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Show HtMID DAILY 4 m : ... " x - - " " ,. - - V?- - V ' , ''r'' - y t - - - X 1 f' : ' fnt. jmi in -- ........1L- ... - , f i'"" in . . .. MARIO RUIZDa ly Jeffrey Butler was found dead in his Springwille home pictured Feb. 24 and police originally labeled it as "mysterious. Charges are being considered on his wife Leslie Butler after drugs and paraphernalia were found in the home. Death Lt. Dell Gordon. Continued from lit and empty needles. Springy ille police would not comment on whether they believe Jeffery Reed Butler died of a drug overdose, but court documents indicate drug use by Butler and his wife before he died. "That's certainly a possibility that we're looking into, but until we get that report back (from the state medical examiner) we're not going to know," said Springville police According to court documents, Ix'she Butler told a Springville detective that she and her husband had been using heroin and cocaine before he died. The documents also said that a friend of Leslie Butler's told police that the couple had been using drugs the previous night, and when Leslie But ler woke up, she found her husband to be unresponsive. Any potential charges likely would not be filed until a report on Jeffery Butler's death comes back from the state murders that have occurred recently in the Salt Lake City area. The medical examiner's office puts a higher priority on murder cases, meaning that lower priority cases, such as possible drug overdoses, may take longer than usual to complete, Caron said. "It could get pushed further back, depending on staffing at gency responders and Questar Gas came up negative. I Jeremy Duda can be reached or jduda at 1 heraldextra.com. 344-256- r S: ! .' )ii (.'-.- v.m "This is like a dream f r us This is like a mira it ." Terri Rico said at the ground break ing in August, The house will be approximately 1.2(H) square' feet with three bedrooms and two t Brittani Lusk reached at can fee or it 344-254- 9 bluskv'heraldextratom. said they hope to be more sensitive to residents' needs in the future. Pettersson said residents .. understand the hospital will be expanding in time, but t here needs to be better communication with the neighborhood. If residents believe there will be no change for five years but homes are demolished already, they begin to wonder what happened to a long term demolish them. Larsen said the hospital is also committed to keeping the neighborhood nice, and vacant lots will be landscaped. Steve Smoot, hospital administrator, said UVRMC sent a letter to residents last year telling them to contact the hospital with any concerns. The hospital tried to be open and communicate, but Smoot said they should have been more proactive. The hospital has asked Jim Pettersson, the North Park neighborhood chair, to sit on the Community Outreach Council, and Smoot feeling ill. The initial 9 1 1 call indicated possible carbon monoxide poisoning, but tests of the house for the gas by emer- Min 1 Continued from B 1 the state medical examiner's," Caron said. Police responded to the Butlers' home in February after getting a report that Butler was not breathing and other people in the home were Office of the Medical Examiner. Caron said the reports usually take about six weeks to be completed, but the report on Butler may take longer because of the high number of J " - Hospital Heraia 3 ;i M." !' !" M need to be helped," Mathews said. Departments at UVSC have been collect ing donat ions to furnish and decorate the house. Alexis Palmer, the director of the volunteer and service learning center at UVSC, said departments have gathered cleaning supplies, tools for home upkeep and are planning on decorating each of the children's rooms. UVSC will be raising money for the project at a benefit concert on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at UVSCs Centre Stage. . tNS M.N'p - "I think it's a good way for H ,il c fun ill !' ill ' n. a UimiK and t jn in advaiur ill l Si I ..nil) tlx CimuwhIihh ih- at !! .!. night of tlHTviiit I he Kin is li.iv v livint n't Utah County miiu- li'!t.iikl hiive ben tr inji to oi n t tu n own home since erri and Gerry Kko were married in them to realize that people ; v.. Tu kH nity. v 1' ini vtt ln(". a li It also rx ljw the students get involved in t he commu- ; I 1 Continued from Hi --. - . -- Habitat plan. Pettersson said the hospital needs to maintain properties that have been purchased and preserve the neighborhood with landscaping and fences, "I think this can be a win-wiif we keep all those tiling's in place," he said. n PUBLIC LOG : I is 11 Sierra Health and Life can help you sort through your Medicare options. With different Medicare plans to fit YOUR health insurance needs, we're confident we have a plan that's right for you. Sierra Spectrum A Medicare Advantage PPO Plan Sierra Optima Select A Medicare Advantage Private Plan Fee-for-Servi- a police officer, the document said. Police officers and paramedics took Paccassi 's son from him and placed him under arrest. He was booked into the Utah County Jail on charges of DUI with substantial injury, attempted theft of a motor vehicle, assault on a police officer, assault on a health worker, reckless endangerment, resist; ing arrest, disorderly conduct and having a suspended driver's license. The driver of the . other vehicle was transported to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center for treatments broken ribs and a lacerated spleen. Paccassi's son was transported to Primary Children's Hospital for treatment of a fractured skull. Dili, ASSAULT - Provo police arrested a Salt Lake City man on Friday following a suspected drunk driving accident after the man allegedly tried to drive away in a fire truck and assault a paramedic. According to court records, officers responded to an accident near 2200 N. Temple shortly before 4 p.m. While paramed- ics assisted the driver of the Sean other vehicle, David Paccassi climbed into a fire engine with his son, released the parking brake and stepped on the gas. When confronted by paramedics, Paccassi jumped out of the vehicle and attempted to flee the scene on foot while swinging his son above his head, a court document said. When paramedics caught up with him he tried to punch one of them and kicked . 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