Show f4th District Court Q I 5 Shelhe Dutson Excerpts from the Fouth District Court of Millard County Fillmore Utah Judge Donald J Eyre presiding B Nathan Dinkel 25 failed to appear for sentencing Dinkel has been found guilty of two class B misdemeanors of possession of a controlled substance and driving with a measurable amount of controlled substance A $1500 bench warrant was issued Casey L Bowen 28 appeared for waiver hearing Bowen is charged with one first degree felony distribution of a controlled substance Judge Lyre instructed the prosecution to give the evidence of this charge to the defense The matter was continued for waiver hearing on Aug 30 Thomas Gene Dorholl did not appear for review hearing Defense Attorney James Slavens told the court that a written statement in advance of plea would be presented to the court Dorholl admitted to one class B misdemeanor disorderly conduct and one class C misdemeanor attempted theft The fine for the offense will be deducted from the bail that Dorholt had posted and the balance will be turned to Dorholt Justin Lee Fothenngham 22 appeared in custody for waiver of extradition Fothenngham is charged with numerous felony counts in another state The court ordered that 30 days prior to his final 30 days to be served an order would be sent to California to pick him up from the Millard County Jail Shannon Rena Smith 33 appeared and pleaded guilty to an amended charge of one third degree felony possession with intent to disFactual tribute methamphetamine basis was presented to the court by Deputy County Attorney Pat Millard County Fmlinson On Aug Deputy Colby Carter pulled over Smith for an expired registration When asking for identification Carter observed two bags of methamphetamine Smith was arrested and two other bags were discovered Judge Lyre referred the matter to Adult Parole and Probation to fill out a pre sentence packed and interview for the pre sentence report After meeting with APAP Smith was released on her own recognizance Sentencing was set for September 30 Ace Wilder Curry 20 appeared before the court and pleaded guilty to two third degree felony charges of burglary of a building with tent to damage deface and destroy property On August 10 it was reported to the Millard County Sheriff that bullet holes and a broken been discovered on property of Utah Department of Transportation Factual basis showed that Deputy Turner had investigated the incident and apprehended the suspect at the home of a friend Footprints taken at the scene matched with Curry two men had also seen him The matter was referred to APAP for a pre sentence report Upon completion of the report and interview Curry was released on his own recognizance Sentencing was set for September 30 Seaborn Randolph Mack 46 appeared and w aiv ed his right to prel hearing Mack pleaded guilty to two first degree felony charges of aggravated sexual abuse of a child The court referred he case to APdLP for a pre sentence report and ordered Mack to undergo a psycho sexual evaluation Fie will be sentenced on Oct 23 Jesus Juan Mayoral Jimenez 43 appeared and waived his right to a preliminary hearing Jimenez pleaded no contest to one first degree ony rape and one second degree ony forcible sex abuse of a minor The court referred the case to AP&P for a pre sentence report and ordered Jimenez to undergo a psycho sexual evaluation He will be sentenced on Oct 23 The next scheduled district court will be held on Monday Aug 28 at 9 am The public is encouraged to observe Wednesday August 16 Virginia LaRee O'Neal 36 peared for sanctions of an order to show cause O'Neal has been found guilty of violating the terms of probation She is currently on probation for one third degree felony posThe session ot methamphetamine court revoked her probation and dered O'Neal to serve one year in the Millard County Jail The Millard County Jail does not offer an in house drug treatment program for females O'Neal may have a review of her sentence after completing the substance abuse packets available to the female inmates Leamarado Days 2006 Labor Day Weekend Town Hall & Park Leamington Recently in the Online Poll comments questions were raised concerning the Central Utah Narcotics Task Force Following are the anew ers giv en in a recent inters lew w ith Sheriff Robert Dekker Commander Cordell Pearson and Lieutenant Jeff hatcott The Task Force is financed by five entities Millard Sevier Sanpete Pjmte and Wayne Counties and seven municipalities They are the police departments