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Show Public Safety Briefs Seaver receives prison for abuse An 84-year-old Roosevelt man received a lengthy prison sentence last Monday for sexually sexu-ally abusing four girls, one for as long as five years. Archer W. Seaver was sentenced sen-tenced to three terms of six years to life in prison for three counts of aggravated sex abuse of a child, and a term of one to 15 years in prison for one count of forcible sex abuse. The sentences will run concurrently. Seaver pleaded guilty to the four felony counts in late March in exchange for a promise by prosecutors pros-ecutors to dismiss 10 remaining felony counts against him. When he entered his plea, Seaver told 8th District Court Judge John R. Anderson that he disputed the facts in two of the cases, but felt it was in his best interest to take the prosecution's offer. At last Monday's hearing, Anderson An-derson agreed to leave the issue of restitution open to allow Seaver 's victims to be compensated for ongoing therapy. The abuse came to light last 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 on his lap in a computer room Utah concealed weapons permits under scrutiny By Brock Vergakk Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - A Democratic state lawmaker says Utah's practice of issuing concealed weapons permits to people who don't live here is a threat to public safety. State law enforcement officials of-ficials say they're being overwhelmed over-whelmed with requests for the permits, which are among the least expensive and most widely recognized in the country. To obtain a permit, out-of-state residents don't have to set foot in the state. Utah is on pace to issue more than 40,000 concealed weapons permits this year, up from about 28,000 in 2007. Of the permits issued this fiscal year, about 46 . percent were granted to out-of-state residents. J' State statistics also show there are more than twice as many out-of-state-instructors - 628 - as in-state instructors who are certified to offer Utah concealed weapons permit training train-ing courses. Sen. Scott McCoy, D-Salt Lake City, says the permits for out-of-state residents are a safety concern because law enforcement enforce-ment officials can't continually check the criminal records of out-of-state residents against a record of permit holder s like they Book by: Thomas Meehan Lyrics by: Martin Charnin Music by: Charles Strouse Original Broadway Production Directed by Martin Charnin Produced by Irwin Meyer, Alvin Nederlander Associates, Stephen R. Freidman, The Joint F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lewis Alien, Icarus Productions Based on the Tribune Media Service Comic Strip :Little Orphan Annie June 17 -July 5,2000 Ho shows on Sundays, Mondays or July 4th Showtime 8:00 PM Creadwa Under (lie Stars! Outlaw Trail Amphitheater western Park 302 E 200 S, Vernal, UT NEW STADIUM SEATING Print Your Own Tickets Online! Log on to mmMifMrtsCouncil.org or can Tickets available in Vernal at Bitter Creek Books, or at the Box Office at the Amphitheater at (Box Office Opens flt7PM) 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 ordered Seaver to begin serving his sentence immediately. im-mediately. Bussey facing federal charge Gregg Stephen Bussey - the Duchesne County man arrested outside a Cedar City hotel earlier ear-lier this month for allegedly attempting to rendezvous with a 13-year-old girl for sex - has been indicted by a federal grand jury. Bussey, 55, is now charged in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City with one count of coercion and enticement for illegal sexual activity. The offense carries a minimum mandatory federal prison term of 10 years. Iron County prosecutors charged Bussey on June 12 with one count each of attempted child kidnapping, attempted rape of a child, attempted sodomy on a child, and attempted 'sexual abuse of a child, three counts of enticing a minor over the Inter do here in Utah. McCoy made the comments during a legislative meeting on the issue Wednesday. However, many conservative lawmakers in this say there's no problem with issuing the permit to people who don't live here. Townsend also said he doesn't believe issuing permits to out-of-staters is as much as a safety problem as it is an administrative problem. House Minority Whip David Litvack, D-Salt Lake' City, said Utah has an obligation to ensure if its permit is used by someone in another state that it ' s revoked just as it would be in Utah in a permit holder commits a crime. "I believe we have a responsibility respon-sibility to ensure public safety everywhere. If they're using it in Florida, then we have a responsibility re-sponsibility to that community in Florida because we're giving them that permission," he said. "I'm a little uncomfortable that we don't have that same ability for someone in a different state, yet we're giving them that privilege." privi-lege." Many Republican lawmakers say there's no reason out-of-state residents should stop receiving Utah's permit. "There is no problem - I've been convinced," said Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman. The Uintah Arts Council's Outlaw Trail Theater presents rownred by com Vernal net, and 11 counts of lewdness involving a child. The state charges will likely be dismissed in favor of proceeding with the federal prosecution. According to court records, Bussey began chatting online with a 13-year-old girl in late March. Investigators said that several times during their chats over the intervening months, Bussey made reference to the girl's age, showing that he knew she was a minor. Bussey also allegedly stated his intent to travel to Cedar City to meet the girl, contacting her to let her know he'd reserved a room at the Crystal Inn for them, deputies said. Court records state that Bussey had told the girl during their chats "that he was going to take her away" to California and Texas, and that "she could stay with him without her guardians knowing." Bussey also allegedly detailed his desire to have sex with the girl duringtheironlineconversations and sent sexually-explicit videos of himself to her. Bussey will remain in federal custody pendingthe resolution of the case against him. A five-day jury trial is scheduled to begin on Aug. 18. DCSO: Brawl ends in murder attempt A Roosevelt man is facing an attempted murder charge after ....... - s i . ,. 