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Show Free Press - Wednesday, March 29, Six week investigation results in 32 arrests Page 4 1995 Judge rules for city in Cedar Fort suit investigation of construction and automotive tools, materials and equipment has concluded with the arrest of 32 adults, police the Judge's statement at the March members of a county-wid- e council meeting, "the defendents are task force said recently. The result of the arrests was the immediately to cease using their solving of hundreds of burglaries property as a residence in violation of Cedar Fort building ordinance that have occurred throughout the and it is further ordered that the county since middefendents are to within 30 days summer 1994, officers said. remove the second floor and all other The individuals were arrested additions, alterations, constructions for everything from burglary, to on or connected to their building in of methamphetamine, violation with the city ordinance." possession theft, felony evading, possession of Cedar Fort has the authority to stolen property, amphetamine posremove the second floor and other additions if the defendent does not session, felony bad checks, and poscomply with the order. The session of a stolen vehicle. Police said members of a task defendents shall pay all reasonable force made up of full time personnel costs incurred by the Cedar Fort. from the Provo Police Department, Utah County Sheriffs Office, Orem Police Department and Pleasant forcement officer fulltime at two Grove Police Department had part time jobs, including working worked at solving the burglaries. for Lehi, asserted thatrevenues from Sgt. Stan Eggen, Provo Police, the marshall's office would said at a press conference held at pay for the service. Provo Police Department that the Cedar Fort has kept a contract the 13 search warrants served rewith the county for law enforcesulted in the recovery of tens of ment. thousands ofdollars ofconstruction That expense would be curtailed tools and materials taken in burwith the city's own marshal. "In my book it's whether or not glaries occurring since late summer you want to keep your revenues or of 1994. Recovered items included genthrow it down the tubes," said Morales. erators, welders, hand tools, two motor vehicles, a Mayor Howard Anderson suggested that Morales draw up a provehicle, and flatposed contract for the city and that bed trailers loaded with constructhey discuss the possibility ofhiring tion materials. a marshall. The greatest legal expense for the Cedar Fort treasury has been the Dansie lawsuit which Judge Ray Harding of Utah County District Court has now reached and delivered a decision on. A planning and zoning controversy, the legal costs to the city were well over $25,000. Robb Dansie had built A a second story onto a building that was previously used as a gas station and convience store. The property had been zoned for business and now has been used as a residence by the family since last summer. Mayor Howard Anderson read six-wee- k Marshall may save post office He had attention at the town's the late night city meeting when he talked about being the Cedar Fort animal control, catchingspeedsters, and breaking up drinking parties. But when Manuel Morales mentioned that he would need a post office to post official notices, tired eyes lit up. The Cedar Fort Post Office, a social hub for the small town, has been threatened with extinction by the Federal Post Office for the past The small buildone and ing which has been used by two generations of postworkers, no longer meet federal standards including handicap accessibility. Morales who works as a law en se one-hal- f. four-whe- Drafting Continued from front page learn communication and negotiating skills for the work place. The other original team member, Jim O'Conner, is the applied mathematics instructor for the group. Many others are now involved including the department chairmen for the various subject areas that are part of each project. el in All totaled, they guide and instruct over 45 students in a school year in the cross curriculum program. These students come from the approximately 280 that Dent teaches in drafting and manufacturing technology classes. From the cross curriculum program they take the SICB team. His program's success doesn't go unnoticed by the business community. Wooed by DeVry and ITT technical schools, the youth in SICB have begun strategy plans to specialize in engineering after high school. Edna Loveridge, the high school's executive secretary points out, "these kids who are in the program now are stepping into scholarships or into careers." State OfSpeaking for the fice of Education, Trade Technology "The timing is just magnificient. The links between the high schools, UVSC, and businesses are the result of many teachers and faculty working on the Tech Prep Program for the last two years. This should prepare students to support the multipicity of jobs that the computer technolgy has brought to our and Industrial Specialist Neil Christensen asserts, "Lehi is a model not only here in Utah but al so across the country. I am pleased with what is going onthe integration of acedemics with the techical mechanical training. I think that the flexibility of the program is pay very well into the needs of companies like Micron." Val Lewis, the Mountainland Region Tech Prep Director, uses the Lehi program as her model for Utah's schools and is excited about the success that has been experienced in Lehi community. "Most of the high schools in the Mountainland Region are just beginning what Lehi has