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Show p .'Tjste1. iihwSSSiir jgiw V V Iiil'c 10 NNI All RASIN' STANDARD, fktuher . - w!W A" f. 2.1. 201)1 Search for hunter believed to have been shot is called off added Two new to Uintah Sheriff Dept. K-- 9s For I In- - mM cii'hl ye.irs the L'inluh County SlimlTs l)njurtiii'iil Ims hud tlm of ,i riuul piiriosi! police service dog. Duringi but lime Nero has Inin very Kurrcsi-.- l ill intiKsislingpolice olficorsiii removing:! liirgeqiiiinlityof iiu rent ics rrum ourslroots.imd assisted in several iiiprchcMsioiiKofliingcruiix suspects, thereby riiiikingoiirrommu-miit sal'cr place. Tim .SIiitiITk uiful's zero liiler;incst;indonlhi: w;irng;imstlrugs continues and feels llial ii is time to step up the ul foi ts in this area. Sheriff Kirk Hawkins announces the addition ni l wn more canine .mil s to his dejHirt-ineiilo assisl in this effort. Two now canine teams will now assist Stf. Robert Kulli mill Norn with ranine duties. Deputy Derek Urban will ha mile police sc rvircdog"Monty." old (iorinun Shop-herMonty, u m-yewas previously utilized with I'intu'i County Drug Court und hus hit'll donated to Deputy Llrhun by Ken service with Wullonlinn lor theSheriirs Department. Prior lojoin-in- g the Sheriirs Department, Urban was ii U.S. Marine Cnrp K-- handler. Deputy Brvan Wat kins will handle police m rvice dog lien." Ben, a Belgian Malanois, was previ niisly iitilird with Watkins with the y L d, fiill-tiin- o d With no trail to follow and no report of a missing hunter, the Duchesne East Carbon Iolice Department. Watkins' recent hire with L'intah County and the purchase of lien will allow them lo continue their teamwork for the Sheriffs Department in the Uintah Basin. Both (amines and handlers have prelii.si u i id ready vious cxpcric i ice. h re to go lo work. I la ving these urldil ional leuins should give law enforcement officers uecess lo canine assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Theiainiue'ssuisiriorsenseofsmcll gives u ureal advantage, especially in nurcotics detection. We huve the handlersand the dogs and generally all of the equipment already, said Roth. Wc arc currently in the process of securingfunds for the purchase ofcur kennels for the vehicles u nd then I he di tgs wil he on the st reel. In the pust the sheriffs department canine program has primarily been funded through private donation. If you would like to assist, contact Roth at the Uintah County SherifTs Department. I ain very pleased lliut we will tic able to utilize three K-- 9 units in our war on drugs in the Uintah County. These s will take the fight to the 1 K-9- '' r , SL'tf'f v'' jawac?.? ' J XiSii JOININ'! i 'l lll: RANKS Sheriff's Office. Pictured Sgt. Robert Rolh and 9 K-- This is the new K-- 9 unit of the Uintah County left lo right: Deputy Bevan Watkins and Nero1 Derek Urban and K-- 9 According to folklore, when be a thief in the house. County SherifTs Department called of the search for a hunter that another hunter claimed to have shot and possibly killed. SherifTs Lt. Travis Mitchell said after investigating the claim, there was no indication there was any merit to the Utah Valley mans story that he shot another hunter in Sunday morning while hunting in the Bear Wallow on Dry Ridge northwest of Mountain Home in Duchesne County. He never recanted, but his story was never consistently the same. We covered the area fairly consistently with dogs. If there was a dead body would have found him, member, Ben, there, the dogs self-defen- Uintah County Sheriffs new SEARCH AND SEIZURE makes a drug find in the cunsole of this vehicle K--9 fr Mitchell K-- candle bums too fast, there is settlement between the Uintah payment to Mitchell were untrue, said Special Service District and Ned B. Coburn. Although this controversy Mitchell Construction, Inc. has resulted unjustly damaged Mitchells business in an agreement that allowB the reputation and interests, Mitchell is Altamnnt company to bid on district pleased that its differences with the and thatits work, and clears allegations the com- - district have been resolved . . . i Mi pays nothing to the district and ia free sioned report from a Vernal CPA firm, topursuedi8trictwork,nsaidattorney The report alleged the district had Cruig Coburn. Its vindication of overpaid Mitchell by at least $200,000 Mitchell's steadfast position from the and possibly as much as $400,000 or outset that it hiid done nothing wrong, more for work the company had never had earned all monies it had been paid done. District officials relied on the re-and was entitled to bid district work. Cobumsaidthatmuchofthecredit port and told Mitchell he could not bid for the settlement goes to the Districts district work until the company made hoard which, true to its word in the arrangements to pay back the money initial settlement discussions in June, that was owed, according to the audit. Mitchell Construction sued the dis- dropped claims that had been outlined were later in the audit report that trict, but later voluntarily dismissed the suit pending settlement discus- vindicated. One by one it became apparent aions. that the report's allegations of over-- the state and we will be responding to incidents of terrorist attacks, Guibord said. The task force has about 30 mem- bers made up from the U.S. Attorneys office, FBI, Utah DPS, Salt Lake City police and other law enforcement agen- cies. I am proud to be part ofthis much U.S. Attorney's office in Salt Lake City, needed team, and I will commit myself This Task Force will berespon- - to the security and welfare ofthe people sible for occessingareas ofconcern and ofUtah and our nation, Guibord said. possible terrorist targets throughout Police ChiefStevenGuibord r- Daggett County probing the death or two unidentified hunters. The bodies of both men in were found by another their hunter - in a remote area at about 7 p.m. 10-ye- ar Indian Canyon is site of search for suspect Dozens ofofficers from several agen-cies spent hours last Tuesday after- noon, Oct. 16, searching cabins in the Park area