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Man accused of marijuana use, bribery in Riverdale sentenced

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 7:40pm

OGDEN — A man prone to singing in court a year ago was sentenced Wednesday to Weber County Jail for marijuana use and bribery, with credit for time served in the state’s mental hospital.

Bryant Wright, 21, of Roy, was arrested April 14, 2011, in Riverdale after an officer responded to a call about youths smoking marijuana behind a restaurant on Riverdale Road.

Found with marijuana in his possession, according to charging documents, Wright offered to bribe Riverdale Officer Brandon Peterson, who was driving him to jail at the time, with $1,000. When Peterson declined, Wright then offered $1,200, documents state.

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Dog feces, limited food in home lead to child endangerment arrests

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 16, 2012 - 11:21pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- A man and woman remained in Box Elder County Jail on Monday on drug and child endangerment charges after police found dog feces and limited food in their home.

Christopher Joseph Limas, 37, and Hope Jessica Richan, 35, were arrested last week following the Box Elder Narcotics Strike Force's execution of a search warrant at a residence at 217 E. 400 South in Brigham City, according to a probable cause statement.

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Gabriel Stewart speaks about his brother, Matthew David Stewart, at the Weber County Main Library in Ogden Thursday, April 12, 2012. Family, friends and supporters of Matthew David Stewart, who was involved in a Jan. 4 shootout with the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force that left one officer dead and several wounded, gathered to “organize a political resistance to the war on drugs” and “fight for a sensible and nonviolent drug policy.”

In wake of police-Stewart shootout, group forms to end war on drugs

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:08pm

OGDEN -- A new grass-roots organization plans to support Matthew Stewart and advocate for an end to the violent system they say he and the police are victims of.

The first meeting of the group, called "Keep the Peace," was held inside a room of the Weber County Main Library at Jefferson Avenue and 24th Street on Thursday evening.

According to the group, the criminal justice system created a violent war on drugs that has to stop in favor of a more peaceful alternative, such as addressing drugs as a medical and social problem instead.

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Stewart's newest lawyer files another motion against seizure

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 7:13am

OGDEN — Matthew David Stewart’s newest lawyer has filed another motion challenging the prosecution’s seizure of the home of the police shooting suspect.

Emily Swenson’s first motion, filed last week, rankled both the prosecution and one of Stewart’s public defenders. Prosecutors said it was the latest bid by Stewart’s defense team to depict the prosecution as skirting the law.

Public defender Ryan Bushell described Swenson’s motions as frustrating and muddying the public’s understanding.

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Morgan had busy 2011 for crime

Deanne Winterton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 9:09pm

MORGAN -- The year 2011 was a busy one for the small Morgan County Sheriff's Department with its one investigator and the lone county attorney.

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County attorney defends seizure of Stewart home

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 11:53pm

OGDEN -- A claim that the seizure of police shooting suspect Matthew David Stewart's home skirts the law is a misstatement of the law, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said Thursday.

"This is more of what we've been experiencing in this case," Smith said. "They keep trying to throw it out there that we're not following the law."

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Lawyer: Stewart home not seized properly

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 6:43am

OGDEN — Papers have been filed to halt, if only temporarily, the seizure of police shooting suspect Matthew David Stewart’s home.

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Three-day prelim set for Stewart; family website gets fundraising permit

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 8:46pm

OGDEN — With a large contingent of Matthew David Stewart’s supporters looking on, a judge scheduled the first public airing of the evidence against Stewart in a fatal shootout with police.

Second District Judge Noel Hyde set Stewart’s preliminary hearing for July 18-20 on charges from the Jan. 4 gunfight that left one officer dead and five wounded.

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(The Associated Press) Matthew David Stewart, 37, looks around the room during a court appearance before Judge Noel Hyde in February in Ogden.

Search finds child porn, 'anti-government' info on Stewart's computer

Scott Schwebke, Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 3:09am

Read the search warrant affidavit here.

OGDEN — Investigators found anti-government information and child pornography when they searched a computer belonging to the man accused of killing an Ogden police officer and wounding five others, according to a search warrant affidavit filed in 2nd District Court.

Detective Brian Eynon said in the seven-page affidavit that during a Feb. 22 search of Matthew David Stewart’s home at 3268 Jackson Ave., he found a computer and observed “multiple images consistent with child pornography.”

It appears the information may be relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by Ogden police into child pornography, Eynon wrote.

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In January, Michael Stewart holds a photo of his son Matthew David Stewart, who is accused of shooting six police officers and killing one. The family had resumed raising funds for Matthew's defense but stopped after being reached by the Standard-Examiner on Monday and told that the Utah Division of Consumer Protection was looking into the issue. Michael Stewart has filed the appropriate paperwork to raise funds, but the application has not been approved. (Associated Press file photo)

Stewarts family starts, stops, starts, stops website fundraising effort following state warnings

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 6, 2012 - 7:28am

OGDEN — The father of Matthew David Stewart abruptly stopped renewed fundraising efforts on a website Monday night for his son’s legal defense against capital murder charges following warnings of possible fines from the state.

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Residents now must register with the Pullman Police Department to engage in the production, distribution or cultivation of medical marijuana in the city.

Washington city to require regsitration for pot cultivation

Kelli Hadley Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 12:37pm

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Residents now must register with the Pullman Police Department to engage in the production, distribution or cultivation of medical marijuana in the city.

But the steps necessary to obtain registration could be impossible, for the time being.

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Internal investigation into shootout continues; Weber County attorney seeks forfeiture of Stewart's home

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 10:08pm

OGDEN — The Ogden Police Department is awaiting completion of an internal report into a deadly Jan. 4 shootout that killed an officer and wounded five others.

As standard operating procedure, a shooting review panel made up of two OPD lieutenants and a sergeant is painstakingly reviewing the incident to determine if officers involved followed department policies, said Interim Police Chief Wayne Tarwater.

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2007, file photo, Elena Hight, right, watches the other snowboards in the superpipe snowboard event as her mother, Myra, keeps a close eye on her daughter at Winter X Games at Buttermilk Ski Area near Aspen, Colo. Myra Hight has been accused of being part of a large-scale marijuana operation after being arrested with $77,500 cash that investigators believe she drove across the country to collect, authorities said Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. Hight, 51, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., was being held on $1 million bail after being charged in Buffalo with federal conspiracy to distribute marijuana. (AP Photo/Nathan Bilow, File)

Mother of snowboard pro arrested for pot smuggling

Contgributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:47am

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The mother of an Olympic snowboarder has been accused of being part of a large-scale marijuana operation after being arrested with $77,500 cash that investigators believe she drove across the country to collect, authorities said Monday.

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Man charged with drug possession in Box Elder County

Mike McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 12:25am

BRIGHAM CITY — Roger Webber, 46, was charged Thursday with eight counts of drug possession following a traffic stop.

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Ogden man busted for drugs in Oregon

Mike McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 24, 2012 - 7:38am

KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. — An Ogden man was released from an Oregon jail Thursday after police say they arrested him on suspicion of having 28 pounds of drugs.

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