Show —w iJEST AVAILABLE COFf A10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday May 10 2004 Look'onllneJorAweathe 5030015®’ Utah outlook' ' Forecast for Monday AceuWeatherom torecaat National temperatures Cacho Valley outlook p tor daytime oondfflont htoMow tamperaturi TODAY TUESDAY EXTENDED Partly cloudy with highs around 80 lows around 40 Southwest winds 20-3- 0 mphJhirty percent chance of thunderstorms Mostly doudy with a 50 percent chance of rain Mostly cloudy with lower chances of rain and snow Highs in the lower 50s Warming and deaming around Thursday Lows in the upper 30s coax Synopsis A mild and mostly diy southwest flow aloft will continue over the area increasing on today A strong cold from will cross the area tonight The associated cdd upper trough wf remain over the region most of the week V f 02004AocuWnU arlpc From ByThe Associated Press Local temperatures Up above Sunrise: 6:12 am Sunset: 8:34 pm The moon will be 50 degrees south of Neptune tonight at 4 pm Neptune's largest moon is just over 2700 kilometers in diameter which is 12 percent smaller than the moon But this is the solar system's coldest surface at --235 degrees Celsius The hottest is Venus astronomyOrockstmsHxom : HumkHty: 25 percent UV Index: 8 (high) Conditions: Clear Visibility: IQ miles Moon: Last quarter May Pollan: 75 (high) 11 The AccuWeethorcom forecast for noon Monday May 10 I 1V-B- Uk ' Light rain fell over the Midwest and the Great Lakes on Saturday while the southern and central Plains stayed sunny and dry Conditions remained sunny and humid across the Carolina Ohio Valley Southeast and Gulf Coast states In the West skies were clear for most of die Central and Southern Rockies Southwest California and Great Basin The Northern Rockies and the Pacific Northwest had scattered light rain In die central states aside from some morning thunderstorms in the Gulf Coast regions of Texas conditions woe mostly sunny and (fry On Saturday temperatures in the Lower 48 states ranged from 18 degrees in Saranac Lake NY to a midday high of 92 in Thermal Calif Mid-Atlan- Almanac the news wire tic MimOMfiY MNMI On the Net: National Weather Service: http:lwinnwsnoaagov Inteflicaafc httpVwwwintellicasLcom C Tb E3 M 00 ESI EE3 a CacheValley forecast provided by National WeathecServiceOUp Aboveifeature provided by Astro Data L Price Continued from A1 second-- and thud-degr- ee felony communications fraud and one count of issuing a bad check a second-degre-e felony Because of a plea agreement made with the Cache County l Attorney’s Office in March 1 54 additional charges of communications fraud were dismissed But why would a man who appeared to be a pillar of the community with no criminal history cheat so many people out of so much money? “I started out with good intentions but what I was doing was digging a deep pit” Jensen said “Good intentions can be cobble stones paved to hell I think I touched the door of hell” As an Internet day trader Jensen began investing money for other people in 2001 Many of his investors were business men and women in Cache Valley that he befriended through acquaintances or word of well-to-d- o mouth Though the investments themselves were legitimate they ended up being bad choices and Jensen was losing more of his client's money than he was making Because of the losses Trial Continued from A 1 r in prison reduction in rank to private forfeiture of of his pay for a year a fine or a bad conduct discharge military officials said Penalties could include only two-thir- ds Jensen said he became nervous and began lying to his clients about their investment returns “The more people that came in the more pressure I felt” Jensen said When a client would ask to see his account balances Jensen would falsify the statements to reflect an increase in the investment when in actuality the account had lost money “It took me a while to admit I became a liar” Jensen said “I thought I’d be able to make i( up (the losses) But I was deceiving myself to the very end I thought I could pull it out What a lie" alcoholic A and gambler Jensen even went as for as to travel to Las Vegas with his own mid investors’ money to play blackjack and craps in an attempt to win enough cash to cover the investment losses “It became a deal where I had to stall for time to get the big wins in Vegas” Jensen said In the end Jensen believes he gambled as much as $2 million trying to save his clients investments It didn’t work The pressure and the guilt of what he had done eventually caught up with him In July of 2003 Jensen tried to take his own life in a Las Vegas hotel room ed one all or any combination of those punishments they added Seven soldiers including Sivits face criminal charges for alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners Sivits is the first soldier whose trial date has been set Sivits faces a bad conduct court-marti- At least some al of those charged will likely face which general courts-marti- al msasaM “I thought A I’ll Win it back or B if I don’t I’U kill