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Show i Rodrigues makes court appearance A 33-year-old woman charged with second-degree felony manslaughter man-slaughter in the death of a toddler tod-dler made her initial appearance Thursday in 8th District Court. Nicole Annette Rodrigues is also charged with misdemeanor counts of failure to remain at the scene of an accident that resulted in a death and allowing an unlicensed person to drive. According to police and prosecutors, pros-ecutors, Rodrigues allowed her 14-year Ad daughter to drive the family's new SUV on May 15. The teenager hit and killed 22-month-old Franchesca Isabel Isa-bel Montes, according to court records, as she pulled forward out of the driveway of the little girl's home. Police said Rodrigues left her daughter with the dying toddler and fled the scene. Montes was taken to Uintah Basin Medical Center by family members. She died at the hospital. hospi-tal. Rodrigues, who is also facing an unrelated felony drug charge following an April 29 arrest, is due back in court on July 10 to determine whether she has retained an attorney or will need one appointed to represent her. Prosecutors have charged Rodrigues daughter, whom they are not identifying because of her age, with manslaughter and operating a vehicle, as an underage under-age person. The girl is due to be arraigned Wednesday in juvenile court. Pair charged in armed robbery Two men have been charged with breaking into another man's home and robbing him at knifepoint. Herder Randolfo Reyes, 25, andMarlon Recinos, 19, are each charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and three counts each of unlawful possession pos-session of a dangerous weapon. Reyes is also charged with intoxication, intoxi-cation, while Recinos faces one count of unlawful consumption of alcohol by a minor. Roosevelt Police Chief Rick Harrison said officer Flint Williams Wil-liams was driving along 500 East near 200 South at about 2:30 a.m. on June 8 when he saw two individuals running through the neighborhood. Harrison said Williams Wil-liams attempted to stop the men and was able to detain Recinos. "He didn't have a very good reason for running, but he was ; drinking and he was under age, so he was arrested," Harrison said. Williams was still patrolling the neighborhood looking for the other man, later identified as Reyes, when officers received a call of an armed robbery that had occurred nearby, Harrison said. The chief said another officer responding to the call encountered Reyes and stopped to talk to him. "His clothing didn't match the description of the robbery suspect's clothing," Harrison said. "So he let him go." Officers interviewed the alleged victim, who identified Reyes as one of the men who had robbed him. Harrison said the two men had worked together in the past. Investigators went back out looking for Reyes and located him a short time later. Harrison said officers determined that Reyes had gone home and changed his clothes after holding the alleged victim at knifepoint and stealing nearly $420. Reyes still had the money on him at the time of his-arrest, his-arrest, the chief said. Reyes and Recinos each made their initial court appearances last Monday in 8th District Court in Duchesne. Their preliminary hearings are slated for July 3. Harrison said the alleged victim told officers that Reyes and Recinos told him they had a gun. He said investigators believe Reyes may have hidden briefly in a nearby gulch following the robbery and could have stashed a weapon there. Reyes' roommates told police that he had a .38 caliber revolver, Harrison said. Anyone who finds "iullL i' L III Ism 200s (Mists rmwn - VSV n nftn APr . .. 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The chief said the juveniles agreed to return the dummy if police promised not to seek charges against them. "They said they didn't do it, but they'd pay for the window and get him back to us if we didn't charge them," he said. "We don't have any evidence (against the juveniles), just the fact that they knew where he was and they're willing to pay." Harrison said during his captivity, cap-tivity, Larry was shot numerous times with a shotgun by a third juvenile. "He's a little bit holier now than he was," the chief said. "He's still usable, he's just not very pretty." Harrison said the juveniles have agreed to pay for a new Larry; however, he noted that replacing the latex lawman with an identical model would be expensive - he's an old CPR dummy - so the department will likely purchase a cheaper dummy that's manufactured for target practice. Guilty plea in '07 jail escape One of two convicted killers who broke out of the Daggett County jail last fall has pleaded guilty to escape. Danny Martin Gallegos, 50, was sentenced to a term of up to five year s in prison. The sentence will run consecutive to the five-years-to life term Gallegos was serving for murder. Gallegos and another inmate were being held at the Daggett County jail because of prison Be prepared for summer air travel By Shelley Sorenson m Brett Hancock Mountain America Credit Union ' Many