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Show UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. September 3. 2002- - Page 17 Postal inspectors, FTC raise awareness on fraud against seniors Todd Curley Donald Neilson The stories are always slightly different but basically are the same: Lou is Johnson Jr. had won an and all he had to do to collect pay a processing fee. Susanna s noticed her mother entic-ingpriz- Conley-Higgin- L. 'Hiflt.1 Anthony Thomas Robert Lee suddenly was buyingand mailings lot of money orders. Mail and telemarketing fraud are up 27 percent this year, theU.S. Postal Inspection Service said Monday as it began a campaign to alert the public to Uintah County Sheriff's warrants Warrants of arrest for 8 District Court as of Monday, July 15 include these individuals: - Todd Michael Curley, born Feb. 16, 1968, no bail bond. - Robert Donald Lee, born Feb. 24, 1964, two no bail bonds. - Donald S. Neilson, born Jan. 28, 1959, wanted on two warrants totaling 110,000. - Anthony Richard Thomas, born Dec. 1, 1980, who is wanted on a $500 warrant. Husband and wife plead guilty to selling marijuana A Duchesne County husband and wife have entered guilty pleas to reduced charges that they sold mari- juana. According to 8 District Court records, Michael Crowder, 54, and his wife Wendy Crowder, 29, appeared for sentencing last Monday, Aug. 26, in Duchesne. The couple was among 40 area residents arrested last April duringphase undercover investitwoofa year-lon- g gation conducted by the Uintah Basin Narcotics Strike Force. Floyd Crowder pled guilty to a reduced charge of third-degre- e felony distribution of marijuana and second-degrefelony distribution of marijuana. Two other charges against Floyd Crowder were dismissed. Wendy Crowder entered guilty e felony counts pleas to two of arranging for distribution of marijuana and two class A misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana in view of a minor andpossession of drug paraphernalia in view of a minor. The couple will be sentenced on e ;therowing danger of being Chief Postal Inspector Lee Heath said a shaky economy entices people to look for different ways to invest their money, and too often they find fraudsters out there "just waiting. Last year Heaths office handled 66,000 fraud complaints. At the rate they are coming in this year, the total could top 80,000, he said. The National Consumers League estimated that illegal telemarketing costs Americans $40 billion annually. So the Poetal Inspection Service is putting up posters m 38,000 post offices, mailing post cards to more than 3 million homes in areas where large populations of the elderly 4ive and launching a media campaign featuring actress Betty White. Joining the post office and the consumers league in the effort are the Federal Trade Commission, the Alliance Against Fraud Telemarketing and Electronic Commerce and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The campaign is focusing on senior citizens because they are oftenaprime Her mother doesnt drive, and s when took her to the store she noticed that her mother was buyings lot of money orders and mailing them off. In addition, her mother seemed to be getting a lot of magaConley-Higgin- zines and new products. When she asked, her mother said she was sending for tilings because that would help her win lotteries and sweepstakes. It took a pair of postal inspectors to ex plain that wasn't true, Conley-Higgin- s said. Check ouf our Classifiedsl To order call third-degre- 435-722-61- 31 Oct. 21. For Johnson, of Orange, NJ., the offer came for Canada, announcing that he had won one of four prizes. All he had to do, the announcement said, was send $ 199 for the cost of processing the winnings across the border. When nothing arrived, Johnson began callingthe company in Toronto. I got the runaround, he said. The ) he needed to talk to always was or in meetings. He was put on I or more. for a half-hoFrustrated, he called the Better . 25- Business Bureau, which contacted postal inspectors. The US. inspectors worked with Canadian poetal officials, and Johnson finally got his money back. Lots of people never see their money again, and often it is a lot more than $199. 1 was fortunate it was just that amount, Johnson reflected. Reprinted with permission of the Salt Lake Tribune. 70-ye- ar ee to Two men were arrested in Brigham City on Thursday, Aug. 15 in connection with a fire that occurred on May 1 at a home located at 8 15 W. 3000 S. in Daniel. Arrested and charged with arson, a first degree felony, were Charles Schultz, the current owner of the home, and Robert Pett. Assisting in the investigation and arrest of the two were the Utah State Fire Marshals Office, the Wasatch County Fire District Officers, the Wasatch County Sheriffs Department and the Brigham City Police Department. The Waeateh Wave drug-relate- BOUNTIFUL SL Olaf Parishioners have love and an outpouring of acceptance for altar servers John Paul Brophy and Scott Bonn. Both Brophy and Bonn have the congenital disorder Downs syndrome. Theydoa good job as altar servers, "said Msgr. Rudolph Daz, pastor ofSt. Olaf Parish. Their families do a terrific job raising these boys. Bonn, 1 7, will begin his senior year at Davis High next week when school begins. He began as an altar server when he waseightyears old and in the third grade. John Paul,18,graduatedfrom Woods Cross High in My 2002. He reads phonetically and writes on a fourth grade level. Intermountain Catholic re-fil- MANTI No one showed up in opposition at the Aug 20 meeting when the Sanpete County Commission discussed placing improvements to Ephraim Canyon Road as a preferred alternative for a $3 .3 million U S. Forest Service grant. The money would allow the road to be paved up to GBEEC and then graveled to Skyline Drive. Because of previous opposition to the rood improvement, commissioners decided to hold ofT making the decision during the Aug. 13 meeting to allow anyone opposed to attend the next meeting The commissioners voted to go ahead with the project. The Messenger-Enterpri- ordered to attend anger management classes and have no contact with the victim or witnesses. His fine will be waived if he completes 100 hours of community service. Judge Lynn Payne told Murray the charges against him were grievous, but gave him a light sentence in view of his age and clean criminal record. 