She was booked into the Salt Lake County jail in early May on the Class A misdemeanor charge and later released. She eventually entered a guilty plea in 3rd District Court. The plea will be held in abeyance for 18 months and if she meets the conditions of probation during that time, it will be dismissed. She also paid a $500 fine and restitution.
Since her arrest, however, she has been on what some fellow employees consider a three-month paid vacation courtesy of the taxpayers.
Sheriff's spokesman Paul Jaroscak says according to departmental policy, the supervisor was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, which is still in progress.
Working the bugs out: Rising gasoline prices obviously are a burden on police departments and as Cottonwood Heights gets ready to switch its law enforcement from being a division of the county Sheriff's Office to its own independent police department, adjustments are being made.
But Sgt. David Broadhead had some explaining to do. While on patrol in one of the new Cottonwood Heights squad cars, he ran out of gas.
He didn't have a radio yet to call for help, so he had to send an SOS over his cell phone. He was rescued by Cottonwood Heights' Assistant Police Chief Paul Brennaman, who was able to scrape enough together to fill a gas can.
Later, when Broadhead went into the office, he found on his desk a new gas can, wrapped in a ribbon and topped with a bow.
Who's minding the store? Whoever is supposed to maintain the grounds at the strip mall on the west side of 5600 West between 3200 and 3500 South hasn't been paying attention.
The mall, which contains a Salvation Army thrift store, an Albertsons, a Sears Grand store and several smaller shops, has been wasting enormous amounts of water.
Sprinklers meant to water narrow strips of grass and shrubs around the parking lot are given little maintenance and set to water at the worst times of day. And it's been going on for weeks.
Last Friday, for example, several sprinklers were damaged and resembled mini geysers, shooting water up in the air and creating rivers of water all over the parking lot.
The next night? Same thing.
Collector's item? Lisa Allcot is a political junky and collects magazines, newspaper articles and campaign artifacts that relate to politicians and their endeavors as part of her hobby.
So when she attempted to buy a copy of the New Yorker magazine that satirizes Barack Obama in Muslim garb fist-bumping his terrorist-garb-clad wife, Michelle, she discovered someone or many folks had the same idea. She checked Barnes and Noble, Borders, every independent book seller, magazine stores and even called the New Yorker. She couldn't find one anywhere.
Finally, she bought one on eBay.
prolly@sltrib.com