airline passengers know one of the biggest hassles of flying has to do with baggage handling. Since the Transportation Security Administration began to limit liquids, gels, and aerosol sprays in carry-on bags, more travelers are checking more bags. Airline industry estimates show that in 2005, about 30 million mil-lion bags were mishandled, and about 3.6 million lost or damaged bags were connected to flights inside the U.S. If your bag is damaged, you may be entitled to have it repaired re-paired or replaced. U.S. laws limit airline liability for delayed, lost or damaged luggage to $2,800 per person for checked bags. You might be able to get the airline to pay for damaged items inside your suitcase if you have receipts for purchases. First, take time to look over your bag for damage before you dash from the airport. If your luggage is damaged, start the claims process with an airline agent near the baggage claims area. The agent will note the damage and ask for your name and flight number. Report the damage within 24 hours. Most airlines will not take claims over the phone; they need to be able to see the damage. Construction Of $un&&ce RVs m:htl is Going FULL 0LAST...& While We Are Excited Jlknut TKo Mvn l.Va flra f'n Cvrito.HI Rhmi w fWuul ll,a liiUibi 3. K , jus iiauitxii iiuii ' juiur v irni O il icnn lit At HI V U U-KfVl V Vernal Byron Continued from Al period of time." To make it easier to say "no" when it's needed, Byron's decided de-cided not to seek or accept campaign cam-paign money from any special interests. "Nobody owns me," he said. "People around me will tell you, I'm honest and hard working with a lot of integrity." Despite how that may sound, Byron doesn't see himself as an enemy of developers, nor does he agree with some Basin officials who want to see as little growth as possible. While some worry that new buildings will only be left vacant once the energy booms presumably ends, Byron worries that stifling growth is driving away tourism, the one source of business the Basin has always been able to depend on. But without enough rooms or trailer pads to go around, potential po-tential tourists are being pushed out by the highest-paying, most organized tenants: energy exploration explo-ration workers. "Shutting off and trying to reroute growth, I don't know that's a good idea," Byron said. "We should be involved in securing secur-ing services for the growth, but as far as being involved in telling tell-ing lenders and contractors you can't build this unless you keep it under $150,000, 1 don't think that's our place." He said he also doesn't believe the county should be involved in providing subsidized housing. Byron has lived in Uintah County for 15 years since becom-inga becom-inga sheriff s deputy. His former jobs include police officer and police chief. Byron and his wife own a private probation company with clients from Salt Lake City to western Colorado. They have two sons, one who attends Uintah High School and another who attends Utah State University-Uintah University-Uintah Basin. overcrowding. They slipped through an unlocked door, scaled a fence and jumped off the roof to escape. They were on the run for almost al-most a week before being caught in Wyoming. Source: Uintah Basin Standard Stan-dard staff and The Associated Press The agent most likely will give you an 800 number to call to expedite the claim once you get home. Then the airline most likely will send you a form to fill out; take it and your damaged luggage to the nearest airport to be sent for repair. You should receive your repaired luggage within a few weeks. Consult your airline's Web site for specifics of how it handles damaged baggage. If you have a dispute with a U.S. airline or a non-U.S. airline operating in the U.S., which you haven't been able to solve with airline, contact the U.S. Department of Transportation: 202-366-2220 or file a complaint at AirSafe.com. Shelley Sorenson and Brett Hancock have 19 years of combined com-bined financial industry experience. experi-ence. They work for Mountain America Credit Union as branch managers. Shelley can bereached at the Vernal branch, 789-6900 . and Brett can be reached at the Uintah branch in Vernal, 789-8777. 789-8777. fll nib lUl nim ... J. .1 poving uur inventory! iiuiibii ui iifcii. iiiiuvii. ' ar frCT UIPUUIAV Atl - b pm sai: a am - a pm , HI 10 Cask at Ttarfa Dm. Sm $10,103.00 OH MSRR " OH IISRP. Call 789-3511 H SI U I II 1 'Sit -L, Express Raymond Continued from Al purified, light crude from raw crushed shale. Both Raymond's current job and his political platform are optimistic about energy's future in the Uintah Basin, but he believes that vision requires vigilance as well as a readiness to accept change. "Change is here," Raymond said. "We're going to change right now. It's a tough time for the residents of the Uintah Basin, in order to maintain the quality of life we so much enjoy, to maintain our core values. We are the ones who need to manage man-age that change. We've got to demonstrate unified leadership within the commission." 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