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Show VOLUME 59, NUMBER 7 SALINA, UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1981 Scout Saves Is Store Robber Jewelry Wounded In Shoot-O- Swimmer; Gets Award ut Troy Hales, a Redmond Blazer Scout, was presented a Certificate of Merit for helping to save a man from drowning at a district court of honor held last week in Richfield. Two suspects were taken into custody near Utah Highway 119 10 miles east of Monday afternoon following a daring Richfield after a wild chase. daylight robbery of a downtown RichBoth Brady and Durham have been field jewelry store. charged with aggravated kidnapping, a One of the two suspects, Frank A. first degree felony; aggravated rob-11Durham, 38, was shot by officers after bery, a first degree felony; attempted he fired at one of them moments after murder, a first degree felony and atthe robbery of Jerrys Jewelry, 24 tempted stolen vehicle, a third degree North Main, about 4:15 p.m. felony. Troy, the son of Don and Iris Hales, is a member of Troop 656. His scou- tmaster is Kendyl Wilkins. Last August, Troy and his family were visiting at Sports Haven with the Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bangerter family of Woods Cross, who have a cabin at the development. The second suspect, Darrel Eugene Brady, 42, was captured when some 30 lawmen surrounded him in the hills five miles east of Glenwood, following a high speed chase, and a further chase on foot. , While Troy and Mr. Bangerter were swimming one afternoon at the Sports Haven Lodge swimming pool, the older man mentioned he did not feel well, and was getting out of the pool. A few minutes later, Troy saw him go under the water and knew something was wrong. Inventory of the jewelry store is underway with an undetermined amount of diamonds and gold rings scooped from a shelf and into a large plastic garbage sack. However, when the robbers were frightened from the scene by Richfield Police Officer Alan DeMille, who had stopped by to pick up a trophy, they left the sack, but it is believed they took some items which were stuffed into pockets of clothing they were wearing. It took three men to pull Bangerter, who had lost consciousness, from the pool. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where it was reported he had a concussion. Doctors and others at the hospital commended Troy for his quick actions, and said his quick action probably had saved Bangerters life. They suggested he apply for the certificate. Troy, who is 12, is a sixth grader at Salma Elementary School. He has been a Cub Scout. He is the grandson of Hilton Nelson and Ken Hales of Redmond. ' End of the Chase captured by officers east of Glen-woo- d. Brady is suspect in robbery of Jerrys Jewelry Monday. Police Seek Suspect In er Salina area girl was A raped early Sunday morning after she left a dance at North Sevier High : Photo by Hal Edwards School. The high school freshman was walking, alone, from the high school to Store to call her parents to the come and get her when she was attacked about 12:15 a.m. Sunday. Police Chief Gordon Kiesel appealed to North Sevier students at a special assembly Monday morning for any information to help apprehend the rapist, saying police had . . . nothing to go on. 7-- The rapist, described as a man from 0 years of age, grabbed the girl from behind and threatened to strangle her if she made any sound or resisted. She was dragged into the yard of a home on North Second West and raped. 30-4- just-start- This man may strike again, the police chief warned. He should be apprehended and helped, because he is if you sick. You can help us a lot will. the east side of North Second West when she was attacked. Neighbors heard her crying, went to her aid and called for The police chief said the rape was the first bonafide case reported to him. assistance. TROY HALES He had complexion, approximately dark hair and a light or mustache, and was dressed in a red plaid sweater and blue jeans. The police chief said she described him as a sloppy dresser. 5--9. Her assailant drove off in a small brown or dark brown car, which had been parked on the west side of the same street, and turned west on Main Street. The victim was walking on .tLi The victim described her attacker as a white male, of medium build and She was hospitalized for treatment of her injuries and was described as emotionally distraught over the incident. UTAH JANUARY 1981 PRECIPITATION have enough physical evidence for a conviction, he said, but we need the suspect. We possibly He theorized that the rapist was not seeking the victim in particular, that she just happened to be the first single girl who came along. This could have happened anywhere, Chief Kiesel commented, and urged students to use caution in travelling city streets, and never to travei alone. However, none of the items was found either suspect when they were captured. on Durham was struck in the head by two shotgun pellets from a blast by Richfield City Police Officer Mayo Jacobsen, after Durham fired his shotgun at Officer DeMille when the two suspects were sighted in a parking lot behind Bucks Country, 47 South Main. Durham was treated at the scene by Richfield EMT crews and taken to Sevier Valley Hospital by ambulance where he was further treated and taken to Sevier County Jail. Brady was captured by officers about 5:45 p.m. about half a mile north of the summit of the Glenwood Dugway Jaycettes Note Slnftf'lfll This week, Feb. is National 4, Jaycette Week in the United States, and the North Sevier chapter is noting nearly 40 years of service to the community. Peggy Mason is president of the local chapter, which was organized in the early 1940's. The National Weather Service reported that even with average precipitation for the rest of the year, streamflow forecasts vary from 68 to of the average. 