www.standard.net ‘March 13, 2011 Ass SUNSHINE ve ns fe W | L ; K &. & §X YOUR RIGHT TO KNOW Legislature, governor criticized for acts of secrecy/ 2B $1.50. TTB Aggies, Cougars learn y seedings today/1C Tamra Lucero holds a picture of her son, Rigo Perea, a Trece. gang member serving a life sentence for murder. Lucero Did you forget? Did you set your clocks an hour ahead last night? blames herself By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net ® Political pundit Richer and OGDEN — Her son is in Utah State Prison for life, convicted of a gang-related double homicide. Not his fault, says the mother. It’s her own fault, Tamra Lucero said, for immersing Riqo Perea in the gang life at birth, for raising him gangster. “His father was the gang,” Lucero explained tearfully. “I wake up every day with so much re- eret. It’s my fault he is. where he is. She and her homeboys dressed Rigo in gang clothes when he was a toddler, like a mascot. In addition to smoking marijuana at age’ 3, he had an early introduction to guns, alcohol and violence. “It should be considered child abuse, raising kids in gangs — which is what I did,” Lucero said. In a conversion climaxed by the pain of watching her son’s. three-year prosecution for the 2007 murders, during which he faced the death penalty, she now See MOM | Page 3A for introducing Perea to the gang life and now speaks at schools and conferences about the dangers of gangs. MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner From hc —— Mom From 1A preaches against gangs for the Ogden Metro Gang Unit, the agency that busted Rigo. Vern Hairston, gang unit coordinator, last fall happened to sit in on a service at New Zion Baptist Church. He heard Lucero bear her testimony and blame herself for where Rigo is now. He was moved to ask her to speak at conferences and schools where the gang unit makes presentations. _ She has been doing that since October — to rave reviews. “She’s a wonderful speaker,” Hairston said. “People are asking for her. She’s got a great message.” Some might call their meet- ing serendipitous, but she, and Hairston, read more into it. “T see it all as a blessing from God,” Lucero said. — “IT think it was more than just coincidence,” Hairston added. So far, Lucero has had speaking engagements at three schools and two conferences, most recently a Feb. 25 child abuse seminar in Logan. - She’s booked for Weber High School and the OgdenWeber Applied Technology Center next month. She’ll highlight the Ogden Police Department’s gang conference in September, then speak at Weber State University, plus she has a tentative booking in Davis County in October. “She is awesome. She is a natural,” Hairston said. “Everyone wants to talk to her afterward, asking for her card. No one’s asking me for my card anymore. She’s been there, done that, and people sense that. They listen to her.” “You can tell she’s speaking from the heart,” said Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley, whose division includes the gang unit. “She is a very important component piece for what we’re doing.” They worry. She’s bold. “She'll walk out of her house into the street to confront gangbangers when she sees them up to something,” Conley said. “I’ve asked her not to do that, but she just says when they’re doing stupid stuff, she can’t help it.” They worry how she’s perceived. “She’s ‘not working with us as an informant. She’s not giving us information,” Con- ley said. “She’s speaking at conferences. Her message is mostly for parents.” “We had concerns,” Hairston said. “But she just says, ‘I’m not talking about any particular gang. I’m talking about me.’ So she’s not concerned.” Finally kicking drugs, her last step in a 15-year path out of the gang life, Lucero credits joining New Zion Baptist, 2935 Lincoln Ave., four years ago. “They got me off drugs when rehab didn’t.” She feels blessed by the gang-unit gig and sees it asa chance to turn her grief into a bid to help others. “What I want to say, it comes to me in my sleep sometimes,” Lucero said. “God wakes me up and tells me that this and this is important to include.” ae Speaking out, teaching, she Said, is sure to keep at least one child from “going through what my kids went through. Or ending up where my son is today because of my wrong choices.” | “This will go as far as God is willing to allow it to go,” Lucero said. “I want people to see how it can happen, that these are not just bad kids. My children had no choice.” Her early upbringing was relatively gang-free, but the family was dysfunctional — her father left the home. “I grew up thinking there was something wrong with me, since my dad didn’t want me.” : Her mother “just didn’t notice me slipping into the gang life” because of her own problems, Lucero said. She has long since reconnected with her mom. Now Lucero is now taking care of her mother’s Ogden home as her mother ages and endures health problems. Lucero’s childhood void was filled by the gang she joined at age 13. “I saw a lot of violence. I got desensitized pretty early. I found I could fight with my fists,” she said. Gang members fathered her children. As a young single mother of four in the 1980s, Lucero said, “gang members provided for Rigo and me and the other kids.” And Rigo paid for it, she Said. “T have to begin each day with that. Then go into my prayers, then go into my scriptures.” | With ‘her teenage mentality as a gang mother, the now-40year-old ‘said; “I thought I was doing the right thing, raising him to be tough, raising him to be a man...” “My door was never locked, | Pad with the gang members coming and going all the time. And I lost some relationships with some good men. “I told them, ‘These are my homeboys, and yes, they come and go as they please, get into the fridge as they please, and if you don’t like it, that’s too bad.’ ” She still believes Rigo, 23, is innocent of the fatal shoot- ings, - 7% She said simply she leaves that in the hands of her higher power. “I have faith in God he’ll be released.” Her other three children have avoided serious trouble. She, Conley and Hairston think exposing children to gangs should. be included someday in the state’s child endangerment statute. It’s even part of Lucero’s message. “She drives the child endangerment aspect home,” Hairston said. “She creates an understanding.” “It’s something that needs to be looked at,” Conley said. “I would love to talk to the Legislature about child endangerment, because I did that to Rigo,” Lucero said. For now, Lucero said, she has 10 grandchildren she wants gang-free, including Riqo’s two sons and two daughters. “I don’t even let them play with toy guns.” g inca, 1888 Mad te ic June 20, 2007 Va Ww 50 cents i ‘ Martinez alleges discrimination BY SCOTT SCHWEBKE Standard-Examiner staff sschwebke@standard.net OGDEN — Former Ogden Human Resource Manager Dean Martinez is suing three of the city’s top administrators, alleging racial discrimination contributed to his firing last year. Defendants named in the 17-page and wrongful termination. Martinez is seeking reinstatement to his former position lawsuit filed in ond Dibthige Court include the city, Chief Administrative Officer John Patterson, Management with the city and unServices Director Mark Johnson; and specified damages City Attorney Gary Williams. | for lost wages and Martinez, whois black, alleges emotional distress Martinez actions by Patterson, Johnson and and’ suffering. He Williams resulted in 10 offenses in- - contends in the lawsuit his annual cluding defamation, infliction of emosalary of $63,136 was/less than that tional cuareas. he pp pach violations” paid to white managers who worked oe) for the city with similar responsibil ties. Martinez was fired Dec. 4 for dishonesty and misappropriation of city documents, for taking home confidential personnel records involving a municipal employee and then providing them to another person, Williams has said. Scott Brown, the city’s former business development manager, told See OGDEN/3A A% H , a Standard-Examiner } 7 Ogden From “We are not going to fight this battle in the media,” . Patterson said. “We will have our day in 1A ‘he Standard-Examiner in March he believes Martinez stole his personnel file. Martinez contends in the lawsuit that as human re- source manager he was re- - sponsible for maintaining city personnel investigative files and often took them home to work on them. _ Patterson and : Johnson declined to comment on the lawsuit. ; court.” Williams said Martinez’s lawsuit is without merit, adding the city will use the Salt Lake City law firm of snow, Christensen & Martin- eau to defend itself against the complaint. Martinez refused to com- ment, The lawsuit says Marti_hez, while working as hu- man resource received manager, complaints from female employees that Pat- Pl j , ‘ @ ‘terson, Johnson and Williams had failed to take ap- propriate action against the city’s business development Manager, a white male accused of sexual harassment. The ment business develop- manager, who wasn’t identified in the lawsuit, re- ‘ceived a warning [ LO;O7 One notified that explicit pornographic material was found on the business develop- ment Manager’s city-issued computer, the suit says. Martinez says it was his responsibility to investigate the situation and recommend whether action should that re- have been taken against peated violation of the city’s the manager, but Patterson sexual harassment policy and Johnson prohibited him would result in his termifrom doing so. nation, but was allowed to _. The suit also says PatterKeep his job despite more son, Johnson and Williams than one infraction, the lawinterfered with Martinez’s Suit says. | Martinez, while’ employed by the city, was also A ——— attempt to revise and imple- ment the city’s affirmative action program. © Tectia ALL cue ny REE Ex i uf CHER it Bs DA are x ie TE NA MavegGAMERStien A ep Pret Aas Let Aaa se epent Hi yee sey areoe numer Uh Vike Gan a =a 4 } ‘ . fea? iar Y BERT i eT et ia OAM Bi Me 1 TAR Ra SY \ UneadCRURRMRD Tas a caren ty AP ERY NOL i bine: UR opReeSECTes Ue CIGR oS SMO RN / Ba or T9 i Rao” ata MEG) eae LS Na (ne f ue Wis saupaee sina cud Pratewhie Bi We NAN § ipens ahh tal i 45. 36 i ; Apes OY, rei. vat { “ é Ure } é i r Mad Ha .ay ap ayant: : Me Oh Cat ay a ee | Coalition formed after concert melee Dbder grou re pp fesfonds to arrests of black concert-goers _ By TIM GURRISTER stead to the ongoing discussions with city officials. The discussions have included reOGDEN - The beginning of a quests for an internal investigation grass-roots African-American moveand interim suspension of the officers ment — the Ogden Community Coaliinvolved in the June 27 melee at the tion - made its public debut Monday rap concert where eight adults and night, formed in response to the artwo juvenile s, all black, were arrested rests of black concert-goers at Union on counts ranging from felony riot to Station this summer. resisting arrest. Organizers told a crowd of some Some 50 additional police officers 60 people in attendance at the Marwere called in to shut the concert shall White Center they are in negoti-down after Ogden police arrested the ations with Ogden City officials, concert promote rs — Tanoka and Darichiefly the mayor, and hinted at lawus Beard — when Darius Beard reSuits “as we continue our investigafused police admissi on and Tanoka tion.” Standard-Examiner staff _. But Joyce Tillman-Frye, who. chaired the meeting, kept the talk of lawsuits at a minimum, pointing in- Beard reacted to his brother’s arrest. He scuffled with officers who sub- dued him with batons, while a large crowd looked on, according to court testimony. The city has declined the request for an investigation and suspension, leading coalition members to say they are pursuing an outside independent investigation. Dee Smith, public defender for some of the men charged, stood to say the concert incident was “racial profiling.” six-pack was found iin the parking, he 4 said. Hi In addition to the information re- i quested, organizers also heard for solidarity from the audience. calls — “We can’t be intimidated,” said Ken © Wilder, a member of the Ogden City Multi- Cultural Advisory Committee and a Baptist deacon. “I work for someone they are afraid of,” he said, referring to the deity. He urged those in attendance to | stand up and be heard during public © Police reports say a maintenance comment sessions of the Ogden City © worker at Union Station called police Council on Tuesday nights. : that night to say someone was drink“We need to get your comment s in? ing alcohol in the parking lot, someto the public record,” Wilder said. one else was smoking marijuana there, and “the people at the concert “That’s an avenue where they have to — looked like gang members,” Smith do something about it. We need to : said. “So we get the whole Ogden City keep the pressure on.” Frye, a Clearfie ld native and re— Police Department gang unit showing up.” oH an waaebuiiennets Heineken > See COALITION/6B | ie ¥ a} es sae? the Utah Forum; Ch, : = . ry Black Leadership fellow forum mem- ber Duane Bourdeaux, also a From 1B / () mae a” | member of the Utah House of tired human relations Special- Representatives fro m District ist from a Volvo plant in 23 in Salt Lake City ; and BonNérth Carolina, who moved nie Dew, director of the Utah back to South Ogden in 1995, Office of Black Affair s, apasked all at the meeting to at- pointed by the gov ernor. tend a status conference Venom against the police Wednesday in 2nd District department was evident. Court where trial dates will “They (the police) said they likely be set for the eight Saw all these red faces,” said adults arrested. Mark Gross, a black man and “We ask for your support,” an arti st with Ogden-based she said. “We need to let Dub Dub records, the recordthem know we are working ing studio that sponsored the for them.” rap concert. “You can slap Coalition organizers in- my face as hard as you want, and it isn’t going to turn red.” clude Frye; Betty Sawyer, former Ogden NAACP chairDerrick Keith, a DubDub woman; WSU professor Forproducer who helped put on rest Crawford, a member of the concert, a white man, said , ee Ogden police centrating that night. Were only con- on black people “T just walked out and no one said a word to me. ... I Saw this sad fear in their eyes. The officers were jus t moving around too fast. The whole thing was racially mo - tivated.” een ib ——e ! ‘Three arrested after SWAT standoff if,f Police: Drug debt, kidnapping oft [ 11-hour wait outside Layton apartment BY JANAE FRANCIS Standard-Examiner staff . jfrancis@standard.net LAYTON — Police were pointing to charged with aggravated kidnapping. One who was arrested was Ryan Deon ton, “Reno” Richardson, who police said was 26, of Lay- the man } hours before SWAT team members executed a search warrant in order to take Richardson into custody at 1 a.m. Sunday. Police had first been called | into action at noon Saturday. when the woman hostage called @ emergency personnel from the apartment. involved in the standoff with police The standoff began hallows Thomas | Richardson Hill _ ing the rescue of the hostages, an effort to collect a drug debt as the at Stonehedge Apartments at 225 N. cause of a standoff that kept officers — Fairfield Road. _ Dixon said. He had kept his own four children “We were able to get all of them out — at an apartment for about 11 hours beA SWAT van arrived at the and another child of their mother, as and never made contact with Ryan at apartment around 7:30 p.m. Saturday ginning Saturday at 2 p.m. night, along with more SWAT team Three people were arrested by the well as a female victim, as hostages. all,” Dixon said. “None of the victims Ages of the children range from 11 were injured. No officers were hurt.” time the standoff ended, said LayRichardson was holed up for 11 See STANDOFF/3B years to 6 months, police said. ton police Sgt. Rod Dixon. All were x gk : Ly ME! of ti ar Ad As oe hice Roitinn Wea y DERE! 5 J a / ae 'y ‘oye ; ; & } ye oy ‘ ; ] From 1B ; ; | members. hicles. in clous Thomas, separate ve- Also arrested were Pre[.. 25, of Layton and Orlando M. Hill, 26, of Ogden. Dixon said : Thomas was the renter in the apartment where the | Standoff occurred. ‘Thomas and Hill were. arrested when a man were they detaining in their ve- hicle called North Ogden po- lice for help, Dixon said. | _ “Police were able to Jo| cate the vehicle following that call,” Dixon said - J All three were booked into the Davis County Jail as both incidents were related. The three are all sched- Give Your Carrier A Treat Th Pay For Home Delivery By 4 | Note taken seriously by officers. BYTIM GURRISTER | _ said Thursday. “tt was racist, with white supremacist — Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net rhetoric.” OGDEN + Lecel law et: forcement, and possibly the FBI, is investigating a racist ) letter meant to intimidate a 2nd District Court employee in the midst of applying for a top administrator’s job. The target of the letter is among the handful of minor- ities working in the court- The threatening, racially oriented letter “shook (the finalist) to the core,” said West. “We immediately turned it over. to law forcement.” — The Weber County en- Sher- iff’s Office is investigating, he said, and the FBI could become involved, Wedresday afternoon, all ' house on Grant Avenue and _70-plus court staffers who one of three finalists for the work in the four-story buildchief clerk’s position. ing were alerted by e-mail “It was a vile, ugly letter,” of a brief, but mandatory, Judge W. Brent West, presiding judge of the 2nd District, See LETTER/6A eee ae ae Po ee es nr a an, i es uv Letter From 1A morning Thursday meeting for which the courthouse was to remain locked, delaying its normal 8 a.m. opening. West said the meeting was requested by the sheriff’s office to give employe¢s notice of the investigation and conduct rumor control... Many in the courthouse were unaware of the circumstances, and even believed the candidate, a section supervisor, had been fired because she has taken down * , much of her office decor, in- cluding the smiley faces that had festooned the office. The letter was left in an envelope on her desk March 2. It was turned over to administrators the next day, and they initiated \the investigation, West said.) ‘ The vestigation had | reached ai point where the Thursday ‘meeting with the courthouse %staff was pru- dent, West Said. He declined to comment further on the investigation ¥ the morning meeting. ¥ ne _ West did sayithe threats in the letter were Net direct, but . implicit, and the \s<ter-writer was aware of her bid for the chief clerk’s posit om The letter called her unjualified for the job because /of race, he _ said. ‘ The position is a major ad- ministrative slot in the courtpaying house, West said, second in command in ‘the $50,000 salary range and of court administrative staff. the _ Officials, including state court administrator Dan Becker, who made a trip from his Salt Lake office concern- — ing the letter, decided to restart the entire hiring process for the clerk of the court position after the criminal investigation is complete. A retired 3rd District Court administra- tor out of Salt Lake will fill the position in the interim, | starting Monday. | hiring the off “We called process; it’s tainted now that someone tried to influence it,” : West said. ... we that e messag “The want out is that we will not tolerate any racial bigotry,” West said. — n i a g r a b a e l p n o i t a t S n o i n Final U - Trial canceled in concert riot nial BY TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net OGDEN— The shouting long 0"over, a plea bargain has been announced for the final three defendants in a ra-. cially tinged melee at Union Station. ‘The news canceled a five-day trial that would have started Monday for the men charged with riot, accused of assaulting police shutting down a rap concert in Union Station’s concert hall on June 27, 2003. - The case initially drew the attention of the NAACP and the U.S. Justice Department. There was even / an FBI investigation of alleged police overreaction in the arrests of 10 black males. No announcement of the course of the FBI probe has ever come from federal officials. The bumpy ride included claims of racism that turned into dismissal motions, followed by an apology by one of the defense attorneys who filed the motions. The Ogden Community Coalition, was a group of local black leaders, formed in response to the arrests. There was talk of lawsuits. With all the other defendants’ pleabargaining, the cases of the last three defendants — brothers Tanoka and OST Beard and Cory Colon — were ‘seemingly headed for plea bargains once before, when a trial last fall before Judge W. Brent West was canceled. But since the Aug. 26 setting of a new trial date for Jan. 10-15, there have been no hearings of any kind, nor any meetings of the Ogden coalition, nor any NAACP or Justice Department action. Then Friday morning Judge West was informed by the Weber County -Attorney’s Office that prosecutors and defense counsel had worked out plea bargains for the Beards and Colon. They are the last among the original 10 black males, including two juveniles, arrested when the concert was shut down by some 50 officers called in as backup. They were responding to a front-gate scuffle between police and the concert promoters that grew out of control. One officer suffered a broken fin- ger, and several of the defendants were treated for cuts and bruises at local hospitals. Two officers beat Tanoka Beard, owner of the concert’s promoter, Dub Dub Records, with batons about the back and legs in arresting him. when he refused to lower his arms to be handcuffed after intervening in Darius Beard’s arrest, according to court testimony. Those arrests resulted when Dar- ius Beard refused to allow entrance See UNION/4B | “Union i/4 Ing bron 186 fy set for April. All are charged with third-degree felony riot and misdemeanor counts of and mis arrest. Amidst vering the legal maneu- over 17 months, the for a group officers who prosecution succeeded in dis- alcohol and marijuana on the law firm, Richards, Caine and to the concert of plainclothes were investigating reports of premises. Colon is expected to plead guilty to lesser charges Wednesday, with the Beard brothers’ disposition hearings qualifying from the case Ogden’s largest criminal defense Allen, which threatened to do the same right back. - One of the defense attor- neys was a former deputy Weber County attorney, and would likely have been called to testify in the racism mo- tions. | Codes of ethics don’t allow lawyers or their partners to testify in their cases, so he sel getting the and his firm were thrown off the case. Remaining defense counconsidered prosecutors tossed for the same reason, since some from that office would have been testifying regarding the racism motions. Prelin inary hearing delayed — in foster pry Rd case oa Defense asks time — for prosecution’s ‘boxes of reports’ Standard-Examiner ret bth e+ GQ ial Davis Bureau FARMINGTON —_ Today’s scheduled preliminary hearing for Sate at ee he ae ek eee John “Rick” and Tonya Vosburgh, accused of setting the March 3 fire that killed their foster daughter, Bobbi.Jo Womack, has been postponed until September at the request of the defense. Assistant Davis County Attorney Bill McGuire said the Vosburghs’ attorneys, Brad Rich and Randall Gaither, needed the extra time to review “boxes of reports” and other documents the prosecution intends | to submit as evidence. In addition, today’s hearing was scheduled to last just one day in Layton’s 2nd Circuit Court, which McGuire said would not have been | long enough. The new hearing, he said, has been scheduled for three days — Sept. 13-15 — to accom- ene © R. Vosburgh ee retarded, was found by Layton fires fighters in the detached garage of the couple’s former Layton home at, 733 W. Gentile St. Rick and Tonya now live in. Vosburgh, Farmington, who have pleaded innocent to the charges. Prosecutors accuse the couple of killing Womack in order to collect on a $100,000 life insurance ‘policy they allegedly took out on her late last year. are expected to submit to the court. The foster couple cared for Womack under a private agreement with the young woman’s mother and were paid her rent and expenses May and charged with first-degree established after son. Their 18-year-old foster daughter, Womack, who was mentally in her mental retardation. modate the extensive amount of testimony and evidence both sides The Vosburghs were arrested in. felony murder and aggravated ar-- oving truck through a $147,000 insurance trust a ride with him. was COURT LOG A summary of local criminal court action on Wednesday, July 21 father hadn’t known his boy had: hitched Womack struck by a car as a child, resulting mRobert 2nd CircuitOgden K. Sanders, 30, unknown address, | ‘Piea bargain lo oF. in Vosburgh ca se’’” [] Detective says the woman will plead guilty to second-degree muder By LINETTE GAMBOA Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON -—- Tonya is accused in the Vosburgh, who 1993 death of her disabled foster Booker would not comment. The charges Morrison said Vosburgh, 35, will plead guilty to second-degree fel- ony murder and second-degree . felony. insurance fraud. He also said she will claim mental incompetence. > oe She origi faced Chiviocs of is first-degree «firder, aggravated arson and second-degree insur- ance fraud. ie According to CoM, » 5ersonnel, the three-day trial: =“was scheduled to start Wedx ay i has been canceled. Instead, Vosbt. ugh i iS ‘scheduled to appear Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. before 2nd District Court Judge Rodney 8. Page to enter a new piea. i eeense attorney Robert the of the Vosburgh’ s Layton home. im --q [hat fire killed Bobbi. 