Former Coach Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Sexual Conduct with Teenager
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Young Tooele cowboy already a rodeo champion See A10 TOOELETRANSCRIPT S T C BULLETIN S THURSDAY July 19, 2018 www.TooeleOnline.com Vol. 125 No. 14 $1.00 Former coach pleads guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with teenager STEVE HOWE STAFF WRITER The former Grantsville High football coach who pleaded guilty in June to unlawful sexual conduct and dealing in materials harmful to a minor will be sentenced on Aug. 20. Curtis Ware, 49, pleaded FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO guilty to an amended mis- Employee Mitchell Holdstock scrubs an SUV before it enters the automatic Clean Wave Car Wash in Stansbury Park Wednesday. demeanor count of unlawful sexual conduct with a 16 or 17-year-old and two misde- meanor counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor Average wage in Tooele County on June 19. Ware will also be Curtis Ware sentenced on Aug. 20 on a charge of third-degree felony prejudice. improves but still lags behind state tampering with a witness, At the June 19 hearing, which he pleaded guilty to on Ware was granted release from May 22. the Tooele County Detention TIM GILLIE the fourth quarter of 2017 was $3,335. A low unemployment rate of Charges of third-degree Center under the stipulation STAFF WRITER That is 12.5 percent below the state below 3.5 percent is behind the wage felony obstructing justice and he remain 1,000 feet from any Tooele County’s local economy is cre- average of $3,810 for the final quarter increase, according to Cathy Stromberg, third-degree felony criminal high school and not have any ating jobs and employing more people, of 2017. branch manager for Intermountain solicitation, as well as third- contact with anyone under but local wages lag behind the state While the average wage in Tooele Staffing’s Tooele office. degree felony assault by a pris- the age of 18, beside family average, according to statistics from the County is below the state average, the “Some businesses have had to raise oner and misdemeanor written members. Utah State Department of Workforce county’s average wage increased in their pay to attract quality workers,” false statement, against Ware Ware will also be required Services. 2017, from $3,280 for last quarter of Stromberg said. “Our average wage for in separate cases, were all The average monthly wage for a 2016 to $3,335 for the last quarter of previously dismissed without SEE COACH PAGE A7 ® worker employed in Tooele County for 2017 — a 1.7 percent increase. SEE WAGE PAGE A9 ® Officials remind residents of fireworks restrictions Only limited-use allowed in county for Pioneer Day STEVE HOWE STAFF WRITER Beginning Sunday, dis- charging fireworks will be legal in Utah again, but only in limited areas throughout Tooele County. Fireworks can be legally dis- charged from July 22 to July 25 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., with the hours extended to midnight on Pioneer Day. Fire restrictions will constrict the area where they can lawfully FILE PHOTO be used, however. Shay Mooney of Dan + Shay works the crowd during last year’s Country Fan Fest. This year’s country music festival starts A fire restriction order, on July 26. approved July 6, prohibits fire- works from being discharged FRANCIE AUFDEMORTE/TTB PHOTO on all unincorporated private and state land in Tooele, Salt Country Fan Fest ready to Lake, Davis, Morgan and Utah counties. Due to the restrictions, resi- dents in Lake Point, Stansbury hit the stage next week Park, Erda and South Rim will not be allowed to discharge MARK WATSON Peak and spaces at the general fireworks for Pioneer Day cel- STAFF WRITER campground west of the facil- ebrations. Violating the fire The final weekend in July ity. restriction order is punishable again brings an outpouring “This is the first year we by up to six months in jail and of country music to Tooele have had to open up an addi- a fine of up to $1,000. County. tional campground,” Hudson In Tooele County, fireworks About 20 country music art- said. “We will have 1,000 trail- are prohibited on any fed- ists are scheduled to perform ers camped out at the festival.” eral and tribal land, including July 26-29 at the fourth-annu- Superb country music is Bureau of Land Management, al Country Fan Fest at Deseret the highlight of the four days, PHOTO COURTESY OF TOOELE CITY military and U.S. Forest Peak Complex in Grantsville. but there will be plenty of Service property. Bracken Hudson, festival additional activities for festival A sign in the Town of Stockton (top) declares no fireworks