Show I 1' ©rjianKni Local state Preston bar owner faces drug charges Jason By Bergreen staff writer brief Logan Stop signs to be restored on 400 N Logan city announced Friday that it will replant a pair of stop signs at the intersection of 4IHI North and 2IX) West The signs were removed two weeks ago to oien an eastwest corridor between l(M) West and MX) West City officials said the move would free up traffic llovv and improve safety Instead the removal of the two signs resulted in confusion several accidents and a bundle of near-miss- Street Manager Jed reported Friday that the intersection will be returned to a four-wa- y stop The signs will be reposted on Monday but will amain covered for a week to allow drivers to adjust to the change ri t Wasatch and regionalnews Valley views on topics of the day Question: “Do you plan on watching the Super Bowl this Sunday?” By Heidi Theuson staff writer Bart M Pitcher owner of Tattles Bar and Grill in Preston was arraigned on felony drug charges Friday two days after police searched his house and seized what they believe to he inelhamphcta-min- e and drug paraphernalia Prior to his arrest Pilcher had been under police surveillance for months for allegedly trafficking melhamphetamine court documents state Richer is charged with felony ' trafficking mcthamplictaminc by i manufacturer possession of melhamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession of melhamphetamine with the intent t'o deliver in the presence of a child Franklin County Attorney Jay McKenzie said The first two charges each carry a maximum sentence of life in prison Pitcher was arrested Jan 22 after Preston police served a search warrant at his home According to court documents investigators found a small baggie of rock methumpheta-min- e as well as several other baggies and a glass pipe containing melhamphetamine residue Kitchen utensils and tubing believed to be used to manufacture methampheta-min- e was also seized Several people at the home box were including a temporal! Iv detained during the search In addition to Pilcher police arrested Shells livre of Preston on suspicion ol liuucnlmg a place where drugs are allegedly sold The charge is a misdemeanor Police also arrested Troy Curtis who was seen driving near Pitcher's residence prior to the drug bust court documents stale Police arrested Curtis on misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after searching his truck All three suspects were hooked into the County Jail Pilcher is being held on S5(Xj(X)l) bail A preliminary hearing in Ins case is scheduled for 'Jan M Preliminary hearings are held in felony cases to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant a trial In My two cents worthCache A3 ' Front i Marijuana arrest nets 90 pounds —A SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Utah Highway Patrolman found 90 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop Thursday on Interstate IS The trooper pulled over the car because it was swerving in and out of a highway lane Driver Julien Caslclan from Salt Lake City did not have pnkif of registration and insurance and was acting suspiciously “The subject was just shaking nervously obviously under tremendous anxiety" said UHP Lt Fred Swain “This was registering off the nervous scale” The trooper found marijuana bricks worth as much as $313(MXT hidden in compartments TA he excitement of the pro football seaLson has finally reached a head — the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders will face off in the biggest football game of the year This Sunday millions of people will gather in San Diego's stadium and in front of TVs' and radios to see and large-scree- n hear the end result Some are then' for the entertainment and the party food Some arc putting their hopes and their money on their favorite team Some don't know or don't eare that there is a Super Bowl and will spend Sunday washing their ears Some like the gratuitous vio- lence Some like the commercials Whatever the vase bring out the potato chips beer and bull'alo wings — the Super Bowl is here! Dan Leatham Logan Annette Hancey Logan "I'm not really have to because we have a hot tub and a projector "I rooting for any of the teams I just want to watch the game for the entertainment and the fun" ttDfl© USU ROTC r instructor decorated : "It would be refreshing to see the Bucca- neers win 10-by- -8 screen You gotta do it right with the buffalo wings and everything" I want Gruden to win against his old team" Gsrairas© 1 'YWWK Jy'jJiMt-i- Derek Giordano Logan rx By Mark Randall staff writer It’s mil cvcr day that you get oil to build an air force base called in one of the most dangerous and inhospitable areas in the world during a lime of national peril And it's not every day that your country regards vou with one of its highest honors — a Bronze Star Hyde Park resident Jcffcrx Bateman did it both Bateman a 11 Colonel in the Air Force who also leaches Aerospace Studies in the R()TC program at I 'tali Slilc Univcrsilv was among the firsi CS military personnel dispatched