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Show SECTION 0 WEDNESDAY, METRO EDITOR Former Fazoli's manager Rette Speight DAILY HERALD The Provo Canyon Coalition Jeremy Duda DAILY Amie Rose 12.2008 com aroseClwtalclextra 344 2530 To reopen, Frazier Park must comply convicted of sexual abuse .' I MARCH HERALD A f ocmer manager of a Fazoli's restaurant in Provo was convicted on Tuesday of attempting to sexually abuse a employee. The jury at Provo's 4th District Court deliberated for less than an hour and a half before finding J.W. Craig Lamoreaux guilty on one count of attempted forcible sexual abuse. The female employee testified on Monday that Lamoreaux, her manager, put his hands down the front of her pants several times, put his hands down the back of her pants once, and repeatedly asked to see her breasts as the two were closing the Fazoli's restaurant where they worked in March 2007. Lamoreaux, 32, testified that he usually flirted with employees, but said he didn't ask to see the employee's breasts and never put his hands down her pants. Judge Claudia Laycock scheduled a sentencing hearing for May 14. Attempted forcible sexe ual abuse is a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Lamoreaux's accuser was pleased with the verdict. "I think he deserves what he's going to get," she said as she walked out of the courtroom. "If they'd come back with a not guilty verdict, it would've been like doing the attack all over again," the victim's mother said. Laycock told the eight person jury that they could consider an alternate offense of sexual battery, a Class A misdemeanor. She said that one element of attempted forcible sexual abuse is that the perpetrator's actions were intended for purposes of sexual gratification, and if they did not conclude that Lamoreaux's actions were for that purpose, they could still convict him on the lesser offense. To be convicted of sexual battery, the defendant must have only committed actions that he knew or should have known would cause affront to the victim. Andrew McCullough, Lamoreaux's defense attorney, told the jury in his closing arguments that if they didn't reach a hot guilty verdict, then sexual battery would be the proper charge to convict oa There was no attempt by Lamoreaux to assault the employee by force, McCullough said, though he likely could have, and there was no serious attempt on his part to touch her genitals. Asking to see the employee's breasts would be inappropriate, he said, but if she had complied, it may not have even been a presented a petition to the Utah County Commission Tuesday morning asking officials to ensure complete compliance with codes before reopening Frazier Park. The trailer park, located in Provo Canyon, caught fire in December and has been hidden by the snow since. Power had to be shut off to the park during the fire because power lines ran through its restroom, which was burned in the fire. The county then shut the park down until the owners could come up with a plan to reconstruct the building so that power could be turned back on. But that has not stopped residents from trying to get back into the park, said Provo Canyon Coalition member David Studdert. "The living conditions they've been living is like a Third World country," Studdert said. Studdert's petition asks that the owners of the park be required comply with all zoning, health and 1 I fen -- ! . ( ii - safety requirements. "We're just looking for the county to enforce its laws," Studdert said, "Right now, we're very concerned about the water quality, the electric situations, the fire hazards and the pollution to tjie Provo River it's causing." The park's Leon Frazier, said the park might not open until summer of 2009 or later. "We just got into the wrong business, but we're closed now. No one is living in there. There are 'No Trespassing' signs all over the place," Leon said. The trailers that burned were owned by Frazier and his brother, Kevin and were rented out to See CRAIG DILGER, Daily Herald Assorted pieces of furniture and debris from the former residents of trailer park located in' Frazier Park remain in the PARK, B2 Provo Canyon on Tuesday. Priced Out of a Burial n,,l, . .Ml I, J third-degre- JL'U . "W "X it-- y-- ;- ? -- H, - crime. "You can be disgusted, you can be offended, and still not come up with the crime that the state has charged," McCullough said in his closing arguments. Prosecutor Randy Kennard said there was no doubt that Lamoreaux knew the employee was not consenting to him touching her, and said Lamoreaux's request to see the girl's breasts showed an intent to satisfy sexual desires. "I would submit to you that the evidence is more reasonable in regards to what we charged," Kennard said. After the trial, McCullough said he was disappointed in the verdict, and said he is considering an appeal. "I don't think the crime charged is what he did, assuming, of course, that she told the truth," he said. t Jeremy Duda can be reached at 344-256- or 1 jdudaheraldextra.com. V X A -- ... ri " .. to X 'Sun h .f a 'V. V iv. v vx ASHLEY Mapleton residents are paying extra FRANSCELLDaily Herald to use Springville's cemeteries because they don't have one of their own. No resting place for loved ones Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD The city of Mapleton has been incorporated for more than 100 years, but residents are still trying to get a cemetery of their own. Mayor Laurel Brady said most residents currently choose cemeteries in Springville because it is so close they may also have roots there, but they would rather have an option within Mapleton. "I think for a lot of people it's always been a concern, but it's been a question of the city never having had the money to do anything," she said. Right now, many residents bury their loved ones in Springville's cemeteries, which can cost two to four times as much for someone who does not live in Springville.. residents would be charged $550 or $700. Brady said the prices are fair because Springville residents pay taxes to support the cemeteries, but Mapleton residents would still like a cheaper option. Although finances for residents are an issue, Brady said emotions actually play a much bigger role. "People who spent most of their lives here would like to be buried here, as opposed to Springville, because it's their Teresa Tipton, executive secretary for the Building and Grounds Department in Springville, said Mapleton residents often choose to be buried in Springville's Evergreen Cemetery because it is on the home," she said. border between the two cities. Like any Brady said she has lived in Mapleton other people from Mapleton must pay $1,660 or $2,010 for plots when See CEMETERY, B2 Task force created to study issues facing Provo students Brittani Lusk schools," said Kristine Manwaring, who has two children in school in the Provo School District and proposed the idea to the school board. Secondary education in Provo will now have She would like to study students' transition to more eyes watching over it. secondary education. In January, Manwaring and Christian During its Tuesday meeting, the Provo School Board approved the creation of a SecFaulconer, the former chair if the Grandview' Boundary Committee, along with other conondary Education Task Force to study issues stuschool cerned patrons came before the board asking school and middle high regarding that members consider forming a group of dents. "I think it's really going to be good for parents and other concerned citizens to examine issues like an east-wedivide between the secondary schools, especially the middle DAILY HERALD st the two high schools and effective junior high learning. The issues the task force will address will be determined by the task force once it gets started. "One of the first jobs of the task force is to determine what issues we're going to tackle," Faulconer said. The board appointed Manwaring and Faulconer to the task force. Board member Richard Sheffield asked superintendent Randy Merrill and the parents to come up with a bal lot so the school board could vote on the other members of the task force later this month. The task force mandate allows the body to study issues it deems important. It will be comprised of parents, students, public educators, district employees and university professors. They will report quarterly to the board of education. Meetings of the task force will be public. 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