been working on 6 years," explained Lewis. valley." go-ing- to The National Tech Prep Director from Washington, Leslie Buckta states, "I know that they are doing some excellent things in Utah. They have a top quality program." Dent is still conceivingnew ideas and remains ahead of the pack in Utah with integrated manufacturing technology. The only complaint others have about Dent is in trying to keep up with him. 5-- PLANT 111111111 While items identifiedhavebeen returned to the owners, Provo and Orem police and the Utah County Sheriffs Office have tools whose owners they don't know. They asked that anyone with questions about therecovered property or suspect information about people involved in these kinds of thefts call a special number set up at the Provo Police Department. The number, will be manned a day. They also urged area residents to engrave their tools or mark them in some way so in the event they were stolen, they could be readily identified by owners. Orem Police Chief Swen Nielsen said the task force was formed in January after police agencies across the county compared notes and 379-627- 0, rs but were occurring across the county. "We felt this was an important task force," said Eggen. "These people were workingfor a living and to lose their tools this way, they wre losing their livelihood. A lot of time they had had to go into debt to obtain their tools and to have the tools disappear this way was a real crime." - Lehi Free Press ISSN No. 8750-466- 9 U.SP.S. No. 309-50- 0 Published weekly by Newtah News Group 59 West Main American Fork, Utah 84043 Telephone Numbers ft Circulation Advertising News Publisher 9 3 Managing Editor City Editor A Brett (tenant Marc Haddock Russ Daly cost Carter said in one ease items valued at $ 15,000 were taken in one ' night. There were hundreds of victims county wide," he said. "We literally put together a bible of every ease throughout the county. It was We're talking about items beyound the tools - many times they tookmaterial off the jobs hundreds of sheets of plywood, new window construction. They frequently stole literally the construction supplies" for a job. He said officers suspect in some cases someone would come in with a tow truck, drop the tow, grab on to one of the large reinforced boxes with a lock on it where tools were kept and lift them on the truck and take off. " Several boxes that had been cut open with a cutting torch were recovered. Also recovered several trailers where they just went in and hooked on to the trailer most ofthose were loaded with building materials. mas-siv- 383 S. 500 E., American Fork (next to Gene Harvey) 756-606- 1 .1,1.1... .U1.IIWUJ.U- wmmmm. 4 Easy Steps to a Great Looking Lawn effort. Weed-OPlus Lawn Fertilizer when weeds are vigorously growing. 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Pull time officers assigned to the case included personnel from Orem and Pleasant Grove Police Departments and the Utah County Sheriffs Office. Several other agencies assisted by supplyinginformation and inpersonnel on a per case basis, American cluding members of the Fork Police Department. "a Eggen said officers identified - private parties sources" of couple in Salt Lake where the suspects sold big ticket items such as welders and generators. Officers believe most ofthe items were taken andsoldfor drugmoney. Deputy Scott Carter of the Utah County Sheriffs Office said the in majority of the crimes committed investhis thecommunity, whether tigation or other, are drug related. There are only two ways to sustain a drughabit - steal or deal - and there can be only so m any dealers so they have to steal." Police said they did not find any kindof organization involved, rather they found people who had grouped together for no other reason than their drugconnection or maybe were friends or acquaintanances. None of the suspects were in the construction trade but rather were opportunists taking advantage of the large amount of construction going on right now. "It's difficult for people to move their tools every night from the job," Eggen said. Carter told of a diesel repair shop burglary several months ago found the construction thefts weren't just a Provo City problem What they are saying about LHS program Utah "It is a wonderful program," affirmed Clay Christensen the Alpine District Director of Applied Technology, "they are helping to break down barriers that have existed between classroom walls. I guess to sum that program up, they are providing a seamless education of applied academics and applied technology education." Not alone in his praise for Dent as a master teacher, Christensen's observation that he replicates business and industrial standards in his drafting program is not a singular observation either. "With businesses like Micron moving in, we are trying to better prepare the students," concludes Christensen, "and we hope to develop business partnerships which would include Ralph's program." Eggen estimated replacement value ofitems taken in the burglaries as $300,000. "We don't have a total dollar figure. It's difficult (to come up with one) because you have the fair market value on items, the emotional value of an item, then what the actual cost is to replace it. "The amount of property recovered would be well within the $300,000 range if we were to talk about replacement value. What the fair market value would be is difficult to judge," he said. Eggen said confidential informers, including private citizens who wished to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, led to the ar- (Advertorial paid for by US WEST Stockholders) |