in Richfield Salina Gunnison Mt Pleasant I phraim Snow College and Moroni Robert Dekker Millard County Sheriff and Commander Cordell Pearson head the task force The task force is answerable to the primary entity (Millard County Sheriff) and the Task Force Board of Directors The board of directors consist of a member from each entity and one from the Highway Patrol and one from Adult Parole and Probation Pearson is in Commander charge of day to day operations He decides which officer is assigned to which case Pearson reports to Sheriff Dekker but works independent of the Sheriff's Office The Board of Directors is made The committee up of 15 people meets bi monthly and Pearson reports at each meeting He reports the number ot cases the task force is working cm and the ty pes of cases The budget needs and requests are discussed at each meeting Lach member of each entity talks with Pearson and gives input as to where the resources of the taskforce can best be utilized Task Force policy is set by the lead agency The task lores- recently moved their office to the Millard County Sheriff's Office in illmore therefore policy and procedures are s the same as Millard ( ounty Sheri Office There have been no new new hires to the taskforce within the last six years Lach ot the Mierilf Otiicc-that have an officer assigned to the taskforce are paid from that Sheriff s Office budget f here are three emplov ees paid by the taskforce ith monies from Sevier County Richfield ( its and J (i (Justice Assistance Grunt) The grant has given the Iu'ktorce $70000 a year for the past two years The remaining monies it takes to run the operation is paid for by the enti ties within I ach entity's budget that goes toward the Task Force is euleu lated by the ratio ot sworn officers ithin their departments As for whether or not the lack Force get points for each area and conviction the answer was a BIG NO Different kinds ot informants are used by the task force 1 hey citizens paid informants and other defendants that sometimes have pending charges According to hatcott Dekker Pearson and hes! informants are those that do not have a criminal record On occasion someone who has pending charges may have the charges amended to a lesser charge but only after they have completed the agreement A negotiation process between the task force the officer involved with the original arrest and the County Attorney must take place before that person is al ZIONS BANK BILL 8 an fo eai aSdol'i 6 pm Judging for Dutch Oven Scott - 7 pm Family Movie WtcXen You have the treats 8i seats) iunday's Events Sunday 7 pm - Patriotic Fireside at Town Hall londay's Events am 0 am - 2 noon pm pm Family RjnWa'k (call Ma'garet Pruitt Leamarado Days Program - 5K - - Kids Games Rodeo Contact Todd Tol'ey COPY (2 I Celebration Dnner £ 3 ill One ot the questions to the lask do we keep seeing lorce was the same people in the court report Ihe answer is that they keep reolf ending Ihe lask orce's answer to the whole problem is to get the user to stop order to using tlie drug do that the user has to want to get oil the drug There is no golden rule that works for evervbody Vcordmg to Pearson hatcott and Dekker the pusons aie overcrowded and the parole board kicks them out in the minimum tune needed to fulfill a sentence hen the amount of dines confiscated meets the federal guidelines for mandulorv sentencing the cases are turned ov er to the feds “ he taskforce has been housed Pearson inSevierf ounty since said ‘Other counties have not had the oppoitumtv to be benefited by the taskforce " Sheritl Dckkersaid "We have had good results in our past " perience with the task force Dekker expects to have halt again as much ot double the success in the future by liiv me the task lorce housed in Millard ( ounty U hatcott already has an of lice in the building and the other otliccrs use the squad room like all the deputies woikmg tor the shetill 's office w" OF "Because tfiev are here and cis accesihle it is not a hie expense It Millard I ounty” said IXtkcr is no! budgetanly raising numbers and will not be a consideration m the Sheriff's budget whether iliev are here or in another county umv ccording to Dckket ing the task force is an asset to pub lie safety The accessahilty to ti lined here is narcotics officers is a plus nothing like a trained narcotics offi cer when a trooper makes an arrest and narcotic taskforce officer can meet them at ihe scene " Pearson has been an otficer fin 37 years He was an undercover of fleer tor