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By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
The following eight individuals have been arrested in Juab County and charged for theft and/or drug distribution or possession since last August.
"These are the arrests in Juab County that the Sanpete/Juab Major Crimes and Drug Task Force have made since August, said Margie Elder Juab County Sheriff's Office Executive Secretary.
Court dates have, or are, being set for all of those arrested. Some have had court apperances.
Arrested are: Braden Kooyman, arrested on 8/30/11, for Distribution of Hydrocodone in a Drug Free Zone (DFZ) and Distribution of Marijuana in a DFZ.
Allie Lance, arrested 8/30/11, for Distribution of Methamphetamine in a DFZ, Distribution of Methamphetamine in a DFZ, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of "Spice."
Deborah Lance, arrested 11/2/11, for Distribution of Tizapidin in a DFZ, Distribution of Ambien in a DFZ, Distribution of Marijuana in a DFZ, Distribution of Xanax in a DFZ, Distribution of Alprazolam in a DFZ, and Possession of Hydrocodone and Ambien in a correctional facility.
Desiree Leiva, 10/27/11, for Distribution of Ambien in a DFZ, Distribution of Hydrocodone in a DFZ, and Distribution of Hydrocodone in a DFZ.
Travis Lance, arrested 9/22/11, for Felony Theft, Joy Riding, and Possession of Stolen Property.
Jayson Fowkes, arrested 12/5/11, for Theft, Possession of Methamphetamine, and Possession of Paraphernalia.
Ronald Chilton, arrested 12/4/11, for Theft.
Jo Ann Johnson Martin, arrested 11/15/11, for Distribution of Methamphetamine in a DFZ, Distribution of Morphine in a DFZ, Distribution of Morphine in a DFZ, Distribution of Morphine in a DFZ.
A Drug-Free Zone is an area inclusive of any property used for school purposes by any school, whether or not owned by the school, within 1,000 feet of any such property, and within or immediately adjacent to school buses or any specific location in the community, especially an area where children congregate, that the citizens perceive as being a place where drug trafficking or alcohol availability problems should exist. Typically targeted are schools and school yards, parks and playgrounds, public housing developments, churches and specific neighborhoods or city blocks.
A grant, received in July 2009, made the bi-county task force a possibility. By August, the task force was operational as the Sanpete/Juab Major Crimes and Drug Task Force.
"Both Juab and Sanpete County Sheriff's Offices have small departments," said Alden Orme, Juab County Sheriff.
Prior to the creation of the two-county task force, it was often difficult to impossible for one man in each county sheriff's office to do the needed job.
"The two counties now have five officers working full time to fight drugs in their rural counties," said Orme.
There are two from Sanpete, two from Juab and one from the Department of Corrections. The last person is available to the task force because there is a prison in Sanpete County.
One of the problems in Juab and Sanpete Counties is that society is so mobile. It is easy for an individual to drive to the Wasatch Front, purchase drugs and drive back selling them to users along the way and to others in both Juab and Sanpete, said Orme.
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