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Show Nude walker gets arrested A Colorado man was arrested early Monday morning after sheriffs deputies said they found him walking naked along U.S. Highway 40 west of Vernal. A passing motorist noticed the man at around 4:15 a.m. and called Central Dispatch. Uintah County Sheriffs deputies located the man moments later and confirmed that he had no clothes on. Sheriffs Lt. John Laursen confirmed that 24-year-old Josepr Benjamin Sheffield of Austin, Colo., was arrested and booked into the Uintah County Jail on suspicion of indecent exposure ex-posure and criminal trespass. Laursen said the arresting deputy had not yet filed a report on the incident and was no longer on duty. The lieutenant did note that the call log indicated that Sheffield did not appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Drugs, knives found in car A Utah County man is facing fac-ing drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop in Roosevelt. Roos-evelt. Roosevelt Police Officer Flint Williams stopped Seth Robert Brenner on June 1 at about 11 p.m. after he said the 21-year-old had trouble staying in his lane. Williams said when he approached Brenner's car he spotted several knives on the passenger seat. The presence of the knives led Williams to have Brenner step out of the car. During a search for additional weapons, Williams said he found 12 balloons bal-loons of suspected cocaine and 12 balloons of suspected heroin in Brenner's pockets. Brenner, who was returning to work in Vernal at the time of his arrest, has been charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute; dis-tribute; illegal possession of a controlled substance; two counts of unlawful possession of a dangerous dan-gerous weapon; possession of drug paraphernalia; and driving driv-ing with a measurable amount of a controlled substance in the body. Brenner's bail was set at $8,000 during a hearing last Monday. He is due back in court June 26 for a preliminary hearing. '!"" t::. .::..,-!!'..: t:''':-:: ' . : ' ' TT' " - j ,' ,. ....r ' I ' " ' ' . 1 mmn Z-Z- JWJrJ! 4 'utMIlllW WjW WUW ' , )" W ' 'f UHIUi'ljllWH "PJ" 'HI' ITmyWWrpW-m 1 1 III 1 1 1 Jl 1 1 1 T 111 T I, II I 1 " r""-'" Mil II II MM W . . '-' . .. ' ' ... w Tests ordered for Horrocks A man accused of robbing a Roosevelt convenience store at gunpoint in May will undergo a competency evaluation to determine deter-mine whether he can aid his attorney at-torney in presenting a defense. Judge John R. Anderson ordered or-dered the evaluation for Roger Duane Horrooks on Thursday at the request of defense attorney Stephanie Miya. Horrocks, 57, is charged with aggravated robbery, unlawfully possessing a firearm, and theft. Roosevelt police say Horrocks walked up to the drive-through window of the Western Petroleum Petro-leum convenience store at 120 South 200 East on May 20, pointed a .22-caliber rifle at the clerk, and demanded money. The clerk handed over the money in her till to Horrocks, police said. Horrocks was spotted about 20 minutes later by two officers, who detained him and returned him to the convenience store. Investigators say the clerk and her husband both identified Horrocks as the man who'd held up the store. Officers say they later recovered recov-ered the barrel and action of a .22-caliber rifle from Horrock's truck. They also say they found the stolen money during a search of Horrock's home. Horrocks remains in the Duchesne County Jail, where the competency evaluation will be conducted by a psychologist. Teenager hit' in crosswalk A teenage boy was hit by a pickup truck late last month as he tried to cross U.S. Highway 40 at Lagoon Street, the Utah Highway Patrol said. The accident occurred at about 8:15 p.m. on May 30, troopers said, as the boy was using the crosswalk to cross the highway. Trooper Dustin Reiner s said 23-year-old Rick Bastian of Roosevelt failed to yield to the teen, striking him with his 2003 Chevrolet pickup truck. Bastian was issued a citation for failure to yield to a pedestrian. pedes-trian. The boy was transported to Uintah Basin Medical Center. Troopers did not release the boy's name because of his age. There was no information available on whether the teen suffered any injuries. The crash was the second time rxH 11,1 1 u - - v. "-4 I i. .1- 'V , J ' ' , J ' , . ' . -I . j "i- r , ittJi v - I 1 Mt ; r ..ij;- hi -:. J . ; I , u ! ' Vernal in a month that a pedestrian has been struck at the intersection of U.S. 40 and Lagoon Street. - On May 11, Marie Wolfe was hit as she attempted to cross U.S. 40. Wolfe, 52, was dragged nearly 80 after being struck. The driver told troopers he was unaware Wolfe was pinned under his truck and he was simply trying to get out of the flow of traffic. Wolfe suffered a crushed pelvis and multiple abrasions in the accident. Dog call ends in DUI arrest A Uintah County sheriffs deputy called to investigate a report of a vicious dog on