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Show 0 R TOWNS SECTION 9 c THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 METRO EDITOR I Amie Rose Jeppson looks to extradite County attorney Man wanted for manslaughter believed to be in Mexico seeking to limit perjury sentence Jeremy Duda .DAILY HERALD ' V; The Utah County Attorney's Office is planning to seek extradition for a murder suspect who is believed to be in Mexico. n Utah County Attorney Jeff said on Wednesday that one count of manslaughter is being filed against Raul Brito, 29, who police believe shot his roommate, Manuel Saucedo, in the head at their Orem home in DecemberWitnesses told police they heard a gunshot and then saw Brito leaving the home in his truck. Police believe Brito, who is a United States citizen, is in Mexico. Buh-ma- Jeremy Duda ' DAILY HERALD An attorney for one of the susin the Kiplyn Davis case is hoping to show that investigators had not yet characterized the disappearance as murder at the time his client lied to a pects federal grand jury. Buhman said his office plans to pursue extradition. Brito's mother and sister live in Mexico, police said, and his debit card was used four times in Tijuana the day after the shooting. Charges will be filed by today, Buhman said, but the case will be FBI or another federal agency must first file an unlawful flight notice, which is essentially a federal arrest warrant. The unlawful flight notice allows the FBI and other federal agencies to take part in the search for a suspect. inactive until Brito is in custody in Once that is done, the FBI can Utah County. file what is known as a red notice, "Not much we can do without which is an international arrest notification. The red notice lets auhim," Buhman said. In order to get Brito extradited, thorities in other countries know the county attorney's office will that a suspect is wanted by the U.S. have to work closely with the FBI, government. After a suspect is in custody in a which usually handles extradition requests for local foreign country, the U.S. can file an extradition request. The request is agencies. Kenneth Porter, the assistant special agent in charge at the usually prepared before a suspect is arrested, but cannot be formally FBI's Salt Lake City office, said the suspect filed until he is in custody. Because suspects from the U.S. so often flee across the southern border, Porter said extraditing suspects from Mexico is usually a simple process. The FBI has an office in Mexico City, and one of the primary duties of the agents there is to work with Mexican authorities to locate suspects who are wanted in the U.S. "These types of things happen quite frequently with Mexico, so the system runs very smoothly and it can happen very quickly. In some cases, within a week or two the individual can be apprehended and on his or her way back to the United States," Porter said. There are occasional snags in the process, but few, if any, of those See EXTRADITION, C3 Lehi Legacy IT'S EASIER DOWNHILL Scott C. Williams, the defense attorney for Christopher Neal aroseheraldextra.com 344-253- Jeppson, asked U.S. Magis- pool causing trate Judge David Nuffer on Wednesday to order federal roof issues f prosecutors to hand over documents that may Cathy Allred show if and when investigators believed Chris Jeppson the girl's disap was pearance related to a crime. If police investigated the case as a disappearance instead of a murder or kidnapping, Williams believes it could limit sentencing guidelines that federal prosecutors are using for Jeppson and four others. "Our point is, what crime? This case is about the investigation into a disappearance," Williams said to Nuffer. "We disagree with the bare assertion by the government in this case that this was NORTH COUNTY STAFF - v-.- ' r ,. weather, the moisture freezes to the ceiling. During the daytime when it's warmer, the ice melts and drips down into the insulation and onto the v e an investigation into murder." Jeppson was convicted in U.S. District Court in September of one count of perjury and three counts of making false statements to investigators and a federal grand jury that were investigating Davis's disappearance. Prosecutors have said they plan to ask U.S. District Judge Tena Campbell to enhance Jeppson's sentence as well as the senbecause tences of three others his perjury was committed in conjunction with a murder investigation. first-degre- The . In 2005, a new aquatics center opened as part of the Legacy Center building in Lehi. But it turns out, the roof doesn't work Tor the whole building. When humidity rises in the somet hing waterfacility it does continuously moisture seeps into the ceiling next door. During cold winter white insulation covers. "It's dumping a ton of humidity from the aquatic center into the Legacy Center," assistant city administrator Ron Foggin said. "Either we keep this system and get a new roof or we get a new roof system." The problem was discussed Tuesday during a work session of the City Council. A new roof- - would cost $400,000, or perhaps more. The solution, said City Administrator Jamie Davidson, - J V." .W";;; is of perju- g ry charges with murder was done in the case of Timmy Brent Olsen, another suspect in the Davis