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Show Voi- - 6 No- - 30 ; Wednesday, Aug. 1,1984 50cents 3 2 caraght,- 2 sought in Lafffferty mrarders us 4 f ' V. V ' i ' i V - ' ' J o I ? f "E 'I ' f j - ' I ' " . I R w'Whst , :: i By MARC HADDUUK and the CITIZEN STAFF J security was tight around the fi American Fork Public Safety Building Tuesday as Ronald Watson Lafferty, Dan Charles Lafferty, Ricky Martin Knapp and Charles Alan Carnes were charged with two counts of criminal homicide, two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, and two counts of aggravated burglary. The charges were filed during the first appearance of Knapp, 24, of Wichita, Kans., and Carnes, 23, of Belen, N.M., before Eighth Circuit Court' Judge John C. Backlund in American-Fork- . Knapp and Carnes were arrested early Monday morning in Cheyenne j Wyoming by police there. They I waived extradition and were j brought back by American Fork police shortly after their arrest. (See related story.) The counts of criminal conspiracy j to commit criminal homicide and the aggravated burglary counts came as a surprise move when .amended "information was filed at the time of Knapp and Carnes court ;i appearance. in addition to the charges against the defendants in connection with I theJuly 24 slaying of Brenda Wright i Lafferty, 24, and her old I daughter, Erica Lane, the defen-- i dants were charged with criminal conspiracy to "engage in conduct intending that criminal homicide ' v LDS Stake in which Ron Lafferty resided when he was ex-communicated from the LDS Church. Judge Backlund denied bail to Knapp and Carnes on the criminal homicide charges, and set bail at $100,000 on each of the four remaining counts. They were remanded to American Fork Police custody and returned to the Utah County Jail later Tuesday. A preliminary hearing has been tentatively set for Sept. 10 in American Fork and is expected to last for two days. The suspects were told they could request bail on the criminal homicide charges following that hearing. Knapp and Carnes were represented at the hearing by Kent Willis, who was appointed by the Utah County Public Defenders of-fice. Both admitted to having previous criminal records. Utah County Attorney Noall T. Wootton and Deputy County At-torney Wayne B. Watson are prosecuting the case. Before and during the ap-pearance, the Public Safety Building was secured twice by police officers, and only the defendants, officers of the court and members of the press were allowed at the initial ap-pearance. Chief Johnson said similar security measures would be' maintained throughout the ' trial proceedings. . iff"irr- mtwf tiirarri"niiifcWTWiinittii T1 Charles Alan Carnes, left, and Ricky Martin Knapp confer with defense attorney Kent Willis at first , SG8 related Story page 10. (be conducted) against two or more persons," including Chloe Low and (in the second charge) against Richard Stowe, both residents of Highland. The aggravated burgiary charges stemmed from break-in-s of both the Lafferty residence in American Fork and the Low residences in Highland with the "intent to commit a felony." and being armed with a deadly weapon at the time. Police refused to comment on the charges involving Mr. Stowe and Mrs. Low, but rumors have said they were named on a 'revelation" purportedly received by Ron Laf-ferty. Mrs. Low is believed to have befriended Ron Lafferty's wife during a divorce last year and Mr. Stowe is president of the Highland j Residents give approval on special improvement proposals By MARCELLA WALKER f When the protest votes were ' counted Wednesday night it showed j that the four special improvement district proposals in Pleasant Grove' had passed by a majority. Cascade Meadows Subdivision received only 4.3 percent protest 'j .rote fur the installation of, sewer lines; Crystal View Subdivision had no protest for installation of street improvements; 1400 E. Street had ; 26.6 percent protest for installing curb, gutter and asphalt; and Firwood Estates Subdivision had 40.6 percent protest for installation of a sewer line. There was a good turn out of citizens from the four areas at the meeting held Wednesday to reveal the results of the protests. Those who objected to the proposals were allowed until 5 p.m. on that date to i put their protests in writing at the city hall. One vote was allowed for each foot of frontage of each property owner. Those who app-roved the proposals did not have to notify the city hall. Mayor David Holdaway gave the results of the Crystal View Subd-ivision first. There