Practice News Story 3: Crime

Early in the morning on Jan. 31st, a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was broken into between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. The building is located on 16th E. and 900 N. in Logan, UT. Sheriff Deputy Geoffrey Hasty was among the police enforcement called to the scene. There were two CPUs taken from the building and two monitors in the hallway floor that appeared to have been dropped.

Evelyn Breathwaite, an woman who lives across the street, said that she had heard loud noises at about 1:45 a.m. “I thought it was the garbage truck,” said Breathwaite. She said she has always felt safe here and has never had anything like this happen before.

Robert Knotz, who is in charge of the upkeep at the building, was who called police. “I come in every Wednesday at 6:00,” “I was coming in today to replace some ceiling tiles,” Knotz said about entering the building and finding the two monitors broken on the floor. “It looked like they tried to take the CPUs and the monitors.” “They came in and left, is what it looked like,” when asked about the suspects.

Right now, suspects for the burglary are still under investigation. Police believe that there is at least two accomplices and that they are juvenile.

Practice News Story 2: Fire

Emergency crews received a call around two p.m. on January 24th notifying them of a fire on the corner of Washington Blvd. and 21st street in Ogden. Greg Chamberlain, one member of the fire crew that arrived on the scene, said that the fire could have started in the kitchen. The fire happened the Pedro's, a Mexican restaurant. There are apartments above that were effected by smoke.

Michael Freeman was at the restaurant at the time of the fire. He said when he saw smoke and heard the restaurant owner scream, he got out of there. Pedro Sanchez, the owner of the restaurant, said, "I tried to get the extinguisher and put it out."

Pedro's brother and two nieces lived in one of the upstairs apartments and were home at the time of the fire. Captain Rick Thompson, an EMT who responded to the call, said that all three victims were treated for smoke inhalation and taken to Ogden Regional just to make sure. They are expected to be fine. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Practice News Story 1: Accident

At about 4:00 p.m. on January 17, a Dodge van carrying 10 Utah State University students and one Utah State faculty member rolled just west of Tremonton. Lt. Ed Michaud was the first law enforcement to arrive one the scene. When asked about the incident he said it was “one of the worst things I’ve had to witness.” He immediately started helping four of the victims.

The crash is apparently due to a mechanical malfunction. Kyle Holden, manager of a farm implement store in Tremonton, said, “I passed them and I glanced over and saw their back tire blow.” All 10 students and the driver, Evan Parker, were ejected from the van.

Jennie Smith was following the van. “All I saw was dust,” “I had a cell phone. I called 911.” Smith arrived at the scene of the accident shortly after Holden. Smith claims that there were 3 survivors life-flight to hospitals and 1 taken in an ambulance. Their current condition is not yet known.