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Show Page 12 The Ogden Valley News Volume XXVIII Issue V January 15, 2021 ASSAULT cont. from page 1 friends had finished boating towards the end of the day and had pulled their boat up from Eden’s port ramp area and were wiping it down when a group of adult men began walking up towards the Valley group. The alleged perpetrators “blew” past the mom who had stepped up to try and stop a threatened attack. The men then began yelling, swearing, and throwing punches at the teenage boys in the group while others chased three teen and pre-teen girls to the vehicle where they ran for safety and locked the doors. The men continued pounding on the vehicle and its windows, screaming and swearing at the girls to “open up.” The mom says she was shaking so hard she had a difficult time dialing 911, having to try several times before getting through to dispatch to ask for help. One of the young men from the Valley was knocked unconscious up against a boat tire by the alleged attackers and was being violently kicked while another teen tried jumping on the attacker’s back and throwing punches to stop the attack. When the mom finally reached 911, some group members fled. She then stood in front of another vehicle belonging to the group to stop it from leaving before Weber County officers could arrive. In an effort to get the spunky 5’2” mom to get out of their way, the driver of the truck bumped the hood of the truck three different times up against her chest as she stood her ground while they tried to intimidate her into moving out of their way. Reports state that Cruz thought that the group of young boaters passing by while leaving the boat ramp were staring at him and his group, and words were exchanged. Cruz was released after posting $7,500 bail, while Sneddon is out of custody with conditions, including a requirement that he have no contact with four people listed as victims in the case. A third person with Sneddon and Cruz was not identified in court documents and was released. However, Saunders states that the perpetrators were part of a larger group of adults, some of whom fled before the Sheriff arrived. The mom stated that she was glad that no one was permanently injured, though her daughters were seriously traumatized by the incident. She also stated that she was glad that there were no weapons involved in the incident. She says the take-away she and her family gained was that every action has a reaction, you should be careful and mindful of your surroundings, and should pay attention and try to avoid situations that could lead to trouble. As a result of the incident, she says she would also like to see more safety measures implemented here in the Valley—at times and in places where there are a higher concentration of visitors to our home community, especially in the later part of the day and at nights. “While many people now come here to visit and recreate, this is our home, and we need to be able to feel safe and secure, and know that laws are being enforced.” in new grant funding was awarded to states and local communities to help increase access to treatment and prevention services during the first three years of the Trump administration. Reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during Trump’s first year in office. Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walkin-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care. In 2018, President Trump signed the groundbreaking First Step Act, a criminal justice bill that enacted reforms that make our justice system fairer and helps former inmates successfully return to society. The Act also addresses inequities in sentencing laws that disproportionately harmed Black Americans and reformed mandatory minimums that created unfair outcomes. It also expands judicial discretion in the sentencing of nonviolent crimes. Over 90% of those benefiting from the retroactive sentencing reductions in the First Step Act are Black Americans. Trump increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). New single-family home sales went up 31.6% in October 20-19, compared to just one prior. Trump received the Bipartisan Justice Award at a historically black college for his criminal justice reform accomplishments. Adopted historic tax cut legislation that includes new Opportunity Zone Incentives to promote investment in low-income communities across the country. These Zones are expected to spur $100 billion in long-term private capital investment in economically distressed communities across the country. Increased coal exports by 60 percent and U.S. oil production reached an all-time high, surpassing Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of crude oil. This has allowed the U.S. to be less dependent on the Middle East. Negotiated a deal with the European Union to increase U.S. energy exports to Europe. The United States became a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957. Withdrew the United States from the jobkilling Paris Climate Accord. While 2 million acres in Utah were stripped of protection with the removal of part of the land from the Bears Ears National Monument and the Grand Staircase-Escalante (Utah is second only to Nevada, by percentage of the state, that has the most federal land within its borders), President Trump signed the biggest wilderness protection and conservation bill in a decade, designating 375,000 acres as protected land. He also created five national monuments, expanded several national parks, and added 1.3 million acres of wilderness, and