Idaho Residents' IDs Discovered in Utah Burglary Bust
Feb 5, 2009 06:04 PM MST
By Hailey Higgins, Local News 8 Reporter
IDAHO FALLS & CEDAR CITY, Utah - Three suspects are in jail in Southern Utah and police believe they are connected with about 30 car burglaries in Idaho Falls last month.
Tuesday, Iron County Sheriff's deputies pulled over April Rae Claudio, 20, of Taylorsville, Utah, for speeding just one mile north of Paragonah, Utah.
Michelle Vincent Gatti, 35, of West Valley City, Utah, and Sami Anders, 30, of Magna, Utah, were passengers in the car.
Deputies said they found fake ID's, fake checks and social security cards belonging to Idaho Falls residents in the car.
Police searched the car further and found drugs, a concealed weapon, a kit to make fake id's and false notarized paperwork that would allow them to access victim's bank accounts.
The Iron County Sheriff said they are part of a much bigger burglary ring that could involve up to ten people. They believe they steal ID's and money to make meth and to feed their drug habit.
The vehicle Claudio was driving was a rental car modified to look like an undercover police vehicle. Deputies found several forms of identification that did not belong to any of the three subjects, along with stolen checks from residents in Idaho, Colorado and Utah.
Between the three suspects, they could be charged with more than 50 felony counts involving drugs, fraud and forgery.
Idaho Falls police said they contacted the Cedar City authorities and will investigate to match ID's with victims in Idaho Falls.
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Attorney's are for criminals....right??
it's only people that are in trouble with the law that need attorney's, right? Wrong, that's another misconception, if it was true that only guilty people need attorneys that would mean that every wealthy person, or those that can afford to have attorney's on a retainer are always in trouble. What we need to realize is that those that have access to attorney's understand the benefit of having access to our legal system, there by being able to ask there attorney's questions to keep them out of trouble, saving them time and money.
The real question is, would you get an attorney to resolve a problem that only may cost you $50.00 or less, knowing that the attorney is going to charge you $100.00 to $300.00 per hour to resolve the issue, no. The cost out weights the means, so what do most of us do in these situations? We try to resolve it our selves, or we forget the whole matter and chalk it up to the way our society works, thinking that once again you got stuck with a bad deal..
But let's break it down as to why it seems that only certain people are able to have access to our legal system, if you took the total population of our country, and broke it down, you would see that it's a 20/80 ratio, that means that 20% of our population can access our legal system, but that 20% is divided in half as well, meaning that the top 10% are wealthy enough to have attorney's on retainer, while the bottom 10 % qualify for legal aid.
What about the middle, the 80%, those of us that don't make enough to always have attorney's on a retainer, yet we make too much money to qualify for legal aid,, what do we do?
Most of us will weigh the issue, is it really worth my time and money to peruse, will the out come of the situation be better for me, is it a wise investment, we play the odds. When in reality we all should have access to our legal system, no matter what our financial situation is.
So again back to my main question, are attorney's for criminals only, no, attorney's are for everyone, including the middle class, but access to them should not be a financial decision.. should it?
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The real question is, would you get an attorney to resolve a problem that only may cost you $50.00 or less, knowing that the attorney is going to charge you $100.00 to $300.00 per hour to resolve the issue, no. The cost out weights the means, so what do most of us do in these situations? We try to resolve it our selves, or we forget the whole matter and chalk it up to the way our society works, thinking that once again you got stuck with a bad deal..
But let's break it down as to why it seems that only certain people are able to have access to our legal system, if you took the total population of our country, and broke it down, you would see that it's a 20/80 ratio, that means that 20% of our population can access our legal system, but that 20% is divided in half as well, meaning that the top 10% are wealthy enough to have attorney's on retainer, while the bottom 10 % qualify for legal aid.
What about the middle, the 80%, those of us that don't make enough to always have attorney's on a retainer, yet we make too much money to qualify for legal aid,, what do we do?
Most of us will weigh the issue, is it really worth my time and money to peruse, will the out come of the situation be better for me, is it a wise investment, we play the odds. When in reality we all should have access to our legal system, no matter what our financial situation is.
So again back to my main question, are attorney's for criminals only, no, attorney's are for everyone, including the middle class, but access to them should not be a financial decision.. should it?
Wanna learn more go here, www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/brettferguson
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