myself” he said On July 14 after losing an unknown amount of money Jensen said he returned to his 18th floor hotel room to commit suicide “I planned to dive off the deck there" he said When his attempts to open a window failed Jensen said he crawled into the hotel bathtub and slit his wrists But the cuts he inflicted were not deep enough Just after thinking he may try and slit his own throat instead Jensen received a phone call from his wife She called to say she was divorcing him “She had no idea (about the investments)” Jensen said “It all blew up in her face I know I’ve hurt my wife tremendously” Hotel security was eventually contacted and Jensen was arrested on a warrant out of Smithfield on the fraud The victim who asked to short Jensen remain a charges spent anonymous said Jensen has had plenty of time period of time in the dark since his July 2003 arrest to County Jail and a local hospital cm suicide watch before apologize But in 10 months Jensen hasn’t tried to contact being extradited back to him by phone or letter and has Cache County made no statements during “I had enough money where court I could have run (before bring hearings expressing arrested) but I still had enough remorse “I haven’t heard an apology of a conscience that I couldn’t do that” Jensen said “My jDorJhML8nyaneclw” the vie- second choice was to come tim said ‘Tie's a dirty evil back and confess to die comperson I think he’s a psydone I should have chopath” munity ' The victim said he only that” Jensen said from jail that he gave Jensen a small amount of money about $10000 or so “deeply feels regret and to begin investing Initially he remorse” for what he has said he saw some small done returns “It’s taken me this time in The victim described jail to understand who Paul Jensen was then and who he is Jensen as charismatic and now” he said “I’m worse convincing' He said he ate lunch and dinner with Jensen than the guy that comes up several times a month and had with the gun (to rob) At least a professional as well as a he's being honest I was deviant I’m worse Ultimatefriendly relationship with him He and his wife even took I where I’m to need be” ly weekend vacations with Jensen said he is willing to Jensen on several occasions with his vicmeet Because Jensen covered his tims and give a personal apolinvestment losses with lies the ogy to each of them man continued investing with “I’m very sorry" Jensen him until it was too late said “I owe everybody an “Paul Douglas Jensen was I What did obviously apology able to deceive all of us under didn’t put a good light on this community” However at least one of Jensen’s victims who said he and his family lost $730000 investing with Jensen doesn’t Continued from A2 believe his remorse is sincere can bring more severe punishments — suggesting that he is considered to have played a lesser role in the abuses By trying him first the military may be seeking to lay the legal foundation for future prosecutions President Bush vowed Saturday that “we will learn alt the facts and determine the full extent of these abuses Those involved will be identified They will answer for their actions” The Army trained Sivits as a truck mechanic not as a prison guard his father said US officials have acknowledged problems with training and leadership among the MPs at the prison where Saddam Hussein's regime tortured and executed its opponents m- face-to-fa- ce Bill a change that allows naval shipbuilders to change their accounting methods to get better tax treatment The cost over a decade to taxpayers is $310 million Sen Jeff Bingaman won help for dealers D-N- M who sold Oldsmobiles a line that General Motors stopped making last month This provision comes at a cost of $189 million ova a decade Letting NASCAR track the guise of friendship trust and camaraderie” the victim said “I knew his business practices were terrible I was very foolish and put all of that aside He looked like a crook” The victim said he was beside himself when he heard of Jensen’s arrest “Hell it was unbelievable” he sajd “Talk about total devastation” The victim said because of other business ventures his financial situation is fine despite being robbed by Jensen Others though have lost their homes aqd retirement money and are struggling to keep afloat financially Several attempts were made to contact more of Jensen’s victims for this story but for unknown reasons others chose to remain quiet about the case for now Jensen is scheduled to be sentenced May 17 on the 68 felony counts he pleaded guilty to Because each -degree felony charge of communications fraud carries a sentence of up to 13 years Jensen could spend the rest of his life in prison second- - owners write off the cost of their grandstand investments over seven years instead of 13 cost to the years The million is $92 Treasury Delaying for the cruise ship industry its payment of taxes on the airplane tickets hotels and other services sold in the United States as part of 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