www.tooeletranscript.com TUESDAY TOOELETRANSCRIPT Benson Grist Mill the perfect backdrop for beloved American musical. ULLETIN See B1 B August 8, 2006 SERVING TOOELE COUNTY SINCE 1894 VOL. 113 NO. 21 50 cents Four child Aye! ‘Pirates’ film crew spied on Flats sex abuse by Jesse Fruhwirth STAFF WRITER There are no plans to change “Pirates of the cases hit Caribbean” to “Pirates of the West Desert.” Nonetheless, The Tooele local court Transcript- B u l l e t i n EDITOR’S NOTE: The contents of has con- this story may be offensive to some firmed that readers. J o h n n y by Jesse Fruhwirth Depp and STAFF WRITER the crew of Several unrelated but dreadful the block- charges of sex crimes against buster film children are making their way franchise photo/ Disney Enterprise Inc. through the court system in were at the Tooele. Second only to drug Bonneville Johhny Depp in “Dead’s Man Chest” charges, sex crimes against chil- Salt Flats dren account for a large share of Friday film- first-degree felonies on the court ing a scene for the upcoming calendar. third installment. The most recent charge filed Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is against 21-year-old Tanisha had a secret lunch at the Salt Magness who faces a first-degree Flats Friday. He met with the felony charge of rape of a child. cast and crew of the next Magness made her initial appear- installment of “The Pirates of ance in court Monday, July 31. the Caribbean” series, which She was released on her own wrapped a one-day filming recognizance, but ordered to stay engagement near Wendover. on house arrest at her mother’s Amid the vast and bright home where she will care for blankness of the dry lake bed, her 3-month-old baby while she a huge caravan of semi-truck awaits further court proceedings. trailers and catering tents Magness will be back in court on interrupted the bare land- photography / Missy Thompson Wednesday. The ship the Black Pearl is taken apart Friday after filming of the third installment of the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series on the Bonneville No further details regarding the SEE PIRATES ON A4 Salt Flats near Wendover. allegations against Magness were available by press time. Utah law defines rape of a child as sexual intercourse with an individual younger than 14 years old. Lonestar dazzles fair-goers Stock show rewards Nicholas John Romero, 25 of Tooele, is charged with aggra- by Missy Thompson vated sex abuse of a child, also STAFF WRITER a first-degree felony. According The Tooele County Fair com- hard-working youth to the probable cause statement, mittee has given country music Romero’s victim “was taken to fans something to look forward by Karen Hunt medical personnel who con- to from year to year. Country STAFF WRITER firmed that [the victim] had inju- sensation Keith Urban — also The smell of pigs blended Inside: ries that were consistent with Country Weekly’s pick for “coun- with the dust and intense morn- sexual abuse.” try’s sexist man” — and Trace ing heat as youngsters waited More Fair Photos A6 Romero made his initial appear- Adkins have entertained the to bring their animals up to the Demolition Derby A9 ance in court on July 17 and will Tooele County audience in 2004 auction block last Saturday. One- be back in court on Aug. 23. He and 2005, respectively. by-one the youth walked their currently is held at the Tooele This year however, the fair animal in front of community ticipating in the livestock show County Detention Center. He bail board decided to go a different members while the auctioneer raise their animals knowing is set at $100,000 cash only. direction, away from the newer quickly called out the bidding. they’ll go to the butcher block Sex abuse of a child is defined country stars and bring in a group The grand champion lamb, pig to make lamb chops, hamburger as any “indecent liberties with a that has delighted crowds for and steer were quickly “going, patties, bacon and other meat child” under the age of 14 that well over a decade. The hit coun- going and gone.” Grantsville’s products, the parting is some- do not amount to rape of a child try band Lonestar performed Lorin Killpack’s lamb earned times tinged with sorrow. — which implies sexual inter- for nearly 1,500 spectators on $556. Tooele’s Steven Shephard Killpack, who raises sheep course occurred — or sodomy Friday night at the Deseret Peak pig earned $1,396.50 and Lehi’s every year, had raised her lamb, on a child. Sex abuse of a child photography / Missy Thompson Jacob Hadfield earned $2,618. is a second-degree