrin, 30, is charged with five counts of sexual exploitation exploi-tation of a minor, all second-degree felonies. According to a probable cause ; statement filed with the courj, Morrin took his computer to a repair shop and the technician found what he believed were depictions of child pornography. pornogra-phy. The technician contacted Vernal police, who seized the computer. After obtaining a search warrant, war-rant, Vernal Police Detective Ammon Manning said he went through the computer files on Motrin's computer and located more than a dozen photographs that appeared to be child pornography. Vernal man now accused of impersonating officer By fosrf Usac Uintah Basin News Service A man charged in February with stealing televisions from Wal-Mart is facing new charges after he allegedly tried to pass himself off as a police officer during dur-ing a telephone call to a Tooele woman. Matthew Zelazny, 32, was chargedWednesday withfelonies in three separate cases. In the first case, the Vernal man faces charges of violation of a protective protec-tive order, telephone harassment, and impersonating an officer; in the second case, retail theft; and in the third case, violation of a protective order. In a probable cause statement, Vernal Police Officer Robert Roth said he was contacted on March 19 by a Tooele woman who said she was receiving multiple phone calls from Zelazny. The woman said Zelazny claimed to be a "Vernal sheriff and was accusing accus-ing her son of being involved in a theft ring at Wal-Mart instead of Matt Zelazny," Roth wrote. Roth said the woman confronted con-fronted Zelazny, whom she knows because her son is friends with Zelazny's estranged wife, before hanging up on him. The woman told Roth that Zelazny made "a couple of other phone calls" to her home after being told not to call anymore. In a separate incident, Roth said he received a call from Zelazny's estranged wife, who claimed that her husband continued contin-ued to call her workplace despite an active protective order. Roth said the woman told him she answered the phone on one occasion oc-casion and recognized Zelazny's voice. "She told him not to call as Manning said during a subsequent sub-sequent interview, Morrin said he downloaded the images from a file-sharing Web site. "Morrin stated that he had not intentionally downloaded . these photographs, but that he knew he had," Manning wrote in the probable cause statement. "Morrin advised that he normally just deletes the ones that are child pornography, although he had not deleted the ones that I observed." Morrin was booked in to the Uintah County Jail. He was due to make his initial court appearance appear-ance on Monday, March 31, after press time. Father, sons face poaching counts Two brothers and their father are facing charges for two separate sepa-rate poaching incidents; one in Duchesne County, the other in Uintah County. Issac Scott Bird, 22, faces one charge of wanton destruction of protected wildlife in each county; Travis L. Bird, 21, is charged in Uintah County with aiding or assisting in the violation of the state wildlife code; and Sonnie S. Bird, 50, is charged in Duchesne County with aiding or assisting in the wanton destruction of protected wildlife and using, transferring or lending a license, permit or tag. Maryann Wangsgard, a conservation con-servation officer with the state Division of Wildlife Resources, said the agency received an anonymous tip that Issac Bird shot a trophy deer in Uintah County with a rifle. Wangsgard said Bird had an archery tag, which he affixed to the animal. Wangsgard said Travis Bird helped his brother with the illegally ille-gally killed deer, which she said was recovered from the family's freezer. Investigators said they also learned that Issac Bird shot a trophy elk in Duchesne County. His father, Sonnie Bird, is accused ac-cused of using his tag on the elk. Meat from that animal was also recovered, Wangsgard said. Issac and Travis Bird made their initial court appearances in 8th District Court in Vernal last Monday. They are due back in court on April 30 for preliminary hearings. lssac'an'd Sonnie" Bird are due to make their initial appearances on the Duchesne County case on April 14. No one injured in two car crash The Utah Highway Patrol said the drivers of two vehicles involved in a crash on U.S. Highway High-way 40 in Ballard on Saturday escaped injury. The crash occurred around 1 : 15 p.m. just west of Fort Duchesne Duch-esne when the driver of a mini- there was a protective order in place and she was at work," Roth wrote. "Several other phone calls were made but not answered by the employees." Roth said he found Zelazny at home on March 19 and arrested him. Zelazny posted a $6,110 bond and was released from jail. Two days later, Zelazny was arrested again by Vernal police for allegedly stealing a television from K-Mart on March 19. It was the second time in as many months that he'd been accused of felony retail theft. In February, Zelazny was charged with two counts of felony retail theft after he allegedly tossed electronics items, including includ-ing a pair of televisions, over the fence in Wal-Mart's lawn and garden center. One of the incidents was witnessed by police and both were captured by the store'svideo surveillance system, according to court records. Zelazny is due in court on his most recent arrests on April 14 for initial appearances. He is also expected to appear in court that day for the cases stemming from his February arrests to determine who his attorney will be. Time is ticking Call 801-975-7781 and get pre-approved over the phone Clayton Homes 3768 So Redwood Rd West Vallny Ulnh Fax: 601-975-7782 Phone' 601-975-7781 Vernal van failed to see a sport utility vehicle stopped in the road to allow another driver to turn. UHP Trooper Roy Contreras said 50-year-old Florida resident Kathleen Bradshaw struck the back of the SUV driven by 19-year-old Jessica Robison of Roosevelt. Robison had stopped in the middle of U.S. 40 because the vehicle in front of her was making a left hand turn. Contreras said after the collision, col-lision, Bradshaw's van traveled down a small embankment on the right side of the road. Bradshaw was cited for careless driving. Thief makes off with dummy cop Roosevelt police are looking look-ing for one of their own after someone threw a rock through a patrol car window last week and kidnapped Officer Larry. Larry, the mannequin used by the department to try to deter speeding along U.S. Highway 