had been no protests in that area. The results of the 1400 East ' proposal were given next. The majority were in favor of a special improvement district to place regular height curb and gutter on west side of that street, rolled curb and gutter on the east side of ne street, providing a street om the north end to the Lynn iear,e property where a proposed rad to LDS Church property was al'owed for. From that point the road will be widened to 36 feet and fegular curb and gutter will be P'aced on the east side of the street to 200 South. Several asphalt parking areas will be installed on the east side of the street. The property owners were told that installation of this parking will raise the cost estimate about 10 to 15 percent. . Cascade Subdivision was reported next, where there was only a very, small protest. The city will pay for extension of the sewer line through the subdivision. This subdivision has not been allowed any building permits since the new septic tank ordinance became effective last summer since the property would not meet ordinance requirements. The few properties not in the subdivision which will have the sewer line pass their homes will pay a foot frontage fee to the city at the time that they hook on to the sewer as they were not included in the special improvement district. The largest number of protests were from the Firwood Estates Subdivision where the north end were in favor of the district and the south end was mostly not in favor. The north end has had continual high water problems for the past two or three years with septic tanks failing and raw sewage sometimes reaching the surface of the ground. Some of the residents of the south end felt that they were being forced to pay for someone else's problems against their will. The estimate for the installation of the sewer, the lateral and the connection fee is about $4,500 per property. The homeowner will be responsible for disconnecting the septic tank and brining the sewer line from the lateral to their house. These property owners wanted a guarantee from the city council members that they would take the absolute lowest bid for the project and the council assured them that they would. Some residents wanted the city to accept responsibility for distur-bance of the terrain which might allow ground water onto their properties where it. now may be excluded by a natural barrier in the soil. The council said they could.iiot make a broad statement on that question but that they hoped that the situation would not develop. The mayor reported that con-struction could begin by Sept. 1. They assured the property owners that the work would be completed before winter so that they would not have mud and dust to worry about. The Community Block Grant- in the amount of $150,000 which the city has been awarded will be used to extend the sewer line from 1300 W .and 1100 North to the Firwood Subdivision. Work on this phase of the project could begin before the special improvement district work, the property owners Were told. Those who own property along the route where the sewer extension will be placed with community block funds will not have to pay a front footage fee as it is illegal for the city to receive money back for work paid for by the grant; These property owners will have to pay a connection fee when they do decide to hook on to the sewer, the mayor explained. The city council also assured the property owners that should the bids come in 10 percent or more above the engineer's estimate they will either ask for a rebid or drop the project. . ......... ' ' S" f . 4. " ' " - . '' ft ! . Y-:- l ,'Zt ,A . - . TT t, t f . - . - - ... . . v.'.r - . - - " - - - ' .t:; ' "v.. ' "4 ' Jt,t ' " t' - - - " . - . : ;. X v s' v , -- - - S5:.v:.i .. ... vS Firefighters Ray Newman, left, and Dennis Carter move the burned shell of this boat to the shore at Utah Boat Harbor after fire destroyed the boat and damaged three others. Fire '.damages- beats in LimtikM Harbor Four boats were damaged Thursday afternoon at the Lindon Boat Harbor when one boat caught fire and drifted into three others that were docked. Pleasant Grove-Lindo- n Police Officer Cody Cullimore said that Jack Olson, Sandy, was pulling his boat out of the water when it caught fire. He and others tried to put out the blaze with fire extinguishers. When this did not work he let the boat back into the water to keep his truck and trailer from catching fire. An attempt was also made to douse the fire with the boat in the water. The boat then drifted as it burned toward the