felony, but Country favorites Lonestar perform at the Deseret Peak Complex as a While the kids and teens par- SEE LIVESTOCK ON A3 any of 10 aggravating factors SEE LONESTAR ON A4 part of the Tooele County Fair Friday. can increase the crime to a first- degree felony. Those aggravating factors include being a person in a “posi- Classic race cars tion of special trust” to the child, being a stranger to the child, causing bodily injury or severe psychological injury, or using a draw Tooele crowd weapon or pornography during the abuse. by Mark Watson officials scheduled its only ven- Sodomy on a child, under Utah law, is defined as “a sexual act STAFF WRITER ture west. Cedar City calls itself Festival Car owners said they were ... involving the genitals or anus City, USA. Tooele may soon call thrilled with scenic Utah, the of the actor or the child and the itself Car Festival City, USA. track and facilities at MMP, but mouth or anus of either person.” Historic Sports Car Racing the night that stood out was Two counts of sodomy on a Association members with their Thursday evening when the child recently were filed against classic sports cars made a rare cars and drivers visited down- 69-year-old Claude E. Briggs of trek west last week to Utah and town Tooele and Grantsville Grantsville. He was also charged spent most of the time racing and showed off for residents. with two counts of aggravated at Miller Motorsports Park in Drivers and cars spent two sex abuse of a child. Tooele Valley. Some of them hours at a festival at Veterans As accused in the probable ventured out on a three-day Memorial Square and then cause statement, Briggs commit- scenic tour of the state prior drove to Grantsville. ted various sexual acts upon mul- to the races at the track. When The event was big in Tooele tiple girls on July 12. He made his this group congregates it brings Thursday evening with nearly initial court appearance in court in nearly 150 historic sports 700 people attending according two days later. cars. Racers were in Tooele to organizers. Briggs is scheduled to appear July 30 through Saturday. “The whole experience again on Aug 14. He is being held Most of HRS’s events are in Thursday night was fun,” at the Tooele jail with no oppor- the East and South, but with said MMP Assistant General tunity for bail. the opening of MMP and its Manager Carolyn Ashburn. photography / Missy Thompson A case that has dragged on track touted as the longest road Heroes of Speed drivers parade their cars on Tooele’s Main Street Thursday. The cars were on display at Veterans for months, and mostly revolved coarse in North America, HRS SEE HEROES ON A5 Memorial Square where fans could view the cars, chat with the drivers and even sit behind the wheel. of the classic SEE CRIMES ON A2 WEATHER OPEN FORUM A6 PUZZLES B2 INSIDE Partly cloudy tonight with a OBITUARIES A8 TV LISTINGS B3 Demolition Derby completes chance of showers. Mostly sunny summer in smashing style Wednesday. Lows in the 60s. Highs SPORTS A10 DOINGS B4 See A10 in the 90s. Complete Forecast: A2 HOMETOWN B1 CLASSIFIEDS B6 A2 TUESDAY August 8, 2006 ETCETERA ... Downed power line set Little Mountain ablaze Pollen Count Valley Weather Forecast by Missy Thompson and Local Weather Jesse Fruhwirth The Intermountain Allergy and STAFF WRITERS Asthma pollen count for Aug. 8, 2006 Wed 91/63 is as follows: 8/9 A fire behind three homes on Chenopods — High A mainly sunny sky. High 91F. Canyon Road on the south side Mold — High Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. of Tooele was too close for com- Sagebrush — Moderate Grass — Low fort for residents. The fire began Ragweed — Low shortly before noon on Friday by Cattail — Low Thu a downed power line. The heat Sedge — Low 96/71 8/10 from the blaze melted the siding on one of the homes. Mainly sunny. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the low 70s. “[The power line] was starting to crackle and it just fell. When the line fell there were two small fires that started,” said Rose Lewis Fri 94/67 8/11 who lives 20 feet from where the fire ignited. The fire melted the Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 90s and lows in the upper 60s. siding on her house. She kept the fire from approach- ing her home with a garden hose Gotta Get even as the heat was melting her Sat 89/67 Something Off 8/12 vinyl siding. “I didn’t think it was that hot or photography / Jesse Fruhwirth Your Chest? Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper A downed power line started a blaze on the south side of Little Mountain Friday.