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Show B2 c The Salt Lake Tribune UTAH Tuesday, November27, 2001 Le FOR THE RECORD ICE-BREAKING WORK PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS MANDIES AT SLC APARTMENT BUILDING Salt LakeCitypolice homicide detectiveswere investigat ing the death ef a 55-year-old man Monday/hight. Police were apartment building near 400 S. MainStreet in Salt Lake Cityat about 8 p.m. Witnessessaid they heard a fight in a second-floor roombeforepolice werecalledto the building. Officers found the man dead. The causeof death was un known Monday night, Sgt. Fred Louis said. O MAN ARRESTEDIN STORE THEFT Salt Lake Citypolice arrested a 49-year-old manFridayafter heallegedlystole a packageof T-bonesteaks andthreatened a clerk withanail-studded piece of lumber. The man valked into Broadway Pharm: 242 E. 300 South, at about 3 p.m. and concealedthe meat and a six-pack ofsoda pop, ac cordingtoapolicereport. A clerk confronted him, and the | man reportedlythreatened to shoot him. Whentheclerkfollowed him, the suspect picked up the two-by-four pierced with nails and threatened the clerk again. Police apprehended the man nearbyandbookedhim into jail Q | POLICE SEEK TEEN'S TORMENTOR salt Lake policeare searchingfor a man who at leen-agegirl intohis car at gunpoint Mon- a.m., a 16-year-old girl walking to Gran- chool. A manstoppedhis four-door sedan vehicle ached the girl near 500 E. 3700 South. The manbran- andgunandtold thegirl to get in his car, said officer Darin Sweeten. As the girl backed away from the man, several nearbypeople shouted to the girl to see if she needed help. The man returnedto his car and sped away. Police are attempting to track the man throughsimilar licenseplates that the witnesses and girl reported. Drunken Driver Gets 5 Years For Crash That Killed Rider A drunken driver who subsequenttravelsincluded a ing carinto autilitypolein Salt Lake City two months ago killed his passengerby tr ipto Magna. went to prison Mondayfor ni to Syed Li —_v: "d drivenall over the said prosecutor T. Monuat Carlos Alfaro, 24, d eCe felony. automobile ho-, m to le, Alfaro pleaded guilty/ lesser count of third/ was goingat least 75 mph on Sept. 9 whenhestruck a tele- phone pole at South¢at about shee with Defense attorney noting that Alfaro should havelearned his lessonfrom convictions in 1997 for’ DUI and in 2000 for alcohol-related reckless driving. Third District Judge William Barrett sent Alfaro to prison and ordered him to pay $7,629 restitution for burial costs to the victim's family. ByStéphen Hunt that hef he will be executed if he is extradited to standtrial. Robert ElmerKleasen said he could face the death pen- alty if he is convictedofkilling two Mormon missionaries in 1974. “Mylife’s at stake here,” Kleasen said at a hearing in Bow Street Magistrates Court in London, He was convicted of the murders and sentenced to not convince ‘ ea 9 ago to eesae legal ae rector for the American Civil iy : technicality claim BY GREG BURTON ‘THE SALT : LAKE TRIBUNE _, + Liberties Union of Utah. Clark, though, says further the DABC[liquor commission], and doesnotreflect the attitude remedies are needed. ofthe Attorney General's Office in the future. As chairman, I 3 “While a subsequent meet-ing might ‘cure’ voidable ac- about the obviousness and the seriousness of the problem, take responsibility for _whatever errors we made in the ing,” Clark wrote in a Nov. 20 letter to Roberts, “it cannot cure the fact that the meeting itself wasillegal.” “First, plaintiffs expect the DABCto admit, without equivocation, that it violated the ABC Director Ken Wynn also has said he believed the commission ‘had violated Public mea culpas aside, a tiontaken at anillegal meet. Clark wrote Roberts. have technically violated the state’s Open Meetings law when it conducted two unannounced votes over the phone last month. During the telephone meetings, commissioners clarified their intent to adopt a ban on past.” Utah’s Open. Meetings Law during thefirst of the twotele- on October15, 2001. Wefrankly Society of Professional Journalists and Salt Lake City Weekly Publisher John Saltas in a 3rd District Court lawsuit, Hales did so, but your letter Roberts is unwilling to con- tries to create an issue about cede the violation. “Concerning the October 15 is seeking to void substantive action taken during the two vertising. In a subsequent meeting — one in which the public was invited to partici: Oct. 15 telephone meetings. It also has asked a judge to issue an injunction prohibiting the liquor commission from future Thepolicy reversal “cured” whatever harm thetwoprivate telephone meetings may have Open and Public Meetings law intentionally violated the Open Meetings Act nor will we do so The ACLU, which represents the Utah Chapter of the religious-themed alcohol ad- pate — Utah’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission rescinded the proposed ban. Tribune reporter questioned ih ouraye later, Hales said e ommission “never thought Chairman [Nicholas] that.” Whenthe Oct. 15 meetings took place, Hales andthe liquor commission were nearly fin- ished with revisions to Utah’s liquor advertising laws, which in July were ruled asirrational bune, represented by Salt Lake By.a 10th U.S. Circuit Court of “Appeals. Believing they faced a publishing deadline, Hales called City attorney Jeremy Hoffman, thefirst of two telephone meet- violations of the state's sunshine laws. The Salt Lake Triis a plaintiff in the same ings. A second telephone phone meetings. meeting, you referenced a supposed acknowledgement by Chairman Hales that the commission violated the open and public meetings laws,” Roberts wrote. “I do not recall exactly the words the chairman used, however, actually there is an issue’ whether the act was in fact violated.” gburton@sitrib.com Amanaccused ofstomping a manto death behind a Salt Lake Road onSept. 