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The charges stem from his September 2001 arrest by members of the Uintah Basin Narcotics Strike Force. old Roosevelt man also The d faces other charges in a separate case. Potter first made the news in October 2000, when he and two other men were arrested in a raid by the Uintah Basin Strike Force and charged with operating a clandestine methamphetamine lab in Cedarview. Prosecutors later dismissed the charges against Potter with prejudice meaning that if they obtained additional evidence the case could be with the court. Many Uaod Plows T SAN JUAN Ten members of theSan Juan County Search and Rescue were old man who had disappeared for called out on Aug 1 5 to search for s more than two days. Samuel Spitnale of Findley, Ohio wandered for two days in Valley ofthe Gods before he waa found by Search and Rescue units. He had covered approximately 1 5 nhiles and it took the Search and Rescue four hours before they found him. The San Juan Record Attempted murder charge dismissed against Gusher man Prosecutors dropped two felony old Gusher charges against a man who was accused of threatening the life ofa man with a gun in a dispute over a stray dog. According to 8 District Court records, a second-degre- e felony count of attempted murder and a third-degrfelony count of aggravated assault against Vern E. Murray were dismissed last week. Murray was bound over tostand trial on the charges following a preliminary hearing on Aug. 14 m 8 District Court in Vernal. Last week Murray entered a guilty plea to a class A misdemeanor for threat with or use of a dangerous weapon in a fight or quarrel. He was given a one year jail term, which was suspended. He was fined $500 and placed on two years probation. He was vJ Sheriffs Blotter COALVILLE Two rather strange cases took place on the same day in different locations. In one incident a female accepted a ride from a male individual after getting tired while jogging. When leaving the vehicle, the male exposed himself to her. The second case involved an intoxicated naked man camped in a camping lot near Mirror Lake. A driver reported hitting a moose that crawled off into the bushes along the side of the road and was still alive. A resident reported having five cows enter her yard and begin eating everything Reported she had called several animal owners and could not locate the owner of the animals A wildlife situation was reported in the Manorlands area after a black bear was seen sitting on a cabin porch. Caller reported no one was in the cabin at the time. Asecond report ofthe same type reported seeingthe bear at another cabin. The Summit County Bee Jury pool dismissed after answer poses a problem About 50 prospective jurors sent home early from jury duty last Tuesday, Aug. 27, after one juror provided a little too much information duringthe judge's voir dire questioning. Eighth District Court Judge John Anderson ruled the jurypod had been contaminated based on the response of a prospective juror. He released everyone from jury duty and rescheduled the trial for Richard Potter for Sept. 24. Potter is facing trial on a first degree felony charge of distribution of methamphetamine and second degree distribution of methamphetamine in a drug free zone with a prior convio-- - - 6? When you need metal... You need Metatmart 181 S. 1200 E.I.EHI Record number in U.S. penal system One in every 32 adults in the United States was behind bars or on probation or parole by the end oflast year according to a government report Sunday that found a rcurd 6.8 million peoplein thenalionscurrectiunai system. The number of adults under supervision by the criminal justice system rose by 147,700, or 23 percent, between 2000 and 2001, the Justice Department reported. In 1990, almost 4.4 million adults were incarcerated or being supervised. In Utah, 12,000 people were on probation or pa rule in 2000,and9,600 were behind bars, in numbers rounded to the nearest 100. Nationally, almost 4 million people were on probation, 2.8 percent more than in 2000, while the number of people in prison grew by 1 . 1 percent , to 1.3 million, the smallest annual incresee in near ly three decades. More than half of those on probation 53 had been convicted of felopercent nies, according to tin Bureau of Justice Statistics reyjort. Experts noted that arrests for murder, rapeand other violent crimes have trended downward. ManyoTlhoee on probation were convicted of using illegal drugs or driving while intoxicated, the report showed. Reforms, from drug courts to treatment in lieu of incarceration to sentence reforms like getting rid of mandatory minimums and expanding community correction options, have the effect of redirecting people from prison to probation, said Nick Turner, director of national programs for the Vera Institute of Justice. The nonprofit research group works with government on criminal justice issues. The government report found that 46 percent of those discharged from parole in 2001 had met the conditions of supervision, while 40 percent went back to jail or prison for violations. Texas had more adults under correctional supervision than any other state, 7555,100. California was second with 704,900. Texas also had the most adults on probation, 443,684, followed by California, at 350,768. Whites accounted for 55 percentof thuas on probation, and blacks made up 3 1 percent, statistics show. On the other hand, 48 percent ofthoee incarcerated were black and 38 percent were wlyite. |