permanently reauthorized the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal “Clean Power” Plan. Secured a record $700 billion in military funding in 2018 and $716 billion for 2019. NATO allies stepped up their share of defense spending as a result of U.S. pressure, spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016, increasing the contributions of other countries to keep the world safe. Secured $250 billion in new trade and investment deals in China and $12 billion in Vietnam. O.K.’d up to $12 billion in aid for farmers affected by unfair trade retaliation. The Trump administration announced a total of $28 billion in aid for farmers in 2018 and 2019, and another 23.5 billion through the coronavirus stimulus package passed in March 2020. After years of defunding NASA, the U.S. made the “Space Force” the 6th branch of the Armed Forces. Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration. Confirmed three Supreme Court Justices Moved the U.S. Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, and recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Protected Americans from terrorist attacks with an instituted Travel Ban, which was upheld by the Supreme Court. Issued an executive order to keep open Guantanamo Bay. Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. • Agreed to a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada that will increase jobs here and dollars coming into the U.S. This was a fulfillment of Trumps campaign promise to update the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). • Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports. • Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect America’s national security. • Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and chronically abusive trade practices. • By the end of 2018, net exports were on track to increase by $59 billion during 2019. • Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement. • The “Allow States & Victims to Fight Online Six Trafficking Act” (FOSTA), which includes the “Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act” (SESTA) which both give law enforcement and victims new tools to fight sex trafficking. The bill was crafted and pushed through Congress by Rep. Ann Wagner, a conservative Republican from Missouri who tanked Ivanka Trump for advocating its passage. • Signed the first major anti-robocall law in decades called the TRACED Act (Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement & Deterrence). • Enacted the Save Our Seas Act that funds $10 million per year to clean tons of plastic & garbage from the ocean. • Completed 452 miles of border wall, “The Wall,” along the U.S.’s southern border. • Almost 75 million Americans voted for Trump in the 2020 election—more votes for any incumbent president in America’s history. The number of votes he received was 12 million more than he received in his initial election year. • Brokered a peace agreement between Sudan & Israel—the third such agreement between Israel and an Arab-Muslim nation in less than three months. REVIEW cont. from page 3 adopted. • The FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history with many drug companies freezing or reversing planned price increases. As a result, many drug prices were reduced. Trump also signed a series of executive orders aimed at making it easier to import cheaper drugs from Canada. • Medicare program reforms were instituted to stop hospitals from overcharging lowincome seniors for their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars in 2018 alone. • Trump signed an executive order that forces all health care providers to disclose the cost of services so Americans can comparison shop and know how much providers charge insurance companies. Hospitals are now required to post their standard charges for services, which includes the discounted price a hospital is willing to accept. • Signed into law a 2.4 billion funding increase for the Child Care and Development Fund, providing a total of $8.1 billion to states to fund childcare for low-income families. • Funded research and education programs for lupus and autism. • Signed into law the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act, which doubled the maximum amount of the child tax credit available to parents and lifted the income limits so more people could claim it. • Trump issued an executive order requiring the Secretaries of Defense, Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs to submit a joint plan to provide veterans access to mental health treatment as they transition to civilian life. Prevention programs include those aimed at reducing the rate of suicides among veterans. • Trump signed into law up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave for millions of federal workers for the first time in history. • Provided HIV prevention drugs for free to 200,000 uninsured patients per year for 11 years. • Signed Right-To-Try legislation, allowing terminally-ill patients access to experimental therapies that have completed Phase I testing but not yet approved by the FDA. • Secured $6 billion in new funding to fight the opioid epidemic; however, actually $9 billion • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Subscriptions available for out-of-area residents at $18 annually. Send payment with mailing address to: The Ogden Valley News PO BOX 130, EDEN UT 84310 WINTER CLEANING STARTS WITH YOUR AIR Let us help you improve your indoor air. Call us today! Brad Layton 801-725-3540 Brody Layton 801-644-1589 Mike Rhodes 801-389-1951 |
