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Show c2 The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Thursd y,November11, 1999 D.A. Declines to File Charges in Alleged Rapes merecr\Oit. by Universal Pro Syncicate | CLOSE TO OME Yocom says jury would doubt escort workers were attacked not consensual.” OnSept. 10, a 19-year-old woman called police from LDS Hospital to report THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Salt Lake County District Attorney Dav aid his office decided not to file charges ng withher, we felt like we had enough evidence to pick the guy up,” T’ a. Through furtherquestioning, police learned there may have beena second victim allegedly raped by the same man after she also was hired for a private dance man who allegedly raped two escort service workers because jurors would believe ithe sex had been gotoam had been raped, Sandy Police Sgt. Kevin Thacker said. She told police she had beenhired bya 32-year-old man to do a private dance in a roomat the Extended StayAmerica motel at 10715 Auto Mall Drive in Sandyon Sept. 9, but inste d, the man 1.iped her, Thackersaid BY KELLY KENNEDY consensual there,” Thacker said. But Sandy police believe the case could have been prosecuted. shewas hired andpaid big money to Sept. 8. Thackersaid. After talking to both women, 1's motel room to do lewd dances for him in the nude and then comes back and says she was raped police arrested the purported rapist Sept. 10. The man was released from jail the next day “We feel like it's a good case and the evidence is after she has been paid twice theoriginal amount,” Yuvom said. “You can’t expect ajury not to thinkit’s Ministry’s Restraint Order Expanded mail. CLOSETOHOME@COMPUSERVE COM| "He's not REAL, silly! It's just a waxfigure we BY STEVEN OBERBECK bought to keep neighborhoodkids from tromping through our yard." THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE FOR THE RECORD TEEN ADMITS TO KILLING A 15-year-old Wellsville boy has admitted to reck lessly shooting and killing another teen. The boy pleaded guilty Monday to shooting Kevin Jensen, 15, cf Welleyilte un the face Jul witha caliber pis ndied shortly afterw ‘d. Inexchange for his from of theft and stole the gun y were dropped. He neighbor's house. Tl teen originally told deputies he found the gun aw ek before the shooting ata gravel pit in Wellsville. He 0 told investigators he heard a gunshot come from e! »where before he , but later recanted saw Jensencollapseto the grour Cache County Deputy Attorney James Swenk said the prosecution would recommend the court send him to a juvenile facility until he is 21, “Because he’s ourt has various penalties itcangive, Intellectual Reserve Inc for post ing 17 pages of the book on th i Web site without the chi The Chureh of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints was given a temporary victory over its long. time critics Jerald and Sandra Tanner on Wednesday US. District Court Judge Tena Campbell expanded atemporary ng order that bars the m distributing copy terials on their Web site Swenk said. “Where there's a death askingfor secure confinement, which is the most severe penalty he can receive.” remove from their Web site three Internet addresses where the church's publication could be ing people to a site in Australia where the book is available on line found the Tanners attorney Brian Barnard will be given a chance to argue that mer ely pointing to another Web address where the p aterial is available ribe church disciplinary procedures The expanded order addressed the church’s concerns that the not cont ibuting infringement ‘Tanners were contributingto ad ditional infringement of the copy hted Church Handbook of In to cop tht is available elsewhere on the Internet The Tanners, founders of the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, were sued in early October by not constitute infringe ment,” said ard. Bi are guid concerning the case it published the address of the Web site in Australia where the entire hand book is available for viewing. O ROAD-RAGE CHARGESDISMISSED Char havebeen dismissed against the driverin a roadrage incident that involved University of Utah football playerPatrick Dyson. Bradley M. Wood was driving and Dyson, a backup free safety, was Wood’ passengerthenight of Aug. 8 when Woodchasedan: other car onInterstate 80 near 2200 Eastin Salt Lake County, Dyson threwobjects, including a large magnet that shattered the other car's windshield and inflicted cuts on oneocc! upant, documents filed in ci Wood and 22, wer charged withhice fel ony aggravateda ult, punishable by up todyearsiin prison. But day pleaded guilty on Oct. 27 to a reduced misdemeanor count, which washeldin eyance and could bedis- in 12 months he completes angermanagement counseling and pays restitution. The charges against Woodweredismissedlast week afte prosecutors determined