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Show A4 MAY 23, 2001; WASATCH COUNTY COURIER Sentencing of Pinder is Postponed Again Pinder’s May 29 sentencing bk adie will be used instead to hear arguments on a motion for withdrawal by defense attorney Robert Booker. - Booker, Salt Lake City, and Andrew crimes and is serving two concurrent Parnes, Ketchum, Idaho, entered the terms of five years to life in the Utah case after Pinder’s August conviction. State Prison. Pinder’s attorneys ; are expected to file a motion for a new trial after he is sentenced: The sentencing was postponed previously due to a late presentence report and because of an earlier Booker is now seeking to withdraw from the case, and Brent Gold, Park City, wishes to make an appearance. A new sentencing hearing is sched‘uled for June 12. A Wasatch County j jury found the 42-year-old cattle and ostrich rancher guilty of aggravated murder in the Oct. - 25, 1998, deaths of Rex K. Tanner, 48, change in attorneys, which brought Booker and Parnes into the “| Case. ss 17 lockouts 2 Fraud so ‘9 Theft/Burglary 4 D.U.I. 1 Hazardous Materials 4 Assaults 2 Sex offenses 2 Child Abuse 05-20-01, 4:40am Officers noticed a vehicle drive through a stop sign, and fail to signal. When the driver was contacted, offi- cers discovered she was impaired. Marijuana was also found. April L. Hoffine, 19 years old, of Biss was arrested for D.U.L Wesley old, of 05-19-01, 3:55am | Officers stopped a vehicle that ran a red light along Main Street, and then failed to stop at a stop sign seconds latter. The driver was found to be impaired. Aaron Alberto Ruiz, 19 years - old, of Heber, was arrested for D.U.L. 05-17-01, 12:55pm ~ Officers vecponded to the area near _ the library on a utility problem. A tractor trailer had pulled into the parking lot of the library and snagged on the utility lines running along 200 South. As the — CREDIT APPROVAL AT TIME OF APPLICATION © | FHA: VA: - Conventional | sila. Free Prequalification ¢ Competitive Rates _ New Construction Financing* Investment Properties.— Home Equity Loans e In-Home Appointments No Cost* Streamline Refinances for Govt. Loans. Professional, Friendly Service = _ NOTES On the last Wednesday of each the Heber City Police month, Department holds a public safety ‘meeting. The meetings are at 7:00pm at the. Heber’ City offices. Neighborhood Watch, traffic safety and any other subjects of interest are Anyone interested is invited. i discussed. Largest-Ever Crackdown on — Drivers Who Don’t Buckle Up and Don’t Buckle Up Kids _ When violence hits the schoolyard and children die, we hear a national outcry. I’,s time that our nation express similar outrage about the more than 2,000 children who die in traffic crashes each year. Clearly, the most dangerous place we take our children is the family vehicle-traffic. crashes, in fact, remain the No. 1 killer _of kids ages 6-14. That is why the Heber City Police participating in’ is Operation ABC Mobilization: America Department Buckles Up Children, the largest-ever| nationwide crackdown on drivers who — don’t buckle up and don’t buckle up — children. From May 21 through Memorial Day, officers will sharply intensify enforcement of adult seat belt and child passenger laws. During this enforcement blitz, we will conduct - utility lines pulled with the tractor trailcheckpoints, saturation patrols and ef, a utility pole snapped, and several of © ticket drivers who violate traffic safety the lines were downed. No one was laws. injured, but power and other utilities We participate in these pdidowns were out in the area for a short time. because they work. Child fatalities have dropped by 17 percent since the WARRANTS The following people have warrants with Heber Justice Court. If you know | how to contact these people, please call the Heber City Police Department — _at-654-3040. If you are one of these people contact the Heber Justice Court Clerk at 654-1662, to take care Mobilizations began three years ago. But, there is more work to do. Six out of 10 children who die in crashes are unrestrained. Nearly half of these chil- dren would be alive today if “only they had been buckled in. BUCKLE UP di ARIE | : | SARA IAG Oh Se 8 | “a J I) SE HABLA ESPANOL Bench, Diane Annette Reney, Bench, $165 sion of marijuana, and possession of : paraphernalia: REPUBLIC MORTGAGE FTA, Jane Hansen, FTA, $755 Christopher Paul Dunning, Bench, $1060 Joel K. Chit, FTA, $110 Heber, was arrested for D.U.L, posses- Lian’s LEADING MorTGAGE COMPANY Rodriguez, Anthony Robert Smith, FTA, $370 phernalia were also found. Ray Richardson, 37 years Call for appointment Joel = Lonnie Clifford Wallace, $505 05-20-01, 2:02am Officers: made a routine stop on a vehicle with defective tail and license plate lights. The driver was found to be impaired. Marijuana and drug para- Adopt Today! cbs bebeew had Peter SL 221305 ace - evidence. - of your obligation. ail aes rancher John Pinder, who was convicted of murdering two people and then blowing up their bodies to destroy the The following is a small list of the types of calls handled by the Heber City Police Department during the last week: AS PE County RDA aaa D Duchesne POOLE LINE Ot time for courtesy Heber City Police Department St. Foor. tee ESccema fourth 5 Si | Sentencing has been postponed for the and June Flood, 59. The two were former employees of Pinder. | He was also convicted of nine other charges, including kidnapping, burglary and evidence tampering. — The state did not seek the death penalty and jurors said Pinder should serve life in prison with the possibility of parole. Ranch hand Filomeno ValenchiaRuiz, 36, admitted aiding Pinder in the eS <P) ae Utah: ok CITY, ale PF agai ah HEBER ~ REPUBLIC MORTGAGE VISIT US AT OUR NEW LOCATION 45 Souch Main Street + Heber City, ur (435) 654-2818 NE oscar — *MUST BE CURRENT FHA OR VA LOAN > |