at the south end of ndian Canyon in search ofa man who was initially thought to be a suspect in a home invasion robbery in Orem. The man sped by a Utah Highway Patrol trooper who was pulled off the road in Spanish Fork Canyon. He was riding a red bullet bike, and had a red helmet and black leather and matched the description of the man who at- tacked an elderly woman for her pre-gcription drugs, so the trooper gave chase. The chase reached speeds of over 100 miles per hour and went into Car-bon County on state Road 191 between Helper and Duchesne. Police entered the canyon from both sides but failed to U.S. District Judge BruceS. Jenkins ruled last week that the Domestic Terrorism ofCommercial Enterprises statute, sponsored in the 2001 Legislative session by Rep. Gerry Adair, R-- VS. COMMISSIONER FORM OF GOVERNMENT Uintah County Sheriff warrants Outstandingwarrants of arrest from 8 District Court as of Oct. 15 are as follows: - Londa Sue McGee Long, bom Aug. 29, 1975, is wanted on two warrants, one for $5,000 and one for $15,000. - Charles Michael Oleson, bom April 18, 1963, ia wanted on a no bail war- rant - Roberto Segura Sanchez, born Aug. 2, 1979, is wanted on a $50,000 war- rant Zi sherilfs deputies were searching for missing red, 1994 Chevrolet pickup. The assailants may have had as much as mid-20- s, an hours time to flee before investigators were notified of the shooting, so irt- - officials were unsure of a direction the the suspects went . The weekends murders bring , a dirt road that runs a4jacent to U.S. Highway 191 Utah's homicide total to 66 for the near Flaming Gorge in northeastern year. That exceeds the 41 homicides Utah. that occurred in all of2000. Ifthe trend Daggett County Attorney Dennis of one murder every 5.25 days stateJudd said the truck ofone of the victim's wide continues, the number of murder was stolen, but a motive for the shoot- - victims would reach 70 by the end of the year, which will exceed a ing was unknown Sunday evening. Investigators believe there were at high of 61 murder victims in 1995. least two shooters, who used handguns Reprinted with permission of the homicide. Daggett County Salt Lake Tribune. duringthe ' Domestic terror law tossed out said to mm COUNCIL-MANAGE- R self-defens-e. A U. Deputy in Construction settle Ben; wasNaples recently named a member of the Monty Department of Justice Anti-Terorist Task Force in Utah. This task force was set up in coijunc- tion with President Bushs newly ere- ated Homeland Security Agency and Governor Levitts Homeland Defense and will be coordinated through the 9 said Mitchell. Theres nothingweean do now until we get a missing person report, which we havent." The unidentified man was hunting with a brother and a cousin, but had gone ofTby himself Sunday morning, said Mitchell. He was unfamiliar with area he was the steep, timber-line- d hunting. The man first told his atopy to other hunters, claiming he was being shot at by another hunter and was forced to Those huntshoot him in ers relayed the information to the Forest Service officials who reported the alleged shooting to the Duchesne County Sheriffs Department who began an investigation. Two hunters shot Uintah Special Service District . - 355P &$& turn up the suspect or the motorcycle, A UHP helicopter was brought in to aid officers. The motorcycle was cated hidden behind some willows Iin-- I ing a dirt road leading to a subdivision of summer homes, but the driver was not found until Wednesday morning when he was spotted at a pay phone in Helper calling for a ride, Police now say the man ia not the suspect in the Orem robbery, because the victim described him as much younger, said Duchesne County Sheriff's Lt. Travis Mitchell, The Provo man told police he didnt stop when he was being pursued by police because he was afraid of losing his driver's license. He was booked into the Carbon County Jail on suspicion of felony evading. Roy, is unconstitutional, and thus it is back to the drawing board for a law intended to protect the states ranchers and farmers from destructive animal-right activists. Adairplans to fine-tun- e it and reintroduce the measure in the next legislative session. The measure made crimes against animal enterprises subject to.harsher penalties than vandalism against other victims. The legislation had the support of ranchers, farmers and others who use animals for profit The bill was set to become law in May, but Jenkins issued a temporary restraining order until he could rule on its constitutionality. A person would have receivedaClass A misdemeanor for intruding on business operations through the use ofany physical object, sound wave, light ray, electronic signal or other means. Opponents to the bills claimed ita language opened the door for criminal penalties for regular protest activities such as speaking, chanting singingand holding signs, banners and lighted candles. The statute was not meant to encroach upon protesters First Amendment rights, Assistant Attorney General Jerrold Jensen said, referring to a subsection of the statute stating the - Robert Justin Ross, born Nov. 15, 1977, is wanted on a $5,000 warrant. Anyone with information aboutthe location of these individuals should contact the Uintah County SherifTs office at 789-25- 1 1, Central Dispatch at 2 or or by calling "The act is not attempting to rethe Secret Witness Line at strict what plaintiffs claim are their peaceful protesta, but to create a new crime for those who terrorize businesses by emitting sound waves and light rays which interfere with the ongoing operations of business, according to court documents filed by Jensen. In court, Jensen said he suggested the Legislature revisit the bill and attempt to more clearly define the terms sound wive and light ray in order to prevent contusion. Jensen's proposal is appropriate, according to the judge, and should be followed. It's a good suggestion and one that ia capable of being carried out. Ratal Jwlin Row RotawStoraSuhtt JS 789-422- 722-455- 8, 781-540- 0. 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