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Show Utah Valley's Newspaper liiiliiiefilp Friday June 20, 2008 YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER ONLINE: Local News for 135 years 50 CENTS heraldextra.com Teens: Payson councilman's attack unprovoked Jeremy Duda DAILY HERALD A Payson city councilman says he confronted two teens who were tagging his truck, but Ali Ludlow and Cody Baumann say there were standing in the shade on the side of a building in Payson last month when someone grabbed their necks from behind and attacked them. "There was no graffiti around at all," Ludlow said. Baumann added, "Honestly, all we were doing was just sitting." filed." Phillips now says he and the people he was with that day made Ludlow and Baumann clean the graffiti from the building, the ground and his truck before police arrived. The two teens called the police afterward, he said. The teens were using a marker or "marker tape," not spraypaint, Phillips said. The councilman was not sure how they removed the graffiti. "They peeled it off somehow. I don't know how they got it off. They got it off somehow," he said. "1 know what I saw and it was graffiti markings and it was some kind of a gang sign on the ground, on the building." Ludlow said he and Baumann have their heads together and push them never done any tagging in their lives. to the ground. Baumann said Phillips into a trailer He said he had a small piece of tape, pushed him face-firon his truck and punched him three no bigger than a nickel, that he was times in the back. sticking to things and peeling off while they waited for Baumann's The teens said Phillips and his sister to pick them up. But he was not friends yelled at them, calling them hoodlums, saying they were worthputting up any graffiti, he said. "There was no damage at all," Lud- less and telling them to "Get out of st low said. "You'd think if we were vandalizing, he would've just called the police," Baumann said. After Phillips grabbed them, the teens said he was trying to knock my city," Ludlow said. They said Phillips continually used racial slurs against Ludlow, who is black. Ludlow said Phillips took numerous swings at See PHILLIPS, A2 Honoring a local Hero i mi yx Councilman Scott Phillips was charged Monday with two counts of simple assault, a class B misdemeanor, and no charges have been filed against Ludlow, 18, or Baumann, 19. "No charges were filed because there was no damage to support a charge," Salem city prosecutor Christine Johnson said. Salem authorities are handling the case to avoid any potential conflicts of interest within Payson. "There was no damage done to anything, and so no charges were Ufiuiiy pjleas entered in Eagle Mtn. fraud case Janice Peterson DAILY HERALD - Former Eagle Mountain may-pr- - A 4 al f) candidate Richard Culbertson and his wife, Kathleen, ' TV r- -, pleaded guilty on Thursday to fraud and racketeering charges. Richard Cu- Richard Culbertson lbertson pleaded guilty to three counts of communications fraud and one count of pattern of un- lawful activity, all second-degre- e felonies. Richard Culbertson faces from one to 15 years in prison for each count, served consecutively or concurrently. If the sentences are consecutive, he faces a maximum sentence of 30 years. He was also ordered to pay restitution and a maximum fine of $74,100. Kathleen Culbertson gave a tearful plea of guilty to three counts of communications fraud and one count of pattern of unlawful activity, all charges reduced to Class A misdemeanors. She faces a maximum of one year in jail for each count and $ 18,600 in fines, along with restitution. The Culbertsons were charged in a mortgage fraud case in which they allegedly used their daugh- ter's and " names to buy a home. The couple's attorney, Greg Skordas, said the plea deal is not MARIO A7 CULBERTSON, Provo man receives Silver Star Caleb Warnock DAILY for sale See a photo you would like to have in your home or office? Daily Herald photos now are available online at heraldextra.comgallery. ail third-highe- ways it is easier to be in tha infantry than surrounded by so much press. You don't know how to shoot back at them." Jensen described the award as bittersjweet. "In many ways it was a wonderful honor, very humbling and greatly respectful and I do appreciate all the honor you and the country have attributed to me, but in other ways this is really hard because there are so many of my fallen friends and fellow soldiers who were not here and were not able to receive this award." Jensen thanked his wife, calling her his hero. "You have stood by me through so much," he See A4 EDITORIAL A6 DIGEST B2 OBITUARIES B4 SCOREBOARD C6 COMICS D4 WEATHER C8 TV DS MISS MANNERS D5 warm HIGH 89 LOW 53 VOLUME 85 ISSUE 325 ni,61055 "00050"" THE SALT LAKE CITY An to Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert corroborates a political candidate's charge that he was offered a raise to drop out of the race for state treasurer. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday that Zions Bank executive Carl Empey sent to Herbert on June 2. In the an Empey says deputy treasurer Richard Ellis's accusations against Rep. Mark Walker, a Sandy Republican, are true. The newspaper obtained the through a public records request. Walker's campaign manager contends that the proves nothing involving his candi- - See TREASURER, A7 ASSOCIATED PRESS '' AMSTERDAM, Netherlands The auction house REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUMAP. "Rembrandt Laughing" by Rembrandt. The 1628 8 A7 self-portr- ait THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunny, JENSEN, 'Rembrandt Laughing' is authentic supports state Anrica Deb BRIEFING -- s E-m- enemy from overrunning his patrol," said military officials at a ceremony at Utah National Guard Headquarters in Draper on Thursday morning. The Silver Star is given "for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in armed conflict against an opposing armed force," according to Army regulations. The decoration is the n'edal for valor, after the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross. "There is a little more press here than I was expecting," said Jensen with a wide grin to a dozen or so photographers snapping pictures. "In some candidate's allegations INSIDE ' HERALD On Jan. 27, 2007, 1st Lt. Tyler J. Jensen of the 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and his combat patrol were ambushed by 100 forces in Sangaar, Afghanistan. The Provo resident's heroism that day earned him a Silver Star, the first awarded to a Utah National Guard member in recent memory. "1st Lt. Jensen repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire to save a fellow soldier who was wounded. His courage, superlative combat skills and tactical leadership under overwhelming direct enemy fire were instrumental in preventing the Photos 5 Herald 's See 6 RUIZDaily Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. pins Jst Lt. Tyler Jensen of Provo with the Silver Star at the Utah National Guard Headquarters in Draper oh Thursday. The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. it thought the portrait was a 17th century Rembrandt knockoff, and valued it at just $3, 100. But the British buyer who paid about 1,500 times more than that apparently knew what he was doing. Experts have confirmed "Rembrandt Laughing" bought for a bargain price of $4.5 million at an English auction house in October is a by the Dutch it master himself, depicted with his head tilted back in easygoing laughter. William Noortman from Noortman Master Paintings, specializing in Dutch and Flemish masters, said it's worth $30 million to $40 million, adding: "I'm very surprised it didn't make more at auction." h The 9 painting will hang in the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam through June 29, on loan from the anonymous Briton who bought it at the 12-inc- See REMBRANDT, A2 wm . MUSIC-CENTE- Mfc. R 1006 S. State St.0rem |