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Show DAILY HERALD Thursday. September 16, 2004 Orcm woman from business ordered to 4 pay $500 twice monthly ! Justin V V 4, DAILY .. fey' ' effort to keep it that way. Lott pleaded guilty in Jury to ' three felony theft charges. Two; of the theft charges were also Hill HERALD A businesswoman who stole more than $200,000 of an Orem , business' tax money was sentenced to pay at least $500 every two weeks in restitution Wednesday in Provo's 4th District Court. Judge Lynn W. Davis said he somewhat reluctantly accepted a recommendation in which Auburn Lott, 35, of Orem would not be incarcerated subject to the biweekly payments to West-e- c Electric, the business from which she stole, and other con- dismissed. n Defense attorney Michael said he thinks Davis' sentence is fair and gives his client an incentive to pay the victims back. "My client is committed to paying back the victims," Esplin said. "This gives her an opportunity to work and give that back." Lott owned and operated a pay roll outsourcing company called HR Resource. It was reported to the Orem Department of Public Safety that Lott, through her business, diverted money from Westec Electric from 2001 through 2003. Lott is a former head of the Business Development Committee on the ProvoQrem Chamber of Commerce and received an award from the chamber for her contributions to the growth of business a few months before she was charged with the theft. "The Victims have been dev- astated," Davis said. "This is a case that's devastating for the ; community." JOSHUA Herald BROWNDaily payments. She was also sentenced to 100 hours of community service and to serve all work holidays in the Utah Coun- speaks to a group ofBYU low students on Tuesday afternoon. The law school plans to pair up lawyers with students to provide pro bono work to the community. Utah Supreme Court Justice Ronald L Nehring ty JaiL time there has been some kind of conclusion," said Kathryn Bankhead, wife of Westec Electric owner Stephen Bankhead. "It's a big relief. At least something win start to come back." She said her business is still ' and thriving, but it wiU take a great deal of students for more pro bono work Justin , ship.; Roughly 70 students attended a kick-of- f at the law school Tuesday aimed at getting more students involved in the Utah State BarBYU Pro Bono Partnership. "There's no reason not to start as a James Carruth, the law school pro bono partnership coordinator, said in an -- interview, stu-dent- ," "There's no reason not to start as Utah," said Toby Brown, the bar's director of communications. a law student." If law students are engaged in pro bono Snakes work and they see the value and reward James Carruth law school pro bono partnership coordinator As of Tuesday, two students have been teamedwithlawyersaspart of thepart-nersru- p, whichisriteignedtosupplement existing pro bono services through Utah Legal Services and the Utah State Bar. So far, the BYUbar partnership has developed a list of around 15 attorneys who . have volunteered to work with a student and take a case from the pro bono services. While the attorney is responsible for the iase, the students will be involved in research, writing, client meetings and other aspects of the case. "Our primary goal, obviously, is increas Justin Lewistonto Continued from CI of the work, they will be much more likely to do such work when they become lawyers, Brown said. The partnership also lowers barriers for lawyers to participate in pro bono work, he said. Sometimes lawyers say they would love to do pro bono legal work but they don't have the time. The partnership makes "it easier for the existing lawyers," Brown said, while getting more lawyers engaged in pro bono work over the long term. The partnership also gives the law school students experience and the ability to make connections, Carruth said. I Justin Hill can be reached at orjhillheraldextra.com. Hill DAILY HERALD The attorneys representing a woman charged with murder want that case tried at the same time as two other felony charges their client faces. Kerri Fae Brown, 42, of Arizona, was scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 4 for a jury trial on felony charges of theft by deception and pattern of unlawful activity. But in August, the defense filed a motion to join the two cases. On Wednesday, the jury trial was canceled, and oral arguments on the motion to consolidate the charges were scheduled for Oct. 4. Prosecutors say they will resist the move. Brown was in court Wednesday free on bail, which was set in August by 4th District Judge Lynn W. Davis. Davis also ruled in August there was enough evidence to charge Brown with SIX service first-degr- "We believe a lot of the same evidence is going to be presented at both trials." , . PRESS LEWISTON, Idaho Delta Airlines will begin providing jet service between Lewiston and Salt Lake City beginning next year. The transportation link comes after the Lewiston City .Council guaranteed the airline it would reimburse up to $60,000 if the route does not generate a profit. "This