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Show Exo: UTAH 123199 PRESS UFA ASSOCIATION Valley has six Sterling Scholars Pago 10 ... Japanese roll out the red carpet PcgoS fm fii VOLUME 68 NUMBERS 50$ IB Task force drug sweep yields seven arrests I By Dixie Brunner, . A law enforcement sweep has in the arrests of six adults end one juvenile. Under the direction of the Kane N treaties Strike Force, several search and arrest war- rants were issued as a result of a five month undercover inves-tigation of felony narcotic ac- tivity in the K&n&b area. Arrested on April 3 and 4 Valentine AT Floras, Lee Shine, Herman Lucky Brwjv Shelll Lewi Brian Wade and Dustin Johnson. One juvenile was also arrested and to the juvenile detention in Richfield. More ar-rests are expected this week. Officers also seized twovehicles had been used to import narcotics into the area. - The investigation has been dubbed Scrip Rip due to its emphasis cm the illegal distri- bution and abuse of prescrip- - con-result- ed By Dixie Brunner It was very clear that a decision had already been made, commented Governor Mike Leavitt of President Clintons Grand StaircaseEscalante monument declaration. I was as surprised as all of you. This has not been a happy event for anybody." Leavitt was in town to talk about the new monument which against Bog . en-we- re . im-whi- ch best way to lose leverage is to sue someone and lose." Leavitt said that the State School Trust Land department however, will go forward with a lawsuit to make sure the government owns up to the lost revenue the designation cost Utah school children. He said that the government is arguing with them on land values. They wont accept that this is billion dollar land." The State of Utah will have a Guevarra home, but no substantial leads were found. Lance was later featured on Americas Most Wanted, and on missing children flyers throughout the country. Kane County Chief Deputy Allen Johnson said that they attempted to interview Alex Bybee on several occasions, but that he was uncooperative. After Lances disappearance, Alex and brother Nick Bybee moved to Las Vegas to live with their father. On January 6, Alex Bybee at filed youth from murdering a child. On February 5, Alex Bybee confessed to Deputy Johnson of the murder of Lance Guevarra. He allegedly said that he carried Lance Guevarra over a sand hill near his home, then killed him by strangulation. He said that he placed a milk crate over the site after burying Lance in a shallow grave on the far side of the sand hill. Based on this information, law enforcement officials began to search for the shallow grave site. The search was unsuccessful. Alex voluntarily came to the area where he led officials to the exact location of the grave site. A February 7 excavation yielded human remains consistent with those of a young child. Bybee waived extradition from Nevada and was transported to the Kane County Jail on Saturday, April 5. The preliminary' hearing is expected to be next week. Even though Bybee is considered a juvenile at age 17, the charge w'as filed in district court pursuant to Utah statutes adopted in 1996. Those statutes Frcdonia youth seriously injured encompasses much of Kane County. He bemoaned the fact four part governmental apthat there had been very little proach, (to the monument desigBy Dixie Brunner serious consideration of monu- nation), said Leavitt. Jesse Cash, 14, son ofBill and ment logistics within the White The State will insist that the Sandy of Fredenia, was eriti- House. federal government keep its com- tally injured Saturday night In response to questions about mitments to e will be at the when he was struck by a passing the states legal response to the table. motorist. " monument designation, Leavitt Make certain that they deal Fredonia Town Marshal Mike said they would not pursue liti- with school trust lands. Melkar said that Cash, an 8th gation. We could dream up a Develop a strategy that creates gred student at Fredonia El- lawsuit, feel strong and lose ter- an economic as well as environ- eraentaiy School, was walking ribly," said Leavitt. I feel that mental strategy simultaneously. south on Sunny Brook Lane we should focus on trying to be There are fundamental flaws in around 8 p.m when he was struck at the table (planning the monu- a process that would allow this to from behind by a passing motor- ment). We need credibility in ist Meilor said that while the with issues. The these See 3 accident was a low speed crash, it LEAVITT, dealing Page us-w- APRIL 9,1897 urdr dharges Water ticn medications. Strike Force agent Dan Watson said,"We By Dixie Brunner tempted suicide, and was placed centratedon pill poppers. They in a mental health facility and Kane Colin County Attorney are asmuch a problem as the filed Winchester murder charges began receiving treatment for marijuana and methamphet-Count- y amine users, and the practice is in Sixth District Court against depression. Shortly thereafter, Alexander James Sergeant Manning of the Las every bit as dangerous, if not 17 year-ol- d more so. This time we got the Bybee in the strangulation death Vegas homicide division called users and the dealers. Next time, of six year-ol- d Lance Guevarra, Deputy Johnson with an anonyboth of Big Water. mous tip that a young man had well go after the source . Lance confessed Guevarra to murder of a young disappeared Agent Watson expressed on August 13, 1996. He was boy in Big Water. apreciation to the many law forcemeat officers involved in last seen earlier in the evening Deputy Johnson and two inthe investigation and arrests, leaving the next door home of vestigators with the Utah Divi' Kent and Teresa Bybees. sion of Investigations travelled . especially Kenab City .Police Lance had been in cousin Alex . toLasVegas. When they spoke Officer Mark Fishtf, who pro surveil-taken vided many hours of Bybees bedroom and left the with personnel at the mental lance throughout the longin-facilit- y Bybee home to retrieve a health facility, they told them Nintendo game cartridge he that Alex Bybee was being .vestigation. treated for depression arising In January of 1996, the Strike had borrowed earlier. A massive search was conForce doeed out a previous dercover investigation when it ducted in and around the Big made approximately 40drugre- - Water area. Authorities didnt lated arrests. Agent Watson know whether they were dealing warned, As long as there are with a lost child or a child abducpeople out there using, well be tion. Rocky Mountain Search Dogs hit on Lances scent in the out there watching. Bybee home and around the Gov. Leavitt visits Kane County 0 WEDNESDAY COLOR COUNTRYS HOME TOWN NEWSPAPER is still under investigation. Jesse sustained a bruised lung, fractured right leg and massive head injuries. He was flown to Childrens Primary Hospital in Salt Lake where he is listed in critical condition. He is unconscious and in inten- sive care, said his mother Sandy Cash. But we are touched by the outpouring of love and thoughts that people have expressed" A fund has been set up for Jesse Cash at Zions Bank to help the family with expenses. require that murder charges against juveniles over the age of 16 be filed in the district court, rather than in juvenile court. Judge K.L. MelIf set bail in the amount of $50,000. It will be such a relief to have the case adjudicated in court," said Deputy Johnson. KANAB WEATHER April Courtesy : Frank Swapp Family |