4. Jo Womack, 18, a physically and mentally hand- icapped . girl that Vosburgh and her husband, John The plea bargain would avert her eiuled trial. Layton Police Detective Joe from March 3, 1993, fire in the garage to plead daughter, is expected guilty Tuesday. stem “Rick” VOSBURGH: :She faces charges in te. death. crner. foster daugniter. Vos- burgh, were in the process of adopting. Deputy Da- vic County Ave gee ay . ee McGuire would not confirm the details of the plea agreement because they still haven’t been finalized. “We're hopeful that a plea will take place,” he said. “Were not going to be sure of anything until it happens.” ~Vosburgh will go through a | psychiatric evaluation and then a — judge will determine whether she will be sent to the Utah State Prison or the state mental hospital in Provo, Morrison said. > See PLEA/3A —" eee iess ~ Woman accused of sex with teen pleads not guilty | BY JESSE FRUHWIRTH Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau jfruhwirth@standard.net FARMINGTON — The Davis School District speech pathologist accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17year-old pleaded not guilty in 2nd Dis- trict Court on Monday. Kathryn Louise Parmley is charged _ with two counts of unlawful sexual activ- ity with a 16- or 17-year-old, a third-de- gree felony. | : Parmley, 48, has moved slowly through the court system because her de- fense attorney, John T. Caine, was absent — for many weeks with health problems. “(County Attorney) Troy (Rawlings) and I have interviewed the alleged victim as a part of the conditional plea,” Caine said to Judge Jon M. Memmott. Caine said he wanted more time to review the case after conducting the interview. A pretrial confer- Parmley’s relationship with the teen. The teen told police that Parmley and he had participated in sex acts on multiple occasions during 2005 and 2006. Mee She was charged in Davis County in ence was scheduled for - September following that interview with April 2. | the teen. She was not charged in Box EIWillard police arrestder County for the incident that prompted Parmley on July 11 ed the investigations. : after spotting her with Parmley is married to Deputy Weber the teen in a van parked | County Attorney Rich Parmley. on a road just outside The teen was a family friend, Caine the Willard Bay North said last year, not Parmley’s student. Marina. The Division of Parmley worked for the Davis Schoo] Child and Family Ser- District at the Family Enrichment Center vices was contacted af- ter that arrest. Two days later, Layton Police said DCF requested that officers investigate since 1991. | Has | Parmley is currently on unpaid sus- pension from her job, a district representative said.. | | — ee Pe oe a , A . , ioe et ate <3 Foy bed y * ‘ one $x = z ak Ds en Bi * sieeeeneieel i cia , : , re F 1A Pee hate ee 4J ; 8 i From oe *) Sh re OTe ae : a F <i ae ae? eR Y™ ) apa A ~% =a € SS AR ee ' oak i a id fii aR ere ai he he. said, is sent to the way,” “che’s incarcerated.” If Vosburgh hospital and it’s decided she is sane, she will to directly go prison to serve the rest of her term, Morrison said. Prosecutors have agreed to drop the two first-degree felony charges against Rick Vosburgh, 45, in return for his testimony against his wife and a guilty plea to the insurance fraud charge. State fire investigator Edward Itchon testified at the preliminary hearing that he found evidence that gasoline was spread around the garage and ignited. Womack was trapped in a corner and died of smoke fied. 4 inhalation, he testiA | She was not. burned, Itchon said,.and no evidence of gasoJine was found on her clothing or shoes, indicating someone else splashed the gasoline around and jenited ‘it, gy! Riek Vosburgh testified he was in bed when the fire broke out at 6 a.m. He said his wife was up and. dressed. After the fire Was put out, he told the court, his wife approached him and suggested they needed “to talk straight.” Court get our. to stories proceedings against ‘the Vosburghs, who are in the process of getting a divorce, were ‘delayed repeatedly due to Tonya Vosburgh’s health problems. Shortly after the two were charged, she suffered a head oF injury and a Series of strokes after a fall. : The Associated Press contrib- uted to this story. Vosburgh a pers p : anime ule delayed— (J Attorneys hope — evaluation will end competency issue’ By GEOFFREY FATTAH Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON ay - Acme on both sides of the Tonya Vos-. burgh case agree another delay in — her sentencing is needed to determine once and for all her mental capacity. For the third time in the three- : ies case, a jadee decided Tues-\.. z day to post- fencing for the =| former Layton woman until the question of | her mental 1 health could be resolved. ~Vosburgh ‘has admitted to. al -VOSBURGH: Has ae Oe “bled “foster admitted Poroe faster “gma Bobbi Jo Womack, in an. arson fire “March 3, 1993. She was scheduled to be sentenced in 2nd District Court on second-degree felony counts of manslaughter and filing a false insurance claim on Womack after her death. . | Robert L. Booker, Voshutahis uy attorney, requested an evidentia- 2 ry hearing on what he called apes parent conflicts among the various psychiatric evaluations done on Vosburgh. Booker said out of the two evaluations done, one concludes a she is mentally ill while the other says she is not. Prosecutor Carvel Harward agreed Vosburgh was entitled to an | evidentiary thn hearing but re- e. the Stale. santit T10Ve IN 912199890} | From 2 pm. 1B Attorneys said tl fe sion will determine if VEZ will do prison time or bei a mental institution. Relatives of the victi waiting for Vosburgh court. Cc Kom 3 bi AND SVEN, “You'll burn in hell j~ Aste sc thy you did to my daughter,’ Womack, the mother of tim, screamed at Vosburg made her way to her car. TRAINER / | mn i le Vosburgh, who walks Wisk:=A /¢¢- aid of a walker, has beerS:Ad 1Va t S intheg frmeomdicaantialonlergshice reisactit f waes74e,e,) g KS suppress seizures, Booker * By Vosburgh’s sentenci1 been continued in August cials could gather more Us tion about her mental hea= 7 & Rick Vosburgh, 46, al=] North America Syndicate, iné THEN IL gravated arson en SPEND THE been charged with homicis | REST OF and ins=] THE DAY World rights res ' b; Agenda <; Weather ’ Obituaries e l b o r p ix gang Tuesday, September .11, 2007 Meeting called with candidates to voice concerns over neighborhood month. “These problems need to be fixed,” she said, “or every- BY VICTORIA JOHNSON Standard-Examiner staff vjohnson@standard.net — Emotions ran high as Montague said recently two young men jumped her fence and hid from residents of a beleaguered neighborhood voiced their concerns to mayoral candidates and other city officials on the eve of the primary election. Roz Montague organized the Monday night meeting because of what she and her neighbors call an “explosion” police in her backyard. She said she warned the men that she would release her dog if they did not leave. When they didn’t, she released the dog, and the men ran away. But it didn’t stop there. She said the next time the men hopped her fence they were armed with Tazers, and used them when the dog began to chase. of gang shootings in the area between 26th and 28th streets and Monroe and Harrison. Montague said there were at least five shootings there in the last But all those in attendance agreed that they did not want to leave Ogden. One man who did not want to be identified for fear of retaliation said, “We’re not moving. We're going to stay in this neighborhood and fight this. This is my home, and I will fight for it.” He said he and his wife awoke one morning to find their windows shattered from gunfire. “Our lives will never be the same,” he said. 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Robin Kenny said until just recently a meth lab was operating just across the street from her house in the area of 27th Street and Harrison Boulevard. “It’s all over,” she said. “These young couples move in, and when they find out how bad it is, they leave. They don’t know what they’re getting into, like we didn’t know what we were getting into.” Top of Utah/Weber 2B Tuesday, September 11, 2007 Columbine parents share their daughter's challenge Presentation at Ben Lomond High reveals her ideals BY AMY K. STEWART Standard-Examiner staff astewart@standard.net OGDEN — Rachel Scott, the first person killed in the Columbine High School shooting incident, had said she hoped to touch millions with her inspirational messages — many of which she left behind in her journals. Scott’s parents have created a character education program that is now being shared with students in high schools and junior highs nationwide. The program, called “Rachel’s Challenge,” was at Ben Lomond High School aon ’ a a - ae « ee Na t Ceeee lenge” fits well with character education for students. Smith said he wants the teens to know “each and every one of them have the ability to make a difference.” The program themes were drawn from Scott’s journals, as well as letters she had written to friends and relatives. Statements were also derived from an essay she wrote for her English class six weeks before the shooting. It was titled, “My Ethics: My Code of Life.” Scott left six journals behind. Her last one was in her backpack when she was shot while eating lunch on the lawn east of the school. In a video presentation, Nowlen showed photos of Scott’s writings and drawings from her journal, along with sound bites from fellow students, including Creatts wonder As you vote for Mayor, lets be partne: Trust me with your vote and I'll work for you ion Revitalize Downtown ® © : Maximize funds for existing businesses Recruit commerce Capitalize on commuter rail Increase Public Service Provide necessary tools for personnel Allocate funds to meet staffing needs of the Police Department | Establish open and friendly customer service in city offices Reduce City Debt Evaluate city spending habits Work hard to reduce the huge debt and eliminate $3.1 mill payments Improve Neighborhood Gather community input Pledge to keep dedicated ope for public enjoyment Plan ie adequate growth Upgrade water, sewer and stre Peinertirie Starch 0 efense Vosburgh trial slowed by injury By DAVID: CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON — The parents of Tonya Vosburgh have been granted control of their daughter’s legal defense while doctors determine % he ently of brain damage seeopareamae wa caused by a head injury and stroke. Judge W. Brent m West made the m ruling Thursday min 2nd_ District Court during a conservatorship hearing for. the 33-year-old woman; ) WhO TTS a -jcharged = with Murder and arson Vosburgh in the March death of Bobbi Jo. Womack. Vosburgh’s husband, John “Rick” Vosburgh, who also is charged in. Womack’s death, petitioned the court for guardianship ol his wife last month. Soon. afterward, her parents, Brooks and Geralihne Watson, who came to Utah from their home in Arkansas, filed an. objection and petitioned the court to name them the guardians. Tonya Vosburgh reportedly injured her head when she fell in July in ‘the West Bountiful apartment complex where she and her husband live, Rick Vosburgh claims in court records the blow resulted in an_aneurysm that required brain surgery Aug. 4. Clark A. Harms, a lawyer hired by -Tonya Vosburgh before the surgery, filed the guardianship peti- tion’on behalf of her husband. He said the:woman suffered a post-surgery. complication and stroke reeisrits @ A ES ; : i colT9¢ 8 ec7- 008 0S 0088 ‘M es kpu ORddns pds 011d *j00d ‘ wy “N f / | Top of Utah 8B : Theradey, August 21. 2003 Another alleged brawler charged — Hearing over melee at Ogden concert Set “fore 2nd District Judge W. around officers. Some alcohol Brent West, who will preside over the preliminary hearing. The confrontation began at but no drugs were found at the site, according to police | reports. , Among those facing as- arap concert when Ogden pois Tanoka_ lice officers investigating al- sault charges By TIM GURRISTER _ legations of alcohol and drugs Beard, 31, former Bonneville staff. Examiner Standard ‘h on the premises were initially High School basketball star and president of the record-_ OGDEN - A preliminary denied admission. ing company that hosted the - hearing has been set and a. ng shutti up Police ended his Wednesday - seventh defendant charged in down the concert that night concert. forthe June 27 melee at Union shortly after the confronta- brother Darius, 25, was mally arraigned and added to Station between police and tion at the door. Eventually the list of defendants. concert-goers. additional officers from the Ogden Police Department; ~The hearing to determine if enough evidence exists to Weber County Sheriff’s Office and Utah Highway Patrol advance the case to trial was set for Sept. 10 for all seven broke up the 30-minute confrontation that had about 75 defendants during a status conference Wednesday be- people initially gathering etna Aegean ts | hton The National oat for the Advancement of Col- ored People is following the case and possibly providing legal assistance. All seven defendants are black. The ‘who and how’ remain mystenes By DAVID CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau LAYTON — The garage fire that killed 18-year-old Bobbi Jo Womack has been ruled arson, but how and by whom it was set remains unknown, officials said today. “Our conclusions after inspecting the scene is that we feel that this was a deliberately set fire,” said Fire Chief Allan Peek who added, “We're not sure if it was set by the individual (Womack) or someone else. Firefighters who had been called to the scene just after 6 a.m. aaa eee, S Wednesday found * Womack’s body | in the garage bes hind the home of her foster parents. ae # blaze Le Lo ae | began. “It 7 involved some of | the materials in the garage,” he said. “More than likely some gas was ignited.” Although a state medical examiner’s report was not available, Peek said a high coneentratron of carbon monoxide fumes was found in the woman’s lungs and appears to be the cause of death. She also reportedly suffered burns to her legs and feet. “Was it a suicide? Was it an accidental fire, or was it set by someone else? We haven’t ruled out any of these, but we hope to soon,” Chief Peek said. Investigators said they have been unable to determine why the young woman had been in the garage so early in the morning. Her foster parents, John “Rick” and Tonya Vosburgh, told investigators Bobbi Jo was an early riser and may have gone outside to use an outhouse next to the garage or to smoke a cigarette. Officials said they found a cigarette and matches in the outhouse. In an interview today, Tonya Vosburgh said she and her husband have since discussed the matter. “We don’t know if Bobbi Jo was trying to be like the older kids, she was going around and smoking ... or she may have been hiding from her mom.” Vosburgh said Bobbi’s Jo’s natuWomack ral mother and sisters were sup- posed to pick her up Wednesday _| morning, but claims that the night before she didn’t want to go. “Bobbi Jo didn’t want to be with her mom. I think she was afraid she wouldn’t bring her back,” Vosburgh said adding that there have been similar incidents, including last Christmas and Thanksgiving. But her family said that Bobbi Jo was anxious and excited to visit with them last Christmas. “We just Sat around and talked and talked. ... She was happy,” said her sister, Dawn. Tonya Vosburgh said she was told by Bobbi Jo’s child psychologist that she had attempted suicide several times in the past and while she was at the group home, Bobbi Jo overdosed on a combination of See FIRE on 6C | ; ’ i oN ) : > tI ée sUspects 43 : e C y b l ia tr e e i er ov d . boi un ACLU monitors case as arrested areallblack | By TIM GURRISTER i Standard Examiner staff _ OGDEN o ‘Completing A. ‘rare six-hour preliminary hearing over two days with eight defendants and five de- fense attorneys, a judge Fri- day advanced to trial the last of the men charged with riot cohol complaint. A six-pack jin _ the parking lot turned up. Anger at the arrest of the concert promoters, the bas- ketball-renowned The defendants: return ‘ok 2nd District Court Oct. 8 for a scheduling conference before Beard Judge W. Brent West. brothers, lead to a handful of officers yelling for backup as some 7/5 people gathered. No serious injuries were reported, but Tanoka Beard, 31, was struck a half-dozen times about the legs and back by police batons for allegedly resisting arrest. black. Tanoka Beard is charger with third-degree felony riot and misdemeanor counts of | resisting arrest and assault on a police officer. Darius Beard is charged with riot and resisting arrest. Charged with riot. ‘ane asHe attempted to intervene | sault of a police officer are ~. in the June 27 mene at Union © in the arrest of brother Dari- Cory Brandon Colon, 2, ptation. us, 25, who refused to let po- Ushah Danzy, 23, and Dar~ ellKeith Montgomery, 43. Three police :agencies sent lice enter the ballroom. down a rap concert at the sta_ The National Association Charged with riot are Dation’s ballroom that night af- for the Advancement of Col- vid Gregory, 20, on Sam‘ter concert-goers scuffled -ored People is following the uel Harvey, 19, Trav and Charmwith police checking on an al- case as all eight men are oof Jones, pre eg Lt A —) : 4 Hee © — | Parents fear for suspect’s safety murder and arson as well as a second-degree count of filing a false insurance claim. Both the Watsons and Rick Vosburgh are petitioning the court for guardianship of Tonya, 33, who is hospitalized following a reported stroke and complications that developed during brain surgery in August. The family claims Tonya Vosburgh is paralyzed on one side of By DAVID CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau ” FARMINGTON — The parents of murder suspect Tonya Vosburgh said they are trying to gain full guardianship of their hospitalized daughter because they fear her husband, also charged with murder, may try to harm her. “If he’s appointed conservator, he may do anything,” said Brooks Watson, of Arkansas, who, along with his wife, Geraline, were empowered Thursday by a 2nd_District Court judge to make decisions on their daughter’s legal defense in connection to the March arson death of 18-year-old Bobbi Jo From jc tally incompetent » Tonya to stand trial. Vosburgh’s lawyers claim the woman suffered a head injury in July when she fell down in the West Bountiful apartment complex she lives at resulting in the need for surgery. Her condition has forced numerous delays in preliminary hearings on the criminal charges. Prosecutors allege the Vosburghs set the fatal fire in the garage of their former Layton home in order to collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy they allegedly took out on Womack, a mentally retarded woman they had been caring for under a private agreement with her mother. ¥ In court records, the Watsons claim Rick Vosburgh has a vested interest in his wife not being able to stand trial on the charges. They claim he told them he “hopes Tonya doesn’t get better too quick, because then theyll drop. the charges.” The couple also alleges that Rick Vosburgh has a history of mishandling his family’s finances and has failed to adequately care for Tonya when she has been home from the hospital. “Geraline Watson saw petitioner (Rick Vosburgh) try to give Tonya extra medication, ranging from aspirin to Valium,” the Watsons state in their petition to the court. “There is a very big concern, with her being unable to testify on the charges, only one person will beneZ ena her body, suffers seizures and has bat ait anit T. Vosburgh R. Vosburgh Womack. Both Tonya Vosburgh and her husband, John “Rick” Vosburgh” have been charged with first-degree lost a substantial portion of her memory to the point where her: lawyers say they plan to petition, the court to have her judged me See VOSBURGH on “9 & fit — not that we’re saying he did anything,” the Watson’s lawyer. Clella Lawrence said of Rick Vosburgh. Rick Vosburgh could not be reached for comment. His lawyer in the criminal case, Brad Rich, said there is no truth to the Watsons’ accusations. “If one defendant doesn’t have her memory, that would be disastrous for everybody,” he said explaining that if Tonya Vosburgh was tried and couldn’t remember enough to deny the murder charges. a jury might think it implied. guilt. In a response filed with the court. Rick Vosburgh denies mishandling his wife’s medication or saying he wished she wouldn't get better. In fact, he alleges the Watsons failed to give Tonya her, prescribed medi- cation “and have otherwise failed to heed the instructions of Tonya’s medical caregivers.” A more serious allegation by the Watsons, who came to Utah to help care for their daughteéf, is that Rick Vosburgh told thtm “he would not go to jail,” Brooks Wat- son said. “If he’s given a gentence, he may take his own life.,;He may not want to go alone and take Tonya with him.” “He never even expressed anything remotely like this. I think his attitude is very, very good ... Rick has been very positive about this. This is a case that we can defend, and we can win,” Rich said of the criminal case. The Watson’s also claim that because of her condition, their daughter knows almost nothing about her ae life before the surgery. In fact, they said, Tonya didn’t even know about the murder and arson charges against her until they told her. The Watsons allege in court records that Rick Vosburgh “repeatedly talks to Tonya about the criminal charges against them, telling Tonya his version of things until Tonya begins parrotting his comments to others.” “My client, of course, is very concerned about the criminal charges and his wife’s ability to defend herself,” Rich said of Rick Vosburgh’s talks with his wife adding that there was no manipulation in- volved. Rich accused the Watsons of making the accusations in order to gain control of “a substantial amount of money” Tonya may re- -ceive from Womack’s i. ance policy if the Vosburgn.< found innocent of the charges a well as from her personal injury ,claim against the insurance carrier of the apartment complex where ‘she fell. The Watson’s have made similar ‘accusations of their son-in-law and.. alleged to the court that he “frivo- lously” spent $5,000 Tonya re- ceived as part of her medical claim against the apartment complex: Rick Vosburgh strongly denied that accusation in court records. On Thursday, Judge W. Brent West ruled that any money paid to’ Tonya Vosburgh would be admin-: istered by First Security Bank until the court decides who will have full custody and guardianship of the incareciane woman. v Standard-Examiner » | Elvis FE | Dupree ie ul. * Age: 24 _ Description: _ Dupree is 6 4 “®. feet 2 inches | tallErcenee 180 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes. He has tattoos of the "Celestine" on his neck and clowns on his right arm. Dupree has warrants trom the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for firearm possession and from Ogden Police for cocaine possession. He should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information can call the ATF, 924-7000, or the Top of Utah Most Wanted Tip Line, 392-TIPS. | _ source: NUCAT — dorj-Examiner court fight Attorneys spar Over the existence of videotapes BY TIM GURRISTER | Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net OGDEN — The ances eeereteearactenntememetenin.s coming Proceedings in the prosecution of concert-goers at a rap festival will be bitt erly fought, if Tuesday’s hearin g is any indication. Attorneys sparred before 2nd District Judge W. Brent West over the existence of videotapes and who has them from the June 27 concer t at Union Station that dre w 50 police to shut it down. Six defendants were facing trial next month, now strick€n as motion filings con tinue — including four def endants Claiming racism on the part of the Weber County Attorney’s Office. Their two defense atto r_heys filed motions last month alleging racial prejudice was the source of the thirddegree -felony riot charges. The six defendants aré black. The: two Dee Smith i Ogden lawyers, and Roy Cole, who filed the racism fense attorneys in the case claims also learned Tuesday they would not be joined in those claims by the other two de- . Prominent Sait Lake lawyers Ed Brass and Earl Xaiz are | filing no motions in the case, the judge was told Tue sday by Brass, who said he was also speaking for Xaiz. As to whether accusatio ns of racial discrimination could still become part of his case , in remarks after the hearing, Brass would only say, “I hope not.” Cole said after the hearing he was not concer ned at the different direction Brass and Xaiz are taking, sayi believe it would be an ng, “] appeal PR Or hg rere oe DN Uh er See MELEE/2¢ . bir ' [omicide arrest shocks suspect's Ogden neighbors BY JANAE FRANCIS“ g found Standard-Examiner staff jfrancis@standard.net OGDEN — Police say Joseph Weatherspoon, 51, had no previous police record. And a neighbor describes him as a nice person concerned about the futures of local youth. i But police y arrested a Weatheris f spo poon Saturday on criminal ho- micide charges after fishermen the body of 38-year-old Johanna McCann, his live-in girlfriend, wrapped in plastic off the side of the road near Pineview Reservoir Saturday morning. “He'd always tell rt me to stay in school Weatherspoon ° } 4 a and take care of my mom,” said Chris Myers, a 16-year-old neighbor | ee in the man’s apart- few months ago to be with McCann. _ “Pye known him since I was litment complex on the 2300. block of tle,’ Myers said. “He used to visit us a lot. I didn’t think he’d do anything Harrison Boulevard. like this.” Myers said Sunday Myers said he saw Weatherspoon night he’d known loading “a bunch of stuff” into his Weatherspoon for van Friday night, about when police three or four years. Myers” ° taid. believe McCann was killed. Police pi not releasing how the woman Weatherspoon. lived ~ McCann ied. : in the complex ‘for The teen said he was heading to a several years before he moved to the apartment directly next door a concert when he saw Weatherspoon | | He Homicide into Weatherspoon’s former apartment a couple of weeks ago, said she, too, was surprised when police began their investigation Saturday. From 1A Sowers said she was imd with Weatherspoon presse David Lt. Duty Ogden her daughter, who has when ’s Tarran said the dead woman lived in the complex for sevprevious police record aided eral years, introduced them. a great deal in the investigaAt home at the time when | tion. believe the homicide police on Because McCann was took place, Sowers said she parole for forgery, police had didn’t notice anything unher fingerprints on file. usual. She attributed a noisy finger the said Tarran staircase in the complex as the off prints likely cut days one reason she may not have time police otherwise would thought twice about any loud the fy identi to d neede have noises. body. Sowers said she moved to He said when police began complex out of concern the investigating the crime, they her safety after having for red occur it e believ did not in another apartment. lived found. was where the body thought this would be. “T McWhen they entered : better,” she said. much Cann’s apartment, he said, poplannot she’s said she But lice immediately saw indicaning to move. She doesn’t tions that a Violent event had think this experience is indicshe ve belie taken place and ative of the neighborhood. was killed in the apartment. Sowers’ daughter, Danielle said Lt. Loring Draper rs, said she was friends Sowe reany of d recor no there was both parties involved. with by nce ports of domestic viole said police will an Tarr the couple in the past. investigate the to inue cont Draper said Weatherspoon incident. Anyone with any in- was arrested after police questioned him because “he information enough gave fied as the identi was he that suspect.” Tarran said police believe the couple had been dating | less than a year. Karen Sowers, who moved formation or who remembers seeing anything suspicious that may be connected to the crime, should call. police at 629-8221. Draper said he expects d Weatherspoon to be arraigne y. toda me someti If igto.correet any, error promptly. The Standard-Examiner’s policy , calh625-4210 from unfair is ‘think you ing anyth or you find a mistake 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekaays. that night. Myers said the man acted like he didn’t want to talk to him but he didn’t think anything about it at the time. “J just thought he was not feeling good or something,” Myers said. But Saturday when police arrived on the scene and began asking questions, Myers was surprised to learn that Weatherspoon was at the center of a homicide investigation. ~ See. HOMICIDE/2A METRO | EDITIO! Miele -EX (MINER 4, 1993 325- 4220 vX% From 1B bind. Court records show more Vosburghs have more than a dozen civil filings against the couple since 1985. The records show the than $15,000 in unsatisfied judgments in Davis and Weber counties, although the records don’t show how much of that has been Dakid off. Alttorney Brad Rich, who represented the couple at Thursday’s hearing, said the Vosburghs were John ‘Rick’ Vosburgh (left) and Tonya Vosburgh make their way into 2nd Cir- CHUCK able to make bail with the financial help of relatives. The lawyer said he will represent pink Vosburgh for the WING/Standard-Examiner cuit Court for their hearing on murder and arson charges Thursday afternoon. rest of the court proceedings, but they are trying to find another lawyer to represent his wife. “With the help of her family, hope they hire an attorney. we She may ‘still end up needing a public defender, though,” Rich, ‘said, ad- Dawn Womack shouts at the couple ac- cused of killing her sister Bobbi Jo to collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy they had taken out on her. By DAVID CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON — ig aftermath of a court hearing Chine fOr | a former bavion couple accused of killing 18-year-old aio Jo Womack turned rauc na as relatives of the dead woman shouted insults at me SlWetec and ran after them as they drove av way from NS courthouse ohn “Rick” and nih ya Vosburgh, both eee -d with first-deg ny murder and a! mnt aggravated arson in theUa ‘ch 3 garage fire that killed Womack, th eir foster daughter, were leaving the Davis County Criminal Justice Comp le x when members of the Womack family began shouting at them. “I think it’s a shame that killers can be walking free,” the dead woman’s mother, Eileen Womack, yelled as the Vosburghs and their lawyer walked out of the courthouse. Bobbi Jo’s sister, Dawn Womack, along with her brother and BAe sisters, followed the suspects, who were ringed by 1 a a and photographers. garbage! They’re She trash! shouted, They should “They’re burn in in the courtroom, said nothing to each other until the outbursts outside. ‘They’re garbage! They’re trash! _ The Vosburghs were arrested May 26 by i ist police but were released Thursday They should bum in hell.’ — Dawn Womack Moments later, as a sudden dov ieee hit the area and the y osburghs and their lawyer got into a car to leave, Dawn Womack and her sister, Jennifer, ran through the rain after them, continuing to yell. The scene outside was a sharp contrast to sn calm proceedings inside’ the 2nd Circuit -ourtroom just a few ee tes before as the v osburghs appeared before Judge Alfred C. Van Wagenen for a preliminary hearing on the charges, which also include individual counts of second-degree filing a false insurance claim. The Vosburghs, who have denied any bias arte In previous interviews, ignored ers questions inside the Lon botae and and the Womack family, who were Leek the Davis C ounty Jail 100,000. bail each. They after putting up are accused of stein a fire in the detached garage of their rae Layton home ait 733 W. Gentile St; where firefighters found Womick’: S body. Womack, who was mentally disabled from a brain injury suffered in a childhood car accident, had lived with the Voshi urghs in their fos ter care for more than a year ur ider an rent and ie the agreement between them and Eileen who lives in Salt | wake City The Vosbur rgh 1S were paid young woman’s expenses pe { ust establishec inst urance Prosecutors said they started intent ionally throughout the gare | collect on a $100,000 Womack hag: a $147,000 a accident. tire was nd life insurance polisICy / the Vosburghs had taken out on Bobbi Jo last November. Lae [hey claim the couple was in a finan cial see WOMACK on 2B ding that ts believed it was impor- tant both defendants counsel. “So far as I know, have separate there are no conflicts in the defenses they intend ‘It’s not fair. My daughter is in the cemetery. She’s dead and they’re walking the streets.’ — Eileen Womack to raise,” he said. Rich asked for a postponement of the preliminary hearing for at least a month to allow tht and the other attorney to dig thfough the extensive number of polite reports and other evidence prosecutors plan to Re sent. Judge V ‘an A logroigs set the hearing for July 2nd Citcuit Court in Layton. At oe request of prosecutor the judge set asidg the entire day for the hearing. ! Afterward, Eileen Womack and voiced burghs had anger thaf he e wept Vos- been released from jail. “It’s not fair. My davghter the cemetery. She’s jdead they're walking the streéts.” is in and ‘ [] Caseworker says she continues would differ much from the first. | > The mentally ill finding may help BookBooker said Gummow determined Voser convince Page at sentencing to grant burgh was mentally ill due in part to a loss Vosburgh probation, with the condition of brain tissue following an aneutysm and she serve the term with her parents in Arbrain surgery in‘late 1993 after a fall. kansas. | He said Vosburgh also suffers sympHe claims Vosburgh is not a threat to toms similar to schizophrenia, in that she society and would make an expensive prishas hallucinations which alarm her. on inmate. Vosburgh, still using a walker, uttered a cheery, childlike “How ya doin?” to Page She is on 12 different medications and at the hearing and said she’s “doing pretty sees a physical, therapist 11 times a week, good.” | ; he said, for various mental and physical ailments. She complained about: having another psychological evaluation but. brightened Harward said he, and police and firewhen Page reassured her it involved “no fighters who investigated Womack’s death, blood test, no needles.” | want Vosburgh incarcerated, whether in Vosburgh faces up to 15 years}in prison the Utah State Hospital or prison. to pretend to be mentally ill By NANCY MITCHELL Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau JSS MOET ARON NIN SPREE “FARMINGTON -— With at least one psychologist declaring Tonya Vosburgh mentally ill, attorneys speculate the former Layton woman will get probation or hospitalization for the March 3, 1993 death of Her disabled foster daughter. *..A second psychologist’s report is to be completed by July 23, when Vosburgh, 35, will be sentenced more than three years af- tet she’s admitted recklessly killing Bobbi Jo Womack, 18. ‘.The mentally ill finding by Salt Lake n€uropsychologist Linda Gummow appeared to surprise no one who attended Vosburgh’s hearing Tuesday in 2nd District Court, with the exception of social worker Bobbi Schutz. “T just can’t believe she continues to get. VOSBURGH: A second psychologist’s report is to be completed before her sentencing on July 23. away with faking people out,’ Womack’s former caseworker said. “She may be so entrenched in the role she’s playing that she becomes that.” : Neither Prosecutor Carvel Harward nor defense attorney Robert Booker, who said the finding was expected, would release a copy The of Gummow’s Rodney report S. sentencing saying he report. was submitted to date in the lengthy case Page, who doubted scheduled the second Judge the first after report on each } ¥ % Rick Vosburgh enters guil ty plea _ FARMINGTON ~ John Vosburgh faces up to 15 “Rick” jen IN Prison when he’s sentenced ay 8 for filing a fraudu lent surance claim after the M 3, 1993, death of his dieahiaa foster daughter. Vosburgh, 45, former! Layton, pleaded guilty i Wednesday in 2nd Dist rict Court to the second-de gree felony count. In return for plea, charges of murder his and arson were dismissed. _ “Thank God it’s Over,” Vosburgh’s attorney, Brad Rich Said as he left the cou rtroom, Vosburgh, wearing his . trademark cowboy hat declined comment. of the second-degree felony counts, manslaughter and insurance fraud, to which she pleaded guilty and) mentally ill April 23. She admitted recklessly killing Womack, who died of smoke inhalation after fire erupted in the Vosburghs’ Gentile Street garage. | | The plea agreement was €xpected after Vosbur gh, now of Salt Lake, testified in December against his estranged wife, Tonya Vosburgh. Tonya Vosburgh has pleaded guilty and men tally ill to felony Charges of manslaughter and ins urance fraud and is Scheduled to be sentenced July 2. Rick Vosburgh said Wednesday he and his estranged wife presen ted a false insurance Claim for $100,000 after Bobb; Jo Womack, 18, died in a fire in the Vosburghs’ garage . Rich said his client Con tinues to deny any involveme nt in Womack’s death. A sentencing date for Vosburgh’s al-_ leged accomplice, John “Rick” Vosburgh, 45, also was to be scheduled today. He became a prosecution witness last year and was expected to enter into a plea bargain before Judge Glen R. Dawson. | a Lawyer may bI lock. Vosburgh testi mony y By NANCY MITCHELL Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau me FARMINGTON ~-_ The much-delayed murder trial of Tonya Vosburgh will begin April | 24 as planned, lawyers handling the case reported Tuesday to a judge. Defense attorney Robert Booker said he will call about ‘seven witnesses, including Vos‘burgh, during the scheduled three-day trial, while prosecutors have submitted a list of more than 30 witnesses. As expected, Vosburgh’s estranged husband, John “Rick” Vosburgh, is on the a iiacyinns S list. “Rick Vosburgh is still ‘hs wild card in this,” Booker said after Tuesday’s pretrial hearing. “‘It will be interesting to see which version of the events he’ll give.” Booker said he’ll file motions to try to stop Rick Vosburgh from testifying about statements made by his wife, citing them as privileged spousal communica- tions. : He also wants to prevent jurors from hearing about the results of polygraph tests taken by | Rick Vosburgh. Prosecutors say the results prove the husband was not in- volved in planning the March pr (fa j fi i Via 3,1993 Layton garage /fire that killed foster daughter Bobbi Jo Womack, 18. But Booker contends Rick Vosburgh paid the polygraph examiners who administered the tests, and he wants jurors to de- cide if the husband is being truthful. Tonya Vosburgh, who has claimed she is mentally ill, may testify depending on her mental State. “Frankly, I’m very worried about what she does and does not understand,” he said. “I don’t have the impression that she recalls clearly what happened that day.” Booke1 has suggested to prosecutors that she might consider pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide, admitting gasoline and matches or a lighter should not have been left within Womack’s reach. | But he said prosecutors have not responded to those suggestions. He wants jurors to consider the misdemeanor count during their deliberations. ‘Rick and Tonya Vosburgh, in the midst of a divorce, each face felony charges of murder, aggravated arson: and filing a false inSurance claim. They are accused of killing Womack to collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy. STANDARD-EXAMINER FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 1993 CITY EDITOR: 625-4220 eee ARN ded Judge orders dela Tonya Vosburgh on Vosburgh By DAVID CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau - FARMINGTON — A 2nd Circuit Court Judge has delayed John “Rick” and Tonya Vosburgh’s preliminary hearing next week on charges of murder and aggravated arson to allow the woman time to recover from a head injury and stroke. Judge Alfred C. Van Wagenen scheduled a review hearing for Nov. 11 at which time he will decide if 32-year-old Tonya Vosburgh has recovered sufficiently to stand {rial on the first-degree felony charges she and her husband face. Her attorney Randall Gaither, told the court his client has been a patient at Holy Cross Hospital since Aug. 4, after a fall at her home in Farmington in which she “suffered a severe head injury. Gaithersaid, Vosburgh underwent a brain surgery on Aug. 6 and soon afterward suffered a stroke. AS a result, he states in an affidavit, the woman has difficulty speaking and has lost the use of both arms. “My client did not recognize me or realize that I was her attorney. “T do not believe that my client is able to have a rational or factual understanding of the proceedings against her.” Police and prosecutors are alleging the Vosburghs set the March 3 garage fire that killed 18-year-old Bobbi Jo Womack, whom the couple cared for under an agreement with the young woman’s mother. Firefighters found the body of Womack, who was mentally retarded, in the detached garage of the house the Vosburghs rented at 733 W. Gentile St. Prosecutors allege Rick and Tonya Vosburgh killed the young womRAH oes From 1B Van Wagenen his office would not object to the delay, but said if need be, the case against Rick Vosburgh could continue as scheduled. “We are not asking at this time for a severance (of the cases),” his lawyer, Bradley Rich said. Gaither said doctors at Holy Cross are still trying to assess Tonya Vosburgh’s physical and mental condition, and a probable release date has not been determined. He asked that the preliminary hearing be continued 90 days, but the judge instead chose to have the review hearing in 60 days. When contacted Thursday to check on her condition, hospital officials said they had no listing for Tonya Vosburgh as a patient. Gaither maintains she is there, however. 9) NRL: seu: Lawyer says he doesn’t believe she is able to understand proceedings against her. an to collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy they allegedly took out on her last year. They have also been charged with a second-degree felony count of filing a false insurance claim. The Vosburghs have pleaded innocent to the charges, but have declined interviews on the case since their arrest in May. Rick Vosburgh, 43, did not answer questions from the news media after Thursday’s hearing. The three-day preliminary ,hear- ing was scheduled to begin Mon- P day. Prosecutor Carvel Harward told See TRIAL on 2B see CHURCH on 28 Former North Ogden M ayols ny Vosburgh court records sh By TIM GURRISTER and DAVID CASTELLON Standard-Examiner Police and court records show a long history of financial misdeal- ings by Tonya Vosburgh, who along with her husband John were charged with murder and arson this week in the death of their foster daughter. The couple is being held in the Davis County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail each. They face a preliminary hearing Thursday before 2nd Circuit Judge Alfred C. Van Wagenen. Prosecutors allege John Richard “Rick” Vosburgh, 42, and Tonya Watson Vosburgh, 32, killed their foster daughter Bobbi Jo Womack, 18, in a March 3 fire at their former home at 733 W. Gentile St., Layton. They have since relocated to Farmington. Layton Lake City, where The Vosburghs they work. are also charged rested them Wednesday police ar- in Salt with presenting a false insurance claim, a second-degree felony, on a life insurance policy they took out on Womack less than three months before the fire. The Vosburghs are no strangers tO courtrooms. Court records show more than a dozen filings against them in Weber and Since 1985. Davis counties The cases are mostly civil actions. although Rick Vosburgh has a 1983- ty. In February 1992, Tonya Vosburgh was arrested by Layton police and charged with third-degree felony theft for allegedly withdraw- Jo although officers did reto several reports of the ya Vosburgh from 1985 thro ugh 1991. Court documents show five different Ogden addresses for her in bank records showed $570 was tak- that time period. According to court records, Tonya Vosburgh has been sued under the name Tonya Watson and Tonya Jones. Court records also indicated that Rick Vosburgh has used the name Rick Jones in the past. : Attorney Steve Major said the theft charge against Vosburgh was later dismissed because the teenager could not say for sure if Vosburgh just gave him $50 or if he received al] @ 1985 Tonya Vosburgh is sued in March for $210 by Bonnevil le Billing Co., a collection agen cy typically hired by utilities. doctors, lawyers and other professi onals. The court in January 1987 rules against her and by April of that Ei- leen, said she enrolled her daughter in the Kaysville group home in 1991 where she met Tonya Vosburgh, an employee there. The next year she allowed Bobbi Jo to move year she has “satisfied the judg- in with Vosburgh and her husband under their foster care. Eileen Womack said she decided on the move because Tonya Vos- ment,” as court records show. It is one of only two cases on file in the Ogden circuit that show her payi ng off when sued successfully. _ Late that same year. Knight AdJustment Bureau, a collection agency, sues her for nearly $300 owed for the purchase of stoneware, first of many court judgmentthe s against her that have yet to be paid in full, according to court records. @ 1986 She is charged with class A misdemeanor theft, for which burgh convinced her she was being sexually molested at the home, however, Tonya Vosburgh has denied she ever made such a claim to See VOSBURGH on 28 days in jail, suspended upon payment of a $150 fine. @ 1987 Davis Bureau FARMINGTON — A former foster parent couple accused of killing 18-year-old Bobbi Jo Womack in a March 3 arson fire were ar- raigned Thursday in 2nd Circuit Court on first-degree felony charges of murder and ag- gravated arson. | ohn Haichard “Rick” Vosburgh, 42, and onya Watson Vosburgh, 32; who prosecu- tors claim killed their foster daughter in a garage fire at their former Layton home to collect on her $100,000 life insurance policy, said little during the brief hearing. They were represented by a public defender. The couple, arrested by Layton police Wednesday, told Judge Alfred C. Van Wage- nen they had retained Salt Lake City attorneys Brad Rich and Ronald J. Yengich to represent them. When contacted later in the day, however, Rich said he and his partner were giving the Vosburghs legal advice, but expected them to be ruled indigent by the court and would likely be appointed a public defender beforg uled for next Prosecutors gasoline fire ig department store owed. After November of that year, no further entries appear in court records although the case rema ins Open and the court judgment is listed as unpaid. @ 1988 Late in the year a jewel er 7 g mer Layton ha fighters called § mentally disal autopsy reveal lation. Less than th thorities said, § surance for \ Sears Sues her successfully for $275.77 "Former foster parents arraigned By DAVID CASTELLON sued under the name Tonya Watson and at the group two theft charges filed apainst Ton- accompa- the money withdrawn. Bobbi Jo Womack’s mother, Vosburgh has been Tonya Jones. mentally disabled girl wandering off nied the boy to a Layton bank to help him withdraw $50, however County molested and committing minor assaults on Other students. Second Circuit Court records in Ogden show 11 civil actions and Prosecutors alleged that on Jan. 3 en out that day. Deputy Davis being home, spond ing more than $500 from the bank account of a blind teenager who lived at the Kaysville group home Vosburgh worked at. of that year, Vosburgh records, Tonya the movher, Kaysville Police Chief Dave Helquist said his department never Investigated any reports of Bobbj she is subsequently sentenced to 30 Standard-Examiner According to court From 1B conviction of misdemeanor sodomy on his record in Carbon Coun- staff Standard-Examiner Pare sues Tonya Vosburgh successful for $363.63 owed. The judgment ly is never satisfied, according to court records, and the jeweler has not pursued the debt since 1991, usual- ly meaning the plaintiff has given up trying to collect because of the expense involved, civil court clerks Said. 1989 The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind credit union in 1989 sues her Successfully for $3,335 owed, a judgment that has yet to be paid in full. The last ac- tion taken in the case is a bench warrant issued for Tonya Vos+ burgh’s arrest in early 1991 when she didn’t answer other summons lO appear in court to face the judge about the money owed. Court records show the bench warrant expired in a year without ever being served, and the school has not asked the court for another. Also that year, Bonneville Billing sues Tonya Vosburgh again, for a $545 debt, and is awarded a judg- ment by the court, as it’ was two years earlier. Court records indicate the judgment has yet to be paid in full. Unlike the previous case, Bonneville has to garnish wages and at One point the court issues a bench warrant tO get partial payment. In an unrelated criminal case, Tonya Vosburgh is sentenced in Ju- ly to 18.months probation after pleading guilty to third-degree feto- ny theft, reduced from-.4 second-degree felony in a plea bargain. m 1990 A private individual suc- cessfully Rick sues Vosburgh her and husband for a $225 debt. The debt is listed as unpaid in court records. 3 That same year, Petersen Moto r Co. sues Tonya Vosburgh successfully for a $6,462 debt. Despite the award of judgment by the court in October of that year, the court resorts to garnishing wages in April 1991 to get payment but the judgment has yet to be paid in full; ac- cording to court records. Also in 1990, Bonneville Billing sues Tonya successfully again for a $245.93 debt and collects. Awarded judgment by April 1990. it’s fully paid off by October 1991, only the second judgment court recor ds show she paid in full. @ 1991 Fidelity Financial services sues Tonya Vosburgh successfully for $1,771.98 in February. By June. proceedings are stayed because of notice of bankruptcy filing — the only case file so noted. Culligan Water Conditioner Co. sues her successfully for a $1.036 debt, awarded judgment by the court in September 1991. The jment remains unpaid. ‘ % % a “Weather i i en eR nae eee Murder | Agenda ) Re Friday, April 7, 2006 gd en victim's family testifies BY TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net OGDEN — Attorneys debated whether an entire life can be measured by one horrific act while his victim’s family told Joe Weatherspoon all about the woman he killed Thursday before he began a possible life prison term. Weatherspoon, 52, pleaded suilty in February to the April 15, 2005, murder of girlfriend Johanna McCann in their Ogden apartment. Fishermen found the body the next day near Pineview Reservoir, and Weatherspoon has been jailed ever since, after being arrested the same day. He told police he acted in a fit of rage that he couldn't explain during an argument. Although stabbed numerous times, including a thrust that punctured a lung, McCann, 37, ‘could have survived if she had been taken to an emergency room, according to medical testimony. McKay-Dee Hospital was only three miles away. Instead, Weatherspoon disposed See MURDER/4C — From 1C of bloody evidence and rented a carpet cleaner, waiting until nightfall to dispose of the body. “Jekyll and Hyde comes to mind,” said Deputy Weber County Attorney Gary Heward to Judge W. Weatherspoon Poe ae . erspoon is described as a giving person, a kind man and a good employee, with no real criminal record, he said. “That’s the outward appearance he gives to the world,” Heward said. “But we really are defined by the thoughts and actions no one sees.” “This doesn’t mean he spent the first 51 years of his life fooling people,” defense attorney John Caine responded. “He’s a decent person, he’s helped people ... But be- cause of dynamics we don’t know anything about, and Joe doesn’t fully understand, he commits this crime. “He’s a good person, today. He is not defined by this crime.” In sentencing him to a six-years-to-life prison term, Judge West told Weatherspoon, “I don’t know, you haven’t said, what caused this. But there must be a monster that lives in all of us.” “The first person you see when you die will be Johan- na,” her mother, Nancy ‘Messerly, told Weatherspoon. “It will be up to her to say ‘I forgive you.” Messerly said she, instead of forgiveness, wished he would never get out of prison. “That would be a comfort to us and other victims of crime,” she told West. “You asked each of us in the family, ‘How can I make Johanna love me?’” she told the defendant. “You did the same with your co-workers. You got the same advice we gave you: Give her space and time. You didn’t listen. “TI know she was telling you to move out. You should have listened.” At the same time, Messerly said, Weatherspoon never told his immediate family about Johanna, and in fact had another girlfriend. “You cut her face after she bled to death. What was that for?” she asked. “Was that for us?” After all the heated commentary, Caine said Weatherspoon wanted to speak. But he could only manage a few barely audible comments about making the most of his prison term, and to the family “I pray every day that God helps you through the pain.” A few friends and family were on hand in the courtroom for Weatherspoon, including a sister who came from Las Vegas, but his two adult daughters were absent. Heward noted that the day after the murder, Weatherspoon turned up for his job as a referee at a youth basketball same. His employer sent a letter to the judge saying that indicates what a good person Weatherspoon is, he said. TOP¢UTAH | der-suicide’s wake City Editor: 625-4224 www.standard.net Grief in mur Standard-Examiner — l uncertain la Joseph's de athces stil Reason behind Ange at school Friday, he said. suicide that left the 15-year-old Ben servi By MARK GRAY Standard-Examiner staff NORTH OGDEN : - The reflection Lomond High sophomore dead and her mother’s boyfriend, Reo Patrick Williams, compelled to take his own but life. long, wasn’t The Standard-Examiner contacted enough for a stranger to leave a purple family members at their home Friday bouquet of flowers a evening, but the family declined commenting at this time. few feet from where A crisis response team was at Ben Angela Joseph tragically lost her life at Lomond High School Friday to help the hands of a man students and teachers grieve. They to ved belie had many will also be on hand next week. be: her father. “It’s challenging,” said Ogden dent Ted Adams. | After placing the Schools Superinten Joseph of grief.” sense “There’s a deep - flowers, the middle-aged man got in didn’t attend nts stude al Sever -his vehicle and drove away from the at home, grieve to ing choos , school Dieerie spot atop the North Ogden stumany that s said, adding vide Friday afternoon that still had Adam More . Friday early school left glass shards and a dried pool of blood dents murder- than 100 students used the counseling _as evidence of Thursday’s ae enone Joseph’s school locker was decorated throughout the day by students with balloons, flowers and notes. “In that school there is a sense of belonging,” Adams said. ‘People are very caring toward other people.” The Weber County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the circumstances that caused 28-year-old Williams to gun down his girlfriend’s daughter before killing himself Thursday. Preliminary information indicates Williams became upset about Jo- iff’s Lt. Klint Anderson. “The issue about the grades is unusual.” Anderson said he didn’t know how a drive that was supposed to center around “grades and family issues” turned into the first murder-suicide in the area in more than two years. Adams couldn’t comment srades or behavior at school. on her Area police records show Williams has had an adult criminal history since 1993. Last September, Ogden police re- sponded to the trio’s home in the 1100 block of Collins Boulevard after Joseph called because of a civil disturbance between her mother, Pat Yazzie, and Williams. Two months later, police returned seph’s poor grades in a Spanish class. Although he wasn’t Joseph's biologi: cal father, many considered him akin Williams shocked himself while to a stepdad. The three lived together after ‘working on his car. While trying to in Ogden. ’s attention, he broke a win“There’s still a question of why this get Yazzie report said. police a dow, Shery happened,” said Weber Count | eat Ne a — crews arrived. said. | Archuletta said the girl died on scene, while the man died en route to the hospital in a helicopter. The empty car sat quietly at vide home when over the the victim’s perately waving her hands. Around two miles down the canyon, family members athered, g d e s a e c e d e th ofhoping for answers of what One of the men, to be the victim's - driver-side and rear-passen- claiming ger-side windows shot out. brother, the suspect murder weapon, a silver handgun accompanied by a magazine of bul- tering it, after hearing On the hood of the car sat lets. Archuletta said the suspect brought with him a full box of ammunition, as well. “There were a lot rounds missing from box,” he said. — of the oa di- mother ran to the road des- with its front- happened. the scene ——aEE pleted their shifts and were was awake, but she heading personnel eV? said the troopers had com- “She Medical ‘ * chuletta said, talk,” — UHP Sgt. Chris Simmons man were barely alive, Ar- couldn’t emergency ——— before victim . - minutes on the gunman and © From iA seen, Murder te Standard-Examiner. hurled cell his phone at the ground, shat- de- tails of the act and being denied access scene. With to the | crime the selfless acts : of four people taking place up the canyon, one area resident, Reed Ostlund, did his ‘small part at the bottom of erriv r-d rea the Next to the divide, taking family had od blo of l poo a , tire side into his home, givmembers gathered. It was final rest- - ing them drinks and a place ts for the gunman. ing spo It’s likely the man was kept alive that long thanks - to those passersby who performed CPR for about 10 ae ae to grieve. The retired Department of Defense employee said, “That's just neighbors.” F wv « « at —— “ rea ; TS pene eee “ % is es eh ase ig 8 j Semen 2 e * Tet CS MISE Ll fis lg St Sy . 