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Show Why go to the movies when you can read about them here. See page 8. j OL. XXVII, Man By NO. 16 Campus crime...are you at risk? See page 4. 71 February 17 1998 chaiged with lewdness at Dixie Raelynne Loudon Writer A former St. George man has Suff charged with gross lewdness in connection with a dorm room incident involving a Dixie College ooed last November. Michael Shaun Smith, 31, is been proceeded to give the victim a full body massage. He touched her breasts and penetrated her vagina with his fingers, according to court records. The victim stated that she felt very intimidated by the defendant and did not dare do anything that might provoke him into doing charged in 5th District Court with more than what he was doing, Class A misdemeanor gross lewdncourt records stated. studess involving an The victim's friend realized ent. The incident occurred on what had happened and told the Nov 3, 1997, court records state. victim another The victim said roommate needed she and a friend to talk to her. The ere in the victim's . .she felt very defendant let the dorm room when there was a knock on intihtidated by the victim go and the door. left, Even eventually defendant. . ." according to court though it was after records. hours at the dorm, the girls decided to The victim, in a court records stated let the familiar face telephone interinside. view, now blames herself for being The person at the door was the defendant, the victim said. He "so stupid and letting this hap"as a friend of the victims roompen. mate She said she was naive and wishes she would have been Smith, according to the victim, began giving her friend a massage. taught she could say W and that she had a right to protect herself. According to court records, he told the She does not blame Dixie girls he was a massage therapist and had worked at the College in connection with the Waldorf in New York She said once she called incident. The City. Dixie College Security after the defendant tried to kiss the victim's hiend but she said she had a incident, Security officers were at boyfriend and left the room. He the dorm within five minutes. -- DIXIE COLLEGE I Happy birthday to you... After fall quarter, the victim not to return to Dixie She said, she really College. missed her mother and wanted to go home. Despite this incident, her overall experiences at Dixie College were positive. She has a new job and still maintains contact with her friends at Dixie decided College. On Jan. 12, Smith failed to appear in court on a summons. The Washington County Sheriff s Office was unable to serve the defendant due to the fact that he has apparently moved out of state, according to court records. Judge James L. Shumate advised counsel to submit a warrant for $2,500 cash or bond, supported by an affidavit, according to court records. Prosecuting attorney Brent Langston said he is going to try to work through the defendant's attorney, John Hummel, and he has not yet filed a warrar" for arrest because he may be able to work through Hummel. Hummel said on Monday that the case had been resolved. Langston said the Washington County Attorney Office are working on the case but the charges have not been dismissed and he is not sure as to what Hummel was talking about Another lazy, three day weekend was celebrated by Utah's Dixie, while the Dixie Sun was hard at work. The computer lab, also housed in the Jennings building, and the radio station were also hard at work while the rest of the population was at play. on two 3rd degree felonies prison to trial soon incident to to Dixie Coles to state Charges related By Raelynne Loudon Suff Writer The man charged with crashing into a Dixie College building was sentenced to serve UP to five years in the Utah State Prison on unrelated charges. Virgil Wayne Coles, 24, guilty to two, third degree felonies on Feb. 4. The charges stemmed from a Dec. 8 incident "hen Coles was arrested after stealing two vehicles and flee Plead College ing from officers to avoid arrest. to court According inciDecember in this records, dent, Coles stole one vehicle and crashed that car fleeing from St. George Police. He escaped from the officers and stole another car. He then drove this car to a convenience store where a clerk recognized him as the guy the police were looking for. The clerk called the police but when they arrived Coles ran away again. Then police received a tip he would be on the St. George Shuttle. Officers spotted him and he ran a third time. This time, officers chased him on foot from Bluff to Main Street, where they caught him and arrested him. He was released from Washington County Jail, after bail was reduced from $35,000 to $28,850, on Jan. 1. Four days later, on Jan. 4, Coles again allegedly fled from police and ended up crashing the car go he was driving into a Dixie College classroom. Coles plead guilty to unlawful control of vehicle for extended time and failure to stop or respond at command of police. He was sentenced to an indeterminate term of not to exceed five years. to Wade According Farraway, prosecuting attorney, these terms will be served con- currently because they both stem from the same incident. to According Jail County Washington Coles will spokesperson. remain incarcerated while awaiting transport to the State Prison and awaiting charges from the Jan. 4 incident. Coles must also pay restitution in the amount of $1,062. The first $62 will go to Cynthia Steele, owner of the second car. The remaining $1,000 will go to Robert Cox. the owner of the first stolen car. |
