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Utah Sex offender ‘person of interest’ in killing

SALT LAKE CITY  — A Utah sex offender out on bail for kidnapping and rape charges has been named a “person of interest” in the killing of another sex offender.

Sex offenders can’t run for school board

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers believe in forgiveness for child sex offenders, but that doesn’t mean they should be allowed to run for school board.

FILE - This Sept. 27, 2012 file photo shows Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. speaking in Sayreville, N.J. Federal immigration agents were prepared to arrest an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender days before the November elections but were ordered by Washington to hold off after officials warned of "significant interest" from Congress and news organizations because the suspect was a volunteer intern for Menendez, according to internal agency documents provided to Congress. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

Documents show Washington delayed arrest of Senate intern

WASHINGTON -- Internal government documents show that federal immigration agents were prepared to arrest an illegal immigrant and registered sex offender days before the November elections but were ordered by Washington to hold off. Officials warned of "significant interest" from Congress and news organizations because the suspect was a volunteer intern for Sen. Robert Menendez.

FILE - Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, speaks to the audience at a town hall meeting at the Pleasant Valley Branch of the Weber County Library in Washington Terrace on Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2011. NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner file photo

Chaffetz probes arrest of sex offender Hill intern

WASHINGTON — A Utah Republican congressman asked the Obama administration Friday why it delayed for weeks the arrest of a registered sex offender who was living illegally in the U.S. and working for a Democratic senator.

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