3 | f GE lat ON: Sie Beak) ae BY cee ene oT * haa f eats RE Sai Ee he 2 Si ‘i tape he Coe eR ORME Sy Saat Mi, Bes BY BE ONY es Fanta yt Seta a. a a 13 PLL co Claims of lack of due process In anette BY TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net OGDEN — The Utah Court of Appeals has thrown out H.C. Massey’s lawsuit against the Ogden-area Community Action Agency he once led, which fired him almost seven years ago. It’s the fifth time a court has rejected the lawsuit. Now munity called Ogden Weber ComPartnerships, the federally funded anti-poverty agency was in . hot water with federal regulators for * phoneme all kinds of mismanagement problems until Massey was fired, after heading the agency for 28 years as its executive director. In August 1996, employees had picketed the agency to protest alleged mismanagement and abuses by Massey, and a subsequent audit revealed the agency had overcharged the federal Head Start program $497,000 between 1994 and 1997. By December 1997, Massey was fired. The federal government had placed the agency on probationary “at-risk” status by then, in danger of being shut down as it struggled with reorganiza- | agency refused Citing rejected tion and funding issues. By November 2001, the debt from the overcharge was forgiven by the federal government, although it retained a lien on the agency’s assets. The Utah Court of Appeals decision on Massey’s lawsuit suit came Thursday, rejecting his claims of lack of due process in the firing and insufficient grounds. “Our attorney was well-pleased, and we are well-pleased. We wish Mr. Massey well, and we’re going to move on,” said Brad Dee, chairman of the agency’s board of trustees, which actually fired Massey and is the defen- restores _Masse From Tos. 1C said Scott Hagen, one of the lawyers part of the team defending the board of trustees from Massey’s suit. He ' agreed the suit has never gone to trial but said that typically means the case is weak. The suit was originally filed in federal court in Salt Lake City, but it was dismissed by January 2000, according to court records. Massey appealed that decision to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, which upheld the lower court’s decision, again killing the suit in early 2001. That decision was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which refused to hear x ; ag fet . “ait 1 De ca Me ES a oh eR ORS cet the case. By November 2001, Massey refiled in Ogden’s 2nd District Court. The suit was thrown out last year by Judge Michael Lyon. The state appeals court’s ruling Thursday upheld his decision. A chief focus of the anti- poverty program, located at 3159 Grant Ave., is the preschool program Head Start, which serves almost 1,000 Weber County children. During the turbulent years of the Massey controversy, the agency lost several million dollars in federal poverty-relief grants while it was reorganizing. A review by fall of 2001 showed a restored confidence in the program from federal regulators and federal funding restored almost to previous levels. Administrators were even beginning to talk of expansion plans. dant in his lawsuit. Massey, still an Ogden landlord and chairman of the local chapter of the NAACP, said he hadn’t yet discussed the court’s decision with his lawyer, David Holdsworth, of Salt Lake City. A call to Holdsworth was not immediately returned. But Massey said Holdsworth told him previously that two or three other avenues still remain for the well-trav- eled lawsuit. “We have never got our day in court,” he said, referring to the fact the suit has never gone to trial, always 7 dismissed in the motion phase. ” matter,” the closes this “We hope See MASSEY/4C . ee PN ea Qgden hip-hop concert | ends withn riot, 10 arrests By MARIE MacKAY Union Ave. Standard-Examiner staff St OGDEN ~- A local record company’s attempt to put Ogden on the map of the hip-hop world took a detour over the weekend when a riot broke out between concert-goers and police. Ten people may be facing various charges after officers from Ogden Police Department, Weber County Sheriff’s Office and Utah Highway Patrol broke up a riot of about 75 people at From Page One From 1A least 48 hours,” said Tanoka Beard, sponsor of the event CEO of DUB DUB Re- cords, a small independent label located in Ogden. In order to receive per- mission | | a | to hold the 2501 Wall Ogden-Weber Metro around p.m. Gang Unit received a call Friday, 9:15 that people at a hip-hop) concert, the DUB Records DUB All-Star Jam, might have been consuming alcohol and controlled substances lawfully at the station. concert, the company signed a contract with a private contractor, agreeing to not have any alcohol on the premises during the entire evening, Ogden Police Lt. Scott Conley Said. The private contractor became concerned that people were drinking alcohol and using illegal substances so he called the gang unit to do a perimeter check. “When they arrived on the scene, (the gang unit) tried to enter but the bouncer, who was very large in stature, said they couldn’t come in unless they had a ticket or paid the $10 fee,” Conley Said. After warning the 6-foot11-inch bouncer that he was obstructing justice and interfering with a police officer, members of the gang unit tried to take him into custody. The bouncer’s brother, “who was approximately the same size,” noticed what was going on and tried to intervene with the arrest, escalating the situation into a physi- un- “T’ve been advised by my lawyer not to say anything about the situation for at > See INCIDENT/3A : // F ae i / Incident and The Station, cal confrontation, Conley Said. While this was happening, approximately 75 people from inside the building began gathering . outside around the officers. Many people became very agitated with the officers, yelling obscenities and using physical force, Conley Said. several backup units from the sheriff’s office and UHP arrived on the scene, and 10 individuals were eventually arrested. They may be charged for various violations such as inciting a riot, unlawful consumption of alcohol, assaulting a police officer and interfering if C4 : j standard-Examiner with a police officer, Conley Said. Around 9:45 p.m., cops shut the concert down and the rest of the people left the area. Police officers. also found opened containers of alcohol in the building. No illegal substances were found. “The police officers were well within the perimeters of the law to take control of the situation,’ Conley said. “It’s unfortunate. If they would have just allowed the police to check the building, the problem would have been alleviated.” Conley said the last riot he remembers in Ogden was approximately 18 years at the Moose Lodge. ago STANDARD-EXAMINER SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1996 us LOCAL NEWS EDITOR: 625-4220 osburghs to b e arraigned this week Spotlight Sunday someplace "| Suspects face felony court nearly 3 years after foster daughter's death By NANCY MITCHELL pled on the concrete floor in the corner of the garage in the 700 West block of Gentile Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau = AYTON - Police allege it was a brutal crime, committed Street. in the cold, early- f.f/morning darkness of March 3, 1993. Someone trapped a disabled young woman in a Layton garage, poured gasoline between her and the door and ignited the liq- uid, hurrying away as flames roared forth and spewed thick black smoke. Bobbi Jo Womack to run to. Within a few minutes, she would have breathed in the smoke and soot that authorities say killed her. Her body was found crum- didn’t have a chance. At 18, she had the mental capacity of a child and could not run, even if there were It took Layton police close to three months to make arrests, alleging Womack’s foster parents Rick and Tonya Vosburgh committed murder and arson to collect on the girl’s $100,000 life insurance policy. It has taken Davis County prosecutors nearly three years to get the couple to felony | court. Tonya Vosburgh will be arOn Tuesday, raigned in 2nd District Court and her now-es- tranged husband will appear a week later. For the first time, trial dates will be set. As the delays in the couple’s case stacked up into years, it has created friction between Layton police and prosecutors and prompted Womack’'s former social worker to question whether prosecutors care about the girl's death. Davis prosecutors blamed the delays on Tonya Vosburgh, who claimed mental illness, and said their hands were tied by a criminal justice system that put the rights of defendants above all else. “We allowed ourselves to be delayed by the tactics of Tonya,’ Davis County Attorney >» See VOSBURGH/5B eet ns sana aie Seer Rn CI CC Ee TRIAL DATES TO BE SET: Police allege Tonya (left) and Rick Vosburgh committed murder and arson to collect on Bobbi Jo Womack’s $100,000 life insurance policy. amen 21, 19% Sunday. January From 1B Mel Wilson said. But he also admitted, “We should-have pushed to set dates, hearingse». We just didn’t do it.” Between the arrests and the upcOming arraignments, Tonya Vosburgh’s requests for continuances contained four changes in defense attorneys and described a laundry list of medical problems. A fallin July 1993, subsequent brain surgery and hospital stays pushed the case into early 1994, when hér'first attorney filed a petition to*determine her mental competency to stand trial. State law provides a maximum of 60 days for mental health evaluators .to submit reports. Vosburgh’s evaluations, ordered March™3= 1994, weren’t finished until*August 1995. Carvel Harward, the chief prosecutor in the case, said the evaluations took longer because prosecutors, suspecting Vosburgh was faking, wanted top evaluators. He’said Vosburgh repeatedly refused to meet with examiners. A year after the evaluations were y ordered, Harward { filed a motion with the court demanding Vosburgh appear before the judge and explain why she would not meet with one expert. A few days later, she met with the examiner. Court records showed ‘that was the only time prosecutors officially protested the delays. Layton police, as the months slipped by, began to express their irritation and frustration to Chief Doyle Talbot, he said. He took their concerns to Wilson. “She was playing the court system,” Talbot said. “She understood the system well enough to be able to string it out.” Wilson said he told Harward to get the competency question resolved and move on with the case. By Dec. 21, when Vosburgh was declared competent and her case advanced to district court, she was on her fifth defense torney. Her husband, whose at- case was split from hers last month after he offered to testify for the prosecution, has had only one at torney. In a criminal case, a judge must approve any change in attorneys. But they rarely object, even though a switch usually means delays to allow the new at- torney to catch up on the case. A criminal defendant must be comfortable with 2nd Circuit Judge their attorney, W. Brent West said, or the issue could easily be aised on appeal. Salt Booker Lake said lawyer he didn’t Robert know about Tonya Vosburgh’s changes in attorneys, but he insists his client’s medical problems are real. “T assure you Tonya Vosburgh would rather have her health than her case delayed 30 months or so,” he said. “The time itself hasn't served Tonya in any way.” Booker said he has told his cli- ent that he wants a verdict in the case by July 31. In| Utah, there are no laws or court\rules setting out how long a criminal case in the state svstem can or should take from start to finish. The only time periods deal with a defendant’s rights, such as the 30-day right to a speedy trial, which defendants can waive. “The only way a case is going to drag out is if the defendant wants it to drag out for some rea- a time periods. i bat ‘A NO ly Womack $ fami ss as iS Shant M. Memmott. ing ne an He t t ur en tends neco Memmott aWest agree it 1S manager, Co an former CasS& ie mostly up to peeutors to push oy her y Te Schutz, usuall a case once a endant gives UP gs. said FO tative at hearin eXpIge st their rights. Ty said a judge mother, Eileen. tHe Vosburgns can play a smar role in schedw tion with ho . ’s endar uling a court handled. es were being cas OW? my ye on st ed “I'm limit “Now I'm feeling more e from saying yotneed to move i 1t nk. I thi faster,” Memmit said. “We ful because %© Me quickly, son,” said 2ncstfict Judge Jon. have to be an imartial referee. The state’s bil of rights for victims contains <yictim’s right to a speedy trial. But it sets NO forward more lly said. “| rea lane nothing pen. thought was al , going to hat : pleads //7/% not guilty By NANCY MITCHELL Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau - Tonya FARMINGTON innocent pleaded Vosburgh Tuesday to charges of murdering her foster daughter in March 1993 and uttered a cheery “OK, goodbye” to the judge as she left her arraignment hearing in 2nd District Court. Still in a wheelchair and still talking in a babyish voice, Vosburgh, 35, stared blankly in front of her or offered bright, oneword responses during the brief hearing. Her attorney, Robert Booker, knelt at her side as the charges of murder, aggravated arson and filing a false insurance claim were read aloud. “OK.” Vosburgh said in a little girl voice, and repeated, “Yeah.” when asked if she understood. “Not bn! 1 # guilty,” she said. She faces up to life in prison on the charges alleging she set fire to a Layton garage and killed Bobbi Jo Womack, 18, to collect on the girl’s $100,000 life insurance policy. » See PLEA/2C Judge Rodfey Page set a sing td April 24 trial date, refu May as — delay the trial until late e tria requested by Booker. Th days. is expected to last three mo Booker said he will file a h test tion to exclude polygrap w ¢s results of Vosburgh’s no Richarc tranged husband, John arged as - Vosburgh. Originally ch is di co-defendants, the couple gh has vorcing and John Vosbur t his agreed to testify agains rds "According to court resco late a he passed polygraph exam d anylast year, denying he ha ck’'s§ thing to do with Woma ecutor death or the fire. Pros he might -~ Carvel Harward said at Tonya - yntroduce the results het - Nosburgh’s trial to bolster husband's testimony. ? % x i Suspect arrested in nissionary murder Bountiful family returns with body BY KIMBERLY JAHNKE eled to Virginia and arrived shortly after their son died, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau kjahnke@standard.net returned to Bountiful CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A 19-year-old man has been body arrived in Utah later in the day. Young’s father, Mark arrested in connection with the shooting LDS Church from Bountiful. death of an missionary James Rickey Boughton Jr. was arrested without in- cident just before fe »,| Boughton mid- night (EST) Wednesday, according to ¢ Hews lease re- from the Chesapeake Police Department. Boughton is charged with first-degree murder, mali- cious wounding, attempted malicious wounding and three counts of use of a fire- arm to commit felonies. Morgan Winslow Young, of Bountiful, and Joshua Heidbrink, of Greeley, Colo., both missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were shot Monday evening as they were tracting doorto-door in the Deep Creek neighborhood peake. of Chesa- Young’s family, who trav- early Thursday morning. Young’s Young, expressed gratitude for the outpouring port from the LDS of supChurch and neighbors. The Youngs’ lawn has been decorated with wooden hearts mounted on stakes. “This has been the hard- est time in our lives, but ev- eryone has been just great,” Mark Young said. His wife, Kathy, family is doing well. said the “We are a family in grief, but not a family in crisis,” She said. . Funeral arrangements have been set for noon Tuesday at Russon Brothers Mortuary, 295 N. Main St., Bountiful. A viewing will be held Monday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Boughton is being held without bond at the Chesa- peake City Jail. Young, 21, was shot in the head and died early Tuesday morning at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Heidbrink, 19, who was shot in the neck and shoul- der, was released from the: same hospital Tuesday evening. Ex-athlete accused of fraud | According BY LORIRETTA PARK Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau lpark@standard.net SALT LAKE CITY — A former Weber State University football player and convicted felon was charged with insurance fraud Wednesday in a case against the StandardExaminer. Juron Lionell Junior, 29, thought he was arriving for a mediation meeting, which could have added up to thousands of dollars. Instead, the Utah Attorney General’s Office charged him with second-degree felony false or fraudulent insurance. Junior, who played football for Weber State from 19992000, is being held in the Salt Lake County Metro Jail on no bail. He was arrested in the office of Strong & Hami in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. Attorney Stephen _ J. Traynor said Junior had filed a civil lawsuit against Ogden Publishing Co., the parent company of the Standard-Examiner, and Stephanie West, a former employee. ~. Junior claimed that he was injured in an accident in 2003 caused by West. According to Layton police, at 8:41 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2003, West, backed up a delivery van at the Layton Hills Mall and hit Junior. The StandardExaminer’s Davis Bureau is located in the mall. Junior was transported to Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton where doctors diagnosed him with a medial meniscal lesion in his left knee, according to court documents. His knee was later operated on. He filed a civil lawsuit in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City in December of 2003. The cease was then transferred to $.District Court in Farming- .®)\ March of 2004. aaa Junior to court documents, Junior claimed to have employment offers from ‘Sseveral European football teams. He also said he had been a member of the Las Vegas Outlaws, an XF'L team. “An October 2005 letter from the ex-coach, Jim Criner, stated the ‘contract’ submitted by the defendant was ‘bogus,’ ” according to court documents. Traynor said team rosters, newspaper articles, contracts and other documents Junior provided the insurance company to verify his employment “all proved to be bogus. The truth of the matter is (Junior) never played in the XFL.” Traynor said West was terminated from the Standard-Examiner following the accident. Vaughn Jacobsen, business manager for the StandardExaminer, said he could not comment on the incident or the reasons for West’s termination. As for the lawsuit, Jacobsen said, “This is an insurance issue, handled by the attorneys for the insurance.” When CNA Insurance Company, which is the StandardExaminer’s insurance carrier, realized that Junior had made false claims, it turned the case and evidence over to the Attorney General’s Office, as required by law, Traynor said. A search of court records shows that Junior also pleaded cuilty in 2nd District Court in Ogden on March 31, 2005, to third-degree forgery and third-degree theft. Junior was sentenced on June 23, 2005, to serve zero to five years in the Utah State Prison on each count. lodge delaye G sentencing BY TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff tgurrister@standard.net , t ° | OGDEN — Sentencing for Darryl Eugene Hodge for the aggravated assault and subsequent sexual abuse of his estranged girlfriend has been postponed over questions as to whether he’s eligible for a term of 15 years to life in prison. The defense argues that only a 10-to-life maximum should hang over Hodge’s head, while prosecutors are pressing for the 15-years-tolife sentence. Oral arguments are set for next month before 2nd District Judge Michael Lyon. | A jury in its March 14 verdict rejected Hodge’s story Mbat his former lover willingfMyly agreed to sex after he choR\ed, beat and threatened her With a knife, scissors and a 4-foo%t metal rod. Hodge Mme Jurors apparently did believe Hodge’s Claim he never = intended to kill the woman, rejecting a charge of attempted murder in favor of an aggravated assault count to go with a guilty verdict of aggravated sexual abuse. The attempted murder charge and the aggravated assault charge are both second-degree felonies. The aggravated sexual abuse charge applies to cases of multiple sexual abuse beyond a single actofrape. — 7 The 2nd District Court panel deliberated less than three hours before returning see HODGE/2C Hodge From 1C the verdicts after ip Hodgé’s sentence to the 15 years to life: Defense Bouwhuis a wee long trial. Hodge, 47, was charges in a May 10, 2006, attack in the woman’s Ogden home. At issue in the sentenc-.| attorney claims Mike that Should have happened in March at the trial and that Prosecutors missed their chance then at the stiffer sentence. Hodge claimed at trial the sex was consensual, denying 31 times in his hour-long interview with ing is a U.S. Supreme Court » Ogden Poli ce Detective Tim case in January that ruled a Scott that he ever forced jury, not a judge, must sign | himself on the woman. off on the aggravated cirThe denials came most cumstances to be argued at | often in response to quessentencing. Enough aggrations about other aspects of vating circumstances would the investigation. STANDARD-EXAMINER RIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1995 \L NEWS EDITOR: 625-4220 Estranged husband testifies against wife [1 Tonya Vosburgh to be arraigned on first-degree felony murder charge By NANCY MITCHELL Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON - The united front put on for nearly three years by a former Layton couple accused of killing their foster daughter crumbled Thursday, with John Richard Vosburgh offering testimony that helped the state’s case against his recently estranged wife. STEVE CONLIN/Standard-Examiner Tonya Vosburgh, atttending a hearing at the Davis nal Justice Complex, hides her face behind her purse. Vosburgh: From 1C solve the most serious counts. Attorney Brad Rich said the plea bargain isn’t final, but that he expects the state to dismiss the murder and arson charges and pursue only the charge of filing a false insurance claim. Plea negotiations began after Rick Vosburgh passed a polygraph test in which he denied setting the fatal fire that killed Womack, 18, on March 3, 1993, and denied any involvement in her death. The couple, now divorcing, had been charged as co-defendants but the judge agreed ursday to separate the cases. The judge also sided with prosecutors in overruling the obhections of Tonya Vosburgh’s attorney, Robert Booker, who claimed state law makes spousal communication privileged, akin to that between an attorney anda client. Allphin said the law makes an exception for some alleged criminal activity. In his closing statement, Booker claimed Rick Vosburgh’s statements were self-serving and a Quietly and sometimes reluctantly, ‘Rick’? Vosburgh testified that his wife Tonya Vosburgh wanted control of Bobbi Jo Womack’s|trust fund and said he lied to police to provide her with an alibi. “T was trying to cover. up for my wife,” he said. His statements helped convince a judge to advance the case against his wife to 2nd District Court. After a daylong preliminary hearing, Judge Michael Allphin scheduled a Jan. 23 arraignment for Tonya Vosburgh on charges of first-degree felony murder and aggravated arson and second-degree felony filing a false insurance claim. Rick Vosburgh is scheduled for district court arraignment on Jan. 29 on the same charges, though his attorney said he expects a plea agreement will re- » See VOSBURGH/2C Cay that he was “essentially assuming the Enid Waldholtz defense of my spouse did it.” “I’m sure he’s making the best deal he can for himself,” he said after the hearing. “But I believe his testimony was far more favorable to my client than the state.” Rick Vosburgh stopped short of saying that he believes his wife set the fire that killed Womack in the family’s Layton garage. He testified that he initially believed Womack accidentally set the fire. When asked if he still believes that, he’ said no. But he wasn’t asked on the witness stand who he believes started the fire and he declined comment when asked later. “Rick. himself has resisted coming to the opinion that his wife set the fire,” Rich said. “His Opinion on her guilt doesn’t matter. What matters is he’s not guilty.” Rick Vosburgh testified that his wife met Womack at a group home for the disabled in Kaysville, where Womack was living and Tonya Vosburgh worked. He said it was. Tonya Vosburgh’s idea to bring the girl into their home in 1991 and later to seek guardianship of her from her mother. His wife wanted guardianship, he said, because she wanted better control of Womack’s trust fund. The trust fund, containing more than $100,000, was established after Womack was severely injured in an accident at age 9. In return for caring for Womack, the Vosburghs were paid a stipend of $1,800 a month, he said. Rick Vosburgh also said it was his wife who handled the acquisition of life insurance policies for the. family in November 1992. They took out $100,000 life insurance policies on themselves, their young daughter and Womack. Another foster child in their home was not insured. He testified that the couple was “under financial stress” in the fall of 1992 but did not elaborate. On the morning of the fire, Rick Vosburgh said he was awakened by a scream at 6 a.m. and saw his wife, dressed in jeans and top, coming down their hallway. He said she reported the garage was on fire and he began checking the house to make sure the children were inside. He couldn’t find Womack and went out to the garage but he said-smoke was coming out of the door. He went back inside | the home, his wife called 911 and the family waited outside. He said his wife told him that they “needed to get our stories straight” and he agreed to tell police that they were both in bed when they were awakened by the fire. He said he found the request odd but did not question it. “T didn’t usually disagree with Tonya,” he said. “She always won.” He admitted helping his wife file a claim for Womack’s life insurance after the fire. Edward Itchon, fire arson specialist with the state fire marshal’s office, testified that Womack’s body was found in a corner of the garage and that gasoline had been ignited between her and the door: The gasoline was ignited with a match or lighter in two places, close to or on the concrete floor. The ignition points were in the only two pathways, amid rubble and furniture, to the door. “It was almost like somebody wanted to trap the victim in the garage,” he said. Itchon said he did not believe Womack set the fire herself, based on the condition of her body and clothing. Insurance agent Tony Vigil said Tonya Vosburgh arranged for the insurance policies for the family. He said Tonya Vosburgh lied about being Womack’s mother, did not report that the teenager was disabled and prevented him from meeting her, claiming she had homework or other excuses. He said he saw Tonya Vosburgh put the policy in front of Womack for her signature but did not see who signed the name. Rick Vosburgh testified it was not Womack’s signature. % & = : — ws ? a me » : Vosburgh sentencing postponed * FARMINGTON - Sentencing for Tonya Vosburgh, the . former Layton woman who admits recklessly killing her disabled ‘ foster daughter, has been continued until Oct. 1 so officials can + gather more information about her mental health. Vosburgh, 35, was scheduled for sentencing Tuesday in 2nd ‘ » District Court on second-degree felony counts of manslaughter ' and filing a false insurance claim in the March 3, 1993 death of * Bobbi Jo Womack, 18. Judge Rodney Page granted the continuance Wednesday, the . > second month-long delay in Vosburgh's sentencing, at the : request of her attorney and Adult Probation & Parole officials. Prosecutor Bill McGuire said defense attorney Robert Booker . and state parole officials wanted more time to complete a second ' mental health evaluation of Vosburgh and gather information for . apre-sentence report to be submitted to Page. co sexually tive. on =_ O © Pe | she admitted in Farmington. 