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Show Pleasant Grove police apprehend suspects in numerous felonies MARCELLA WALKER feasant Grove Police have d a man and woman living 0 feasant Grove on felony fs and expect that the two 2 be extradicted to Tucson, Ariz. 10 face trial there. EdwaJr Paul 8aid to1 1 Gannon, 40, and Dianna SL?63"1 Gannon' 33- were JWuJly arrested for possession of n license plates. Jh ?.fficer said that the 2gabn began after an gfn Fork Officer, Merrill C ?nSOvJe?0rted that the couple J a PW for work as nurses in Jn Fork and he felt they J fcusly. He told Lt. Paul al couple had given their address as 652 W. 1000 N. in Pleasant Grove. A check of the license plate on the Gannon's car did not check out. The report came back that the plates had been stolen from a car in St. George. After staking the home, the officers arrested Gannon and later his wife. The police department later learned that the motor home in the Gannon's driveway, which had no license plates visible, was stolen in Arizona. Lt. Paul said their investigation showed that Mrs. Gannon was wanted in Texas on parole violation and also in Arizona on felony check cases and felony auto theft. The police also discovered that the couple had a total of 35 aliases or stolen credit cards in their possession. Lt. Paul said they seized most of the property out of the rented home in Pleasant Grove. He said it was believed that most of it had been purchased with stolen money or stolen credit cards. Lt. Paul noted that it will take many weeks to sort out all of the items confiscated. He explained that most of the I.D.'s were obtained through purse snatches in grocery stores. They only took the wallets out of the purses and many times the owners did not realize it was gone until they reached the checkout counter, Lt. Paul said. The officer listed the value of the motor home at between $14,000 and $15,000. He said the other property confiscated was valued at about $4,000. The couple had run up bills totalling between $5,000 and $10,00 and had written checks valued to $10,000 in Arizona. He added that they were following up leads on the credit cards in Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Arizona, Colorado, California, Texas, Arkansas and Utah. The couple are wanted on numerous misdemeanor thefts in Utah and in most of the above listed states. Lt. Paul said the couple had only lived in Pleasant Grove two or three weeks. |