Salt Lake Tribune

Ogden man drowns in reservoir

    A 28-year-old Ogden man drowned Tuesday while swimming in Pine View Reservoir, police said.
    Wilford Webb was swimming with friends near the Anderson Cove Campground around 5:30 p.m. when he disappeared, according to Lt. Merv Taylor of Weber County Sheriff's Office.
    Dive members with the Weber County search and rescue team pulled Webb's body from the water about two hours later, Taylor said.
    - Michael N. Westley
   
   Wellsville motorcyclist dies in collision with truck
   
   A Wellsville motorcyclist was killed Tuesday when he collided with a truck on state Route 83 west of Tremonton. The Utah Highway Patrol reported that Kelly Maughan, 50, was riding about 9:20 a.m. when a pickup truck entered the highway in front of him. The driver told troopers he did not see the motorcyclist. Maughan was thrown from the bike, landing about 25 feet away. His helmet was knocked off by the impact.
   
   Man who admitted groping teens sentenced to prison
   
   A Provo man who admitted groping two 13-year-old girls on their way home from school last year was sentenced Tuesday to three years to life in prison. Michael David Heslington, 28, had pleaded guilty in 4th District Court to two first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child. Each girl was groped over her clothing on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8.
   
   Videotaping of sex acts brings probation, fine
   
   A man who videotaped two friends performing sex acts with three 14-year-old girls in Clearfield last year was sentenced Monday to probation and fined $555. Zachary Jay Bailey, 19, had pleaded guilty to dealing in harmful materials to a minor, a third-degree felony, in connection with the March 2003 episode. Earlier this month, co-defendant Sean Rosenlof, 20, received a similar sentence, while Jesse William Garlick, 19, was sentenced in May to probation and a year in jail. Prosecutors said the plea deals allowed the girls to avoid testifying. Also, neither they nor their parents wanted the videotape played in court.
   
   Court turns down records demand in sex case
   
   A Utah man accused of sexually assaulting his granddaughter at knife point has lost his bid to obtain records of interviews conducted by social workers with other family members. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart threw out a subpoena for the records that was served on a social worker for the Navajo Nation, where the alleged crime occurred. Stewart ruled that although the Major Crimes Act authorizes the government to prosecute certain offenses that occur on reservations, tribes still retain sovereign immunity and can refuse to turn over the documents. The defendant, who maintains his innocence, contends the records contain evidence that could clear him. To protect the privacy of the granddaughter, who is a minor, The Salt Lake Tribune is not identifying the accused man.
   
   Nevada man traveling with teen arrested
   
   A Nevada man found with an Indiana girl in Wendover late Monday after an Amber Alert was issued was taken to Salt Lake City on Tuesday and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail. Sidney Chauncey Moreno was being held on suspicion of sodomy and unlawful sexual activity with a minor. FBI agents were sent to Wendover to talk to Moreno after he and the girl, 14, whom he reportedly met on the Internet, were spotted by an off-duty Wendover police officer, said FBI spokesman Bob Wright. Authorities expect a federal complaint to be filed in Indiana against Moreno, Wright said, and he will be held pending extradition. The two were found at a gas station four miles east of Wendover.
   Judge delays plea in slaying, pending review
   
   A man charged with the Christmas Day slaying of an Ogden man was prepared to plead guilty Monday in 2nd District Court. But Judge Glen Dawson said he wanted to see a copy of the plea bargain agreement before approving or rejecting the deal. Jose Juan Valle Rodriguez is charged with capital murder in the death of Luis Mornio Martinez, 28, who was bound, beaten and stabbed before his body was dumped alongside Interstate 84 near the Weber River. According to the proposed plea deal, Rodriguez would plead guilty to capital murder and be sentenced to a term of 20 years to life in prison. Resolution of the case will again be addressed on Aug. 9.