Show The Salt Lake Tribune Drug Traffickers Are Subsidizing Law Enforcement BY BRIAN MAFFLY THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sky west Airlines maintenance crew was cleaning out a passenger plane at Salt Lake City Airport last month when they found a childs pillow left in an overhead luggage bin Sewn inside the pillow decorated with a scene from 101 Dalma-tion- s were lumpy objects that later proved to be bundles of cash Oddly no one claimed the pillow even after authorities called everyone on the flight manifest said Deputy Salt Lake County District Attorney Clark Harms But the $10000 wont be kept in the Prosecutors believe the cash came from drug trafficking and aim to forfeit the money to airport police to help finance drug interdiction efforts The Jan 26 seizure added to the thousands of dollars in cash and assets Utah police rake in every year from suspected drug traffickers It's saving taxpayers money by allowing us to upgrade our equipment said sheriffs Sgt Darren Carr This way dealers are subsidizing narcotics enforcement A supervisor in the sheriffs neighborhood narcotics squad Carr recently seized $34050 off a Greyhound bus after a passenger shot himself to death Salt Lake City is at a crossroads of interstate drug traffic so local police and Utah Highway Patrol officers often stumble onto large shipments of dope and cash We are a central stopping spot for money going west The drugs move through here going east Harms said The money in the pillow started its January journey to Salt Lake City on an afternoon Skywest flight from Grand Junction Colo The cleaning crews called airport police when they discovered the cash It was all in 20s and 100s denominations most likely used by Harms said drug traffickers Whoever had it probably had children they were using as a covA er Two narcotics-sniffin- g dogs alerted on the money indicating that the cash was probably Park City PRESS OGDEN Adrien Milea is out of jail after serving six months for fondling a patient and a but he still has not been sanctioned by state regulators A spokesman for the state Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing said the division is close to taking action that will place limitations on Mileas medical practice In the meantime regulators are v not worried he will try to practice medicine He is no threat said division spokesman Kim Morris His attorney has assured us he has no intention of trying to practice any kind of medicine until the sanctions have been ordered Milea is still on probation through 2nd District Court and any employment must be approved by a judge Morris said the final details of sanctions are still being worked out He declined to say what the division is recommending to the state Fhysician Licensing Board But Morris has said offenses such as Mileas typically involve a probationary period of three to five years with monitoring by the board The board could mandate treat-me- counseling additional 14 year-olPark City High School honor student has been competing and winning in training and daily supervision by a mentor physician as a condition of keeping his license to practice -' 6625 mia uh)cci lodwgc fixed apr6tMf Liberty Federal Mortgage m3333tJtidSi-- ML CROSS C English riding competitions since age (1 While the Idea of someone riding an English saddle in knee-higleather boots crisp white paths and a dark jacket may Invoke an image of h blue-bloode- d equestrians chasing hounds over brick walls the sport is not just for the wealthy Of all the English riding disciplines "eventing or combined training as competitions are known is the most open to the novice rider There are no restrictions on the type or breeding of a horse used in competition Indeed many young riders borrow or lease the horses on which they compete In Utah the number of participants in eventing is growing says Bonnie East president of the Wasatch Range Combined Training Association an area equestrian club There are four annual sanctioned events in the state in Spanish Fork Ogden and two in Grantsville The sport is still relatively new here "But in the last five years its really taken off says East Were still thought of as bushwhackers in a lot of the places but were starting to get out and about and when we do were usually placing The sport hearkens back to the days when cavalry troops put their horses through maneuvers before charging into battle Todays events examine the stamina and endurance of both rider and horse in three separate events held on as many consecutive days with the same horse and rider combination For Adam horsemanship competition has become a way of life His family owns and operates Tally Ho Farm an equestrian y facility in the Silver Creek in Summit County where horses are boarded and riding lessons are given Adam who hopes to compete In the Olympics someday competes in as many as eight shows a year "Theres definitely a rush galloping a horse through a field jumping huge logs and running through water hazards Adam says Its just cool to be able to com-munlt- do medicine Mileas victims were a patient and a but as many as six other women told police of illicit touching by Milea in 1996 when he was a doctor at the state-ru- n Utah Medical Assistance Program clinic in Ogden At Mileas sentencing last July a prosecutor said the Romanian-traine- d Milea told a probation officer in an interview for a report that his behavior was simply more thorough medical evaluation processes than Americans are used to Deputy Weber County Attorney Bill Daines called Milea a classic sexual predator in the disguise of a doctor Daines said the victims included a woman who simply went to the clinic to have a prescription filled Second District Judge Michael Glasmann had sentenced Milea to a year in jail with a possible release after six months if the two victims named in the charges were satisfied with Mileas letters of apology and admission Low raise avan you hava law than part act credit LEJ - around The g it THE TRIMUNR PARK CITY When