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Show Sixth District Court Actions Howard G. Keen, 60, arrested Jan. 14, 1993 in Escalante on charges of rape, a first degree felony, and forcible sexual abuse, a second degree felony, in connection with a 14-year-old juvenile, appeared ap-peared in Sixth District Court before be-fore Judge David Mower for review and discussion of his case on Nov. 18.. Following Keen's initial appearance ap-pearance before Judge John Yard-ley Yard-ley in January, the State had added a second forcible sexual abuse charge. ; In establishing probable cause at a preliminary hearing on Jan. 21, the court listened to testimony of several witnesses for the state and to tape-recorded testimony, before binding Keen over for trial. Keen was released on 550,000 bail. On Nov. 18, the court appointed a guardian ad litem for the victim in the case and amended an earlier restraint re-straint order barring Keen from Garfield County except for court appearances. The judge's order now allows Keen to enter the county for purposes of his employment. employ-ment. A motion to suppress hearing is set for Jan. 20, 1994 at 2 p.m. A tentative jury trial has been set for Mar. 28 and 29, 1994. Kevin Dale Frandsen, 33, Panguitch, who appeared in Sixth District Court before Judge Don V. Tibbs on June 3, 1993 to answer to a single count of forcible sexual abuse in Connection with a an individual indi-vidual 14 years or older, a second degree felony, is currently attending Intermountain Sexual Abuse Treatment center in Cedar City on an out-patient basis. The facility is a non-lockup center. After his initial appearance in June, Frandsen's case was continued contin-ued several times, until Sept. 16, where, represented by attorney Marcus Taylor of Richfield he waived his rights to a preliminary hearing and, under terms of a plea bargain, entered a guilty plea to charges of gross lewdness, a class A misdemeanor. He was originally sentenced to a term of one year in the Garfield County Jail and fined $1,000, with a statutory surcharge of $850. The jail sentence and all but S925 of the line were suspended and rranusen was placed on supervised probation with the Utah Department of Adult Probation and Parole for 24 months. Under his probation terms, Frandsen was ordered to enter the ISAT program, pay for it, and successfully suc-cessfully complete it. He was also ordered to pay restitution to his victim vic-tim for necessary treatment and counseling and is restrained from any contact. The State will monitor moni-tor payments. He is also ordered to have no contact with any female under the age of 18. He is allowed his right See Court Actions Page 2A Court Actions Taken From Page 1 to possess and use a firearm during the term of his probation, special terms of the plea agreement, since probation terms commonly include restraints on possession of firearms. Jim Pollock and Christine Pollock, Pol-lock, husband and wife, of Panguitch, Pangui-tch, will appear in court for a suppression sup-pression hearing on Jan. 20, 1993. The two face identical class B misdemeanor mis-demeanor drug-related charges, possession of a controlled substance, sub-stance, marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia, stemming back to Aug. 31, 1993 |