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October-9-2019 WEDNESDAY, OCT INSIDE... OBER 9, 2019 FIND YOUR Hallow HALLOWEEN een COLORING 2019 BOOK! VOL. 11 NO. 45 Sports IRONCOUNTYTODAY.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 Rams 4 Opinion cruise 11 Showcase past 19 Life North 28 Sports Sevier, 32 Classifieds 40-12 35 Comics/Puzzles of MONSTERS & MUD A nnual Cedar Fire Department Fundraiser Haunts Cross Hollow More on Page 12… COREY BAUMGARTNER 2 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY A LLEGED ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTED from Sergeant Clint POLLOCK suspect and the tractor-trailer he FOR IRON COUNTY TODAY was driving. Officers on scene had Cedar Communications broadcast CEDAR CITY – At approxi- an Attempt to Locate (ATL) for mately 6:56 p.m., on October 1, 2019, the suspects tractor-trailer. A the Cedar City Police Department Utah Highway Patrol Trooper C OURTESY OF USF responded to an alleged attempted in Washington County located child abduction in the trac- the suspected vehicle in the tor-trailer parking lot at Love’s area of mile marker 13 on I15 in Travel Stop located at Washington County Lawsuit against 2645 N Canyon Ranch and took custody of Dr. Initial information SUSPECT the suspect. was given that an The suspect was Utah Shakespeare eight-year-old girl FOUND, transported to the was in a tractor-trailer Cedar City Police waiting for her PLACED IN Department where Festival is dismissed father to return from CUSTODY he was interviewed getting food, when a by a detective and by Nikki KOONTZ share their artistic passions and help suspect entered the released. We are not SUU MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS cultivate the future generation of driver’s door of the tractor-trailer looking for any other suspects artists.” and attempted to grab her. The in this case. This case is active In less than 24 hours, a federal Along with providing captioning, girl kicked away and exited the and ongoing as investigators judge reviewed and dismissed a the Festival also offers audio descrip- passenger door getting away and are sorting through evidence, lawsuit filed last week by the Utah tions for the visually impaired. This the suspect fled in an unknown interviews and consulting with the Schools for the Deaf and Blind (USDB). year the Festival also offered a senso- direction. Iron County Attorney’s Office. An The lawsuit was a challenge as to ry-friendly performance of Joseph and The initial officers on scene update will be provided when more whether the Utah Shakespeare Festival the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. were given a description of the information is available. was ADA compliant by providing live Additionally, the Festival is sending its captioning during performances. production of the play Every Brilliant “We are grateful for the swift Thing to all public high schools and review of this case,” said Frank Mack, universities in the state, at no cost to Festival executive producer. “Now we the schools. can refocus on the 3,700 high school All of the Festival’s work is intended students that are participating in our to entertain, educate, and enrich annual Shakespeare Competition, audience members and students. The which is the largest scholastic vision of the Utah Shakespeare Festival Shakespeare competition in the is to create impactful theatre that country. As an organization, we want reflects and celebrates the emotional to provide an outlet for students to complexity of our collective humanity. IRON COUNTY TODAY NEWS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 3 Last Week's Coalition reinforces role of prosecutors National News C ompiled by Kelsey KEENER in domestic, sexual violence cases IRON COUNTY TODAY by Kelsey KEENER somebody with a crime, if we’re a letter to the judge. The judge TALK OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’s IRON COUNTY TODAY going to prosecute someone for can read it is his chambers or the IMPEACHMENT a crime, we have to have a rea- victim could stand up and read Iron County Attorneys attended sonable likelihood of a conviction. it. Somebody else can read it. Or Multiple news sources are reporting a last month’s Iron County Sexual … In order to have a conviction, they can write the letter and say call for President Trump’s impeachment after allegedly questionable interactions and Domestic Violence Coalition you have to have proof beyond a something else. They have a lot of with the Ukrainian government. According meeting to discuss the process of reasonable doubt; and that proof different options to be heard at to The Daily Wire, the original reason prosecuting offenders. beyond a reasonable doubt has sentencing.” Democrats began calling for impeachment Chief Deputy Civil Attorney to be based upon admissible County Attorney Chad Dotson was apparently the accusation that Mike Edwards began by explaining evidence.” elaborated. President Trump had threatened to there are five attorneys who repre- Edwards also explained how “It’s