the loose ended up arrestingthe dog's owner on suspicion of DUI. Deputy Mike Kester was dispatched dis-patched May 23 on the vicious dog complaint, but when he arrived at the location where the dog had been seen, he said he saw a car being driven cross-country in a new housing development. The car was splashing through mud puddles, turning sharply, jumping jump-ing mounds of dirt and being chased by three dogs, the deputy said. Kester was able to eventually eventu-ally stop the vehicle and said the driver, 34-year-old Sandra Hansen of Vernal, was operating the car while intoxicated. The deputy said Hansen told him she was trying to catch her dogs that were running at large. Hansen was arrested on suspicion of DUI and resisting arrest. 2 arrested after evening swim A woman who went for a swim in the Green River is facing criminal crimi-nal charges. So is the man who reported that she'd drowned. Uintah County Sheriffs Sgt. Bevin Watkins was dispatched to the river in Jensen on June 1 on a report of a person drowning. drown-ing. Watkins said he arrived at the river and made contact with 33-year-old Russell McConkie. The man told the deputy that 41-year-old Rhonda McConkie had jumped into the water and he was unable to find her. The county's search and rescue res-cue team was called out, however prior to their arrival, Rhonda McConkie Mc-Conkie was found downstream about a quarter mile from where she entered the water. Watkins determined that Rus- w i ii vs.- Sb'iuftiheii iiitsll Express Appellate court: Case belongs It's been five years since Ute Tribe leaders Ron Wopsock and Luke Duncan found themselves out of a job - ejected from their elected positions by their counterparts coun-terparts on the tribe's governing Business Committee. It's been almost that long that they have sought justice for the expulsion that came shortly after af-ter they filed a protest with the Bureau of Indian Affairs citing concerns about John Jurrius, the tribe's financial advisor. The men alleged the BIA, the agency charged with the fiduciary fidu-ciary responsibility for the tribe's millions, stood by while Jurrius mismanaged tribal revenues. Wopsock, Duncan and later, Business Busi-ness Committee member Irene Cuch, contend that Jurrius was secretive and did not provide documentation to show where tribal money was going. The controversial financial advisor was also criticized roundly for removing tribal members from jobs and filling the posts with his friends. At the same time, however, others claimed Jurrius was responsible for the tribe's new found wealth by rewriting agreements with oil and gas companies to make them pay competitive rates for their leases with the tribe. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals Ap-peals in Denver, turned down a petition by Wopsock and Duncan to hear their dispute, saying the issue belongs in tribal court. Chief Tribal Court Judge Daniel Sam had earlier declined to hear the matter, sending the case on its years-long journey through the federal court system. After the Business Committee expelled ex-pelled Wopsock and Duncan from office for "gross misconduct" in 2003, it enacted resolutions to prevent the men from running for office until 2007. The pair also sought judicial remedy, without success, to counteract that resolution. In the years since the expulsion of Wopsock and Duncan, and with a growing division among sell McConkie was wanted on a no-bail warrant issued in Mesa County, Colo. The sergeant also arrested Rhonda McConkie for possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession posses-sion of drug paraphernalia, and intoxication. The McConkies were booked into the Uintah County' Jail. Wednesday, tribal members over the support sup-port elected leaders were giving Jurrius, Business Committee members who sided with Jurrius were voted out of office. Then in September 2007, the Business Committee accepted Jurrius' offer to resign, abruptly ending his monthly $62,500 contract. con-tract. It is still not known how his early departure impacted a contract that gave Jurrius 10 percent of all deals he negotiated negoti-ated for the tribe on oil and gas leases. Vernal 4 irv -v.WK' I II i J H 1 Jill 1 J w, - J IV Roosevelt Health Fair Saturday, June 14, 2008 at UBMC If you would like to participate contact: Gary Child .435-7252036 km-m A3 in tribal court According to Business Committee Commit-tee Chairman Curtis Cesspooch, tribal leaders voted on a resolution reso-lution which proposed paying Wopsock and Duncan $90,000 each as a settlement for the 19 months they had remaining on their terms in office before they were ousted. The vote ended in a three-to-three deadlock, effectively ef-fectively voiding the attempted settlement. There are no plans to draft a new measure to repay the pair, Cesspooch said. 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah 435-789-351 1 www.vernal.com June 11, 2008 I SI l i"'-' Medical l " Cewtew J II |