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U.S. NEWS Thursday 6 July 2017

Utah lawmaker urges solutions to crime after car hits crowd

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST neighborhood near the
Associated Press arena where the NBA’s
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Po- Utah Jazz play has long
lice searched Wednesday been a concern for author-
for a driver who barreled ities, but Hughes said the
into a crowd of people on problem has gotten espe-
a Salt Lake City sidewalk cially bad in recent years.
and killed a woman, one Police were investigating
of a series of violent run-ins whether the driver inten-
that led a top lawmaker tionally drove onto the
to call for the state to con- sidewalk Tuesday, Detec-
front crime near an over- tive Robert Ungricht said.
crowded homeless shelter. The car stopped when it hit
The hunt for the driver who a tree, and the woman got
ran from the crash that in- out and ran away, police
jured five others near The said.
Road Home shelter came One person was critically
days after a homeless injured in the crash but was
man attacked a minor- expected to survive. The
league baseball player other four victims suffered
with a crowbar during an minor injuries like cuts and
attempted robbery in the bruises, he said. The name
same area. of the woman who died at A car involved in an accident sits parked on the sidewalk at the intersection of 200 South and 400
State House Speaker Greg the scene was not imme- West Streets in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Police say the car drove onto the sidewalk,
Hughes said he’s frustrated diately released, pending colliding with pedestrians.
and concerned about the notification of her family. (Spenser Heaps/The Deseret News via AP)
violence and that state A passenger in the car
leaders could discuss a stayed behind and coop- person of interest. honored the woman who due to get housing off the
possible role for the Na- erated with investigators. No phone number was died with a wreath of yel- streets later this month.
tional Guard in bringing or- The driver is described as a publicly listed for her, and a low flowers and handwrit- Authorities say the area is
der if the situation doesn’t white woman who is 5 foot lawyer who previously rep- ten messages. frequented by drug deal-
change. 5 and wearing a red tank resented her in a different “She was my best friend. ers and has been hit by
“I don’t think we’re going top and blue denim shorts. case didn’t immediately We were helping each oth- violence, including a po-
to nice our way out of this,” Officers say they were return a message seek- er get off drugs,” said An- lice shooting that crucially
he said. searching for Shutney Lee ing comment. A memorial thony Archuleta, 50, add- wounded a teenage refu-
The gentrifying downtown Kyzer, 37, whom they call a near the scene of the crash ing that the woman was gee. q

Foreign-exchange host accused of molesting girl kills self

MIAMI (AP) — A man ac- en to a hospital, where her the second wife when she to Miami and manipulated consultant. He had plead-
cused of molesting an un- condition was unavailable was a foreign-exchange her into participating in sex ed not guilty to a host of sex
derage foreign-exchange Wednesday morning. student from Spain from acts and pornographic charges and was released
student killed himself Tues- Investigators found an ap- 2012 to 2014. Days after she photo shoots. from jail.
day, days after being re- parent suicide note near- turned 18, the exchange According to investigators, Leary’s second wife remains
leased from a Florida jail. by. student married Leary, who Claudia Leary remained a in jail. Her lawyer, Jorge Vi-
Dale Leary, 50, was found The Miami Herald reports divorced Claudia Leary in part of their lives and de- era, said he learned of her
dead in a car parked in police arrested Leary and 2014. tectives are trying to deter- husband’s death on Tues-
the backyard of his home his 21-year-old second wife Investigators arrested Dale mine whether she played day and plans to break the
near Miami. His 47-year-old on a sex-related charge Leary and his second wife any role in Leary’s alleged news to his client.
ex-wife Claudia Leary — last month. last month on sex charges, misconduct. “This is very shocking,”
found unconscious in the Authorities say Dale and saying the two had lured The Herald reported Leary Viera said. “A very sad
car next to him — was tak- Claudia Leary had hosted the wife’s 14-year-old sister was a marketing and tech situation.”q