Show 0 ami TVO A3 Local state mu sM®DDti ciriiftiieaDDy Man sentenced to up to life for boy’s sex abuse A Utah State University student was listed in critical condition Monday afternoon at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City after being involved in a head-o- n collision early Sunday Markean A Neal 21 reportedly suffered major head and possible spine injuries when she lost control other Pontiac Grand Am "crossed all southbound lanes exited the roadway and into the path of (another) vehicle” Utah Highway Patrol trooper Bart Rindlisbacher said The crash occurred shortly before 6:30 am Sunday on US Hwy 89-9- 1 in Wellsville After months of legal wrangling over court jurisdiction a Trenton man was sentenced to up to life in prison Monday for the repeated sexual abuse of a boy in 2000 Paul Ray Gulbransen 19 was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison on each of four charges of felony sodomy of a ' childThe sentences will run concurrently During sentencing Gulbransen apologized to his victim “I am sony for what has hap- -- lke amp rod Though no charges are expected to be filed Rindlisbacher said alcohol may have played a factor in the crash “She (Neal) wasn't DUI but they had been drinking during the night” Rindlisbacher said “She (Neal) had alcohol in her system as did all the passengers All of the passengers acknowledged to me that they had been drinking” Victoria C Brown 19 of Logan the driver of the Honda Civic that was also involved in the crash reportedly broke her heal bone Her passenger Adam Lopez 20 of Logan broke his ankle Rindlisbacher said Neal is a former USU softball player : ee In our schools pened" he said i Three passengers in Neal's car Candace N Mary weather 19 Lynnise A Chapoose 20 and Julie A Jones 18 all of North Logan were taken to Logan Regional Hospital with minor to moderate injuries Rindlisbacher said "Candace had a broken pelvis” Rindlisbacher said " Lynnise — I think'— they treated and released her She had some minor injuries Julie also had a broken bone” Hub young women reportedly attended a party in Salt City after leaving the Utah State-Idah- o State football game played in Logan on Saturday They were returning from Salt Lake when Neal may have fallen asleep at the wheel and lost control Of her car Rindlisbacher said By Jason Bergreen staff writer By Jason Bargrean staff writer first-degr- and regional news Since Gulbransen’s conviction last year on sodomy charges legal arguments from Gulbransen’s defense attorneys to have him returned to juvenile court for sea-tencing put a hold on the penalty phase of the case First District Court Judge Gordon Low listened to months of legal arguments from both defense end prosecution attorneys before deciding to sentence Gulbransen in First District Court "This was a very perplexing mat-ter” Low said Monday "The court Legislators help young voices be heard By Joe Rowley staff writer e j l W rVi x: Nt $34 ' See ABUSE on page A8 Mi ' Vr- '74 ! i an In brief USU professor to read from book Christopher Cokinos Utah State University assistant professor of English will read from his forthcoming book “Fallen Sky: Eccentrics and Scientists in Pursuit of Falling Stars” as well as from his previous works including "Hope is the Thing with Feathers” at 12:30 pm Wednesday at the Haight Alumni House on the Utah State campus The public is invited to this' free presentation during which a light lunch will be served The event is sponsored by the USU Department of English Speakers Series an i 'j5' ' 'r t v rtm iTjURMW I : i r Agendas J The River Heights at 7 pm today City will meet in the Ervin R Crosbie Council Chambers 520 S 500 East Agenda items include: Holding a discussion about special exceptions Discussing zoning ordinance J The Lewiston City Council will meet at 8 pm today in the city office 29 S Main Agenda items include: Approving business licenses Discussing "Hope For Tomorrow suicide intervention plan Discussing access management witti county wide planner Mark Teuscher Hearing mayor's and coundlmem- bers1 reports Discussing Therapeutic Community farming with Del Allen and Lemuel Burnett 7 The Providence Planning Com- mission wil meet at 6 pm on Tuesday in the Providehce City Office Butting ' 15 S Main Agenda items include: Discussing affordable housing with Stacie Gomm Hearing a request from Jeff Black for approval of a sketch plan for a lot split at 100 North and Main Street Hearing a developer concerning the zoning along the Sptfngcreek Corridor Engineers on ? Hearing from the services available to the city 7 The Cache County School Die-jtrf- ct Board of Education will meet at 7 pm tonight in the district office at1 2063 N 1200 East North Logan Agenda Kemd Include: Presenting the District Teacher of the Year Award to Suzanne Qettman from Providence Elementary Discussing the association leave policy--- Hearing te student travel requests Discussing approval of the charter schooL Hearing the student activity trip report y The Logan at 6:30 pm Ubrary 255 Valley legislators are going back to school this week to teach students how their voices can be heard in government It's not just Cache Valley’s senators land representatives but state legislators all across the country as the annual program is implemented nationwide “(It) is basically to help them understand how they can have a voice in government (and) make them feel a little more comfortable contacting elected officials It's a representative government and they need to know how they fit into that process” said Rep Loraine Pace “You Can just call them” one Logan student asked Pace during her visit on Monday She emphasized that both students and adults need to realize