15-ye- nt However, groundwater conditions normal below should offset precipitation, the service said. In addition, the river systems three major reservoirs show average to above average content far this tine of year. The service reported that storage is of average with the contents of Otter, Piute and Sevier Rrirfoo of lUI nt 9. Deputy Sheriff Neldon Torgerson, who had been patrolling lanes east of Richfield looking for the truck, spotted it heading east at a high rate of speed. Weather Among the groups service and fundraising projects are blood donation clinics, an annual fashion show, Fourth of July concessions, a Christmas Eve program for children, the Miss North Sevier pageant, and the Little King and Queen contest for the Fourth of July Celebration. Edwards began running truck, shouting at the thief. turned onto Center Street west, running a red light tersection. after the The truck and went at the in- Edwards then rushed into the office and reported what had happened and The Jaycettes also aid the Jaycees the Utah Highway Patrol dispatcher with their projects, including the birthto be day calendar and making s quilt given away at the annual Deer Hunters Ball. UTAH OCT 1930 - JAN 1931 PRECIPITATION This year they headed a family portrait project, the most successful thus far, to fund other money-maker activities. Reservoirs, Groundwater Keys to Water Supplies Reservoir storage and groundwater levels will apparently hold the key to this summers water supply for the Sevier River Valley, as streamflow' forecasts declined another 15 to from those issued last month. About 15 minutes later, the truck was spotted heading east on Utah Highway They were charged in information Torgerson got out of his car and fired signed by Richfield City Police Lt. John one shotgun blast as the vehicle sped Bettfreund before Tenth Circuit Court but missed hitting it. by, Judge Louis G. Tervort. In the meantime, two aircraft had Bettfreund said both have served been dispatched from the Richfield time in prison for murder, involving Airport and also spotted the truck. members of a rival motorcycle gang. The planes kept the truck in view snd They are both members of a gang had constant radio known as the Bandidos. Both had been contact with officers, who were then paroled and Brady has served time for pursuing the vehicle. assaulting a police officer. Brady drove the truck to the top of They are being held in lieu of bail of the dugway, turned north on a dirt road $25,000 each. and drove some 500 feet to the edge of a ravine, where the truck smashed into a Following the robbery, the pair ran cedar tree and Brady ran on foot into a south from the jewelry store, down an draw. alley, across Center Street and were The two planes kept Brady under headed for their truck which was parked behind the Rodeway Inn. As surveillance and a few moments later they approached the Rodeway, Officer the suspect was surrounded as he Mayo Jacobsen met them as he came stopped under a tree by a large rock in north through the parking lot from a ravine about half a mile away from the abandoned truck. First South. After about a half hour, officers As Jacobsen came from the south and convinced Brady to surrender and he DeMille from the east, the suspects was taken into custody and booked into began to run north, and Brady stopped Sevier County Jail. long enough to fire a blast from his Officers said there was no gun on the shotgun at Officer DeMille. suspect when he was taken into It was then that both DeMille and custody. Brent Ogden, flight instructor at Jacobsen fired at the suspects. Aviation piloted one of the Sunlight blast struck Jacobsens shotgun Durham in the head with two pellets search planes with Allen Nielsen and and Officer DeMille fired a service John Batch as observers, while Stephen revolver. Neither officer was struck by Cowley, Richfield Wing Commanderof the Civil Air Patrol piloted the other Bradys shot. plane, with Reaper Publisher Mark After Durham fell to the ground, Fuellenbach, as observer. Brady continued to run north through a There was none of the loot from the breezeway behind the Scenic Utah Motel, over a locked gate and up an burglary found on either suspect, and alley behind The Richfield Reaper and inventory is underway to determine how much, if any, was taken by the Christiansen Furniture. robbers. A Reaper employee, David Edwards, Officers DeMille and Jacobsen have 17, who was returning to The Reaper been relieved of duty, with pay, office after delivering a printing job to following outcome of a board of review. the Richfield City Offices, said he saw a This is standard procedure when an man (later identified as Brady) officer fires his The board is weapon. crouched behind some large boxes expected to meet this week and conbehind the furniture store as he walked sider the facts in the case. past. Officers found checks in the robbers By the time Edwards reached the truck which were traced to a weekend back door of The Reaper, he heard a burglary at Poulson Wholesale north of truck door slam and as he turned Richfield, and that incident is being around, saw Brady driving north up the investigated. alley in a pickup truck belonging to the newspaper. Both Durham and Brady are listed as residents of Phoenix, Ariz. Officers said Brady is heavily involved in major crime activities in that city. He rushed to him and managed to pull Bangerter s head out of the water, while calling for his father to come and help. It was several minutes before Don could tell something was wrong and came to help. was called and a search begun for the vehicle and the suspect. average of of average. Otter Creek, with 52,500 acre feet is of average at the present, with Piute contents at 60,350 acre feet of average. for nt is Sevier Bridge, with 227,600 acre feet of average. nt The April to June streamflow forecast along the Sevier River is 28,000 of acre feet at Hatch for near feet acre 21,000 average; 40,000 acre Kingston, for feet Piute Reservoir inflow for and 39,000 acre feet inflow from nt Sigurd to Gunnison for of average. The East Fork Sevier River near Kingston is forecast at 11,400 acre feet for of average and Gear Creek near Sevier, is forecast at 11,000 of average. acre feet for |