2 girl from the couple’s Layton home. Of the three compl aints investigated, “none of them w ere proven,” Said social se rvices spokeswoman Terry T wit chell. “According to our worker, there appeared to be an exce llent relationship between Bobbi Jo and the Vosburghs.” John “Ric k” and Tonya Vosbur gh are charged with the first -degree feloni es along with a sec ond-degree felony count of filing a false insur- ~ was iccident, nearly drowned vs ¢ car out on Womack last November. The VOs« : R. Vosburgh burghs, who in past interviews have denied invol vement in the death, are free on $100,006 ) bail each. They n ow live hood See WOMACK on 2C & the st al€é never removed © “Bobbi Jo was healthy, she knew what she was doing,” T witchell said adding the r eport indic ates Tonya tified. until afterward. Jo Twitchell said one complaint her office | ooKed into céntered on an incid ent at Pineview Reservoir last Jul y in w hich Womack. who was duri ng an Outing with the VosDurghs. Police and so C ial services caseworkers look ed into the matter, but at the time there was no evidence of any wr ongdoing by the Vos» don’t “1 ac- s aid a caseworker to a childdue retarded o D. Womack mentally 4 looking into th e abuse claim who visited the mentally disabled wom-, an in the hospital reported Bobbi that.” But Twitchell not long after her | 8th birthday i n January, which her natural family claims was unnec essary. Dawn Wom ack, Bobbi Jo’s sister, said he r family was never told of th € surgery beforehand, and Assistant Davis Count y Attorne y Bill McGuire said Valle y Bank and Trust, w hich administers the young woman S trust fund and paid her medical expenses, also wa § not no- Jo believe Bobbi y j the T. Vosburgh did anything like that,” Dawn W omack said. “The part abou t her being sexually active, I don’t believe. ... Her mind was not mature enough for The most r ecent incident came about when _ the Vosburghs had Womack unde rgo a hysterectomy $100,000 a | .ayton former 2 = G ©. zi © © was Womack Jo ~ her foster daughter might become pregnant. and pay her personal ex- Womack penses. | hom e to collect on yr f ae the detached garage behind their | being abused b her fo Sster parents, who are charged with murder and arson for a llegedly setting the March 3 fire th at killed her. But Couple set fatal fire in the the A Utah Office of Socia ! Services official said her de partment received three r eports alleging Bobbi life insurance policy they took because tl 1 yOUnNg womdn was sexually active and V osburgh feared W omack the fire. she had undergo the hysterectomy e Caseworkers also found no evidence of wrong doing in another incide nt, she Said , Involving money the Vosburghs received from a $147,000 insur anc € trust to care for a In an interview after Tony a Vosburgh said burghs, Twitchell’ said. 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Eileen Womack from ever having; Vosburgh and Eifeen Womack were oha caseworker ina the room when the casewor 3 ¢ eration and the operation heror about asked : if: she understood ittwwould preverent er ieee So Office requests eee ofSee Oe requests for the Services to remove her from the 7 ee hile : said she brain- But Twitchell Pike ad alleged 0 a oon pee vit She 5 yore ae Oa catn, she said, € matter, her to make fees office By Pe Gas : sae bank Grin. vi ees w ans wold: a decision. was waiting — when for a eee: 5 age inlaid A : have taken action with the see! a inva ed i have a poorer go es Patad Been ee cluding her n enter: and the legal center, groups bteaGan | could not make adult decisions. Twitchell said that while no one tersuit she had the: mental capabiliUe eae : ties of an 8- or 9-year-old and while her ne petent to make her own decisions uation here because Bobbi Jo was not deemed by the court unable to make her own abe ae a eae Os case, In the custody ' Ve > burghs . claimed Womack was ae con 1- a home, “You’ve shee Rec said that ay olve | in involved he Vosburghs became : Heated ou battle over custody of Bobbi Jo, and all the parties parties apa day of the guardianship mene Tonya she went to bed at en pressed to elabo- home. the day be- peared at a hearing in 2nd District suspicions of abuse can sometime be enough to remove a child from “The Court in Farmington fore the fire said hearing she wasn’t right,” Dawn Womack said adding she felt her sister appeared scared to be around, her family. “It was like she was ” Womack | T aghe sme were “strange was after fits havece o j souldn’t contact with us. . Bobbi told my mom Tonya told there ‘Woman also said her sis- k) | ilee . hie colby {Pe soe ania es claimed when things” going on at the Vosburgh ter home of judge that everybody would . “JT ae she was litre “"rrrether’s custody “The biggest issue here is that family : the wa the case at this time, but not com- iat kind of shrugged her ae shoulders and said, ‘I don’t know.” > The Vosburghs’ end Brad , Rich, said the couple will accusations Shy Gatien said ange Wolacn ee Womack’s aa Dawn reese lead me was also suspicious of otheri nciwith her mother ’s consent in a dents includi ng the near-d rownin g home not license d by the state. The and an incident where Bobbi Jo’s_ state did not have custody,” front teeth were broken when, as. Twitche ll said. “If we took children the Vosburghs allegedly told the away from all the mothers who Womacks, she jumped out a winmake unwise choices, our system dow in a suicide attempt. would be full.” However, in an intervi ew after Since Womack ’s death, she said. the fire, Rick Vosbur gh said Bobbi. the Office of Social Services has Jo, who was partially paralyzed due done two reviews of its involveto the acciden t, had trouble keepment in the Womack case. and ing her balance and damaged her “our people felt we handled everyteeth in a fall. thing appropr iately. Twitchell said her office received “I think, in my opinion, we all no reports from the Womac ks alcould have done things differently, leging abuse by Rick and Tonya her mom could have put her Vosburgh. (Woma ck) in another home. the “I know from the beginn ing the _ trust could have done more to find Vosburghs have denied to the poout about the home she was in.” contacting minors BY JORDAN MUHLESTEIN = ° r Standard-Examiner staff jmuhlestein@standard.net f after he had sex with a 14year-old girl he met ata srocery store. Sorenson said Martin was sentenced to three years’ probation and ordered to complete a sex offender treatment program. He has not yet completed the treatment program. Sorenson said investigators believe Martin is in the Davis County area, but so far his friends and acquaintances have not been helpful in the search. She said investigators may have more options as to how to gain information ; ( a if: a“f ’ ‘ ay ie . e pe A : A OEE ef , ees \ b min tivity with a minor in 2005 pe ee een! i a. 7 eee 4 a % Bi TOP Oe ae i: 9.uf ee eee, 4 . Soe a ee 4 Soe { I a , 4 AE Lee ME aes : CaSa) See 4 et le 3 ssert » Pi. “ 1 3 Se ee ni> ay il ae” ial Mf ™ Ter & a nf ‘iy . y a a \ eB Be! ty phe k a ee : oy 2 ) ii ." 7 a Dee A wad - r Lg rr rf 4 fg OGDEN — This week’s Top of Utah Most Wanted is a convicted sex offender who investigators said still maintains online contact with underage girls. Anthony Corey Lewis Martin, 21, is wanted for running away from the Northern Utah Community Correctional Center on Sept. 21, 2006, said Janet Sorenson, staff supervisor at the center. Martin was originally convicted of third-degree felony unlawful sexual ac- eee ‘ f+ c ‘ie | Anthon _ Corey Oe ™ ' Lewis Martin Age: 21 e Description: si u Martin is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs 195. pounds and has black hair | and brown eyes. Hehas several tattoos, including "Chi" on his right forearm, "Town" on his left forearm and "Destiny" on the right side of his neck. He is a convicted sex offender and 4s wanted for running away from a halfway house. Anyone with information should call 392-TIPS or 627-7800. Source: Northern Utah Community Correctional Center Standard-Examiner after July 1, when a new law goes into effect, making it a third-degree felony to harbor a fugitive. sorenson said investigators know of at least three 15-year-old girls with whom Martin has had contact through the Internet. Martin is known to hang see MARTIN/2C | ple TR [0% Gt Ogden man *: &\ a pleads guilty to stabbing BY TIM GURRISTER Standard-Exarhiner staff tgurrister@standard.net OGDEN — Joseph Weatherspoon pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. : Sentencing was set for April 6 after Weatherspoon pleaded “straight up,” as they say, to the first-degree felony, meaning no reduction in charge, no defense maneuvers, and the only concession gained in return Weatherspoon for the guilty plea was a prosecution pledge to recommend at sentencing he get credit for time served. The plea bargain almost guarantees a_ five-years-to-life prison term. Weatherspoon, 52, has been in jail since his April 16 arrest the same day fishermen found the body of his girl- friend, Johanna McCann, that morning. She was wrapped in plastic sheeting and left off to the side of a road near Pineview Reservoir with extensive stab wounds. Weatherspoon’s guilty plea before 2nd District Judge W. Brent West cancels his Feb. 21-27 trial. Psychological examinations begun in July at the request of the defense by October found Weatherspoon competent to stand trial. A suppression motion seeking to throw out his emotional confession to police was denied Dec. 29. Although stabbed numerous times, including a thrust lung, McCann that punctured could have survived a if she had received immediate medical at- tention, according to testimony. At Weatherspoon’s June 13 preliminary hearing, a deputy. medical examiner testified that the stab wounds to the back, chest, neck and face were not immediately fatal, hitting no major arteries. People with similar wounds have been known rooms, the to walk into emergency examiner said. Instead McCann bled to death on the floor of » the Ogden apartment she shared with Weatherspoon. Police said a distraught Weather- spoon admitted to attacking her with a knife during an argument. Ogden police Detective Jim Gent testified that a sobbing Weatherspoon in detailing the killing “kept saying, ‘I’m sorry ... it wasn’t meant to be that way.” — Gunshot death investigated LIBERTY — Police are investigating a Suspicious gunshot death that occurred Sunday night at the Avon shooting range on Liberty- Avon Divide Road. Christopher Tyrone | It Jat Hutchinson, 25, was with three friends who were target- ¢ [/A shooting at the range when |. the incident occurred at | 8p.m., said Lt. Philip Howell, Weber County Sheriff's Office. Hutchinson, of Ogden, was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the head, he said. _ The wound could have been selt-inflicted, but the sheriffs office will be . _ investigating it as a suspicious. \ S a shooting unii the medical ae examiner makes a report, Howell said. Hutchinson ’sifriends said they tried to'call 911 immediately atter the incident, but they could not get cell phone service in the area. _ The friends flagged down a motorist who drove into the valley and called medical assistance, Howell said. /- Two motorists with EMT training gave assistance to Hutchinson before paramedics arrived, but et fg could not revive| lhim, he said. | =, Weather ‘=| Military Update Standard-Examiner. f cn Ababa Ly ieee . ' ih Pratt a A EE rem ‘ HAY AI Bars noe 8 at i howe ja apy m f i ‘ , " saunayclien Be Ah ( ays RON xe ene. aa. eee EO va AB ia wey Ban ey pA , Wet ‘ , wat He ee oR a amen wa am -3 om beh paar vere WEHS 1Ghal one ge ,eae RK ae 2 he mae ek e he SY NarOY eae apa wf RNC Couple sought in elder exploitation Woman’s daughter, son-in-law missing, along with $180,000 BY SHANE FARVER Standard-Examiner staff sfarver@standard.net Crime is often viewed as perpetrated by a shadowy stranger who suddenly appears and disrupts a victim’s life. However, when it comes to financial exploitation of the elderly, the culprits are often people the victims know best. | Sixty-four percent of those suspected of financial exploitation of the elderly in Utah last year were relatives of the victims, said Elizabeth Sollis of Adult Protective Services. “If an elder adult’s capacity starts to diminish, oftentimes, family members take over the finances and manage, or mismanage, them,” she said. There were 2,400 cases of elder abuse reported in Utah in 2004, according to Adult Protective Services. Nineteen percent of those fit the definition of financial exploitation, Sollis | Said. $180,000 in July 2004. “That’s what makes this especially troublesome for this family,” said Jeff Bell, a detective with the Weber County Sheriff’s Office. “The family had a lot of trust in these two.” The incidence of financial exploitaernifar and Police are now tion has risen 7 percent in the last four searching for Jennifer years, and one reason for the increase Ann Weeks, 40, and husband Todd Jomay be the sometimes extensive as- seph Weeks, 38, who are both accused sets older people have, Sollis said. of financial exploitation of an elderly “Seventy percent of the assets are person. | owned by people over 50,” she said. They are accused of defrauding Louella Castle, 86, who lives in Castle out of her house and $100,000 Weber County, is among the estimatin cash, Bell said. ed 456 people who reported financial Todd Weeks persuaded his motherexploitation last year. .In-law, who suffers from dementia, Police believe Castle’s daughter to give him the title to her home, acand son-in-law defrauded her out of cording to Bell. Weeks then took out a ea Oat BOR eR euasiatr ae opine (ae: pas loan and defaulted on payments. Jennifer and Todd Weeks eventually robbed Castle’ of $180,000 total, Bell said. “They flat out took advantage of her.” A warrant was isTodd Weeks sued for the suspects | on July 6 after a yearlong police investigation that included | searching through financial records for evidence. Todd Weeks is believed to be in the Arizona area, Bell said. Weeks’ wife may still be in Utah, or she may be in New York. Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to contact the Weber County Sheriff’s Office at 778-6600. _ ee _Sunday, July 24, 2005 City Editor: 625-4224 www.standard.net a" > ' ; fja’} Police: Chao ; > me-atennne ; . f Fi i 4 dard-Examiner i PA i oer Sa Tas : ears sae peresp erence arent eentibera tee aeaiael es Preliminary hearing held for eight people arrested at Union Station melee in June By TIM GURRISTER Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN - Police described the reaction of the crowd at a rap concert as pandemonium and chaos to the arrest of the concert promoters, part of the first day of a preliminary hearing for the eight people arrested at the Union Station melee. Approximately 50 police officers responded to shut down the concert the night of June 27 shortly after a confrontation at the door when Darius Beard allegedly refused to let Ogden police detectives enter to check for a possible alcohol violation. Officer Ryan Medina described the height of the fray as some 75 concert-goers were threatening the then still small contingent of police: “We were outnumbered three to one. I dard-Examiner Aelee om 1B mes while he was trying to alm him down, telling him ie couldn’t help his brother if se was in jail. A crowd was beginning to form in the lobby of concertgoers objecting to the arrest and beginning to curse the ofificers. Thomas said Draper then returned from taking Darius Beard into custody, and Draper told Tanoka | Beard he too was under arrest. | Thomas testified Tanoka Beard then said “No, I’m not going anywhere,” and began walking back into the ballroom. Thomas and Draper start trying to handcuff Tanoka Beard, but he simply kept throwing his arms into the air to resist the officers. Draper then hit Beard in the leg with his baton twice, Thomas testified, which dropped Beard to his knees. Beard now began “walking on his knees toward Draper, throwing punches wildly,” Thomas said. “I think he hit him once.” Thomas said he then struck Beard across the shoulder blades and twice on the legs as the man was rising. At this point, Beard is tackled by another officer, and they fall backward, with Beard on top of his tackler. Beard. is kicking at Thomas from the ground, and Thomas, he testified, hit him again in the leg with his baton. By now the crowd is surging, Thomas testifying he loses track of Draper and Beard as he begins to swing his baton back and forth to keep the crowd back, now myself felt threatened.” _ Both are former Ogden-area bas“The yelling was just amazing to ketball stars, each roughly 6-foot-10, me. It was total chaos ... the yelling, who went on to play college ball at shouting, taunting of the officers, it Boise State. Tanoka Beard, 31, curwas out of control,” said Dale Weese, rently plays professionally in Europe. the first officer to respond to the deAs Darius Beard, 25, was being led tectives’ call for help. away in handcuffs from the lobby, “They’re angry, their faces are Thomas testified that “a rather large red, I can smell alcohol,” Detective male” came running from the Union John Thomas testified. Station ballroom to the lobby door. It all started when Darius Beard Thomas then blocked Tanoka was placed under arrest by Detective Derek Draper, according to testimo- Beard’s way, Thomas testifying that Beard shoved him at least three ny, which drew the attention of his older brother, Tanoka Beard. > See MELEE/7B Top of Utah/Weber numbering some 40 people in the lobby. “They were all around us and not friendly,’ Thomas said. “I was very concerned for my safety and the other officers.” Eventually, additional officers from the Ogden department, the Weber County Sheriff's Office and Utah Highway Patrol broke up the 30-minute confrontation. Some beer but no drugs were found at the site, according to police reports. More arrests are made of concert-goers who, instead of dispersing, continued to curse the officers and incite others to do the same, along with three assaults. The injury toll was confined to bruising and one officer’s broken finger. After four hours of testimony Wednesday, 2nd District Judge. W. Brent West continued the hearing until 11 a.m. Friday, ending the spectacle of eight defendants, five defense attorneys, two prosecutors and one preliminary hearing. Ironically, West dismissed the charge that started the whole conflagration — the single count of failure to aid a police officer, relating to Darius Beard’s refusal to let the police into the rap fest. He found probable cause existed to advance the Beard brothers to trial on third-degree felony riot and misdemeanor resisting arrest charges, setting a pretrial hearing for Oct. 8. “Darius Beard lights: a match and creates a fire,” Deputy Weber County Attorney Brenda Beaton told West in arguing against defense motions for dismissal of the riot charges against the Thursday, September 11,2003 7B Beards. of riot are Charmbay Jones, “It’s an eruption created by 22, Travon Samuel Harvey, 19, Darius Beard that police have and David Gregory, 20. to resolve by force.” The National Association ... This is a riot taking for the Advancement of Colplace,” she said, adding that ored People is following the the Beard brothers were eg- case and providi ng legal asging on the crowd even after - sistance. All eight defendants they are sitting handcuffed are black. on the front lawn at Union Station. The remaining six defendants’ cases will be taken up Friday morning. Charged with riot and assault o' a police officer are Cory Biandon Colon, 22, and Ushah Danzy, 23, and Darellcq Keith Montgomery, 43. Charged with single iounts Charges awaiting result of tests e Standard-Examiner Ric OGDEN — Prosecutors are waiting on toxicology tests of Eddie Raymond Bustos before deciding exactly what kind of - homicide charges to file | against him. Shortly after a police chase had stopped, Bustos is accused of running a red light and colliding with — another vehicle, killing both occupants, in the early, morning hours of Dec. 13 at Suspect balks ate court appearanc _ t OGDEN —Asuspeckilled in a Car accident d to two people refuse iday and appear in court Frhas been - the intersection of 24th Street — and Grant Avenue in Ogden. Dead at the scene were Philemon “Bob” Ellis, 62, and Jessica Nelson, 21, both of Ogden. — his arraignment | | y. continued to Monda Bustos, Eddie Raymond oked 48, Ogden, was bo Jail | y into Weber Count ding en Thursday after sp following © time in the hospitalsay Bustos — the wreck. Police nother a ~ car slammed into of 24th — at the intersection enue. An — Av Street and Grant le female unidentified juveni me. Bustos, 48, has so far been jailedon $100,000 ~ bail on second-degree — felony charges of evading and possession of ‘methamphetamine. A scheduling conference Tuesday in 2nd District Court was with Bustos not there were drugs in his system goes to the intent k were and ‘amon Ellis, 62, eJeessica Nelson, 21 3 both homicide,” Weber County is on the table. Whether or at the ti Killedin the wrec was continued to Jan. 10. “First degree murder is possible ... so is negligent Attorney Mark DeCariasaid after the hearing. “Everything that Ogden. | component of whateverwe “yf charge him with.” of | A Drink in Our Day Even when earthl satisfaction i s faili and leave us empty, God has a perpe tual spiritua than Jacob’s mall. i springs fort ; l well, more inexhaustible h by the Grace of God, is abound | ing with plenty, is sufficient for eternal in supply. This unfailing every need, and is fountain of Living Water is accessib le through Jesus Christ, is cont Holy Spirit, and is delivered rolled by the through faith. There is a drink for you and me. Which well do you get your wate r from? 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Although it’s generally not depicted this way, historians say that about one-third of the working cowboys in the Old West were blacks, many of them freed | slaves who migrated west after you can see their photos, hear their songs, look at the type of equipment and clothing they used and get a feel for what life - was like for these‘proud pioneers on the new frontier. C) He claims agency | 5 ce ae Standard-Examiner staff SALT LAKE CITY - After years of courtroom skirmishes between Ogden landlord H.C. Massey and Utah Legal Services in Ogden, the battle finally moved into the federal courthouse Tuesday. Massey filed suit against the non-profit legal assistance agency last summer, accusing it of racial discrimination and conspiring to interfere in his contracts both with his tenants and with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Massey is black. He also charges the agency, which provides low-cost legal assistance to persons who could de- famed him and attempted to invade his privacy. Cards imprinted as shov Massey, longtime executive Extra lines $1.00 eacl director of the Ogden Area For envelope printing prices ¢ Community Action Agency, plete quantity price list see | owns and leases a number of in album. HUD-subsidized rental units in Ogden. Utah Legal Services officials contend they have only been _ carrying out the agency’s proper role as public attorney in helping Massey's tenants protect their legal rights as renters. - Virneda Irby ost cases, the agency aries in court documents, its clients have been black and have had incomes that qualify for federally subsidized low-income housing. : . Utah Legal Services said that with one exception, when the agency has filed suit against Massey, its role has been that of a defender representing persons who have been sued or threatened with eviction by Massey. Salt Lake City attorney Steven Aeschbacher aired those arguments Tuesday when he appeared before District Judge Tina Campbell to seek dismissal of the case. “There has not been one contract he (Massey) could: not enter into as a result of my client’s activities,” he told the court: “Not one contract: has been impaired.” Aeschbacher said he doesn’t understand how ft can be considered a civil q bhts violation for a lawyer to act “in behalf of his clients in a proper way.’ But Massey’s attorney Robert Booker said Utah Legal Ser- vices frequently has meddled in his client’s contractual relationships with tenants and “interfered with Massey’s abilities to make his premises profitable.” Booker also said Utah Legal Services representatives have slandered Massey, publicly > See FIGHT/3C et. They were wed | san Crescent, Okla. May 20, 1924 a in ee” He was born Guthrie, “ Okla., to Jages and Eva Owens. She was born in Crescent, Okla., to Hannibul and Birda Mae Irby. ir He was employed by the _ > Union Pacific Railroad dining car _ department for several years and cat the Clearfield Job Corps Cen- | / 0K By DON BAKER afford it, has B. and | =the Manor Care Nursing Center, | «5440 S. 1050 East, Ogden. They | graicst no gifts. racially discriminated - not otherwise Halsie = Owens of Ogden will celebrate | their 72th wedding anniversary “May 19. Family and friends may “greet them from noon-4 p.m. at tote — interfered in his contracts, en of interesting characters like Jim Beckwourth, the black fron-tiersman who served as an army scout and trapper and is credited with discovering a pass through the Sierra Nevada mountains that “now bears his name. The museum began in 1971 as 72 years of marriage moves to federal court Along the way, you meet doz- The most interesting exhibits deal with the everyday people who came west for the same reasons as whites — in search of gold, land and new opportunity. Like Clara Brown, a former slave who became one of the first women in Colorado. Arriving by “ wagon train, she opened a laundry and struck it rich when she grubstaked a successful prospector. She was eventually able to buy many of her family members and bring them west. “Owens family will celebra' Landlord’s longtime fi ight the Civil War. At the museum, BIALCh ANNIVERSARIES the personal hobby of Paul Stewart. As a boy growing up in Iowa, Stewart said he had always been delegated to play an Indian, because as his friends told him, “There were no black cowboys.” Years later, while working in Denver, he learned the true story. He gathered oral histories, collected photographs and artifacts, and pieced together the forgotten story of the many contributions African-Americans made in the West. Today, the Smithsonian and others regard this collection ec ane of the best in the world. +, ter, They are members of the -Church of God in Christ. Rev. - Owens served as assistant pastor at Finley Temple in Ogden and “she was an assistant state supervisor of the church. She was -nmamed mother of the year by the -Serrelle’s Charity and Social Club. +> - Their children are Lilly Vasthi ‘Fight From 1C _ questioning his ethics and honesty -and on more than one occasion, referring to him as a “slum| lord.” “No other Caucasian landlord in Ogden has been subjected to this kind of treatment,” the attorney argued. Booker said that in one case, Utah Legal Services intercepted rents due Massey and held them in a special fund while demand-_ ing that Massey make certain improvements in the rental proper| ty. Court documents indicate the agency told Massey it would hold the money until he put screens on. all windows, repaired a light fixture, made repairs to the unit’s Mr. and Mrs. Halsie O Moseley, Vivian Brown @ lyn Harris, all of Ogden; Brooks; Salt Lake Cit: sons, Halsie Owens and R Owens, are deceased. They have 28 grandc 60 great-grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren and 4 children. electrical system and fumigated the apartment for cockroaches. Massey specifically alleges that managing attorney Martin Blaustein and paralegal Linda™ Laws have conspired with the Utah Legal Services corporation to harass his client and interfere with his ability to conduct his rental housing business. Blaustein and Laws said Tuesday they are only carrying out the agency’s mission of representing people who cannot afford to hire private attorneys to represent before deciding their interests. Campbell took the case under advisement, saying she needs time to review all arguments and documents whether it should be dismissed. If the judge rules against dismissal, the case will proceed with -trial expected later this year. é 4 . ore ,BRU) 7 j! Sen { ' \ ' t a| ' y ‘ ' | \ 4 ' aR a % oY , , may Mt 7 * e In ale Stabbing © G J ¥ ua He said Miss Scott was wear: dark brown coat, but that bound over to 2nd: District Court ing a remember An 18-year-old girl has been he all was in connection with the stabbing | could ' her dress. of an Ogden youth at a River- about | the d Mr. Martin said he pulle dale night spot last month. | w thre and of his back Carol Jean Scott of Salt Lake|knife out tak-| City, bound was over on ajit in the snow and then was 4 charge of alleged assault with|en to a deadly weapon in connection friends. hospital by some| Another witness said he saw a girl in a dark brown coat stab Rex Martin, 22. Martin, but that he didn’t Another charge of assault with Mr. her face and could not!’l¢ 9on in connection|see a deadly weapon her. fy. qenti Og-|i é with the stabbing of another ton, Hower D. ey Stanl , den youth Sgt. Elias Riviera of the We-|, 20, was dismissed because of County Sheriff's Departinsufficient evidence. ment testified that Miss Scott signed statements | d iad submitted “Miss Scoft was ordereheld stabbing of Mr. |, the admitting : in Weber County jail in lieu of Martin. | pulled! $2,000 bail after a preliminary he said Howerton Mr. hearing before City Judge Glenn one of the girls away from the | J. Mecham Thursday. fight. and was standing at the’ Both stabbings allegedly oc- edge of a crowd when stabbed. cured during a fight Jan. 13, at He told the judge he saw Miss: the Flair. standing with others be-' Scott Mr. Martin testified that he hind him after he was stabbed, came upon a fight outside the but could not be sure if it was, | Flair in which two Negro boys her who stabbed him. with the reported stabbing ORDERED HELD a \\ and three Negro of } *\ § 1 ‘ber girls were) ‘beating up a white boy. He told the judge he pulled one of the boys off and had a brief fight with him, After an exchange of words, he said he was stabbed in the back, He said he turned to his left and saw Miss Scott standing be- hind him. —_-— — ee ee ne LS ‘Ge Standard-Lxaminer JEN, UTAH, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 20, 1957. 1B Baby Boy Hospitalized With Fractured Ribs, Leg A 2-month-old baby boy was ay Steal cir- investigating. but On being questioned about the in the Dee Hospital today with. child this morning, Capt..R. F. several broken bones and bruises Petersen, head of the detective received under division of the police department, said both parents had denied any knowledge of how the baby was injured. cumstances. Police no arrests are have been Mrs. Cooper reportedly told po- , made. The child is Darrell LaVar Cooper, son of Gidéon Cooper, 27, and Jorene Cooper, 19, Apt. 4, 2518 Lincoln Ave. Dee Hospital attendants said the baby was “progressing satisfactorily” this morning. An Ogden doctor ordered the child -hospitalized early. Monday morning, after being summoned by Mrs. Cooper. The infant had a broken leg, and several broken ribs, plus bruises. , LEFT WITH FATHER lice that she left the family apart- ment Sunday at 10 p.m. after asking Mr. Cooper to tend their two youngsters: the injured child and another 15-month-old. She said she had changed the baby at 8 p.m., and he had appeared okay | at that time. PLAYED — BINGO Mrs. Cooper told police she played bingo at the Porters’ and Waiters’ Club until 1:30 p.m., when she returned home and discovered the baby’s leg swollen. | After she and a neighbor bathed the youngster’s leg in warm water, they phoned the doc- . tor. He instructed that the The child had been left under the care of the father that night from 10 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Mrs. Cooper told police. “Though the incidehit occurted | yotthgster ‘be taken to~ the hosthree days ago, the investigating pital, where the broken leg was police did not write up and file diagnosed. The father told police he spied the usual “complaint” on it. At least one Dee Hospital attendant home with the youngsters, gave was instructed not ta release in- the baby a bottle once during the formation about the child to evening. He told police he had newspapers “under any circum- not noticed that the child was injured, stances.” Five held in theft of jewels By SCOTT BONTZ Standard-Examiner staff Five Ogden residents have been arrested in California and charged in connection with the Saturday night burglary of an Ogden jewelry store. | The crime involved entering three buildings and smashing through doors and a brick wall, Ogden said. police Detective David -Lucas said about two-thirds of the the rings, bracelets, necklaces and chains were recovered in the arrests Sunday near Barstow, Calif. He said the value of jewelry, taken from Farr Jewelry, 2434 Washington Blvd., was still unknown this morning. The Weber County Attorney’s Office filed felony charges against two men and three women after California Highway Patrol Trooper Kurt Nester stopped two speeding cars near Barstow and found jewelry in the trunk of one _of the cars and in the possession of two of the women, Lucas said. Accused of burglary and theft are Jeffrey Scott, 24; Robert Sattiewhite, 23; and Shawn Bell, 20, a woman. Charged with theft are Lucy Turner Butler, 37, and Sunday Farmer, 24. Detective Norman Soakai said all five are from Ogden. Lucas said the driver of the car carrying Butler and Farmer, a 22-year-old Ogden man, denied knowledge of the stolen jewelry and was not charged. Nester said the man, who was cited for speeding at more than 90 mph, released probably would from jail stow today. be in Bar- Eccles center gets apology . from Storey," Weber County Commissioner Boyd Storey apologized: Friday to Eccles Community Art Center officials for ‘‘not being distinct’? when the county put the non-profit organization on the property tax rolls last May. Storey said he understood the sense of “‘challenge’”’ center administrators felt after receiving a notice to appear before the commission, which was convened as the Board of Equalization. “T apologize for the wording ... and stating that the application was denied is not distinct,”’ Storey said. What the commission wanted, he explained, was more specific information about the center’s revenue from rents and sales. It was the commissioners’ questions about these revenue sources that put the center back on the tax rolls, though it could have its taxexempt status reinstated at hearings next month. Center Director Sandy Havas told the board that office and apartment rent bring in $6,336, 6 percent of the center’s revenue. Sales from art work bring in $88,179, venue, she said. The Ogden about Community 10 percent of re- Arts Council, owner of the center at 2580 Jefferson, received 1982 county tax bills of $2,028.45 on commercial property and $289.84 on residential property. David Bert Havas, the center’s attorney, cited several state Supreme Court cases in support of the center’s exemption, one of which specified exemption for art centers. Storey said that the county is obeying the same laws that the art center used in its defense. ‘‘It’s the law that we have to review tax-exempt status each year,’’ Storey said. ‘You shouldn’t feel challenged — that’s the law we have to follow.”’ The art center is recognized as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization by the Internal Re| ‘enue Service. Jones to lead fight against gangs By LORI BONA it all into the same camp,” she said. “What I really believe is we have the expertise in the community. All we need to do is know where it is and tap into it. That’s HUNT _ Standard-Examiner staff OGDEN — Ogden Police Chief Mike Empey and Mayor Glenn Mecham today announced the Rev. = —4 Shirley Jones has been named the city’s first community coordinator for gang projects. Jones, former ‘| minister for the ‘what I will do.” Jones, who came to Ogden ‘in 1987, taught public school in Los Angeles for 16 years. During that time, she coordinated a $2 million project for the Los Angeles school district that taught administrators, teachers and staff to work with a diversified community. ~ _.| Ogden Church of “4 aS weiss: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Townsend Tubbs-Townsend Richard and Barbara Pringle of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Tommy Washington of Anaheim, Calif., announce the marriage of their daughter, Donna Tubbs, to Leslie Townsend. The bridegroom is the son of Wesley and Marquita Townsend of Clearfield. The ceremony was performed Saturday at the Ogden Park Hotel. A reception followed the ceremony. Mimi Norwood was maid of honor; Blaine Townsend was best man. The bridegroom was escorted down the aisle by his daughter, Farrah Jozwicki. She graduated from Inglewood High School and attended El Cami‘no College. She is a private investigator for Utah Detective Agency of Classy is part-owner and Cleaning Service. He graduated from Ben Lomond High School and attended Taft College. He works with the Weber County Assessors Office. After a wedding trip to Park City, they will reside in Ogden. Empey said this experience was one reason he selected Jonés. . “One of her first main tasks will Religious Science, was a StandardExaminer religion columnist, an outreach minister and a community consultant. be coordinating resources Slready in place. that are directed to gang efforts,” he said: “The community coordinator needs to get this project up and running very quickly.” The -coordinator position. was Jones “She has a lot -of contacts in the community, ex- funded by a $30,000 allocation from the Legislature last session as part of an anti-gang package. It in- ‘perience and organizational skills -and has worked on projects with a diverse community,” Empey said. He selected Jones for the job -from among five candidates chosen ‘by a search committee. The cludes both salary and benefits. As community coordinator, Jones’ duties will include: m Serving as a liaison between law enforcement and local and State agencies. , mw Mobilizing neighborhood pro- committee received 70 applications and interviewed 16 people, he said. Jones said today she is excited about the position. “There is no grams. limit to the possibilities. @ Setting up job placement programs for at-risk youth. See GANG on 2B “It’s the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of kids and parents — the opportunity to bring ~ 7 ‘ . ¢ &. Se a a. Fk " 4 « , > @e : dl ' From 1B _ oo : m Providing alternatives‘to gang, bat activities. + “This is a big task. One of the. most immediate things will be set-: ting priorities on which steps should be taken first,” Empey said. from California Jones earned her bachelor’s and: master’s degrees State University and graduated’ from the Ernest Holmes College of | oe Ministry in 1986. ‘ os gts She has received several awards” for her service to the Ogden cont: munity, including being named’ Your Community Connection Woman of the Year, nontraditional | category, in 1989. - ( CLEARFIELD JOB CORP Employee of the Month About 14 years ago | was introduced to Clearfield Job for Corps by a friend. | went there, filled out an application a residential advisor position, was interviewed and there recommended for hire by a lady called Rosa. | started with an attitude of just being there temporarily till | get a job in the field of choice or till | could join my husband in another area where he was doing his master’s program. My career took an interesting turn. | tell in love with the youth in this program. My persuasive communication and at people skills and my sense of humor, which | picked up my master’s program, came in handy when | dealt with . students. | found myself giving advice, developing programs, conducting multicultural activities, taking students to community functions, team building with both students and staff, and conducting training for students and staff. soon | Little did | know that my bosses were watching and went from residential advisor to counselor, to senior counselor, to manager of counseling and just recently was promoted to Director of Group Life. | want to thank my family, friends, supporters, bosses Director: Group Life ieee and students for this opportunity and their belief in my Wein Clearfield leadership skills. We congratulate Joan for being honored as an outstanding employee. ‘Local| 7 ee > id ¢ ad - ? 4 /20/)96 ndiord chai¥ with misdemeanors : COCounts stem from failure * to purchase rental | - property licenses Standard-Examiner staff _OGDEN - Local landlord The case is significant be-| cause Massey has one of: the largest collections of apartments in the city, said assistant city building inspector Jon Webb, Massey was not present at his gee arraignment _ and executive director of the Og- den Area Community Thursday. on the charges in 2nd Circuit ' Court. — We Action Agency H. C. Massey has been _ charged with 11 counts of failing _ to license his rental properties. The charges, all class B mis- + demeanors, stem from Massey’s , alleged failure to purchase rental * property licenses from Ogdén . City that were required last July a* | The ordinance is a new one takin g effect on the same July 1 > ~date. landlords Several have ‘been charged under the ordi- * mance, according to court re; cords, but none with as many >» = ny Dearne April. 24 “| quested by Mike Junk. | City Attorney | Hehas MASSEY: , 2@ ofthe largest Collectionsof, @Partments in Ogden. and Massey’she > wtiorne 7 = announce: ae a the av chen | char- * counts. » » _ The city’s inspection services : division had initially cited Mas- de RD oe, dle a 2 * sey earlier in the year for failing ; to license any of his 16 rental * units in the city, officials said. : He paid the. $25 flat fee plus * $3 per residence charge required ; by the ordinance for each of five * of the units but allegedly did not take care of the other 11, leading to the filing of the charges last month. | Calls to Massey for comment | were not returned. But his attorney, Mark. Stratford, said, “Mr. Massey is interested in being a‘ responsible landlord and meeting his obligations and he is not intentionally trying to avoid any responsibilities. Part of the problem is the ordinance in question is a new. ordinance.” _ | Bike, Auto Collide: #' 3 4 ¥ Ogden Youth Killed A 13-year-old Ogden boy wasimpact. fatally injured Friday night Officer Carroll said — when his bicycle was struck gation is continuing. head-on in the 200 block of 26th The fatality was the seventh 1 Street. in Ogden this year and the sec-| The victim was identified as ond bicyclist to die of accident): Lawrence Cross, 13 son of injuries. Roosevelt and Minnie Lee MINOR INJURIES Cross, address unavailable. He Three persons suffered minor | was living with his grandmoth-|_ er, ae Clarkston at 2614 injuries in two other mishaps in| Ogden. Friday. #ine Gaylene Hardy, 14, of 869 LAWRENCE CROSS "Phe youth was injured when Loses Life "struck by .a westbound car at 27th, a passenger in a car driv110:54 p.m. Friday. He died at en by Michael Stone, 18, of 1270 4:10 acm. today at St. Benedict’s 34th, suffered neck and arm in- two-vehicle collision at 36th and '| Hospital. (Obituary on Page 9). juries: when the Stone car eol- Harrison at about 6 p.m. FriOgden officer Earl Carroll lided with another at 30th and day. |said the youth was eastbound Tyler at 9:55 p.m. Injured were the two. ‘drivers, on 26th in the westbound traffic Miss ‘Hardy was treated for Carl S. Whiteley, 18, «of 4974: tlane when struck by a car driv- her injuries at St. Benedict’s Harrison and Robert KE. La-; en by William Roosevelt John- Hospital and released. Four Couri, 60, of 3370 Washington. _ son, 23, of 2402 Wall. : other passengers in the Stone They were treated for their Officer Carroll said there were car were not injured. injuries at the McKay Hospital. ne lights on the bicycle and Mr. The other vehicle was driven Officer Hawkins said the cars Johnson did not see the cyclist by Ruben Salas, 16, of 584 32nd. struck nearly head-on-when the til just prior to impact. Officer Darold B. Hawkins Whiteley vehicle ‘attempted to Mr. Johnson ..ap-p lied his’ cited Salas for allegedly driving make a left turn at the interq brakes when he saw the boy rid- without lights and Stone for no- section. Mr. Whiteley was cited ing in the middle of the two drivers license. for alleged failure to sige the traffic lanes, Officer Carroll _ Two persons were injured in a right of way. said. | It appeared the boy also: ‘braked and the bike tipped over in front of the car. The car ran over the bicycle and knocked the | 4 As. +. eeeee ee " - 4 youth 65 feet from the point of : VIRGINIA PAYETTE Blacks Accuse Blacks Of Race Discrimination , ¢ Historically, racial prejudice always followed pretty _much the same recipe: take one white group, add a sprinkling of blacks, stir well — and get out has of the way. But, here and _ there, something new is being mixed In. Now blacks are accusing other. blacks of discriminating against their brothers. And, as far as any outsider can tell, Uncle Tom isn’t involved in this. It’s more a case of economic Simon Legree-ism. There are those who never thought they’d see the day when a line of black pickets would march outside a black bank. But that’s what happened two weeks ago in Atlanta. According to the pickets, it was a case of slave wages. And is upset because Hizzoner let five whites off in a gambling dispute because the city” ordinance “is vague and unconstitutional.’’ ‘ene Then why, the chief wondered, has the judge repeatedly thrown the book at blacks .ac- cused of the same crime?. The judge says he’s waiting. for somebody to clarify the wording in the ordinance. And the:black community phenomenon; of complaining brother ponders..-«the ‘the , ‘Man’? because gives preferential treatment. Then there’s a~~soul whites ~ ~~~ what ~ labor leaders call ‘reverse racism.” This is when employers™ interpret the ban-* on discrimination against: job that’s not all. Not only did the applicants “‘because of séx;“¥ace black bank pay less than local and national origin” to mean white banks, they said, it was they’d better hire all minority z1so guilty of racial workers they. can get. If they di, crimination. It refuse-sto hire want whites. And SWitch? Tlis how’s the more’ government es NO ‘QUOTAS’ A COINCIDENCE startling any for a contracts, that is. ~~ The quickest way to hurt-their confrontation feelings is to ask -«about “‘quotas.”” No such thing, <they of fie women bookkeepers who say. And then rush to meet _ repGed in sick after asking for Federal requirements of an _ Mor money. They insisted it “affirmative action” plan to waSst a coincidence that they increase their share of “unstelIned from a wage dispute . all ppened to stay home the derrepresented groups.” | Salliday. | Tt bank Universities are under the thought it looked same pressure. Which is why | mot like a_ sick-out to one University of Washington draitize their wage demands student had to go to court to get | 2 fired them. That’s when into law school, which had twice \the Southern Christian passed over his Phi Beta Kappa Leaship Conference decided credentials to accept 30 theack directors were more minority students with lower iimisted in black ink than grades. abl’ brotherhood, and ordered Things are happening so fast. utOhe pickets. we may even live long enough ; A.d while the sociologists are to see black merchants _ stop mulling that one over, here’s charging ghetto customers another: a white police chief in higher prices than they’d have Flint, Mich., has accused a to pay across the town in the black judge of being soft on white folks’ stores. white defendants. And even, maybe, if it keeps ‘hic ic a hit mara eam. Wn icenac will ha danidad an Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Beating Principal A four-man City Court jury grounds at 150 30th, after the returned a verdict of guilty principle broke up a fight inFriday against an Ogden man volving two of his step-daughcharged with assault and bat- tery on a local school princi- ters. of Mr. ceived from: te beatina. a Testimony was given by Mr. al. a a : Saunders Barlow, 30, of 179 Taylor and police officers dur-. 