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Show PAGE 12 Daily Hcrotii 2006 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, METRO EDITOR Baby sitter charged in baby's death Katie Schmitt DAILY Ruiz's husband called 911 on Jan. 4 and Zamora was taken to Utah Valley Regional Medical Center then Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, where he later died After the investigation into the baby's death began, doctors said they found possible evidence of shaken baby syndrome. The baby sitter, Daniella Ruiz, 24, is charged in the death of Brandon Zamora, who stopped breathing while she was taking care of him. After hearing HERALD Medical examiners testified Wednesday it was unlikely that an infant boy who died while under the care of a baby sitter suffered head injuries before leaving home that day. testimony during a preliminary hearing Wednesday, a judge ruled there was enough evidence to go forward with the case. At Ruiz's preliminary hearing on Wednesday, Maureen Frikke, deputy medical examiner for the Primary Children's Medical Cen-- , ter, said there was a depression to Zamora's head that she believed could only be sustained by being hit See RUIZ, Bi J - , i r - 344-258- 6 jpyrahheraldextra.com Evacuee guilty of arson LEADERS MOVE INTO UVSC i- Joe Pyrah i Katie Ashton DAILY HERALD n After nine hours of deliberation, an jury found a Hurricane Katrina evacuee guilty of setting fire to his apartment complex in February. Spending most of the day Tuesday locked in a 3 vote, a weary jury, returned to the 4th District courtroom a little after 8 p.m., Herbert Landry guilty finding e of aggravated arson, a felony. "It really wasn't that cut and dry," Mark Schwerer, a juror, said of the trial. Debating back and forth hour after hour, jury members were most split on whether ' Landry was at Shadowood Apartments when the fire started, first-tim- e juror Schwerer said. "There were questions we had as a jury that we didn't feel the prosecution answered," eight-perso- i - i rI ?; 7 1 .. ' 5-- It ' i J j rftf , I-- - ft-"- V I v - first-degre- ii N ' 'y , Jason Cowley, one of the eight ju- rors, said. "We wanted to make sure that we looked at it as innocent until proven guilty." For both defense and prosecution, the" nine-howait was difficult. "I think he was innocent," defense attorney Gunda Jarvis said. "I don't think the state proved its burden." Although Tuesday's wait was worrisome, prosecutor Dave Wayment said the jury did exactly what they were supposed to do weigh every piece of evidence and then come to a unanimous decision. "In my mind, it's always been a strong case," he said. The two-da- y with trial ended closing arguments. Both attorneys asked MARIO Leanna Lundell, left, helps her daughter McKenzie, a UVSC Presidential Leadership Program student, RUIZOaily UVSC program hopes to craft future leaders campus, where they will live and DAILY HERALD A group of students moving into an apartment near UVSC on Wednesday brought with them all of the typical items college freshmen need: lamps, blankets, laundry detergent, hampers, pillows and dishes. But UVSC officials are hoping v that the students will leave the college with more than just the usual associate or bachelor's degree. They're looking to make leaders. The students are part of the Presidential Leadership Program, which Will put 36 students into groups of three that will compete to finish the ' most successful team project and go through training, with the goal of making them leaders in their careers and communities. On Wednesday they began moving into the top floor of an apartment building near "We really look at this leadership center and especially the Presidential Leadership students as an ecosystem." work together. The students will participate in mentoring, coursework, monthly lunches with the college's president and other leaders and leadership certification, all caught on camera for a sort of reality show that will be presented at a banquet at the end of the year. It is the first resident program at UVSC, which offers.no student housing. "We chose you very, very carefully Bruce Jackson, director of UVSCs Center for the Advancement of Leadership, told the group. "We really look at this leadership center and especially the Presidential Leadership students Bruce Jackson director of UVSCs Center for the Advancement of Leadership who has a clear picture of what they want. I want a student who can communicate. I want a student who can work in teams, who can understand diverse perspectives, who can manage themselves.' They want the soft stuff. They want the leadership stuff." as an ecosystem." Jackson said the program is geared toward making the students the kind of employees companies want to hire. "They keep saying the McKenzie Lundell, 18, of Nephi same thing: 'Grades are necessary had a full slate as a senior in high but not sufficient. I want a student school that seemed to be typical yVWWJHERALDEXTRA.COM fjk CALL 375-510- 3 among the participants. She was a head drill mistress for the drill team and participated in student government and Future Business Leaders of America. She plans to study dance education and said leadership training will help her communicate with her students better. "Everyone has the same goals. Everyone's helping each other out, and if you lived in some other places, it probably wouldn't be the same," Lundell said. Bailey Schofield, 18, of Heber City, said she held offices in her school's honor society and debate chib and applied to the program to prepare herself for her future career of running a spa. She said she was looking forward to getting to work with her fellow scholarship recipients. "It'll be fun to see what their talents are and see if we can build See LEADERS, BIO TO SUBSCRIBE re.. rri t IJ , (7 "SW f - 4 - . 0" T 4 iff) it (IE IIP I If - LL See Herald ARSON, BIO move into Ventana Apartments on Wednesday. m City employees can still run for council in P.G. Brenda Armstrong NORTH COUNTY - STAFF Pleasant Grove city employees can still run for City Council. During the past several weeks, council members, two of whom work for the city, have debated a resolution that would have ultimately prohibited elected officials from e for the city. working But on Tuesday night, the discussions were short and the council voted against n the change that would have affected Mark Atwood and Darold McDade running for nun ui uwv sui Mut un. ulvuit v vui vote against tne resolution, siding witn Atwood and McDade to make it full-tim- coun-cilme- 3-- See CITY COUNCIL. BIO |