powerful when a victim withhold American military aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation of his sent Iron County as an entity in cases proceed after a charging can come to sentencing because political opponents, namely Joe Biden prosecuting offenses that are Class document is produced, which judges have to look the victim in (and his son Hunter Biden, who is linked A misdemeanors or above within details the offenses an individual the eye,” Dotson said. “It goes a to a Ukrainian gas company). The biggest the county. Edwards also stated concerns of House Democrats’ impeach- that the role of a prosecutor is not ment inquiry appear to be a phone call necessarily to win cases. Even when a prosecutor between President Trump and Ukrainian “Our job is to do the right President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 25; is confident of guilt, it and text messages between Kurt Volker, thing,” he said. “… A prosecutor former Special Envoy to Ukraine, and doesn’t represent the police; a various other U.S. diplomats. As reported prosecutor doesn’t represent a may be incorrect to by USA Today: Democrats claim the text victim; a prosecutor has the power “ messages show military assistance and of the government and we don’t pursue prosecution.” a meeting between presidents used as a just use the weight of the govern- way put pressure on the Ukrainian gov- » Mike Edwards, Chief Deputy Civil Attorney ernment for President Trump’s politically ment willy-nilly. So, the law trusts motivated demands; Republicans believe prosecutors to do the right thing.” there is nothing to support the president’s Edwards continued with the impeachment. process that leads to prosecution of offenders, which starts with an investigation by law enforcement. CONCERN OVER SURVIVAL OF Prosecutors generally become SMALL, FAMILY FARMS involved when there is a need for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue things like a warrant or a sub- reportedly announced that America is poena, or when there’s a booking centered around big business and there or charging decision that needs to is no guarantee that small farms will survive. According to CBS News, Purdue be made. After an arrest is made, made the following statement after prosecutors begin screening the appearing at the World Dairy Expo in case and reviewing evidence to see Madison, Wisconsin: “In America, the if the charge(s) can be justified. big get bigger and the small go out. I “The prosecutor has the don’t think in America we, for any small responsibility to review evidence, business, we have a guaranteed income or guaranteed profitability.” Farmers in dealt by law enforcement, and Wisconsin are struggling with declining determine whether a charge can milk prices, the transition to larger farms be justified,” Edwards explained. and recent international trade policies, “Even when a prosecutor is confi- in addition to rising suicide rates and dent of guilt, it may be incorrect to KELSEY KEENER increased mental health issues (which is pursue prosecution.” being seen nationally as well). C HIEF DEPUTY CIVIL AttORNEY MIKE EDWARDS addresses the audience about Edwards said some of the the challenging process of prosecution. reasons it may not be appropriate GROWING NATIONAL OPIOID to pursue the case include lack of is charged with, as well as the long way.” EPIDEMIC evidence and inability or unwill- challenges that prosecutors and Edwards encouraged coalition ingness of a victim to participate. victims can face in pursuing members and victims to reach A Virginia doctor was recently sentenced to 40 years in prison for more than 800 He added that the evidence that cases – such as a prosecutor being out to the Iron County Attorney’s counts of illegally distributing opioids. may justify an arrest does not considered both too harsh and Office with any questions regard- The rise of use of benzodiazepines necessarily permit the finding of too lenient for the same offenses, ing cases they may be involved (“benzos”), such as Xanax and Valium, guilt. or a case being prolonged by the with or any confusion in the in the wake of the opioid epidemic is of “For an officer to arrest some- defense. prosecutor’s decision-making. growing concern, up 67% between 1996 body, (there has to be) probable “We notify the victims and “Crimes where we have victims and 2013. Neuromodulation, a method of treating pain via electrical stimulation, cause,” he said. “It’s a pretty low we let them know ‘you have the are very important to all of us,” may start being considered as an standard, but there’s other stan- right to be heard at sentencing,’” Edwards said. “If you want to reach alternative to opioids. dards that we have to be worried Edwards continued. “It could be out to us, if they want to reach out about. If we’re going to charge in the form writing, you can write to us, we’re happy to (explain).” 4 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 NEWS IRON COUNTY TODAY O PINION A DMINISTRATION From the Editor R .
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