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Show D2 ____ The Salt Lake Tribune UTAHSaturday, December5,1998 Prosecutor: ‘Horrified’ Movie Buffs Judge Not Biased CLOSE TO HOME Butdefense lawyer wants jurist to withdraw from retrial because of comments he madeto jurors about viewing adult films BYPHIL Mi uting pornographic material ended in brief said. “What questions were Curtis Larson wrotein his reply. MIDWEST, (400k FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS a hung juryin June. THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE by RandySpencer, Peterman’s court- to watch during the first Movie Buffs pornography trial. Maybe he even to remove himself fromtheretrial be- causeheallegedlyhadtold jurors im- that doesn’t prove he is biased against mediatelyafter the first trial that he was “horrified” and “sickened” by appointed attorney, who asked Davis was disgusted by the sex films he had shared his feelings with jurors. But the defendant, prosecutors asserted this week ina brief filed in 4th District Court. Russ fooiishly ordered the Sense-a-tron option whenhesignedupfor the Weather Channel. will be held by jury; therefore, the who no longer manages the bankrupt rendering the verdict.” Spencer's motion relied on interviews he held with jurors from the Spencer could not be reached for commentFriday. dered to destroy their records about The brief asks for an expedited hearing to decide the matter,but nothing had been scheduled as of Friday “It seems the defendant has not complied with that order,’ Larson’s gins Jan. 19. Junetrial — yet both sides were orthose jurors, Larson noted. The defense must prove that Davis is biased against Peterman, not against the videos, Deputy County Attorney Repeat Child Molester Sentenced to 1 to 15 Years in Prison dramatic mood swings. “A\ t the time he completed treatment, he BY STEPHEN HUNT THE SALT LAKETRIB! As the annual Dickens Christmas Festival opened Friday at the Utah State Fairpark, a former actor clothing, according to charges. didn’t haveall the tools neces- sary to change his behavior,” Xaiz said, arguing for probation BOGUS BOMB coach was beingsentenced for sexually rather than prison A tape-player clicking early Fridayinside a stu and actingboys he metat the yuletide event. But prosecutor James Cope dent’s locker at Indian Hills Middle School in Sandy molesting Robert WayneLarsen, 33, was sentenced toa 1-tosaid prison was the onlyoption prompted administrators to evacuate about 1,200 students. The suspicious noise and a loose wiresticking 15-year prison term. Third District Judge Robin because Larsen worked at the Reese also ordered him to pay counseling costs for well-known festival. “knowing outside the locker indicated the device could sevenvictims, rangingin age from 10 to 13 what he knewabout himself.” been a bomb. Butabout two hours after the 8: Had this been Larsen’s first offense, he might have Larsen coached hundreds of scare, a Salt Lake County bomb squadrobot with an XRobert Larsen ray machinerevealed the culprit. “It was a tape re- receivedprobation. But in 1994, he pleadedguilty to children through stage perfor mances suc! “Oliver” and “Scrooge.” In “‘Oliver,”” corderthat had reached the endofits tapeand hadn't a misdemeanorcount of lewdness with a child. Court records showLarsen completed 36 months Larsen played Fagin, who trains young street urturnedoff,” said Sandypolice Sgt. Kevin Thacker “The wire was just a microphone. The whole thing probation and a sex-offender treatment program chins to be pickpockets Charging documentsindicate that in real life, Larlooks like just an accident.” Students were bused to But treatment and a brush with the law were not Alta High Schoolwhile officers defusedthesituation enough to keephim from attacking children sen behavedas a twisted, modern-dayversion of FaDefense attorney Earl Xaiz said his client was not Thackerpraised administrators for their swift action gin. During sleepovers at his Sandy home, Larsen thedistrict for keeping the middle school kids warm yet diagnosed with a bipolardisorder which causes played “truth or dare’ to entice boys to remove their and sheltered and students at Alta for helping entertain their younger comrades during the three-hour episode. Students returned to class about noon, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A prisoner who escaped from the Utah State Prison on Friday afternoon was apprehendedafter just two hours on the run,prisonofficials said. Nicolas AngelRiveraescaped from the Promontorypre-release facility at the prison about 2:15 p.m., said Jack Ford, spokesman for the Utah Department of Corrections Prisoners are movedto the pre-release facility as they nearthe endof their sentences, Angel-Rivera had been imprisonedfor assault and two counts of possession of a controlled substance. He was scheduled to be pa- roled in February 1999 and,as anillegal immigrant, was to be deported uponrelease. Angel-Riveraallegedly scaled the south fenceof the facility, used his coat to protect himself fromthe razor wire and followed a = set of railroad tracks past Bangerter Highway. Special “Operations officers from the Department of Corrections used bloodhounds to followthe tracks and found him hiding in a trailer park at 9278 S. 700 West a He said possibilities include low water levels in the river and over- OGDEN — Unusuallyhigh numbers of brown trout in the Ogden River crowding that is causing morefights between males for breeding spaces have developed infected skin lesions and bleeding sores and manyare dy- Another possibility, he said, “is