that only Dyson had committed an alt Lake District Attorney David Yocomsaidthe chase began when Dyson“made eyes” at the other driver's girlfriend, The other driver threw a beerbottle at Wood's car ColoradoState. Q AT LEAST 11 YEARS BEFORE HEARING Theconvicted torture ieee if a 3-year-old Canadian gir! will serve at least 11 in prison before their cases are heard by the Utah Board ofPardons. Ferosa Bluff, 27, and Andrew Fedorowicz, re scheduled fortheir fir: t parole hearing in October 10. Bluff and Fedorowicz convicted this year of murder,child abuseand sexual abuseofa child for fatally beating Bluff's daughter, Rebecca, at a Salt Lake County apartment in October 1998. Trial evi dencealso indicated the victim beenrestrained and whipped with acat-o"-nine-t on various parts of her body, including her genitals. Meantime, the paroleboardalso gave extended hearing dates in two otherhigh-profilecases: Ray LynnButterfield who sexually molested three young South Salt Lake girls during a backyard sleepover has a July 2014 parole hearing. And Darren Charles Bluemel whofatally shot a 20-year-old womanduring a party at his Riv erton trailer home wiil not appear before the board until March of 2019, u SUSPICIOUS FIRE Salt Lake firefighters are saying an arsonist started a fire Salt Lake City business Monday night, Whenfire crews arrived at New Life Resources at 451 E. Broadway St. (300 South), they found a blaze ina stairwayofthe building. Capt. Devin Villa said caused$5,000 damage, is suspicious a ARGUMENT LED TO KILLING Police say an argument over stolen drugs led to the killing of2 West Valley City man in his own homelast month. James Albert Jackson, 25, was gunned down on Oct. 26. Jackson andhis allegedkiller, Billy Frank Spillers, 27, apparently got into the argument after Jackson told Spillers that someonestole PCPfromhis friend, according to a newly released police affidavit Spillers hadallegedly provided the friend with the PCP, according to court documents. Spillers was arrested the night of the killing andpolicesaid he was S| down Interstate 15 at 109 mph. He was also al for drunken driving. Spillers has been charged with first-degree murderin the killing andis being heldat the Salt Lake County Jail, 7 4 were informed of a federal lawsuit spect for Mr. Jacobsen.” filed against them Tuesday claim ing the story line ofthe seriesis plagiarized. id. merelyprovided alink to the 7 ceived fromothers that contained the Aus AttorneyBrent Hatch clain respect for Mr. Jacobsen.” Hughes said he received per- defendants. “I'm in shock that (Ja cobsen| has filed a lawsuit against me,” said Hughes, a Brigham Young University professor of English. “But I do want to say havealot of On Rock-Art Panel Mangivenayearprobation for defacing prehistoric pictographs BY SHAWN FOSTER THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, ia man was sentenced to a year proba: Inesday for scratching his name onapanelof prehistoric pictographs in San Juan County. The panelis in Montezuma Creek Canyoneastof Land Management. Thesite contains several hunin four colors ona 120-foot-wide wall. Three prehistoric periods are represented, and someofthe pictures date back toat least 2,500 years Sotero Oviedo, 49, a native of Mexico whois alegal resident of the United States, vandalized the panel between Aug. 22, 1997, and Sept. 24, 1997. He was temporarily working in San Juan County onadrill ing and mapping project. Sharon Preston, Oviedo's attorney, described her client as a “model immigrant.” “He's a decent man,” Preston said in U.S. District Court. “He hada 3rd-grade education. He never knew publishing house, Deseret Book wouldneverlet someone else use direct quotes from one of their bookswithout written permission something neither Hughes nor this case. decorated prisoner of war who survived the Bataan Death March, The lawsuit names Deseret Book and author Dean Hughes as in resolveit for both But attorney Hatch said as a Millett has beenable to producein Book author For Writing Name jan Web site address. ted to him i occurrence and we Dean Hughes thelawsuit that the main charac terofthe series, Elder Wal y Tho mas, is based on Gene Jacobsen, a Hatch said Jacobsen does not SE care about the approximately $1 millionthe author and publishing company have made, though Hatch believes it is a legal neces- mission from Jacobsen before publishing the series. And, Deseret Bookpresident Ronald Millett said he does not deny that Hughes used Jacobsen’ n’s work,but added that thef ‘st book in the “Children of the Promi: eries thanks Jacobsen, andthe second sity to punish them; rather, Jacobsenandhis wife are concerned aboutfuture fictional accounts of Jacobsen’s heroism andlife. (A quote Wednesday in The Salt Lake Tribune concerning profits should have been attributed to Hatch.) what he was doing was a ne, andhe will never write his name ona rockagain.