Commissioners pick chairman: Shurtleff
Mark Shurtleff is the new chairman of the Salt Lake County Commission.The three commissioners voted unanimously to make Shurtleff the chairman, replacing Mary Callaghan, who had led the commission over the past year.
"I wanted to have a chance to lead the commission and finish up this last year and make some recommendations that I'm working on," Shurtleff said. He plans to meet with area mayors soon to determine and address their concerns and plans to work on such issues as unifying communication systems.
The position helps Shurtleff politically, since it raises his profile while he runs this year for Utah attorney general.
$3 million in meth seized in S.L. raid
Law enforcement officers on the hunt for a couple of fugitives found 72 pounds of methamphetamine valued at more than $3 million and made three arrests.
The bust happened Sunday in Salt Lake City at 580 W. 700 South, where members of the Utah County Major Crimes task force and Salt Lake officers served a search warrant trying to locate a fugitive.
They came up with something more after they discovered a meth lab in plain view, a release by Lt. Stan Eggen said.
A 34-year-old woman was arrested on warrants for meth and forgery and Eggen said officials will pursue federal charges against her.
Officers also nabbed a 28-year-old man on a warrant for burglary and he, too, faces federal charges of operating a meth lab. Another man was picked up on a warrant for possession of a controlled substance and faces a similar fate on the lab charges.
Crash kills 2 men on New Year's Eve
PLEASANT GROVE -- Two men died New Year's Eve from injuries suffered after being thrown from a rolling car.
Killed were:
Todd Cook, 35, Lehi
Doug Lauver, 41, Pleasant Grove
Cook and Lauver were driving north on West State Road about 9:45 p.m. Friday when the car they were driving struck a boulder in a planter, causing the car to roll.
Both were ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. Police, who are unsure who was driving, are investigating the accident.
Suspect nabbed, thanks to document
He doesn't get angry, but he doesn't get away with his crime, either.
A man apparently successful at controlling his anger is less adept at concealing his identity as a suspected bank robber.
A bank robber on Friday got away with the cash, but he left behind a graduation certificate for an anger-management class at the Utah State Prison.
The story started out at 9:11 a.m. at First Utah Bank, 1991 S. 3600 West, where the bandit entered the business and withdrew a handgun from a large manila envelope.
He escaped with lots of cash but left behind the manila envelope, which contained the certificate and a name that led officers to a West Valley address. As they were preparing to deliver a search warrant, the suspect vehicle in the bank robbery pulled up, Salt Lake Police Sgt. Jack Rickards said.
The untimely arrival led to an impromptu foot chase, with one detective on the heels of the bandit as he hopped fences and tossed out hundreds of dollars in cash as he ran. He eventually was captured. Rickards said their man, who was arrested and will be prosecuted federally, also became a suspect in a South Salt Lake burglary because of yet another item he left behind there.
That time, it was his driver's license.