poor water quality, which admittedlyis not ing. as cleanright asit normally is.”” The veterinarian saidall these con- Division of Wildlife biologists say the aggressive brown trout often wound themselves during spawning and it is not uncommonforthe injuries ditions are stressful to fish and make them more vulnerable to infection. But his examinations didn’t tum up to become infected. anyinternalinjuries so he doesn’t believe the injuries posea health hazard. “But this natural phenomenon ap- pearsto have gotten out of hand,” said Chris Wilson, veterinarian at the Fisheries Experiment Station in Logan, “But I wouldn't think the fish would makeeither an aesthetic or appetizing meal Wilson said there was a bacterial “The mystery is why the problem outbreak in yellow appearsto be muchworse than normal this year,” said Wilson, who examined A branch manager of the Mountain AmericaCredit Unionis suing an organization known as Utahns for Fair Taxation for publishing a photograph of her Lexus automobile in a newsletter disparaging credit unions. Cydnee Fulimeralleges that the newsletter’s authorinvaded herprivacy andputher at risk of harm byincluding a photographofhercar, with license plate taxed profits,” expandingtheir businesses with money reads: “Somecredit union managers seemto do aswell as their wealthy customers.” Utahns for Fair Taxation could not be reached for comment Friday o (with them].” At the sentencing hearing, Robert Larsen said: “I want to take full responsibility. It's my fault. [The boys] did nothing wrong. I want them to moveon.” Larsen was charged with nine felony and misdemeanor counts, Two counts were first-degree felo- nies punishable by6-, 10- or 15-years-to-life prison terms As partof a plea bargain, he pleadedguilty to two second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a child, punishable by as many as 15 years each, and the other counts were dismissed. A 24-year-old West Valley City man who was charged with beating and raping a prostitute went to prison Friday for up to 5 years. Steven Francisco Deahl claimedhe had consensualsex with the35-yearold woman, to whom hepaid $20. But police found blood, hair and pieces of the victim's clothing at the location Deahl had taken her. He ripped off her clothes and raped her three times before she escaped chargedin3rd District Court with aggravat- d sexual assault, rape andforcible sodomy, all first degreefelonies punishable by upto life in prison Prosecutors allowed Deah! to pleadguiltyto thelesser crime of aggravated assault becausethey lost contact with the victim a gists, Hadden said he believes the le- Weber County riverkeeper Stan spawning patterns. “The male browns, usingtheir fins, scoopout holesin the river bottom for a spawning nest. In the process, the brown-trout problembut also had no answers. He said the fish problem is just one of the concernsright now alongthe Og- den River. He said it appears there maybe iron particles coming from waterstoredin the dam that are staining rocks below the power plant He said iron particles take oxygen from the water, which may be why few fish are seen below the dam. But Hadden said he doubts the iron problem is the cause of the brown trout lesions. Like the wildlife biolo- The$170,000 experiment malfunctioned whenit first flew on Discovery morethan a THESALT year ago, so Pantalos said he “was feeling Art Heart pumped out some gooddata in much better” when the experiment was space That was the word Friday from George opened and he learned it had worked on experiment that looked unhealthy. Deanof U. Graduate Schoolof Education Resigns Colleen Kennedy, dean of the Graduate School of Education (GSE) at the University of Utah, has announcedher resignation af- In a letter to university faculty and staff, Kennedysaid she had ac- complished her major goals for the job, “and thetimeis right for me, both professionally andpersonally, to return to myfaculty role.” Kennedy joined the U. of U. from the University of Illinois as ter serving asthe college's top administrator for 10 years. Kennedy’s resignation is effective Aug. 1, 1999. She plansto re- GSE dean and faculty memberin July 1989. A search committee will be created to locate the new dean. also maybe applicable to someseniors who suffer those symptoms. shuttle Discoveryin late October and early November — thesame flight that featured “The research team members will begin detailed analysis next week to see if the data support our hypothesis that gravity helps the heart fill before each heart beat,” said Pantalos, a research associate professor in surgery and bioengineering. ‘The data analysis will involve at least a month naut John Glenn. This week, Pantalos and his colleagues traveled to Kennedy Space Center, Fia., to retrieve Art Heart from the sealed canister that carried the experiment onboard the of work.” shuttle. ‘Art Heart cametolife during the mis While he andhis colleagues wereretrieving Art Heart, Pantalos said NASA offi- sion and brought back six data sets from space,’ Pantalos said. “We were pleased to find there was blood pressure and flow data on the tape.” The data were cials took them to thepadto inspect shuttle Endeavour, which was awaiting launch a. with the first U.S. componentsof the international space station. Endeavour blasted into orbit early Friday with five U.S. astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut. recorded as Art Heart pumped a water- glycerin solution through a series of tubes andbellows. = SPOONS 'n SPICE HAS wm OVER 35 COFFEES YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM INCLUDING FABULOUS “Thieves have brokeninto D. Grant Clothier, 1354 S Foothill Drive in Salt LakeCity, twice recently, steal m_ HOLIDAY FLAVORS LIKE CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS fe & IRISH CREAM. LARGE SELECTION OF DECAF TOO, The Family Of Juanita Jensen J Alice C. Belliston Born December 6, 1918 80th BIRTHDAY A reader of good books. Saturday, Dec. 5, 1998 A giver of countless gifts. A lady of wit and wisdom. A womanofstyle. WE PROUDLY FEATURE K R U p S Cordially invites you to an OPEN HOUSEin honorof her from to 5:30 p.m. 3650 South 2400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah With love from yourniece, Claudia Allen and Family No Gifts Please ELDER MICHAEL LUCE HALL ay Es ent Karen & Donald ja as been called to servein the Chile Antofagasta Mission. Michael’s farewell will be at the 12800 8. 