29, 2001. City last weekin 8rd District Court, authorities. A new DNA analysis and other forensic tools allowed the new indictment in the killings of Mark Fischer, 19 and Gary Darley, 20. Their 5 were never found, but er’s watch and bulletpunctured name tag were found in Kleason’s former residence west of Austin. The 69-year-old moved to Britain in 1990 after serving later an appeals court overturned the conviction based three years in prison in En- gland last year for illegally convenience store has been ordered to stand trial for first-degree felony murder. Adrian Whitfield’ Gordon, 20, is accused ofkilling 50-year- saw Gordonoutside the store, beckoning the victim to come old Lee Lundskog behinda 7Eleven at 1285 N. Redwood over. Another witness, Gustavo Diaz-Hernandez, RockyttoMex SLC Residents This Week Capitol Hill and downtown residents and business owners Community will have Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson’s ear this School, 400 N. 200 West, at 6:30 week, day, Anderson will talk with constituents at 10 a.m. at Einstein Bagels, 147 S. Main. The mayor will meet with residents and the Capitol Hill possessing munitions. At a preliminary hearing store patron Robert Mellentestified that at about5:30 a.m., he Washington Council “We want to create an incentive for people to do it by Internet or mail,” said Judy Unlike many state services Hamaker-Mann, division diavailable online, the Driver Li- rector. cense Division charges no “The more we can getto doit credit card transaction or so- , that waythe better.” called convenience fee for reDriver license renewal has Renewing a Utahdriverli- Internet, it’s cheaper. been available online for about six weeks, serving about 750 customers. Gov. Mike Leavitt held a news conference Monday to publicize the service, the latest among a growing number available at www.utah.gov. newals. Moreover, the agency a0 wr aay, tO UNDETECTABLE HEARING AID... ee Donate Your Car! AMERICAN LUNG Se Call 1-800-LUNGUSA Or WWW.DONATEYOURCARCOM LIVING ROoM. Our One and Two Bedroom A ents Offer Seniors More Than a Room With a Fabulous STYLISH SENIOR APARTMENTS, PARKLANE. 680 EAST 100 SOUTH/SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 537-1100 “1 ante eneteetneih ily tent following behind. Gordon appears in court again Friday for a scheduling hearing. pea Uniquegifts for backyard bird lovers and naturalists ofall ages. p.m. Wednesday. And Satur- “A major goal of my administration is to provide government services and efficiently,” Leavitt said. “Utah.gov enables Utahns to conduct business with government 24 hours a day, seven days a week.” and walked away, with the car REMEMBER ME? Elementary Utahns Can Renew Driver Liceuaes Over lcrael and Save$5 cense is not only easier over the testified he saw Gordon stomping a body behind thestore, then enter the business to use the pay phone.Soonafter, a car pulled into the parking lot and Gordon put something into the car, Diaz-Hernandez testified. Then Gordon returned to the body, stomped on it some more at ae gives cyber customers a $5 break. In-personlicense renewalat one of the state's 28 driverli_cense offices costs $20, compared with just $15 online or through the mail. etveiseduveton pene oF reasons known only to you ani Man Ordered toStand Trial in Stomping Death at 7-Eleven ona faulty search warrant Britain does not extradite suspected criminals unless meeting was. arranged after a thelegalityofthe first meeting. “I will assume your letter But Kleasen’s lawyer, James Scobie, said such a guarantee is not binding on US. not beexecutedif convicted, time for firearms violations in a federal prison in New York. He was sentenced to death in 1975, but two years lawsuit. was written to strike an ag- umentsaying the suspect will the United States signs a docA Texas man caused, Utah Assistant Attor- gued ina letter sent two weeks ney General Thom Roberts ar- d b lawyer for Utah’s liquor com- Fts Extradition From Britain LONDON snes < mission is privately arguing that the commission may not AccusedKille Killer of Missionaries double sought in a 26-year-old ed murder case said Monday 7 Lawsuit plaintiffs John Fisher asked for prison three times Utah’s legal limit of 0.08. Alfaro’ told pre-sentence investigators that he began drinking anddrivingthe previous day when heattended a wedding reception in Utah County. The defendant's ABC Meetings Defended by Lawyer Baxteraskedfor1 yearin jail, followed by probation. time, scene. 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