40, was taken from his squad car sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning. Police were notified of the incident by passing motorists who reported the patrol car's window being down. Roosevelt Police Officer Junior Ju-nior Boren said someone threw a rock through the front passenger pas-senger side window of the car with enough force to damage the inside of the driver's door. Boren said the cost to repair the car could run as high as $1,000. Police were able to collect some evidence from the scene. There have been no ransom demands de-mands made by the person who stole Larry. Boren said individual or individuals could face theft and criminal mischief charges if caught. Anyone with information about Larry's whereabouts is asked to call the Roosevelt Police Department at 722-4558. Two men guilty of poaching deer A pair of Georgia men extradited extra-dited to Utah last month to face charges for poaching a trophy deer entered guilty pleas during their initial court appearances. Johnny Lee Jeffrey Mills, 35, and Joseph Carl Head, 31, were each charged with wanton destruction of protected wildlife, a third-degree felony. Mills was also charged with unlawfully possessing a handgun, a third-degree third-degree felony. Both men entered guilty "pleas to the wanton destruction charges on March 18. Prosecutors Prosecu-tors dropped the weapons charge against Mills. Investigators, with the state Division of Wildlife Resources BUSINESS CENTRAL si j m mm Well-qualified buyers NOW GET It save thousands mm 1 i V i ) nIi,u U "I of rebate. SALT 725 Express received an anonymous tip that a trophy mule deer had been illegally il-legally killed near Pelican Lake in November 2007. The animal's carcass was recovered by DWR officers, who interviewed several people and uncovered evidence that led them to Mills and Head. But before the DWR could arrest the men, they returned Local firefighters now part of wildfire response plans By Preston McComqe Uintah Basin News Service Volunteer fire departments will not only continue responding respond-ing to reported wildfires around the Uintah Basin, but may now remain on scene even after federal fed-eral or state firefighters arrive. The change comes from improved im-proved training and equipment for volunteer fire departments and a higher level of cooperation and communication bet ween the departments and the Uintah Basin Fire Center, according to state and local officials. "There's a learning process, and everyone has done it a certain cer-tain way for so long," said Cheryl Nelsen, manager for UBFC, a multi-agency fire dispatch office for federal and state agencies. "Departments are training people to remember not to leave the Fire Center out," Nelsen said. "Their people are getting trained to respond better, and our people are getting on scene quicker." Although most of the Uintah Basin is comprised of state and federal lands, wildfire reports are generally called in to Central Dispatch. According to Central Dispatch manager Laconna Davis, Da-vis, the first action taken by 911 operators is to page the nearest volunteer fire department. If the fire appears to be on state or federal land, dispatchers then generally call Nelsen at the Fire LOOK WILL as as .it : v'h for I & .. r m i UTTiMU C Aire WMy ?id ,V,ui K LAKE VALLEY Ei WE ARE PROFESSIONAL. GRADE West 3300 South 1 - 877 - 257 - Wednesday, to Georgia. Arrest warrants were obtained for the pair and they were taken into custody in their home state and returned to Utah. The men agreed to be sentenced sen-tenced immediately after entering enter-ing their guilty pleas last month. Head was ordered to pay a $ 1 ,250 fine and pay $8,000 in restitution Center. Meanwhile, the Fire Center stays on its toes by using a scanner to monitor emergency radio traffic. But in years past, as soon as state or federal brush trucks arrived, the wildland firefighters firefight-ers would chase the volunteers away. The issue, according to Duchesne Fire Warden Nathan Robison, was that volunteers usually weren't equipped or trained to fight wildfires, which created a liability problem for land management agencies. "With wildfires, the duration of the fire is usually a lot longer than a structure fire," Robison said. "Also you can't wear the same protective clothing because you'd get worn out. The big bunker bun-ker gear is too heavy, andyou'dbe falling over from heat stroke." Because the bunker gear is unsuitable for hot, lengthy outdoor out-door fire jobs, Nelsen said there were past incidents of volunteer firefighters showing up in jeans and boots to swat and spray grass fires. And while she said that "it's a great asset to have local people who are familiar with our country and our fuel type," concern for volunteers' safety meant sending them away. Today most fire departments in the Basin have at least a core of wildland firefighter-I trained volunteers, and are equipped with the lighter Nomex protective protec-tive coveralls. With that change, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs x r i - - . Qji IMj GL Bim2 r E 1 I I duwg mis smm AT THE SAVINGS YOU FIND AT THIS EVENT! - - s - low as CP?-Wi low as aS,yCi L G26014A !UP C April 2, 2008 A7 to the DWR for the trophy deer, since he admitted to shooting the animal. Mills was ordered to pay a $1,000 fine. Both men will serve three years on probation, which will be supervised by authorities in Georgia under an agreement with Utah probation and parole officials. is now allowing non-BIA firefighters fire-fighters to fight fires on Indian lands. Almost as important, the certifications allow volunteer departments to be compensated for their work on state or federal lands, according to Altamont Fire Chief Greg Murphy. Robison said the big change began 2006-07 when there was a push to get volunteers certified and trained. Before that many were trained but hadn't gotten the piece of paper to prove it. After the Neola North Fire cooperation co-operation improved even more, Robison said. Better communications are also allowing state and federal firefighters on scene faster, Robison Ro-bison said. "This last year there have been a couple of times where they haven't gone out as fast as they thought they ought to, and now that's not a problem," Robison said. "The volunteers still have to let Fire Center know where the fire is when they find it and get further instruction. It's a lot better working relationship with them all around." "It's great," Nelsen said. 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