eighteen years in as cgas and Sheriff of Paiute ountv lor sev en and a halt years lie has been the commander ol the task force lor icht years 80 percent ot tramme is uur colics (raining to the task loice otti cers All but two officers are nielli lab certified Why pick on the little people’ hatcott Pearson and Dekker aeree that anybody that uses deals Ifiev consider all deals big deals Ikv also agree that the five counties that tfiev cover all have the same problem with he differ drugs as the big counties ence is the quantity of drugs su pm cent ot all crimes are comiiuted hv people on drugs It is Ihe hope ol the lask oi ll funding is cut that smaller counties have the same right to tedeial monies fill as the more populated counties youth is just as important as other cities even more important bee are our kids” said Whale oil they Melh has no bounds ily BANKINGRIGHTS iw n&iU'fo-- b right to an Interest-Bearin- g Absolutely 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Anything less would be ones Night (bring your own Pae to EARN INTEREST ON AN ABSOLUTELY FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT x) f 2006 r Events Children's Parade - lowed to he an iritoinnn! and plead lesser cliuree When a paid formant is used tfiev are periodical civ en drug tests If tfiev test e charges are filed If tfiev commit crime or are arrested by a different officer charges are tiled ccording to Dekker Pearson and hatcott the ho commit a crime go to form ants to a leu ma& Breakfast 10 am 23 MEANS Honored Guests: Richard & Norma Nielson iaturdav’s County Chronicle Progress August hi Slu Report Monday August 14 Bobby Lee Halsey 36 failed to appear before the court Halsey is charged with 12 third degree ony counts of unlawful sexual activity with a minor A bench warrant was issued for his arrest Jarvis Jones 20 appeared fore the court for arraignment Jones is charged with one class A misdemeanor stalking The matter was set for pretrial on Aug 28 Steven Lynn Prows 51 appeared for arraignment Prows is charged with one class A misdemeanor violation of protective order Prows was found indigent and Public Defender Milt Harmon was assigned as counsel The matter is set for pretrial on Aug 28 Craig C Rollins 24 appeared in custody and pleaded not guilty to one class A misdemeanor assault with bodily injury The matter was set for pre trial on Aug 28 Sueann Mane Pikyavit Stroble 4 appeared and pleaded guilty to an amended charged of one class A misdemeanor prescription fraud Stroble also admitted to violating the terms of her probation on a previous case The matter has been continued to August 28 for sentencing Enrique Cruz 50 appeared and pleaded guilty to amended charges of two class A misdemeanors attempted possession of a forged document and attempted forgery The court sentenced Cruz to sixty days in the Millard County Jail suspended He w as placed on court supervised probation tor 12 months and ordered to pay fines and fees of S550 C indy Horsford 8 appeared for waiver hearing Horsford is charged with one third degree felony possession w ith intent to manufacture a controlled substance and one class B misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia The matter was set for preliminary hearing on Aug 28 Miguel Ramon Rodriguez 21 appeared and pleaded guilty to one class A misdemeanor attempted burglary Rodriguez admitted to violating the terms of his probation for a separate matter Rodriguez is to meet with Adult Parole and Probation for a short for pre sentence report Sentencing is scheduled for Sept Simone Rene Rambo 33 failed to appear before the court for sentencing Rambo has pleaded guilty to three class A misdemeanors of tempted forgery A $2500 bench warrant was issued James Blackston 38 failed to appear before the court for sentencing Blackston has been found guilty of three third degree felony counts of forgery A non bailable bench warrant was issued Justin Lee Fothenngham 22 appeared for sentencing Fothenngham has been found guilty of two third degree felony charges of joynding and theft of a vehicle He was ordered to serve two terms not to exceed five years in the Utah State pnson suspended He is to serve six months in the Millard County Jail w ith credit for 58 days already served Fothenngham was placed on 36 months court pervised probation and is to pay $925 fines and fees and $850 restitution Upon his release a payment schedule will be determined Millard Central Utah Narcotics Task Force answer questions Ihe Dulum to Reg ster rrrr |