Adam Wiener rides he doe not horse Ogden Doctor Awaits Sanctions THE ASSOCIATED IAI 1 I I I I that" Along the trail Adam has developed discipline and responsibility rare in adolescents his age He and his two sisters who D3 Monday February 16 1998 Niche: English Eventing Teen-ager- s ID ANN JOHNSON Sm tainted with drug residue So what? ask critics of asset forfeiture Most US currency has come into contact with illegal drugs if it has been in circulation for a long time Harms filed a forfeiture lawsuit captioned State of Utah vs Ten Thousand Dollars United States Currency alleging the money on the plane is drug profits As a civil action the state has a much lower burden of proof than in criminal prosecutions Civil libertarians criticize such actions as an abuse of constitutional protections That no one claims the cash merely indicates the owner does not want to invite police scrutiny It is a further chipping away of our rights as Americans to due process said Carol Gnade the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Utah chapter Harms recently won the forfeiture of the $34050 from the bus That money was found Nov 1 after a Salvadoran immigrant inexplicably put a bullet through his chest while riding down Parleys Canyon east of Salt Lake City police said The dead man and his cousin were taking the bus from Omaha Neb to California When Sheriff's deputies investigated the death they found stacks of money in a bag belonging to the cousin Armando Jessie Lemus The cash was in stacks of $1000 bound with rubber bands mostly in denominations of $10 and $20 Sgt Carr said Lemus had no explanation for the money He said it wasnt there when he got on the bus Carr said Its another indication that its gains if someone is afraid to lay claim to the money Police let Lemus go since they lacked hard evidence of criminal activity but hung onto the money Officers took the loot to a locker room at headquarters and hid it before setting a dog loose The dog went to the looker with the money and signuled a positive hit Lemus who lists a California address never responded to the states forfeiture action A 3rd District judge ordered the money handed over to the Salt Lake County sheriff drug-sniffin- UTAH also own horses on which they compete rise by 5 am to feed and care for their animals before leaving for school Evening chores include feeding mucking out stalls grooming and riding Horses that compete require consistent training and exercise Adam can often be seen riding his thoroughbred Merlot in a dark arena lit only by a distant porch light Sometimes he does not sit down to dinner and homework until after 7:30 p m "In riding there are two of you A horse isnt something you can park in a garage and leave until you need it again he says East of Utahs training association agrees When you have to care for an animal that takes as much care as a horse does there is reshe says Its sponsibility completely different than putting food out for a dog or a cat Its a ton of work and a ton of riding equipment Adams dedication has paid off Last fall he won the Fritz Cup the highest national honor awarded annually in the Western United States to young riders competing in combined training The event is sponsored by the American Horse Shows Association in New York City and held at the High Prairie Farms Equestrian Center in Parker Colo Olympic competition is a distant goal of Adams since US Patrick Cone Equestrian Team members must be at least 18 years old and most are much older So he has many years of practice ahead of him One of the wonderful things about equestrian sports at the Olympics is you dont have to be 12 years old to be at the peak of your career The average age of Olympic riders is much higher than in any other sport says Nancy Mitchell on the organizing committee of the High Prairie event During a three-daeventing rider and horse are tested in three areas On the first day is the dressage event where horse and rider perform a set pattern of movements in an arena before several judges who determine how well a horse-ride- r team moves in balance and harmony The second day is for the endurance test and carries the most weight in competition points and is broken into different categories The steeplechase is run over a course of large sloping brush y fences and a course where horse and rider at a pace of about 23 mph negotiate a series of natural and fixed obstacles like fallen timy cross-countr- ber brush fences ditches banks and water hazards Adam Wieser 1 4 hopes to compete in the Olympic Games His horse Meriot was a birthday present from his family The goal is to complete the course without falls and jump refusals and as close to the optimum time as possible The final day is reserved for a jump test where horse and rider go through a course in an arena consisting of "When you have to care for an animal that takes as much care as a horse does there is show-jumpin- g obstacles that are easily knocked down Time and jump penalties can accrue through the competition The winner of the entire event is the horse and rider team with the least penalties Horse and rider need to be in excellent physical condition to compete At all sanctioned events veterinarians continuously check the animals and can take an animal out of competition Adam gives much of the credit for his Fritz Cup win to Meriot because eventing is a partnerthe ship between two athletes horse and the rider The horse was a birthday present to Adam from his family last year A chestnut thoroughbred Meriot was trained by former US Equestrian Team member Mike Huber of Texas Adam has been training with Huber since he was 8 and responsibility Its completely different than putting food out for a dog or a cat Its a ton of work and a ton of riding equipment Bonnie East president of the Wasatch Range Combined Training Association Huber has been coming to Utah twice a year for seven years to give riding clinics to the Wiesers and other Utah eventers 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