is a real coup for this area," Mayor Jeff Nesset said at the council meeting. "Let's get on it. If we use it, it will stay here." In return, SkyWest Airlines wifl provide a jet for four 1 hour and 20 minute flights to and from Salt Lake Qty. Delta and SkyWest operate under joint marketing agreements. If the airline can keep flights at twothirds full, it will at least break even and the dry wifl not have to pay anything. twice-dail- y 344-254- Many had pictured snakes hanging from trees in nets, but he said the neighbors will never see the snakes. He wouldn't let them outside because the snakes are valuable and he's afraid of theft. Stone has motion senbought a high-tecsor security system for the new building which will call his cell phone 2 anything comes in or h, out. Lindon resident Linda McBride said she was against his reptile business at first be- cause she didn't know what the dangers would be and was upset she hadn't heard anything from the city about the potential business in her new home-base- d neighborhood. "I'm OK with it now," she said. "I don't like snakes, either." Lindon's home business ordinance does not require any neighborhood notification for businesses like Stone's. But because of the concern some of the residents had in this instance, the city leaders will be discussing adding notification to the ordinance. 8 ' Richard Gale defense attorney murder. She has pleaded not guilty. "We believe a lot of the same evidence is going to be presented at both trials," said defense attorney Richard Gale. When the charges were first filed, they were all part of one case, he said. But if the cases are consolidated, it means at least one extra week of trial for one set of jurors, said prosecutor' Sherry . Ragan. "I think it's unfair to do to , thejury," Ragan said. The state says Brown shot and killed her boss, Mina Pajela, in 200 L Pajela's body was found on April 25, 2001, in her white Honda Accord in the parking lot of the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge in Pleasant Grove. She had a single gunshot wound in her head. The Utah County Attorney's Office charged Brown with murder, as well as two counts of communications fraud in April 2002, but the charges were dismissed because prosecutors said they needed more information and could not re- -' quire potential witnesses to talk to them at the time charges were filed. The state also alleges Brown shot and killed Pajela to cover up the theft of between $25,000 and $35,000 from the victim Pajela was Brown's former boss at Mir a Vista Retirement Community in American Fork, where Brown worked as the activities director and later as an administrator. tr- ie ; ; 4if I Tammy McPherson can be at reached 344-255- or 9 tmcphersonheraldextracom St. Mary's Episcopal Chruch BIG! BIG! RUMMAGE SALE Great Selection - Lm Prices Thursday, September 16 , 9 am - 4 pra Friday, September 17 9 am -- 4 pm Saturday, September 1 8 9 am - 1 pm - : . Prow 373-3C- 9 I Justin Hill can be reached at or jhiUheraldextra.com. Hearing Problems ? 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In a recent city meeting, Lin--1 don resident Brad Mortensen said he was concerned that the city had no limit to the number ; of reptiles they allowed in a res; idential area, yet they had a for many other animals, such as turkeys and cats. He said he was also disturbed about the potential of more businesses coming into the ' area. "I'm concerned we're taking a commercial business and putting it in a residential area," he said Stone said his proposed busi- ness does follow Lindon's home-base- d business regulations and that there are a number of other businesses in homes in that same neighborhood. He said he thinks the limit on the number of animals should focus more on public ,' . health and limited space. The city does not have a limit to the number of guinea pigs or fish one can own, he said. ' X 1,1: .IV v or 8 jhillheraldextra.com. A green I STOLEN AUTO 1994 Mitsubishi Eclipse was stolen sometime Monday night from the La Quinta Inn parking lot at 1100 W. University Pkwy. in Orem. The owner stopped in Orem to spend the night while traveling back home to New York. He left the keys in the - r Yl 344-254- "Personalized Hearing Care" ' I Cub. Yd. at reached Crime Beat A : 6 Cub. Yd. I Justin Hill can be d Brown's attorneys wants felony, murder cases tried at same time SkyWest to commence 4 Cub ' ing the amount of pro bono work done in Hill HERALD As a result of a new partnership between Brigham Young University's law school and the Utah State Bar, attorneys will be able to do more pro bono work while law students are introduced to such service. It also means better representation for the underprivileged, said Layne Smith, a member the pro bono committee of the Public Interest Law Foundation, the student organization sponsoring the partner- THE ASSOCIATED . "Today, we feel for the first New program pairs attorneys with Es-pli- , ditions. Davis stayed a prison sentence and placed Lott on supervised probation for 36 months. He also ordered her to pay a $1,110 fine in addition to the DAILY o stole 5S1-42- : |