4 f .tt: ..... ---,-.....:- Trf -: - The irrigation structure in the Steinaker Reservoir feeder canal may look like a waterslide, but after a Tridell boy drowned in the undertow at the base of the structure, law enforcement are urging caution around creeks, rivers and canals which often have strong currents under an otherwise calm surface. 5 Tribune Media Services, Inc. 1-888-240-2080 660 W Main St. Western Park Express investigators with the Duchesne County Sheriffs Office say he fired multiple blasts from a shotgun shot-gun at another man Wednesday night. Sheriffs Lt. Travis Tucker said 34-year-old Bobby Joe Jackson and 24-year-old Jerad Dale Gourdin had been drinking when they got into an argument. Tucker said Gourdin attacked Jackson with a screwdriver, stabbing stab-bing him in the chest. The lieutenant said Gourdin then ran to a waiting car and tried to get away, while Jackson went inside his home, retrieved a shotgun and came outside firing on the fleeing car. Tucker said Jackson has claimed self-defense, a claim prosecutors don't buy because he was not in imminent danger when he allegedly shot at Gourdin. Gourdin, a parolee, was scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Monday, after press time, on charges of aggravated assault, possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted re-stricted person, simple assault, and unlawful purchase by an interdicted person. J ackson is due to make his first court appearance on Thursday in Roosevelt. Trial date slated for Poundstone The man accused of holding a teenage girl at knifepoint inside a Roosevelt LDS church in March A 1 I4M1EWII WW Total Avail. 15 10 10 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 s. 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Defense attorney Stephanie Miya told 8th District Court Judge John R. Anderson on Thursday that her client is not interested in a plea deal offered by prosecutors. Anderson scheduled sched-uled a one-day jury trial for Aug. 6. In April, Poundstone waived his right to a preliminary hearing, hear-ing, a decision that is not an admission of guilt. Preliminary hearings are often waived because be-cause of the relatively low threshold thresh-old of evidence prosecutors must present. Tridell boy, 16, dies after canal incident By Geoff Lesik Uintah Basin News Service A 16-year-old Tridell boy died Thursday, one' day after he was flown to a Salt Lake-area hospital in critical condition following a near drowning in an irrigation canal. Uintah County Sheriffs Lt. John Laursen said it appeared that Ryan K. O'Driscoll and another teen were swimming, on Wednesday afternoon in a Steinaker Reservoir feeder canal after sliding down a concrete flume. Laursen said O'Driscoll was caught in an undertow and was unable to free himself. Attempts by the other boy to pull O 'Driscoll from the water led to that youth being pulled under and almost drowning. Three employees of the Uintah Water Conservancy District heard the boys' screams , for help and responded from the head gate of the canal. Laursen said while one employee returned to the head gate to slow the water flow, another entered the water, and a third employee held on to a chain securing the employee in the water. The employee in the water pulled the second teen out of the water to the canal bank, then returned to the water and was able to free O'Driscoll. Water V Size 23V x 23 35 x 35V 35 x 35 471a x 3512 47 x 47 59 x 47 71x47 35 x 35 47 x 35 47 x 47 59 x 47 71x47 wiiiil W stoeppiiig? White Clear White Clear June 25, 2008 A5 Poundstone remains in the Duchesne County Jail. Trailer crushes Duchesne man A former Duchesne County resident was killed last Tuesday after a mobile home he was working work-ing on slid off a set of jacks, police said. Gordon S. Peterson of Sandy, and two co-workers were moving the prefabricated home into place at 520 S. 1300 West in Woods Cross. Peterson, 43, died at the scene, said Woods Cross Police Sgt. Ekolu Delos Santos, Alcohol, speed blamed in crash A Lapoint man suffered minor injuries after rolling his SUV on Pariette Road in Pleasant Valley, the Utah Highway Patrol said. Jessie L. Howells failed to negotiate a curve last Monday around 5:40 p.m., according to troopers, and ran off the right side of the road. His 1997 Isuzu Rodeo then overturned. Howells was taken to Uintah Basin Medical Center. Troopers believe speed and alcohol use were contributing factors in the crash, which is still under investigation. districtemployeesstarted CPRon O'Driscoll, who was transported to Ashley Valley Medical Center in Vernal before being flown to Primary Children's Medical Center where he was put on life support. O'Driscoll's mother, Jeannie, told the Salt Lake Tribune that the family decided to remove her son from life support after doctors told them he had no brain function. "They said he would be a vegetable," Jeannie O'Driscoll told the Tribune. "I couldn't do it. This kid lived for the outdoors. From the time he could walk, he was outside." Laursen said this is the second drowning or near-drowning incident in Uintah County in recent weeks. Our Adj are worth the time in the... Express 54 North Vernal Avenue Vernal, Utah -435-789-3511 www.vernal.com Reg. 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