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Show 7 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Saturday,July20,1996 Arby’s Robbers Face Possible Life Sentences Father and Son Plead Guilty In Plea-Bargain Agreement The father brandished a handgun. ger Lawrimore are expected to present testimony Employee Joe Hare, 24, was shotfive times and stabbed four times with a butcher knife before he smashed a window and escaped. Salt Lake County District Attorney Neal Gunnar- 20, and Chantel Mann, 20, who had been forced to partially disrobe and lie on the floor. trict Judge Leslie A. Lewis. Atthe sentencing hearing, attorneys for the youn- from psychologists and family members in an attempt to show he was manipulated byhis father. BY STEPHEN HUNT ‘THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE A father-and-son robbery team admitted Friday they tried to kill three Arby's restaurant workers during a bungled robbery in January. The Lawrimores thentried to kill Charee Hoppal, son conceded the father was in charge of the robbery. “But the son knew what was going on,” he added. “I have no more compassion for the son than the father.” Richard L. aarinices 37, entered guilty pleas to three counts of attempted aggravated robbery. His son, Richard D. Lawrimore, 18, pleaded guilty to a single similar count. Hoppal told police she recognized the younger Lawrimore as a former employee. The Lawrimores — who dropped the stolen money in their hasteto flee — were arrested three hours after the robbery. barged in a side door. Both men face possible life prison terms when they appear for sentencing Sept. 6 before 3rd Dis- ees were closing for the night when the Lawrimores After accepting the senior Lawrimore’s guilty pleas, Lewis noted that he only showed emotion duting discussion of his sentence. The judge ordered him to face his two female victims and suggested he dwell on their pain while awaiting his sentencing hearing. “They have a daily life sentence because of your conduct,” the judge said. “C'mon,son,let's finish the job,” the senior Lawrimore said, according to testimony at a February preliminary hearing. The robbers cut the women’s throats -— each man attacking a woman — andleft As part of the plea-bargain agreement, charges against the Lawrimores for burglarizing and burning selves to a hospital. Hare had called police from a related embezzlementcase. the victims for dead. The wounded women managed to drive them- The robbery occurred Jan. 9, 1996, at the Arby's restaurantat12984 E. 3900 South. The three employ- the KISNradiofacility in Salt Lake City will be dis- missed. Prosecutors said they also will drop charges against the senior Lawrimore for robbing a gas sta tion at gunpoint and charges stemming from an un- SLC May advertised by Establish LandTrust Ut EtreCe Peerted Would Future Mayors Sell Donated Property? THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Someday soon, you might be * Multi lingual on screen menu syst em able to deed that extra property you own in Salt Lake City to an open-space land trust for use as a system © 10 watt stereo sound © Smartpict! ure Sleep & al arm timer Open Space Committee mem- bers wantto establish a trust to protect open space the city owns the Games 1)1129% Catch this Weekend! and future property donations. But the proposal has snagged on resident and planning-commission fears that future Salt Lake City mayors could simply sell the surplus land if the mood strikes. The trust, as conceivedbycity staff and the Open Space Committee, would be governedby an in- to accept donations of property and money to buy and maintain open space. Planner Doug Wheelwright be- lieves the trust could absorb and protect about 4,000 acres thecity owns in the eastern foothills, west-side wetlands and in watershed areas,City leaders haveallocated nearly $260,000 to an open- space fund that would be governed by the trust advisory board. Currently, Salt Lake City’s mayor has sole control over sur- plus city property. All land-trust board actions would be considered only recommendations to the mayor. The mayor would be able ASR Television © Multi-brand TV/VCR remote * Audio/video in & output jacks © S-VHSinputjack * On scree! n display 4 Head Stereo HiFi VCR ® Full function remote * 181 channeltuner * Index search system ¢ Frontclock display © On-screen programming smi01ass ve Lass MAGNAVOX people would like. 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