that legislators expect to hear from their constituents she said "My kids laugh when people are afraid to call a representative because I'm not that scary” she said after class It is appropriate that legislators would visit schools this week since this is Constitution week Sen Lyle Hillyard will teach at Sky View this week and Rep Brent Parker will teach Thursday at Mountain Crest Pace taught Ray Watt's US History class of 1 1th- - and 12th- - grade students Monday Pace opened her class with a quote from anthropologist Maigaret Mead: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citi- zens can change the world Indeed it's the only thing that ever has" Students should take their responsibility to vote seriously she said adding that only SO percent of even register to vote One legislator in Salt Lake City told Pace he had sent a survey to gather his constituents' opinions on a certain issue the returned surveys represented only three percent of his district Two other legislators she said ' had been elected by smaller than a spread Library Boerd meets tonight in the Logan N Main SL - ! 12-vo- te Legislator Loraine Pace shows Logan High students what a bill El LuoercVHeraJd Journal looks like during a lecture Monday' See VOICES on page A7 Serial molester strikes again By Jason Bergreen staff writer right hand to her breast and began to squeeze it” The man reportedly released the woman and ran north after being spotted by a second woman who noticed the incident Ridler said The victim and the witness described the man as being Cau- casian between 23 and approximately S feet 7 inches tall medium build with short red hair Though the susjiect in this case was described as being shorter than the man described by women groped in the other three cases Ridler said he believes there is a good possibility that this latest attack was committed by the same man In the previous cases victims also described the man - A man police believe to be a serial molester reportedly groped his fourth victim Saturday morning as she disposed of aluminum and cardboard at a recycling bin in the parking lot of Smith’s grocery store The alleged victim reported Saturday’s attack to Logan police shorty after 11 am "She walked back to the first cardboard bin and had bent over die side to examine the cardboard boxes when the suspect approached her from the rear and grabbed her around the waist” Logan police Lt Greg Ridlersaid " He then moved his ‘ Logan teen pleads guilty to beatings as having a goatee and being “just a little slow” Neither of the women in Saturday's incident recalled the man having facial hair "His actions speak louder than his description” Ridler said On Sept 7 The Herald Journal ran a computerized sketch composite of the man police are looking for iii connection with the four groping cases Before Saturday the last groping incident reported to police occurred Aug 29 The Other two attacks were reported Aug 26 and Aug 5 In each of the fondling incidents the male suspect approached the By Jason Bergreen staff writer A Logan teenager charged as an adult for his role in the kidnapping and beating of two other teens entered a guilty plea Monday to amended charges of aggravated assault Mark Balderas admitted Monday to taking part in the March beating of a See STRIKES on page A7 -- M—r - A Logan man who pleaded guilty last month to haying sex with a 13 year-ol- d girl and later taking her to Washington state without her par-- ' rats’ permission was sentenced Monday to up to 13 yean in prison Brandon Curds Anderson 19 told die court Monday that he was wrong for taking die to Washington in May and having sex with her in Logan prior to the trip “I made a mistake” he said “I shouldn’t have done iL I was just being dumb” Anderson pleaded guilty in August to one count each of child kidnapping and sex abuse Of a child Both I “I I pgree you shoultftje the hospital I can't put you there"' ' in i ' -- Court i ” felonies Anderson are second-degrwas also sentenced Monday in a separate case in which he pleaded guilty e to one count of felony Anderson was origidrug possession nally charged with one count each of rape kidnapping and illegal possession of a controlled substance All ee third-degre- wore ' I first-degr-ee 1st District v At Monday’s hearing Court JudgeGortfon J Low denipd a i request by Anderson’s attorney David Perry to have Anderson undergo a mental health iBvaluation at the Utah State Hospital before sentencing However Low acknowl-- 1 4 edged Anderson's need for counseling Judge Gordon Low "I agree you should be in the felonies hos- pital” Low told Anderson "I can't put you there” Perry argued for the evaluation saying Anderson deals with his pain by “inflicting cuts on his arms” He also downplayed the seriousness of Anderson’s crimes "The actual charges seem to See KIDNAP on page A7 and a 1 boy in Logan Canyon Balderas and four other men were arrested in April for allegedly coaxing the two teens into their car driving them to Third Dam and beating them ' The teens were beaten in retaliation for allegedly stealing nioney and marijuana from the meni Logan police Lt Greg Ridler said Balderas pleaded guilty Mpnday to one count of felony aggravated assault and one count of second-degre- e felony aggravated assault He was originally charged with two felony counts U of aggravated kidnapping and two felony counts of aggra- Man sentenced for having sex with minor By Jason Bergreen staff writer j first-flegr- first-degr- i first-degr- ee ee ee vated assault Although Balderas is only 17 his ‘ case was transferred to 1st District Court in April after he was certified to be tried as an adult during a juvenile court hearing ' See TEEN on page A7 |