28th, was fined $50 and sen- ing the trial that Mr. Barlow, tenced to three days in jail for had knocked the principal down the beating of Nolan R. Tay- with judo blows. lor, principal of the Pingree 11 WITNESSES Elementary School. Defense attorney C. C. PatMr. Barlow’s stepson, Pedro terson called 11 witneses includHobson, 19, was acquitted of a similar charge following a_two- ing the two defendants:and the: day trail before City Judge two stepdaughters who precipi-| tated the incident. | Glenn Mecham. Mr. Taylor has filed’ a civil! _\ THREE HOURS | suit against the pair in Second | The jury deliberated for three District Court asking $80,000 | hours before returning the two damages. The suit asks $40,000 total. verdicts. _ Mr. Barlow was found guilty damages from each man for by the jury of a May 17 beating alleged injuries the principal re- SA 0 Taylor at the school < © Ogden Brothers Die l77O Si As Car Hits Horse FARMINGTON brothers were with a car driven north S two John G. Mortensen, 65, of 602 car 8th, . — Two Ogden killed and men injured when their struck a horse on U.S. 91 north of Farmington early Sunday morning. Huston Person Jr., 20, of 2842 ‘Wall, was pronounced dead on ‘arrival at 4:45 a.m. at St. Benedict’s Hospital. His brother, James Willard Person, 19, of the same address, died six hours after the acciident at the hospital, Injured in the mishap were Robert. Kersey, 21, of 3269 Grant, driver of the ear, and Kenneth E. Swenson, 21 of 2872 Graph Mr. Swenson was admitted to the hospital with a laceration of his Tight eye. He was listed -as ‘“‘improving’’ today at the hospital. Mr. Kersey was { treated” and released. DIVIDED ROAD _ Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Chabries said the vehicle was southbound on USS. 91 near Shepherd’s Lane when a horse ran onto the divided highway in front of the. car. PARKED CAR HIT The Mortensen car ‘continued north, striking a car driven by Douglas K. Parsons, 38, of 548 Fremont, knocking it into a parked car belonging to Intermountain Investment Corp. of €11 5th. Officer Varley said the Sax- ton youth had just stepped off the curb and intended to enter the stopped Parsons car when the mishap occurred. Mr. Brady was cited by Of- ficer Varley for alleged failure to yield the right of way. City to Study Requirements For Lighting PLEASANT VIEW — Street light and fire hydrant require_ He said Mr. Kersey braked ments will be submitted to the ‘the vehicle causing. it to slide City Council here in the near . = sideways. The horse was struck | future. Clair James, sibtie works di broadside. and carried about 300 feet down the road before rector, will make a survey of the present situation and present the vehicle stopped. The Person brothers were the council with recommenda- seated on the right side of the | ear, Huston Person in the front and James Person in the back. Trooper Chabries said Huston Person suffered a broken neck and apparently died instantly. The mishap occurred at about 3:90 a.m, Sunday. BOY HURT One person was injured in an accident in Ogden Sunday tions. — 45 ~~) — ee ee He told the council initial investigations have revealed a need. for a number of lights in the Majestic Heights area. He said fire hydrants in some areas are rather far and few between. Mayor Tim Healy asked for further investigation suggesting that hydrants be installed on Streets that are longer than a block. Most corners in the commun‘}morning that involved four cars hydrants, Director’ and a pedestrian at 7th and ity have James said. One street menAdams. Craig Saxton, 13, of 885 7th tioned as needing additional hywas about to get into a stopped | ‘drants is 900 West. car when it was _ struck and | pushed into him. He was treat-| Rifle Reported Stolen ed at the McKay Hospital for a neck injury and released. | A high power rifle was reportOgden officer R. Lee Varley: ed to Ogden police as stolen Said a car driven southbound | from a pickup truck owned by on Adams by Wesley R. Brady, | ‘Robert Westmoreland of 4258 S. 148, of 545 Eecles started a left: 2350 W. in Roy while parked . turn onto 7th when it collided in the 100 block of 25th. U sisleaeelt | — —. — — —_— | Mar |9- 1490 Ex-polic e Cc chi ef blames racism Ousted black man blames Wendover council vendetta for his firing SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Wendover Police Chief ter she alleged sold $16,000 in Augustus June Carter believes racism and a mayoral vendetta, not allegations of drug posses- | ‘ sion, are the reasons he was fired from his job last month. : In an interview with a Salt Lake newspaper while awaiting trial on drug possession charges, Carter, who is black, said he thinks his firing was premature and partly stems from a longstanding feud between himself and Mayor Albert Smith because he once arrested the mayor’s grandson. — He also'claimed a city council cocaine and methamphetamines from the trunk of the chief's police car outside a Salt Lake City mall. Officials have said they believed at least some of the coCaine was stolen from the department’s border town job as police chief in the tiny sion and distribution charges af- A. June Carter. March 5. A week is angry because she questioned earlier, state narcotics officers his budget. ae had arrested and charged his Carter, 35, was fired from his - wife, Janese, on narcotics posses- room, where Janese Carter, a part-time officer, was custodian. Lawmen later charged Carter based on the paraphernalia found in his car. He was fired hours after he was arraigned in 3rd Circuit Court in Tooele. “I feel that it was definitely premature. member once called him a “black bastard” and “Captain Midnight” to a casino security guard. The council member, Brenda Morgan, denies ever making those statements and said Carter evidence This is like you're him for months. Hard feelings between the mayor and himself stretch back to 1984 where court records showed Carter arrested Smith’s grandson on a residential burglary charge. Smith, however, said he can recall no such arrest. He said his grandson was once escorted home by Carter after he and some other boys got in trouble trying to cash in some chips at a Wendover, Nev., casinos. Smith denied he has ever made a racist remark about Carter. guilty, now you have to prove “I haven’t anything against yourself innocent,” Carter said. him because he’s black and I told “I was not told, except by mehim that,” the mayor said. “In dia, that I was terminated. It was _ fact, it wasn’t even mentioned definitely premature, without a about his being black.” doubt,” he said. “To me, that is totally unfair.” Smith acknowledged that he Carter believes Smith and wanted Carter replaced as chief some council members have after he took over as mayor in. been looking for a reason to fire January. 4B Standard-Examiner, Tuesday, March 6, 1990 Utah Police chief fired following arraignment WENDOVER (AP) — Wendover Police Chief A. June Carter, arraigned Monday on a charge of cocaine possession, has been fired. At a special meeting Monday night, the five-member City Council unanimously vot~ ed to fire Carter, said Mayor Albert B. Smith. Smith said the council hired Voun Tripp, a part-time Wen- dover officer, to replace Carter. Carter, 35, earlier was arraigned before 3rd Circuit in Watson Edward Judge Tooele, who set a March 30 preliminary hearing and released him on his own recognizance. Prosecutors allege Carter’s wife, Janese Wade Carter, 29, who was the police department’s evidence custodian, sold six ounces of cocaine and four ounces of methamphetamine for $16,000 to a confidential informant outside the Crossroads Mall City last week. in Salt Lake — Mrs. Carter is to be arraigned Wednesday on two counts of unlawful distribution involving cocaine and methamphetamine. Last week, Carter was placed on administrative leave without pay, but defense attorney James Esparza said follow- ing the arraignment that Carter had no plans to step down. “Mr. Carter does not intend to resign,” he said. “We believe the action of the city council was premature and irresponsible in asking him to resign.” A complaint charges Carter with possession of cocaine in the trunk of his police car, which his wive drove to Salt Lake City for the alleged drug transaction. The complaint against Carter alleges he took cocaine, which had previously been an- alyzed at the Utah State Crime Lab, from the Wendover Police evidence room and placed it in the trunk of his police car. The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, April 11, 1985 Jury Deliberates Verdict 2B ———>———— In Racketeering Trial imony should be able to accept test all not gh thou even ley from Crow By Bobbe Dabling Tribune Correspondent seven-woman, one- — A OGDEN rman jury was deliberating racketee ing charges Wednesday against an Ogden night club owner and his em- transactions countered were arguments videotaped. that He the jury would be accepting Crowley’s testi mony in blind faith. “Blind Faith?” asked Daroczi. . by n atio Faith, or is this sworn testimooper “Blind sting a of t ary, the resul ae ny?” He described Gale’s closing arWest Valley City police. ployee who were arrested last Janu Charged with racketeering are Ed ar Simone and Cindy Martin. A simil charge filed against Simone’s club, by the KoKoMo Club, was dismissed , Hyde O. ld Rona judge ict Distr ond after defense attorney's argued that Kothé state could not prove that the ed alleg the of KoMo had been part activity involving the two defen- dants. Attorney’s in the case described racketeering as an ongoing criminal enterprise involving at least two episodes. The jury, which has heard testimony for seven days, began its delibera- guements as “disingeneous” because the state has to prove only that the defendents were attempting to deal with the property believed to be stolen not property that is actually stolen. ~* in Daroezi told the jury that Mart by not aps perh ne, had aided Simo ing spoken agreement but in a work | | arrangement. 3 pe tions at 4:04 p.m. afterneys. closingSimoargv" ne’s ments by the attor attorney, Gary Gale, argued that Si- ers mone was entrapped because offic enticed him into buying property Sithey said was stolen even though t wasn' he said nally origi had mone the that ed argu also interested. Gale by property said to be stolen was used r rathe use onal Simone for his pers t. profi for e resal for than Martin’s also argued attorney, Loni DeLand, that his client was en- trapped. He also questioned the credi- of bility. of Detective Jim Crowley, had who e, Polic City ey the West Vall worked as an undercover agent dur- ing the investigation. DeLand noted ified «that Crowley earlier had test of es bottl minithe ng selli e befor that liquor he had checked with the state liquor commission, to make sure he could sell the bottles. However, DeLand called a Mr. Gillespie at the commission, who said he was not contacted by Crowley before the fact. But Deputy Weber County Attorney, Les Daroczi, argued that offion cials of the State Liquor Commissi who testified at the trial both said the there was nothing wrong with and transaction involving Crowley the mini-bottles. In Daroczi’s rebuttle to closing arguments, he argued that the jury ee -sex Charges dropped _ woman ex-inmate inst s have SAN ANDREAS — Charge t here Cour or eri been dismissed in Sup mitcom of d use acc an against the wom in d one ris ting a sex act while imp 7 Calaveras County Jail. further Her alleged partner awaits Orrin court appearances aS ‘Judge rt. Airola reviews his probation repo Attorney At the request of District of oral s rge cha , Douglas Mewhinney was who Paskell, con- Murphy Lee church’s chief deacon, Grande granted the delay because a victed March 21 of voluntary maner . slaughter in the killing of his form was delayed coe: AS Frank © -A. Monday until May 7. Judge Superior Court , officer's presentenc- ation county prob dropped | ing report was not filed until Monday copulation in a jail were of San ing. against Linda Doris Bowman, 35, not morn was e ther said ney hin Mew jury. convicted. Paskell, 65, in the s. ‘A rea And © to ’ man Bow g Jan. 30,1 982, shooting death of Oscar enough evidenceto brin ge Joseph trial and Superior Court Jud | . case the sed mis Huberty dis James Michael \ Tae guilty _ j tice a> tei nt ‘42 a report Peviewiie Hatten’s probation Frision deci a and is expected to make is scheduled day April 20 when Hatten eae 3 t. cour in to appear 14 The charges stemmed from a Feb. e the two incident in the county jail whil were working kitchen. . as trustys ) in the jail : ed her Bowman claimed Hatten forc man Bow ms clai he to participate while e whil willingly participated in the act were they and e gon was the jail cook ised. ‘momentarily unsuperv RS i 3 ai Aone ~~ 2" sey eS = Ss i Fe ic — tor’s erratic behavior. Lawyer Irving M. Corren convinced the jury that Paskell did not have the mental ability to form the malice the. er: law requires for conviction of murd r’s eime Alzh from rs The pastor suffe disease, an ailment often mistaken for. senility which mental faculties. deterioration of causes Doctor found negligent red A Superior Court jury has held retiDul ce negligent — physician John McNally for thez sible espon 10 S#that Linden Postmas m Meyers suffered in January when complications set in after. $ 2 : 4 a1 reais De, ad a OF U £48, 2 peo Bae Seal Bieri a t Ses eres Bas By MARLYS DURAN “3°$4 Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer CASTLE ROCK — Three friends pleaded with an intoxicated Diann’ Mancera to stay with them the night of July 25, 1988, but she refused and walked away from their room near East Colfax Avenue and Gaylord Street in Denver. ¥ “She was a really stubborn person when she got high,” Gloria Gulierrez testified y 2sterday ina preliminary hearii g for Vincent Groves, a suspected serial killer who is accused of Strang\ing Man- Vincent Groves Faces murder charge cera. The hearing will resume in Douglas District Court this morn- ing before. Judge Thomas Curry, who must decide whether there is sufficient evidence to prosecute 35-year-old Groves on a charge of first-degree murder. Key testimony is expected today from two employees of a Maryland laboratory that linked Groves to Mancera’s death through DNA “fingerprinting” of blood and semen samples, Mancera, 25, was one of 14 area women, many of them prostitutes or hitchhikers, whom authorities suspect Groves may have killed. Gutierrez testifed that Mancera, who had no car, often hitched rides. About five hours after Mancera left her friends, her body was place to stay found alongside a road just off Interstate 25 in Douglas County by a man test-driving his truck. Near the body was a fresh oil stain from a vehicle. Arapahoe County sheriff’s inves- tigator Karen Beauchamp testified yesterday that Groves told her in September 1988 that his car had a bad oil leak. “He said that looked bad for him.” Groves has admitted that he fre- quently cruised in the early morn- ing hours, looking for prostitutes, along a stretch of East Colfax Avenue that included Gaylord Street. He told an investigator he probably was doing just that on the morning Mancera disappeared, but he denied killing her. Groves served a prison term for strangling a 17-year-old girl in 1981 in Jefferson County. He is Charged in Adams County with first-degree murder in the strangu- lation of Juanita Lovato, 19. He is the prime suspect in the strangula- tion of Faye Johnson, whose body was found Jan. 29, 1988, in Arapahoe County. Groves was acquitted in Febru ary in Denver District Court of trying to strangle a Denver prost itute in an Kast Colfax Avenue motel room. 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Wy e, of Larami minister at- kies the College of the Roc continued school of theology and University 2 of veteran. He is an Air Force e to about her er ist He'll min ers. 600 New Zion memb his wife, , er st The mini and 33rd. | n on SunServices at New Zio , 9:30 ool Sch ‘days are Sunday p at 11 and shi wor g in a.m., morn 7. evening worship at oe of Salt nr Mo I. W. The Rev. interim as Lake City served | pastor. | |—————— ' — shooting on was OS Oo ei stopped, the floor EARNEST NELSON Dies of Wounds \treated | at and was Strong Benedict’s Hospital and released. released. RG NS Hospital McKay-Dee if and Dawn A. daughters Lisa M. age at 709 on | reside in the pars the Nelson left hand, reports said. Mrs. Burton was treated Darryl! thi son ON FLOOR Alexander Daniel Strong of 727 E. 850 N., had a wound in the 4 \ Jeanette, gun had a superficial wound on her left ankle and another patron, MMe | at | critically wounded, Mrs. Burton FA studies ming. Wyo- When Mr. th \tended 35-year-old tt The tn ‘| returned fire, police reports said. re A eskedees “Mrs. 3 Burton O° ANS g a pistol | got to her feet pullin and began purse from: her l to OgHe accepted the cal serving |. le whi 14 den on Sept. t -| Mrs. said Witnesses ( et Sun at Mr. St. (See obituary on Page 5B). eNO Lincoln, ,|tist Church, 2935 : . | day at 11 a.m Aan rmon as the F -|preach his first se Zion Bapnew pastor of New -}\ AS Willie Davis — The Rev. wet WILLIE DAVIS\¢ C — REV. Ir E . ef Nelson of 240 30th, was. not Grant, and Mrs. Virginia Jones involved in the dispute, but was Lavine, 21, of 2415 Lincoln. caught in the crossfire. _ _ AT BAR Mr. Nelson was ished :(o Sk: to witnesses, Mr. According he’ Benedict’s Hospital where sitting at the bar was Nelson’ died less than a hour after the e approached Lavin Mrs. ‘when i a + yA 172 shooting at Paganos, nd, George husba n’s Burto This is the third shooting on Mrs. 2856 Grant, ~of also n, Burto L. a in Ogden’s lower 2oth Street witnesses y, nearb ed month and the second in a seat | nted. recou , ie oH week. beed erupt ent argum AnMr. Nelson died of a bullet tween Mrs. Lavine and Mr. y |Burton. Mr. Burton allegedl floor the to ne -}pushed Mrs. Lavi . -|police said. oF oh eet a fracas at a 25th Street tavern. in connection with the shooting Police say the victim, Earnest were Odessa Burton, 35, of 2856 eet ee wound in the left side fired from a small caliber gun, police say. shortly before midnight Friday Booked into the Weber County of gunshot wounds fired during| Jail for second degree murder —~ cts e p s u S ; al Sup “THE OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER: SATURDAY EVENING, TEREUARY 24, 1951 lek hs e. VE, —=sS Police saidi today. thay had me hoplifting Sy y covered more than $1000 worth of ladies’ “apparel from four Negro girls who. allegedly © stashed the stolen goods in jumbo size bloomers they wore under their dresses. * The girls. had stuffed $1147 worth of expensive dresses and coats into the improvised bloomers, police said, during a novel shoplifting junket through three of the city’s _ Jeading stores. : Police Chief Maurice J. Schooff aid police later found an additional $1000 worth: of apparel in the ~ girls’ room in a west side hotel. ‘The clothing. there, ‘crammed into four suitcases, bore ‘price tags of a Denver, Colo., ps antes ee store, _ the chief said. Ne ovel Devices The novel ‘device. aids: revealed ~ at police. headquarters — in the - presence of Police Woman Cleo - Keeter. — when she ordered ‘the pie to. hike up their dresses, Mrs. * Keeter ‘said three of the Taattily | ~ dressed. women had on a pair’ of oversized bloomers Supported by _ shoulder ‘straps. ~~ _. From the bulgy underpants Mrs. -Keeter | ‘extracted $357 worth of. dresses and. coats, -she’ said, the "property ‘of Ro. Lan’ 's ladies wear, 244 §. Washington, ‘and Rich’s ladies “Wear, 2341 Washington. Mts. Keet-er said she also found a bus depot locker ; wey. in the hem of one of _ the l’s skirts. trip. to the Grevhount: depot =» isploses, police said, an earlier “bloomer raid”. had. netted the girls $790 worth: ‘of dresses and coats, which _ oilicers said were stolen Fr . Nye Co. vores 2422 or "$1000 Worth aes geant VY. R. Butcher and Pa- i tek n-Marsha ll: N. White. and ade the. arrests, t cail at the girls'| | —e jealed sanother.$1900 |. wor n rot ‘women’. s wear loaded into \ four suitcases. — Police’ said they Ney found 18 GEE girls’. possession several American | Express ‘shipping tags, indicating that the girls -had. been shipping _ clothing: from Denver to Chicago. Police expressed the belief they Je “ancovered a novel’ shoplifting ‘scheme 4that may have connections into. several eastern -cities. The “big bloomer troupe” languished in ~ city jail today while officers con‘tinued ‘investigations.. The girls; held for ‘investigation of grand larceny, gave their names as Alice -Williams, 23; Roselee Thomas, 26, Louise Taylor, 22, all of Chicago; and Selma Brooks, 22, of Gary Ind. merieen . Marshail As by Negeo sitle on a novel shaplittine ¥raid 1 +> COLO RAD His stubble gave her away WEST Steve Campbell, State/Region Editor & 892-5381 Arrest ends life as cheerleader for 26-year-old man in Springs By Dick Foster Rocky Mountain News Southern Bureau COLORADO SPRINGS — Maybe it was the stubble rising through the pancake makeup by afternoon class, or the 5-foot-9, 164-pound frame beneath the sweater and culottes, but something told Coronado High School teachers and students that Cheyen Weatherly was not the typical 11th-grade girl. Cheyen (pronounced Shawn) was arrested Tuesday at the north-side high school and unSRE masked as a 26-year-old man, Charles Daugherty. He was charged with third-degree forgery and criminal impersonation and released on $750 bail. In the six days that Cheyen atitended Coronado before being ar‘rested, she joined the school ‘cheerleading squad, performed at a pep rally, gossiped with the girls about guys and joined the school choir. “She sang soprano,”’ said class- EN See CHEERLEADER on 26 Te ME See RS Daugherty shown in 1984 photo. Charles Daugherty as ‘‘Cheyen.”’ ee o ——o a " —— \ | r i g s a l o o h c s h g i enrolls in h - FE <p wt RINGS, Colo. ; COLORADO SP personator im (AP) — A female school, made gh hi a at enrolled uad and stole the cheerleading sq football team the the affections of d out eight days un before being fo authorities two years, Driscoll. said Detective Bob d that her name student who aske | not be used. esentpr y rt he ug Police said Da with a computed school officials he had tryout and erized list of courses match to er without a formal es ad iform at a pep completed and gr School offiperformed in un . students said. — all A’s and B's rally, teachers and skeptical but hes in the cials initially were ot cl d ge an ch He oll until more and room and belater, students allowed him to enr uld be obwomen’s locker h at least detailed records co said. me close friends wit ca 26, y, rt he ug tained. Charles James Da igation of started to two cheerleaders. st ve nwhile, things in ea “M for ed st re of ar was ll said. a couple al impersonl for him,” Drisco “I heard there were in ve ra im un cr d d an an y m er hi forg ribed as 5ed leased on $750 Daugherty 1s desc — 4 build girls who yefriend ngs thi al ation. He was re pearance Oct. on pers unds ap told him a lot of foot-9 and 164 po bail for a court girls talk to and students w rs ho he ac ow te kn de — you that ma r, che tea is one d sai k twice. one another, * ed as 4 junior ion of ano- loo easingly beDaugherty enroll hool, using: who spoke on condit hool officials incr cided to Sc per of Sc gh d a lot and de at Coronado Hi nymity. “He aske came suspicious en Weatherly, mbers and adey nu Ch e on ” me ph ff. le na the sonal stu check te he id sa . ra mi He ad . id the sa rty had provided He also attracted school officials una dresses Daughe ce d ee sai Gr m, in tea ng yi ll had been stud tion of the footba tor for the past der a private tu powers eel Daugherty became a cheerlead- without enough ammunition, says Jim Gillespie, chief of the Utah Narcotics and Liquor Law Enforcement Bureau. | Gillespie said drug smugglers, whose supply lines traditionally have crossed the borders of southeastern coastal states, are looking West for safer routes as they meet stronger police resistance’ in the East. “Those states back there are just crawling with drug enforcement agents these days and it 1s on smug| making it tougher glers,” he said. Utah’s vast and sparsely pop- - forcement,” he said. Other large drug rings apparently already have made that decision and are undoubtedly reaping lafger profits as a result, Gillespie said. He pointed to a recent bust in Utah where several people moved 300 kilograms of cocaine worth more than $1 million during a period of seven months. In another transaction at a Salt Lake City hotel, he said, a state narcotics agent purchased two kilograms of cocaine for $170,000 in a single exchange. “When you think about it, it’s drug to airborne pretty easy for them,” he said. pealing “It’s only five hours in a small runners. Gillespie claims the outlaws are tempted further by ‘plane from Mexico and there of number are any number of unattended an inadequate agents and dollars for his deairstrips that have automatic partment. lights which can be activated by an aircraft radio. Then it’s only “I’ve listened to a tape rea matter of unloading the stuff, ment enforce drug by corded ulated lands Utah are naturally ap- which takes about 40 minutes, and you're back in the air they just tell their people to go for-it at all costs.” _ again.” All of this has Gillespie feeling a bit jumpy. But he said the Legislature doesn’t share his concern because it isn’t convinced the problem exists in such magnitude. “When this department. was created in 1969, the Legislature of authorized a _ budget $880,000,” he said. “In 1986, our budget was $1,200,000. I guess we just haven't convinced them But his concern also extends to the people who pay his salary. Fighting the war against drugs, said Gillespie, means not only better law enforcement but greater awareness of drug abuse. “People don’t believe there is a drug problem in Utah,” he said. “They like to think it happens to other families in other towns. But | it doesn’t. The drug problem yet.” Gillespie said if Utah ignores the problem it may become a favorite destination of smugglers because other Western states are responding to the challenge by hiring more agents and providing better equip- “The problem in the past was ment. “Right now I’ve got 21 agents for 29 counties,” he said. “California plans to add 65 agents in coming months. I’m hoping to get six and if I do I'll still be short-handed.” “Undercover Stan dard-Examiner greatest acting role ever.” staff ‘SALT LAKE CITY — When Jim Gillespie was a kid growing up near Five Points in Ogden, he probably never told his dad he wanted to someday be Utah's . chief narc. Twenty-five years later, he has the job, and he relishes it. Gillespie, a 1964 Ben. Lomond High School graduate who served in Vietnam and workedas an Ogden police officer, is the 40-yearold chief of the Utah Narcotics and Liquor Law has taught Enforcement Bu- reau. “If there is one thing this job just,” how to he said, sitting behind cluttered desk seems to City Jim Gillespie me, it’s office in where ring his Salt the cop has to be the ad- a Lake phone constantly. | - Gillespie is certainly not your typical bureaucrat. A veteran of two tours of duty with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam, he knows first-hand what thinking on your feet is all about. “I was military police and we were the only guys in the Air Force who carried guns,” he said. “We were assigned to walk perimeters around air fields, and after living in tents and chicken coops for awhile, I was asking myself why I hadn’t joined the Navy. At out at sea.” Even least though they he got was to stay awarded the Air Force Medal of Commendation in 1967, Gillespie said his military experience led him to conclude that police work was ge that we lied to kids about what drugs do,” he said. “We told them that if you smoke one joint you'll g0 crazy and kill your family with an ax.” Gillespie said that approach was not only ineffective, but unnecessary because the real effects of drug and alcohol abuse are horrible enough in real terms. “I think it’s working because you can see that the use of mari- mbers c e rem f chie ics cot nar By DAVID HACKETT ex- ists in every high school and every Community in every county.” Through education, Gillespie said he hopes to make drug enforcement a public priority by demonstrating its dangers in believable terms. juana and other drugs is gradually ~ being reduced,” he said. “Drinking is the biggest problem in the strictly for meatheads. That untilhe got involved in invest tions. “During my last few month the service, I was assigned to | patrol in Marysville, Calif.” said. “By then, drugs were ev where, and I found a new | pose in law enforcement wh¢ got to investigate the deagh three airmen overdoses.” who died of I Following his discharge fi the Air Force in 1968, Gille: and Antonia, a Pt he eagerly joined the. his bride, delphia native, moved to Og where den_Police Depastment. “I'm still close to some of guys in that department,” he s “In fact, (Ogden Police Chief) Ritchie was my training offic remember one night we were What’s happe A CHRISTMAS CONCERT: “Snow on Fallen Snow,” music department at Weber State College, 6 and 8 p.m. Nov. 30, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 24th and Adams. Director, Mark A. Henderson. Suggested donation, $2.50/adults and $1.50/students. SOCIAL WORKERS CONFERENCE: National Association of Social Workers conference, 8 a.m. Dec. 5, McKay-Dee Hospital Center Green Auditorium. Advarice registration required by Dec. 1 to Northern Utah Branch ON SP é AmMmeAA ‘major drug dealer from the East Coast told a buyer that she SALT LAKE CITY — Utah was moving her operation out is moving to the front line of America’s war against drugs - here because there is less en33 FARO agents in California where a ByStandard-Examiner DAVID HACKETT staff Drugs | wa Utah needs more ammunition against drugs Police investigating possible racist attack. -By TIM GURRISTER the head of the 16-year-old, a former Ogden resident visiting from Nevada. The victim’s 17-year-old black male friend fled to a nearby Denny’s restaurant and the four men jumped in their vehicle to chase him, the report said. The 17-yearold phoned police from the restau- Standard-Examiner staff “OGDEN — A white teenager walking along Washington Boulevard with a black friend was assaulted Friday by four white males shouting racial slurs, breaking his jaw with a metal pipe, police said. _The four attackers all sported PS OGDEN — cultural Dance advocate instructor ber-Morgan Council of Aging and the Women’s Historical Society. . She is scholarship chairman of Sophie Wetherell Reed and human rights _advocate and public servant Marguerite “Margo” the Ogden “Weber County Registry of Honor. _ * A reception in their honor for through Mission “Monday $7.50. the Weber County Comoffice, 399-8401, before at 4 p.m. ._ Registry The sponsors cost said is both _ “nOminees are outstanding examples _ of service and have worked to improve the quality of life in the community. _. Reed, who died July 6, 1988, will be honored posthumously. “->Born in Skelton, Cumberland, England, Reed committed her life to teaching Ogden area youth the “importance of the arts and instilling a desire to accomplish goals through self-discipline, hard work and the ability to work with others, registry sponsors said. | She was awarded “EF ~ Medal for Service in ° Freedom” in 1946 by | a Horton > * Reed VI. for organizing “Bundles for Britain” during the Battle of Britain in World War II.