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Danceagreedthat Oviedo seemsto be a good man, and Dancealso-acknowledged Oviedo’s scrawl did not damageactual images. But the seriousness of the crime,he said, cannot be minimized. “Several hundred images werepaintedon the rock by people of several cultures and several genera- tions,” Dance said, “not over decades, not over cen: turies, but over millennia.” Employees hadinformed Oviedo and other crew members about the legal protection of archeological sites that they may encounter. And, Spanishlanguage interpreters were on hand to translate for some ofthe crew. Workers signed forms indicating that they understoodthe law, and that they would not violate any prehistoric areas. Evenso,federal officials estimate that Oviedo did nearly $8,000 in damage. The companyhe workedfor has paid more than$7,800 to the government, and Report on FormerCity Manager Should Be Released, Says Group Oviedo has agreed to pay $837 to reimburse federal LOTTERY workers for overtime expensesin investigating the case. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday night in Idaho's Powerball lottery worth $12 million were 13, 9, 31, 40, 43. Powerball: 36 The winning numbersin Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska’s Wild Card lottery worth $298,000 were3, 14, 16, 17, 21 BY JON URE SPECIAL TO THETRIBUNE anduttered a racial epithet at Dyson. Dyson who hadbeen suspended from theteam was playing again on Oct. 28 against the fire, which to say I havealot of re- there was nothingelse she could do after prosecutors declined to file charges. Monticello on land administered by the Bureau of “Tmin shockthat [Jacobsen] hasfiled a lawsuit ries professed shock after they ‘The19-year-old womansaid Wednesday that she discussed options with a lawyer, only to discover dred images BY KELLY KENNEDY against me. But I do want r said. “But there are chec! ances inpolice work, and wehaveto acceptthat.” Broadbent The Tanners, Barnard ‘Promise’ Author, Publisher Shocked at Suit THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE ed,” after The Salt Lake Tribune,” said bune story and posted e-mail it r Sandra Tanner took exception to the church’s notion as well. The thor and the publisher of the “Children of the Promise” se- womendid not consent to having sex. The womey both workfor alicensed escort-services businessin Salt Lake City. 5 y i. one of those things where we're disappoint. dant since in earlier news stories 4 CREWSSTILL FIGHTING OIL SPILL Crews are continuingto cleanup a spill in which 10,000 yallonsof crude oil leaked from anoverturned truck this weekend near FlamingGorge. In anarticle Tuesday, The Salt Lake Tribune misidentified the truck driver whohad received minor injuries inthe mishap. Thedriver's correct nameis LeeDon Meyers, said Perry Taylor, corporate secretary of Darrell ‘Taylor Transportation, which ownsthe truck. The truck was traveling from Roosevelt to Fort Bridger, Wyo jury in Salt Lake County that the escort-seryj The Sait Lake Tribune as a defen- “We have no intention of going “It is our position that simply having references on your Inter. net site to someone s site does structions by describing where it sion, investigatedit further, and countyprosecutors subsequently met with the two women, Thackersaid, Wednesday, Yocomsaid the evidencein thecase did not stand a reasonable chance of convinci At the hearing, Barnard sug. Before any order is made per manent, ment or involved, we're on. IRL is the corpe that holds the LDS Church's intellectual-props y assets. In an order is sued W directed the Ts wasturned overto the Salt Lake Office, Yocom declined to press department appealed his deci. Vandal Sentenced Following the hearing before Campbell on Wednesday morning, she said telling » a book available m mn she i couraging anyone to make a copy erne Broadbent, IRI's at the judge a the charges. The police Wild Card: King of Hearts can call the Idaho Lottery’s information line: 1-208- week, has 30 days to appeal the commission's unanimous vote tkinson’s attorney, Jim Morton, arguedthat re- sing the report will fan theflames of “dissension andinfightingin West Jordan.” as to whythe Mexican laborer would scratch ‘his “It is a mystery why he would choose to dothis,” “What possessed him to doit, I ddn't 334-4656 or www.idaholottery.com DOUG'S SHOOT'N SPORTS 4926 S. REDWOOD ROAD « SALT LAKE sowing. 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For winning numbers and prize amounts players Aninvestigative report compiled on West Jordan’ formerassistant city manager should be released to the public, the Utah Records Commission ruled Wednesday. Penny Atkinson, who resigned hercity post last Ina plea agreement, one of two felony counts was dropped. Oviedo pleadedguilty to one felony count of violating the federal Archaeological Resources Pro- tection Act ies "B59" |