case. Olsen was convicted of 15 counts of perjury and sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison because Without of the his attorneys the say his sentence would have been cross-referenc- months. Davis disappeared from Spanish Fork High School on May 2, 1995. Her body has not been found, but she is long presumed dead. Jeppson and Olsen are charged with her murder and are awaiting trial in Provo's 4th District Court. The murder charges, however, were filed after perjury charges had been filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office. WUliams argued that at the time Jeppson committed perjury, investigators had not yet determined that Davis's disap- 18-2- 4 See to run another layer of insulation over the roof and then run another roof cap over the insulation. "Had we designed the aquatic center separate from the Legacy Center, we wouldn't be having this problem," Davidson said. "It's a unique situation with what we have," Foggin said. "We tried to kill two birds with one stone and we actually killed ourselves." Located at 123 N. Center St., CRAIG DILGERDaiiy Herald y skiing class on Gentry Silvester front falls during a BYU " Wednesday. "I am a snowboarder, says Silvester. "This is completely cross-countr- " different; I have to forget everything I know from snowboarding. the Legacy Center com- munity center opened in 2001 as a multi-us- e facility with meeting rooms, offices, a senior center, locker rooms, g three gyms, a feature, an aerobics room and a weight room. A pool was going to be added, but funds for the pool were used to pay for more expensive power costs. See ROOF, C3 JEPPSON, C3 Gedar Hills commissioners urge mayor to rethink dismissal Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD Cedar Hills council members spent two hours on Tuesday trying to decide if the city had a legal, functioning Planning Commission. During the sometimes tense meeting, the council was forced to delay a vote on platting 19 residential building lots commercial lot and a over the 15th hole of the city's golf course. The delay was necessary because last week, after a fight with the mayor, commissioners refused to vote on the issue, saying they were unclear on whether they had a legal commission and who was in charge, The Planning Commission has now scheduled a special full members. Knowing the golf course "I think a couple of reconfiguration is controverindividuals could have sial, they said they decided to disband their meeting without swallowed some pride, voting because they were afraid someone could later and we wouldn't be claim the meeting was illegal because of the confusion over sitting here wasting the ordinance. " time and money." McGee asked the city atdecide whether to the torney Charelle Bowman commission's meeting last Hills councilwoman Cedar week was legal or not. The dishours two with cussion lasted day. In the meantime, because council members chastising the alternative member into a votthe city's ordinance was conmayor over what they called a personality conflict. Council ing position, without council voluted, commissioners said they were not clear if the may- members also questioned why consent. or had the power to release the the mayor was required to Attorney Eric Johnson said chair without council approval, have council consent to appoint the meeting had been legal and that the mayor had the authorwho was now in charge of a commission member but could fire a member, which in the commission, and whether ity to remove the commission chair. Council members alternate members were now turn automatically moves an meeting today to revisit the issue, and the council has scheduled its own special meeting on Tuesday to vote on approving the lots. Mayor Mike McGee essentially fired the Planning Commission chair and gave no explanation for that decision, said council and commission members. All the commission members have asked him to reconsider his decision, and reiterated that plea on Tues- demanded the ordinance be put on an upcoming agenda so they could rewrite the law to make commission bylaws easier to understand. Councilman Jim Perry said it should not be necessary for the city to use a "magic decoder ring" referring to the to decipher city attorney whether or not a meeting is legal. Commissioners said they had not been trying to stall the e reconfiguration by refusing to vote, as some had thought, but were genuinely concerned that any decision they made could be illegal. "I think a couple of individuals could have swallowed some pride, and we wouldn't be sitting here wasting time and money," Councilwoman Cha golf-cours- relle Bowman said. "I'm mad more than sad about it." "I think there are a dozen ways we could have avoided this whole thing, and we availed ourselves of none of them," said Perry. "I don't know why the mayor has not opted to reappoint the commission chair. I think it is a loss to our community and a mistake." Though they could not act on platting building lots on the golf course, council members accepted a $333,000 bid to begin reconfiguration of the 9th, 15th and 18th holes of the golf course a move necessary if homes are to be built on the ' existing 15th hole. That work will start this month and is expected to be finished in April. |