- Teachers of Dance, Reed also was governor of the Rocky Mountain Region Soroptimist Club and was a member of the Imperial Society of eae Caunci| We Salute or Satan: -maen ch. MaDe Weber County of Ogden’s Project Success, an in-| novative tutorial and mentor pro-] gram. She has tutored students in|: — math, two days a week, two hour per day, for the past five years. Dovie-also tutors in her home as a home study teacher. She was recently presented the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award for her volunteer service to the Ogden community. & Most memorable experience you’ve had as a ‘volunteer: “When they come back and tell you how grateful they are for helping them. Many have told = Established in 1964, the Hall of Fame was housed in the old county commission L~~~ i chambers. smathhglle. frn- aan Having. ranal SSS eS and black work of any white supremacist group or “skinheads” but family members of the victims said they feel strongly it was. The father of the hospitalized teen said, “His friends are telling us they've been concerned with a bunch of guys calling themsel white supremacists here. They Saying this type of thing’ | happened before. “They were going to Denny’s meet with some girls they knew big white kid and his black fric walking along the street, and tl beat the living ---- out of him. I ally want to see something dc about this.” . The black teenager’s uncle, « asked not to be named, said nephew feels strongly from wi was said during the incident tl the four men were skinheads. Neither of the victims could reached for comment Saturday. See ASSAULT on Assault Ogden police have said the city has not been the scene of any skinhead activities, and Lt. Bill Ladd reiterated that Saturday, saying “Ogden has not seen any organized white supremacist activities.” “Its hard to tell what is organized activity and what is an excuse for violence,” Chief Mike Empey said. “We haven’t received anything to indicate they are becoming organized here. Friday’s incident is a serious matter, whether its random violence or something more organized, and all parts of it will be investigated.” The case has been turned over to detectives for follow-up investigation. A Davis Sheriffs office gang specialist, Deputy Glenn Parker, said more information would be natives and tions locally or nationally; 4995 Dovie J. Goodwin, Washington Terrace zs the founding and implementation}. . nizes T-shirts From 1C adopted sons and daughters who have made significant contribu years. An 87-year-old retired] schoolteacher, she participated in|. | | Organizers say the registry recog- @ Volunteer Service: Dovie hasl— been volunteering for the past 22 41 Delta Sigma Past inductees include David O. McKay (1965), George S. Eccles (1970) and Frank M. Browning *(1980). Last year, Lucille Isakson, Dr. John A. Dixon and former Gov. Herbert B. Maw received the honor. | President of the Ogden. Drama Club and American Society for Teachers of Dance in London. Horton,an Ogden resident. since 1961, is a social work professional and community volunteer. A native of St. Louis, she has been on more than 45 local and state boards, committees and commissions, including the state Advi- | Theta Sorority, president of Lay Organization Embry Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and honorary life member of the Utah Conference on Human Services. Formerly called the Weber County Hall of Fame, the registry was reintroduced in 1989 by the Junior League of Ogden and the Weber County commissioners after a nine-year hiatus. Horton have been nominated for induction into the family and guests will be at the _ Radisson Suite Hotel on Tuesday | - from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. The induc' tion ceremony will begin at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. _t Reservations can be made Alumnae white boots, and all had “completely shaved heads,” the report said. The 16-year-old suffered broken teeth and a fractured jaw and Saturday night was listed in stable condition at McKay-Dee Hospital, awaiting surgery scheduled for to| day. Police said they lacked sufficient _ anformation to call the incident the Two will be honored at reception © | pa 1g 4, AAG | and All four were dressed alike in blue Levis, Se —S mann = ~ “1 before Friday’s Ogden yuld be called at- the work of hout tattoos, license plate ‘s, or more to identify them, 1't say for sure — but it sure profile, it definitely sounds :m,” Parker said. t's the typical slur and gar- me that.” m@ What you've learned from volunteering: “Giving something back to humanity. You feel you have | helped those who needed help.” bage they-Jike to yell. They haye limited vocabulary. And bei dressed alike is standard operat procedure.” | — Parker said police have identiffi 30 to 40 skinheads in Weber a1 Davis counties, although he wasi aware of a figure for Ogden. “B anywhere you’ve got populatio you’ve got a handful of them,” | said. . Layton was the scene of an in dent July 1 involving the arrest three self-described skinheads aft police broke up an encounter b fore it started between numero people dressed in black and repo: edly carrying guns, knives and ba Layton police have reported ot er minor incidents involving ski heads in the past two years, chietl assaults and graffiti reports. Parker said none of the incider had resulted in injuries. “It’s hard to pre-guess anythi these individuals become involv in, but you always worry about : escalation,” Parker said. “It’s sad. say, but racial tensions have n been decreasing in the Weber-D vis area.” a @ What others have to say about the volunteer’s contribution: Linda H. Brown, Ogden: “She is a happy and cheerful person and an inspiration to us all. She recently gave a workshop on grammar. We all hope to be like her.” Desseria and Frank Satterwhite; Washington I needed.” Do you know someone who qualifies for “We Salute” recognition? Please send nominations to Kathy Gutierrez or Carmen Lopez, P:O. Box 951, Ogden, 84402-0951, or call 625-4230 or 625-4237. a ferested Terrace: “She is very active in a number of things. You can always depend on her and she never turns anyone down. She is always there for them when | a | Schoo], ¢asked Wnwhat in feaching Y She he Esdecicl] thy she like d elo People , virs “A Goodwin ina Mine, fg t Fi Teachin she ss NOing, lo?ing Said, 4 "] Y co thi. the cen Vedenite Who Killed Wife Gets Parole in 2001 ee Special to The Tribune DRAPER — An ex-Ogden paramedic imprisoned for the November 1985 murder of his wife won a May 8, 2001, parole at the conclusion of his first appearance before the Board of Pardons. Jerry P. Auble, 33, was convicted of killing his wife, Claudette, with a rifle. He has served one year of the 5years-to-life sentence for second-degree murder. A 41-year-old Mona man who pleaded “no contest” to the Christmas Day 1985 bombing of his drug store in Nephi was granted a parole Sept. 10, 1991, and ordered to pay $13,868 in months of | to 15 years for aggravated arson on five 1-to-15-years sentences for second-degree theft by receiving, five 0-to-5-years sentences for third-degree theft by receiving, and 0 to 5 years for prescription forgery. Two inmates were denied paroles: — Daniel J. Soelberg, 41, Coalville, was told his next parole hearing will be in February 1992. Soelberg has served 15 months of 5 years to life for rape, 1 to 15 years for attempted rape and 0 to 5 years for attempted sexual abuse of a child. — Jay David Mangel, 20, Ogden, will have his next parole hearing in restitution. December 1989. He has served 12 | Mont K. Jensen, has served eight months of 1 to 15 years for seconddegree forgery and robbery and 0 to5 years for third-degree forgery. Ronald Lee Thorp, 44, a transient, granted paroles were Larry i L. Others was told his 0-to-5-years sentence for Liptrap, 34, Ogden, Aug. 9, 1988, i served six months of two 0-to-5-years Bhenice w theft of an operable motor ehicle will be terminated Aug, 8, d sentences for forged prescription; E. Loomis, 41, Salt Like City, i Frank May 9, 1989, served six.months [ 15 years for theft by receiving;of 1Mi-to i chael Lynn Jephson, 20, West Valley i City, May 10, 1988, served three months of 0 to 5 years for burglary i and two 1-year sentences for theft. 1989, The pardons board ordered Jeffery a Johnson, 28, Salt Lake City, to I Aug. 9, 1988, served six months of 0 to am’ parole agreements, Ordered to pay restitution, amount, parole dates and sentences: Dale Howard Davis, 37, a transient, $2,533, May 10, 1988, served six months of 0 to 5 years for possession of a stolen Also Adam _ Jiminez, rve until the expiration of his 0-too-years sentence for attempted criminal homicide — Feb. 23, 1992. Restitution was ordered as part of 24, Kearns, { 5 years for aggravated assault; Ron- ) e > ss ieD) CF. eet oO 6 > some Beuiew Seo Gin ee Ses ke Cas sOofub Bo gk FeSS oo TES eas Soa ves en 5 Os Be ig ses PROG SS BE OOF ESOOR 8 o Ores yo 8S Bre Ss pO: EO Ket Stesateosu ano b~ -~Q & 4 23 So: . ORES ares Lege oe~ 4 we Com E.. ‘R'E haha — elon oe 0-2 feo os 528 23 Sa NS peta . Seog es gt = 2= : O-m o> a. 2 |to QD =. ' ee / Oo : = - < S&S = oc vehicle; Jeffrie Thornton, 25, Pleasant Grove, $881, June 13, 1989, served j served 60 months of three 5-years-to| life sentences for aggravated: sexual 11 months of three 1-to-15-years sentences for forgery; Gary F. Winger, assault; and Billy J. Herron, 26, Salt i Lake City, June 9, 1987, served 20 } months of 0 to 5 years for criminal { mischief. 46, Salt Lake City, $2,115, Aug. 9, 1988, ; oe JT yw OD, Om OS | 25, West Valley City, May 8, 1990, ee a Bs bea EOSBEDTEvves 8 OO om ©. iS | ee KX MMW, Sc rs WY -. Oo COS orm BS f\ SVoSCELY ees : 2:20.48 C0oO. OE 2 GE oo GS ESE 'S Gee & . Cet. ene Cem | ald D. Norway, 44, Phoenix, May 10, : 1988, served three ae Ha “ 0 hw 5 years for theft; Steven Mark Sickler, ae “” aS; served six months of 1 to 15 years for theft by receiving; Frank W. Dalla- fior 19, Tooele, $300, June 9, 1987, served six months of 0 to 5 years for burglary; and Travis B. Goodwin, 19, Lewiston, $3,801, Feb. 13, 1990, served three months of 0 to 5 years on three burglary of a business sentences and two theft charges, and 12 months of a class A misdemeanor charge of attempted burglary of a business. Stare SZ coe as Si Sie Suspect, 23, Says Goals Partly Met ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)— young black man accused of killing Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. during a shooting spree at a church service was ordered held for a grand jury today on murder charges. During his arraignment, Mar- sponse to questions from attorneys that he had pistols in his as Chenault, a former student at;about Chenault’s state of mind: : possession when: Mrs. King and Ohio State University in Colum-|but said the prisoner “believes) he is Jacob in person’ -and|: er two others were shot Sunday at bus, grinned as he entered the “his’ Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist courtroom and to initial ques- added that he believes tions he said, “no comment,” God”’ sent him on a mission: : Church. Mrs. King, 69, was shot SunOne of the other victims, a but then answered the ques-| tions after his attorney whis-|day morning as she played deacon, also was killed. ‘The Lord’s Prayer” on the or“IT assume I shot someone,” pered to him. gan of the church where her Chenault told. Judge E. T. NO: COMMENT late son, Nobel prize . winner’ Brock. Bacote told newsmen after/Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. GOAL MET the 15-minute hearing that hejonce preached nonviolence and} He said, ““My name is SerSa 9) vant Jacob. I’m a Hebrew. oe oe under ih -) prisoner, + hails’ sailing ‘rantamdhs> stocky Mi The heavy police guard, said in re- VICTIM of fatal etiurch skoote was Mrs. Martin Luther King Sr. (left). Charged with her murder and the killing of a church deacon is Marcus Wayne Chenault, 23 (right). Sr oe eal cus Wayne Chenault, 23, told a City Court judge he was sent to Atlanta “on a purpose and it’s partly accomplished.” entered the no-contest pleas be-|brotherhood before his own. | as-| | cause vat this point In time! sassination in 1968. was sent here on a purpose and we're trying to determine the) Before the assailant could bel wi it’s partly accomplished.” proper defense.” (ee Fees © 2% Chenault was ordered held Bacote declined comment See page 2A. , pee PE for a Fulton County grand jury on two counts of murder, one charge of aggravated assault and one charge of carrying a pistol without a license. The judge allowed no bond. The arraignment took place in a second-floor courtroom at police headquarters here. Policemen stopped anyone entering the building to examine their credentials. Five uniformed policemen were in the small courtroom, along with several detectives. ~ NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP Serviee aa Fund for Neorb S Chenault’s attorney, Randy helps in making one’s college plans by offering suggestion: Bacote of Atlanta, entered opportunities for admission at interracial colleges, ‘Seate: pleas of ‘“‘no contest’ to accept them and _ instead tered innocent pieas. left to right are the eleven Skyline Negro students who pas: _ academic test with high scores. Row one, Jeffery Potts, E Johnson, row two. Charles Young, Malinda Bennet. Elaine Woods, and Clifford, Wain’ Denise Daniel. Wiliianm Jackson, SPOTS WORSE THAN ASSA ~~ How Much More Can | Take? \ Grief-Stricken Husband Asks ing Dr. ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — A griev -sleeves shirt his Sr., King er Luth Martin ‘How cried , blood s stained with his wife’ more can much How take? I can more much I take? “In some ways, it's worse than the gray-haired assassination,” said the stocky, ay of his Sund ng slayi minister about the the organ in ed play she’ as 69, ta, Alber wife the Ebenezer Baptist Church. famed He referred to the 1968 killing of his in Luther civil rights leader son, Dr. Mart e prize. King Jr., winner of the Nobel Peac lost his King later, Less than 16 months ned in younger and last son, A.D., who drow the swimming pool of his home. at his g King, 74, was not preachin he planned use beca ay Sund ch chur ezer Eben plane for a to’ leave early to catch a N.J. rk, speaking engagement in Newa sat in his he as , ting shoo the Hours after Martin, King home near a large portrait of everybody's said, ‘‘I don’t hate nobody. I’m brother.” which Watching a television newscast al a tion seda r unde reported he was I’m not!”’ hospital, King declared, ‘Oh no, ,” said King y Dadd ies typif “T think that longtime the Rev. J. Randolph Taylor, a g man.” friend of King’s. ‘‘He’s a very stron H OUG SEE THEM THR of his In a recent interview, King said for live “T ren, child grand rless nine fathe life.” their in them, I’m the only man I have “It’s going to shorten my days, but he gh,”’ throu n ldre got to see my grandchi said. are the Four of his 10 grandchildren children of Martin, five are A.D.’s and is the son of his only surviving child, Isaac one Mrs. Farris. Sunday The mood in the King household friends 60 least at night was quiet, with the ded inclu These cts. respe their paying y Jimm Mrs. nor, gover wife of Georgia’s r of the forme Carter, and Ivan Allen III, son mayor of Atlanta. s, one of The King’s grandson, Isaac Farri King Mrs. when h churc the in two who were everybody was. shot, said, ‘“‘We thought e who loved my grandmother. Even the peopl made trouble were close to her.” Sunday, May 6, 2007 5A In prison ‘Houston is first Utah juvenile facing | "life without parole; some wonder if | sentence is fair for teen convicts BY JESSE FRUHWIRTH efforts to fighting life without Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau jfrunwirth@standard.net CLEARFIELD — Robert Cameron Houston, who was 17 when he committed aggravated murder, earned an infamous spot in Utah history bast week, According ; to the Department of Corrections, he is the first juvenile offender to enter the Utah State Prison with no hope of dying anywhere but Raechale Elton in prison. The counselor Houston was raped was sentenced and murdered by a jury to by Robert life in prison Cameron without parole Houston. after plead- ing guilty in March to the ag- gravated murder of Raechale Elton on Feb. 15, 2006. She was a counselor in a youth home where Houston lived. Since 2005, when capital punishment of juvenile offend- ers was declared cruel and unusual and therefore unconstitutional, human rights groups in the U. S. have turned their parole sentences levied against juveniles. More than 2,200 individuals in the U.S. are serving life without parole sentences for crimes they committed as juveniles, according to a report by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. The report states that such sentences for juveniles are nearly nonexistent anywhere else in the world. There are signs of changing attitudes, however. In the U.S., eight states and the District of Columbia forbid life without parole penalties for juveniles. California’s legislature is considering a bill that would make it the ninth state to ban the sentence. Supporters of the harsh sentence say Houston’s crime is arguably the most vile crime ever committed by a juvenile in Utah, so his sentence is appropriate. One Episcopalian priest, who lobbied the California legislature last week, said the possibility of parole is about more than human rights: It affects souls of America’s children. James Tramel was impris- See HOUSTON/4A Houston From 4A throughout his life and obses- sive-compulsive disorder dur- ing his trial. Bird said he’s not gesting that psychology sugcan cure Houston and therefore he should be released. But, he said, psychology can treat Houston, and for that reason, his release should at least be considered pass, as the decades Perkins disagrees and said it’s the privilege of the jury to predict if an individual could ever be reformed, and it ought to stay that way. Predicting? Predicting is something Carol Houston said no one can do. “I don’t think anybody can say where Cameron will be in 10 or 20 years down the road,” she said. “It changes his whole life, being in prison.” In 2005, matters of child psychology, culpability and predicting the future of juvenile offenders prompted the Supreme Court to ban the possibility of executing them. Would it ever happen? Could the U.S. Supreme Court declare life without parole sentences for juvenile offend- ers unconstitutional? Gallegos is doubtful, hopeful, In but determining whether executing juvenile offenders was “unusual,” Gal~~~ legos said, the Supreme Court determined that more than half the states had already outlawed the practice: Those states that hadn't, the court said, rarely used it © anyway. As it stands now, only eight states, maybe soon nine, outlaw life without parole for juveniles. That’s not likely to change quickly, Perkins said. “When you put a fine point on it, the people — any person — would be more comfortable making decisions about life without parole rather than taking a person’s life,” he said. Nonetheless, Perkins and Gallegos agree the Supreme Court could someday nullify the more than 2,200 life without parole sentences held by juvenile offenders. If that happens, Gallegos of- said, Houston’s sentence like- then adults still awaiting execution, were removed from death row as a result. Houston’s defense attorney, Rich Gallegos, said much of the rationale the court used to find executions of youth to be “cruel and unusual” also apply to life without parole. life in prison, the only other sentencing option jurors had to consider in his case. ‘ Hundreds of youth fenders, many who were by “The troubling thing was, yeah, they didn’t give them the death penalty, but they changed their sentences to life in prison without parole,” he said. “That’s troubling. I don’t think we’ve gone far enough as far as juveniles are concerned.” ~ ly would revert to 20 years to North Ogden woman claims bad perms caused hair loss : OGDEN — A North Ogden Woman has sued a hair salon-al- were thick and thin spots and places where there was no hair at by Diane Campbell, co-owner of the salon, said the suit is “totally unfounded.” “We saw the girls in August, and their hair had not fallen out after they received services from us in July,” she said. all.” -he said. leging bad permanents caused the of her two teenage daughters to fall out. : The suit, which was filed Friday. in 2nd District-Court by €heryl Hood, seeks damages for $50,000 daughters for each because émotional distress.” of her two of “extreme * Randall Richards, Hood's at- torney, said the two girls lost about 50 percent of their hair after their July 6 treatment at Envy Hair | i ¥ Salon in Ogden. “There Man faces charge of criminal homicide The teenagers went to other sa- lons afterward, Campbell said, which makes it “totally prepos- terous” for Hood to single out her salon for the lawsuit. tially were called out. | Donald returned to the area and police again were called. They arrested Strong and confis-. cated a handgun. Donald had a .22-caliber rifle in his carat the time, police said. There were conflicting reports from witnesses as to how many shots were fired and whether OGDEN — An Ogden man was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of attempted criminal homicide-in the shooting of another man with a .44-caliber magnum handgun during an argument Sunday evening. Alexander Daniel Strong, 49, of | Donald had a weapon raised, ‘po485 24th St., was scheduled to aplice. said. pear. in 2nd Circuit Court again today to determine whether he wants a preliminary hearing. Strong is charged with shooting Henry Lee Donald, 67, of Ogden, in the left shoulder while Donald was sitting in a car outside 2232 Gramercy Ave. Donald was ‘treated at McKay-Dee Hospital. Police did not report what the argument was about, but they indicated Donald had agreed to leave the Gramercy area about 30 minutes before, when police ini- METRO/UTAH Standard-Examiner Parents win murder By DAVID CASTELLON Tonya Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau FARMINGTON — A 2nd District Court Judge on’ Thursday ordered that murder suspect Tonya Vosburgh be placed in her parent’s care at least until another hearing next month. j Vosburgh, 33, who reportedly has suffered brain damage, is the sub- ject of a custody dispute between her parents and her husband, John “Rick” Vosburgh, who is also her co-defendant on charges of first-de- gree felony murder and arson. Brooks and Geraline Watson, Tonya Vosburgh’s parents, say their daughter suffered brain damage as a result of a fall in July and a subsequent Stroke that resulted in her being hospitalized. for several weeks. . On Dec. 2, Judge W. Brent West granted the Watsons control of their daughter’s legal defense while medical decisions were left to the discretion of doctorsat LDS Hospi- tal in Salt Lake Citygwhere she was a patient. { i The judge held offmaking a deci- sion on who will get full guardian- ship until a lawyer could be appointed to #epresent the woman’s interests. | : But at Thursday's hearing, the Watson's attorney, Clella Lawrence, told the court that Tonya earlier this month was released from the hospital and* placed in her: hus- band’s care., Lawrence, West and Vosburgh Vosburgh She is the subject of a custody dispute between her parents and her husband. He is Tonya attorney Clark Harms, who is representing Tonya in her personal in- jury case from the fall, said they | were not notified of the release beforehand. “We should have been told,” said Lawrence. : Rick Vosburgh was not/at Thursday's hearing and his attorney in the criminal case, Brad Rich, could not be reached for comment. Both Lawrence and Harms said they didn’t know the exact date of Tonya's release from LDS Hospital. Earlier this month, the Watsons said their daughter has the mental capacity of an 8-year-old and has no memory of the events surround- ing the death of Bobbi Jo Womack, * an 18-year-old mentally retarded woman the Vosburghs were caring for under an agreement with: the young woman’s mother. Prosecutors allege the Vosburghs Set the fire that killed Womack in the detached garage of the Layton house they were renting in order to Vosburgh’s co-defendant on charges of first-degree felony murder and arson. collect on a $100,000 life insurance policy they supposedly took out on the young woman. The Watsons accused Rick Vosburgh of using his wife’s. mental State to manipulate her and somehow weaken the state’s case against him. They also expressed concerns he might harm Tonya. Rich strongly denied the allegations against his client. In court Thursday, Lawrence said Rick Vosburgh has a history of violent activity, citing his March 1992 conviction on a charge of misdemeanor battery for grabbing Tonya by the collar during a domestic dispute in Layton. He was sentenced to one-year informal probation and ordered to pay a $200 fine. He also has a 1983 conviction from a Carbon County court for forcible sodomy involving another woman, West said he believed that since the Vosburghs are both defendants in the criminal case, giving Rick guardianship over his wife would be a conflict of interest. “While it’s pending a full-fledged hearing, I want Miss Watson back in the cus- tody of her parents,” he ruled. He scheduled a hearing for Jan. 7 at which time, he said, Rick Vosburgh could speak on the guardian- ship issue. In the meantime, Lawrence said, she and her clients are considering ways to take custody of Tonya in a manner that is “least disruptive to her,” which could result in her beIng placed in a nursing home or part time in a medical day care facility. During the hearing, the judge also agreed to Lawrence’s petition that Harms and his firm cannot repre- sent either of the Vosburghs. Harms did not oppose the ruling, saying he was hired to represent Tonya’s interests at Rick’s direction until the custody dispute arose. "Because we dealt with both o them,” he explained, “it was decid. ed that Tonya have separate coun sel, and Rick have separate counsel, and it not be us.” Tonya Vosburgh’s attorney in the criminal case, Randall Gaither. is expected to file a petition with the court to have Tonya ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial on the murder and arson charges as well as a second-degree felony count o filing a false insurance claim.