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Show It Was A Busy Day In Sixth District Court PANGUITCH Judge David L. Mower presided over Sixth Judicial District Court in Panguitch Pan-guitch on Thursday, July 10. Richard Allen Rhines, 37, Escalante, was set to appear before the court for sentencing on a drug-related arrest. Rhines did not appear throughout the morning so Judge Mower issued a bench warrant in the amount of $50,000 for his arrest. Charles Ramon McEwen, 62, Panguitch, came before the court for sentencing on a single count of driving under the influence, a class B misdemeanor. McEwen was represented by Public Defender Defen-der Floyd Holm who said his client did not want help for his apparent drinking problem and he was in a quandary what should be done. Garfield County Attorney Wallace Lee said McEwen's arrest record since 1976 listed numerous earlier arrests for public intoxication and driving-related offenses. Lee's said he was concerned for both McEwen and the motoring public. Judge Mower imposed a maximum sentence of six months in the Garfield County Jail with a review of both the jail time and fine on Aug. 7. Mower instructed McEwen to inform the court on Aug. 7 if he is interested in changing his life. A protective order slated between plaintiff Dixie Lyman and defendant Troy Lyman was stricken from the calendar and rescheduled for July 2 1 . (See It WasA Busy Day In Sixth District Court on Page 4A) It Was A Busy Day In Sixth District Court From Front Page Danny Pedigo, 26, of Kanab, was ordered to show cause why his probation should not be revoked. Reid Bean with the Department of Adult Probation and Parole said that Pedigo had violated his probation agreement by failing to obtain his GED certification and by being in arrears in payment of his fines. Pedigo certified to the court that he just made financial arrangements on his fine and was not in arrears but that he had failed to obtain a copy of certification on his GED from Dixie State College. Judge Mower gave Pedigo an extension on his probation date until Aug. 7, ordering him to obtain proof of his GED or go directly to jail for 30 days on that date. Debra Marie Callison, 28, Panguitch was before the court for entry of a plea on 11 separate charges relating back to allegations of drinking and operating a recreational vehicle in March of this year. Callison was represented by Attorney William Leigh and had agreed to a plea bargain wherein she would plead guilty to a reduced charge of attempted tampering with evidence, a third degree felony. In exchange for the plea, all other charges would be dropped and the state would recommend a presentence pre-sentence evaluation. Judge Mower accepted Calli-son's Calli-son's guilty plea. She acknowledged acknowl-edged that on Mar. 8 she took a medicine pouch and other personal items being held as evidence by authorities. Mower dismissed all other pending charges against Callison and referred her to AP&P. Scotty Ray Buford, 25, Kanab, was set for a preliminary hearing on charges relating back to a burglary at Panguitch Lake in Jan. 1997. He was represented by Attorney Floyd Holm. Under a plea bargain, Buford pleaded guilty to a single count of burglary with all other counts being dismissed. He acknowledged that he had sold one of the stolen items. Judge Mower referred Buford to AP&P for a pre-sentence report. Buford was released from custody but ordered to call weekly and report his whereabouts. Sentencing was set for Aug. 21. The case of the state of Utah vs Brenda Robinson, Merlin Jay Robinson and Shane Robinson, Circleville was before the court with objections to findings of facts. Judge Mower obtained the tape of court transcripts and took the matter under advisement. A jury trial date was set for Nov. 24, 25 and 26. Defendants Vidal Vasquez, 36, Tucson; Julian Franco, 28, Tucson; Ralph Wyn Forshee, 46, West Valley City and Evan-gelina Evan-gelina Rodriguez, 51, also of Tucson were before the court on drug charges relating to their arrest on US89 near Hatch on July 3. Defendants Vasquez, Franco and Forshee were found to be indigent and appointed the services of Public Defender Floyd Holm. Each was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (marijuana), a second degree felony; criminal conspiracy, a third degree felony and possession of a controlled substance without affixing a tax stamp, a third degree felony. All three defendants remain incarcerated incar-cerated with bail set at $100,000. Evangelina Rodriguez was found by the court capable of paying for counsel. Her bail was reduced to $50,000 and she remains incarcerated in the Iron County Jail until bail is made. Charges against Rodriguez include in-clude aiding and assisting possession posses-sion of a controlled substance with intent to distribute (marijuana), (mari-juana), a second degree felony; criminal conspiracy, a third degree felony; illegal possession of a handgun, a third degree felony; carrying a concealed dangerous dan-gerous weapon, a class B mis-1 mis-1 demeanor and a final count of demand for forfeiture of a 1991 Chevy Astro Van EXT, which thecharges allege was used or intended for use to transport controlled substances. All four defendants were ordered to appear in court on Monday, July 21. |