Incorporated cities and director, said spaces for camp- fans. allowed in town limits. The State of Utah has issued fire- towns in Tooele County have FILE PHOTO ing are sold out at the VIP works restrictions on state and public lands. Fireworks SEE FEST PAGE A9 ® Billy Currington wrapped up last year’s melted a plastic garbage can (above) at Skyline Park in SEE FIREWORKS PAGE A7 ® campground inside Deseret Country Fan Fest. Tooele City during the Fourth of July holiday. INSIDE BULLETIN BOARD B5 CLASSIFIEDS B8 Major races Malibu Revue Grantsville HOMETOWN A10 this weekend at will entertain Council OBITUARIES A8 UMC at Fridays on approves road SPORTS B1 See B1 Vine projects See A4 See A2 A2 TOOELE TRANSCRIPT BULLETIN THURSDAY July 19, 2018 Ogden man killed in crash on SR-138 STEVE HOWE attempted to pass a semitrailer in the pickup suffered minor STAFF WRITER in a no passing zone on the injuries. The driver and two A 23-year-old Ogden man two-lane road and collided passengers were transported died after he collided head-on head-on with a Toyota Tacoma by ambulance to a Salt Lake with another vehicle while traveling eastbound. area hospital. passing a semitrailer on state The driver of the Buick Following the accident, Route 138 Tuesday. Century, identified as James SR-138 was closed to traffic for A Buick Century was travel- Brubaker, was declared dead about three hours, according ing westbound near milepost at the scene of the accident, to UHP. 14 on SR-138 around 11:25 according to UHP. The driver [email protected] a.m., according to the Utah of the Tacoma suffered serious COURTESY UTAH HIGHWAY PATROL Highway Patrol. The Buick injuries and two passengers A fatal collision on SR-138 Tuesday shut down traffic for about three hours. An Ogden man died in the crash. Tooele man charged Council approves bid for with home burglary STEVE HOWE Investigators met with the STAFF WRITER road construction projects victims, who said they did not A Tooele man is charged know Brown and he had never with felony burglary and theft been to their residence. STEVE HOWE city graded each contractor two of the 14 proposed proj- made yet. The South Hale after he allegedly stole more On July 11, police inter- STAFF WRITER on a series of criteria, such ects to fit under the city’s Street overlay would be on a than $20,000 worth of per- viewed Brown, who admitted The Grantsville City as relevant project experi- $470,000 Class C capital portion of street with a water sonal property from a home to helping a friend carry bags Council approved more than ence, project schedule, and projects budget line. main line that may need to last October. from the residence, the state- $400,000 in road construc- key personnel out of a total Marshall specifically sug- be upgraded soon due to Rhett Kay Brown, 28, is ment said. Brown admitted to tion projects on city streets 100 points. Grantsville City gested cutting an overlay future development. charged with second-degree entering the home and taking this summer during its meet- Mayor Brent Marshall said project on South Hale Street “I dislike having to dig up felony burglary, second-degree property, which he knew was ing Wednesday night. the city evaluated the con- and a mill and pave for a por- a brand new road,” Marshall felony theft, and misdemeanor stolen. The lowest bid came from tractors first, then opened tion of East Cherry Street. said. use or possession of drug para- At the time of his arrest, Staker Parsons Materials the sealed bids the following The Staker Parsons bid listed The projects removed from phernalia. Brown had several needles he & Construction of Draper, day. Granite Construction the projects at $32,928 and the list this year would likely Tooele City police were used for injecting methamphet- at $548,031. The other had the highest rating at $74,290, respectively. be added to next year’s proj- called to a residence on Alfred amine, according to the prob- two lowest bids came 96.3, followed by Staker Marshall said the East ect list, he said. Drive on Oct. 9 on reports able cause statement. from Granite Construction Parsons at 96 and Geneva Cherry Street mill and pave The city council unani- of a burglary, according to a During his initial appear- Company, of Salt Lake, at Rock at 93.3. would come on a section mously approved the road probable cause statement. The ance Monday in 3rd District $687,824 and Geneva Rock Even with the low bid of road under which a new construction project bid for residence was processed for Court, Brown was appointed Products, Inc., of Salt Lake, coming in nearly $140,000 water line was installed Staker Parson, with the two evidence and fingerprints were a public defender and his at $798,950.