300 E. Draper Ch: apel 9 a.m, on December 6, 1998. An OPEN HOUSEwill be held in his honor at 13g GreenClover Rd. Draper, UT at 12:30 p.m. a a} a @_ Happy 80th Birthday oo Gilbert said he had seen about 30 other dead browns, and another 20 nauts when they return to Earth, which ficial heart. The experiment rode on space Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary Samuel & Marjorie Smith Your children, grandchi en wish you py di Welove you ingthesituationtoolightly. “T've fished this river for 25 years and I've never seen it this bad,” Gilbert said as he pointed out the open sores on the skin of a large brown weighing about 5 pounds. ficiently in microgravity. It also may help prevent the dizziness felt by manyastro- Art Heart is a mock humancirculatory system poweredbya partial Utah-100 arti- ing thousandsof dollars ofsuits and other clothing The burglaries occurred Oct. 25 and Noy. 27. Police are asking for any information about four suspects between the ages of 18 and 25. Surveillance tapes show the men backing up a shiny yellowjeep, possibly a Wrangler, to the store doors, The vehicle had light. colored hard top and mag wheels. Anyonewith information maycall the Salt Lake City Police Department's burglaryunit, 799-3720. fishes’ fins are often injured, allowing bacteria to get into open sores,” he said. But angler Dave Gilbert of Ogden thinksthe wildlife experts may be tak- turn to her position as a full-time the latest flight faculty memberatthe university The experiment is aimed at revealing She will teach classroom managewhy astronauts’ hearts pumpbloodless ef. mentandteacher education, Pantalos, the University of Utah researcher who leads theso-called Hearts in Space CLOTHING CAPER sions are a result of the browns’ Hadden said he was aware of the Get to Heart of Space-Flight Problem the return to space of 77-year-old astro- ATTACKER GETS PRISON ' I didn’t have anymisgivings [about him working at the festival], Boyd Larsensaid.‘*His therapist encouraged him to be around children, just not alone didn’t think that problem and the brown trout problem arerelated. Utahn Hopes Shuttle Experiment Helps in view, in the October 1998 newsletter. The newsletter stated credit unions “retain millions of dollars in unthat should be put towardschools and the needy, according to her 3rd District Court lawsuit. Then, in large, bold print: “We stand corrected! (not all big credit unions profits go to expanding their businesses!).”” Directly under the statement is the image of Fullmer's car in front of a Mountain America branch at 1284 E. 10600 South in Sandy. The photo caption perch this past summer in Pineview Reservoir, which feeds the lower Ogden River. But he somedeadfish brought to him. LAWSUIT OVER AD HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PHIL Larsen’s father, A. Boyd Larsen, a longtimedirector of the festival, previously told The Salt Lake Tribune he believed his son’s sexual appetites had been suppressed. Brown Trout in Ogden River Have Skin Lesions and Bleeding Sores Oo SHORT ESCAPE Philip A. Hansonis celebrating his 80th birthday with his wife, friends and family at 2 party at their home in Bloomi He was born Dec. 5, 1918 in Detroit Lake, Minnesota. He lived in Audubon, Minnesota until going into the Army in 1941. He lived in CA and NV afternoon. Peterman’s secondtrial be- Robert Wayne Larsenmetvictims at Dickens Christmas Festival. Judge also orders him to pay 7 boys’ counseling costs FOR THE RECORD Deahl the defendant for their statements? judge cannot make a ‘predetermination’ of the case, as the jurywill be chain, cannot pay him the $25,000 he owes erator Larry Peterman, should remain on the bench for the retrial in January, the prosecution's brief said. Peterman’s first trial on 15 countsof distrib- es? Were promises made to them by . The state will never be able to answer those questions, as it complied with the court's order to destroy the former jurors’ records.” Unless the jurors come forward to file their own affidavits, their recollections are just hearsay, Larsonsaid. said. Besides, he noteslater,“the trial watching the 15 adult videos. Peterman’sattorneyin thefirst trial, Jerry Mooney, withdrew because Peterman, Davis, who presided over the first trial of former movie-rental chain op- askedof[jurors]to elicit such respons- “Evidenceas to a defendant'sactivities mayincite natural disgust, but it could hardly be thought that a judge would be disqualified because he reacted as would anyone else,”’ Larson The brief wasa responseto a motion PROVO — Maybe Judge LynnDavis COFFEE MAKERS & 2 JOIN OUR COFFEE CLUB BUYy 1 Tb. ING IN WCET 1b, FREE BRING THIS AD AND GET ONE FREE PUNCH ON YOUR COFFEE CARD " . 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