dock area where the other three boats were moored. One of the docked boats was a total loss, according to the officer, and the other two were seriously damaged. The Olson boat was also a total loss, the officer noted. Fire Chief Frank Mills estimated damage at $70,000 to the four boats. No one was injured in the mishap. Owners of the other boats were Wesley Sine, Salt Lake City; Ralph Garrett, Salt Lake City; and Jeff Chalk, Sandy. Chief Mills said that 13 firefighters and two fire trucks responded to the 3:30 p.m. blaze. Cause of the fire is unknown, Mr. Mills said. City council accepts bid oncity hall addition, two commissioners resign iJh. n City Council accepted the from Mr. R. Anderson and jOmPwiy for an addition to the dn City Hall at a recent council meeting. sili ,Arderson company gwatted the low bid of $17,900 to Si? 12 foot action to the IK-at- hal1- - The extra 8Pace hal for storage in the ment and additional office ""J the main floor. 38 begi" Hght 8Way n additi heL "tinuation of public nng8 will be held on ways to 8v.r,the 200 South sewer of , 1 ne city council is desirous lew t j sewer line to the E v U8trial Park ea. W plans to adopt a Special Provement District to fund the The ?'0n Proved to be too costly. aW Council is now looking for rna,e ways of funding the project. At the present time government grants seem to be the best way of handling the funding and research into these possibilities is continuing. The council has completed the revisions to the Lindon Land Development Code. The changes were few but improve the wording so that it is more clearly understood by both the developers and the city. The terminology in the code had been a bit ambiguous and contradictory in places and the changes will eliminate those problems. Because of a recent court ruling the property leased by the city for the boat harbor is now owned by the federal government The city will continue to lease the land. In addition, Utah Power and Light owns 19 acres adjacent to the boat harbor and the city will continue to lease this as Orem did. The city council has subleased the boat harbor to Norm Castle who handles the marina and concessions. The council will have to determine how to use the remainder of the land that it is leasing. Concern has been given regarding the condition of the road going to the land fill. The litter along the road and the flooding have created problems for the city. The North Utah County Solid Waste unit has indicated after a meeting with a commissioner that they could help maintain the road. Two members of the Lindon Planning Commission have resigned. Carol Westpal has reluctantly asked to be released because of the time involved to do the job well. Lark Washburn resigned because of personal reasons. Boat owners report thefts set, a fire extinguisher, a tackle box valued at $75, a manual sewer pump valued at $48 and electrical cords valued at $40. Several boat owners who had their Iwats moored at the Lindon Marina have reported thefts to the police department. Norm Castle, 331 W. 1700 S., Orem, reported that a marine band radio valued at $700 and a Connelly Short-- I ine valued at $250 had been taken from his boat. Diane Church, 292 1700 S., Orem, told Officer Cody Cullimore that a Connelly Short-Lin- e Waterski valued at $250 and a cover valued at $,'50 were taken from her boat Tom Tingey, 630 S. Turley Ave., Pleasant Grove, reported that a Blaupunkt type cassette stereo valued at $1,000 had been taken from his boat along with two speakers valued at $300, one set of SAE wrenches and sockets valued at $200, one set of metric wrenches valued at $200, one pair of binoculars valued at $50, and 20 cassette tapes valued at $150. These three reports were investigated by Officer Cody Cullimore. Officer Dave Vickers received a report from Clyde 'Olsen, 45 S. Geneva Road, that several items had been taken from his boat. Included were a three prop for Merc Cruiser valued at $330, three nylon ski vests valued at $48 each, a battery charger valued at $330, three nylon ski vests valued at $48 each, a battery charger valued at $60, an ice chest worth $42, two fishing poles valued at $70, two reels valued at $80, a six gallon gas tank valued at $49, 130-piec- e tool Suspicious men arrested at harbor Pleasant Grove Police have arrested three Mexican males as suspicious persons after they were reported hanging around the lindon Boat Harbor. A record check of their vehicle showed that it had been stolen in Austin, Texas. The arrests were made by Officer Cody Cullimore and Sgt. Don Aucoin. |