to the Middle Last following the attacks on Sept II Ilis unit (lie Lxpeilitioiiarv Security Forces Squadron out of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho was rushed to Al I'dcid Air Base in (Juatar to provide security for American Air operations during Operation Lnduring Freedom in Afghanistan From Sept 25 to March 2 Bateman oversaw the installation ii dollar security of measures designed to thwart a possible terrorist attack against the base "We basically built an air base from scratch" Bateman said "My job was to build the defenses for the base because basically it had none So I designed search pits and built barricades and made syre we were protected not only from small arms lire but also from vehicle bombs in particular" nuilli-millid- Mitch MascaroHerald Journal Jeffery Bateman right is awarded the Bronze Star by Col Steve Maurmann on Friday afternoon during a cereat Utah State University mony Lt Col Units from the Mountain Home w ing for Air Base were the ll Aircraft the Air Force on Sept from Mountain Home participated in the air assault in Afghanistan from bases in (Juulur Kuwait and on-ca- 1 Diego Garcia "Thai wing al Mountain Home dropped over half of the bombs that were dropped in the first six months of the war" Bateman said Bateman was awarded a Bronze Star on Friday in front of his cadets in recognition for his meritorious service during that operation "('ol Bateman's outstanding leadership drive and liaison to those mission personnel transformed a harchasc operation into a hard target in adiigh threat arcu" reads the citation signed by President George W Bush “During this period Col Bateman's actions directly contributed to the successful execution of the wing's combat Hying missions in support of Operation Lnduring F'rccdom" Bateman led 300 troops at the largest base supporting Operation Lnduring Lrccdom and directed the design and purchase of a SI 5 million sensor system Col Steve Maurmann who served as Bateman's superior officer during the mission said Bale-mail- 's efforts were responsible for protecting thousands of people and millions of dollars in assets ‘The words that are in there (citation ) arc just the tip of the iceberg" Maurmann said 'There were some Sec BRONZK mi ' All Photographer’s attorney seeks gag order By Jason Bergreen staff writer e Attorneys for Alan Mueslis a local school and teacher high photographer accused of fondling two teenage girls and beating a teenage boy have filed a motion asking a judge to prohibit prosecutors and law enforcement agents from talking to the media about the case ‘The grounds for this motion arc that the Cache County Attorney's Office and the Ligan Police Department have made inappropriate comments — which were subsequently published — to the media about Mr Huestis and this criminal case" the motion filed by attorneys Marty Moore and Bradley Bearnson staled “These reckless comments appear calculated to generate unfavorable part-tim- pretrial publicity about Mr Mueslis and taint the venire from which a jury will ultiniiilely he selected" I lueslis an advanced video teacher at Mountain Crest High School since Fall 2(X)2 and the owner of Studio 404 a photography studio in Logan was arrested anil hooked into the Cache County Jail for allegedly fondling the Jan two girls and assaulting a hoy I le was released on a $40(XX) bond He now faces nine felony charges including forcible sex abuse aggravated assault and witness tampering- The defense motion requesting lire gag order was filed Thursday during Mueslis initial court appearance in front of 1st District Court Judge Clint S Judkins The' motion was accompanied by two Herald Journal 1 1 1 1 articles that quoted Cache County IX'puty Attorney Tony Baird and Logan Police Capl Greg Ridler One of the articles also includes statements Mueslis made to the paper three days alter his arrest A second motion filed was requesting the names or initials of the alleged victims and the manner in which (lie alleged offenses occurred Moore and Bearnson argue that the investigation information filed by the county attorney's office is “constitutionally deficient" because it fails to inform Huestis of the nature and cause of the offenses he is charged with The information includes ''more fluff than grandmother's feather pil- low" Mixire told the court Wednesday Mueslis arrest stems from allega tions made by the girls and the hoy The girls told investithat Mueslis touched them gators inappropriately and forcibly kissed them at his studio Dec 19 Ridler said Police said that the girls alsii admitted that because Huestis allegedly made prior sexual advances towards them they stole marijuana from his studio and with the assistance of (he male friend destroyed it Police believe the girls stole as much as a pound of marijuana worth about $1400 Drug charges were not filed against Huestis because the allegedly stolen marijuana no longer exists police said Because the girls allegedly stole from Huestis he allegedly tracked See GAG on All 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