I just received my Moab paper in the mail and one of the aricles outlined the last remaining charge in the road war south of Moab. There's another thread I stared last year concerning Sheriff Lacy, and for background you can read it.

It seems that the pipe weilding assalant in the dispute was conviced in San Juan county of assault. He now faces up to 5 years in the slammer, but the judge says he isn't likely to spend any jail time. The important thing is that the eco-freaks have lost another round. This one is particularly important because it means that the violent methods of the 'greens' is being met with criminal charges and convictions. Most of us go thru our adult lives without criminal records. Once a person gets a felony on their record, they have a whole lot less influence on others.

There were contributing factors, like the group trying to stop use of county roads and trails weren't on their own property and they threatend the female jeep driver with a pipe long enough to cause serious injury or death.

Of course if that'd been one of us, we'd have either emptied our carry gun into the fool, or gotten out and used it as a suppository on the guy. I have no idea where this is going, and the losing side keeps coming up with funds to file suits and such in court. Makes me think that they're being financed pretty heavily by outsiders.

I subscribe to the Moab Times-Independent, and I haven't bothered to pay to view the on-line version. It may be posted there for anyone that wants to blow the money trying to find it.
I used to be very supportive of the paper, but over the last few years as they take views counter to my hobby, I seem to be less inclined to do that.

Dick is this the convistion your referring too?

http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2621474

Moab man is convicted of assault after off-road vehicle confrontation
By Lisa Church
Special to The Tribune

Salt Lake Tribune
MONTICELLO - A jury convicted a Moab man Thursday of aggravated assault in an altercation last April between off-road enthusiasts and nearby landowners.
Alexander Arbelo testified Thursday that he was acting to protect friend John Rzeczycki and feared for his own safety when he ran toward a Colorado driver while wielding a metal fence pole.
Rzeczycki had approached a group of drivers on the Coyote Ugly trail in northern San Juan County and, according to witnesses from the group, grabbed the front of Nancy Bailey's vehicle, then moved in front of the Jeep again as she attempted to maneuver around him. Bailey's vehicle pinned Rzeczycki's foot under a front tire, forcing him to the ground and injuring his knee.
Bailey told jurors Wednesday that she “froze” when Rzeczycki blocked her path. She said she could not see that her tire was trapping Rzeczycki's foot.
Rzeczycki testified Wednesday that he stopped Bailey to take photographs documenting off-road abuse of the area and to alert her to a sign posted near the trail's exit encouraging drivers not to drive Coyote Ugly.
Arbelo, 53, said he heard his friend screaming, picked up the metal pole and ran to his aid. He said “two or three” people were standing around but no one was helping Rzeczycki.
“I figured there was an incident going on that could become violent. I told [Bailey] to back off,” he said. “I showed [the pole] to her to make sure she knew I was capable of defending myself.”
Arbelo's attorney, Rosalie Reilly, urged jurors to acquit him.
She said that Bailey “minimized” her own culpability in her testimony about the incident and Arbelo acted reasonably to protect his friend.
San Juan County Attorney Craig Halls asked jurors to decide who the true aggressor was in the April 9 incident, which he described as “Jeepers accosted by a bunch of people who came running at them from the wash.”
Describing Rzeczycki's actions as “ludicrous,” Halls said jurors could only accept Arbelo's defense if they believed that Bailey was “using her Jeep as a weapon.” Bailey was simply trying to maneuver around Rzeczycki and did not intentionally injure him, Halls said.
“You only have the right to use deadly force when you're protecting yourself from deadly force or your friend from deadly force,” Halls told jurors. “You don't have the right to run up to someone's window with a metal bar when it's something as insignificant as this.”
The four-man, four-woman jury deliberated for about two hours before reaching a verdict Thursday afternoon.
Arbelo faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on May 2, but 7th District Judge Lyle Anderson said after the verdict was read that Arbelo will likely serve no prison time.
“This is not a case where it's likely that I would sentence him to prison,” Anderson said, adding that he wants to know more about Arbelo before deciding his fate. He ordered Arbelo to report to adult probation and parole officials for a routine pre-sentencing evaluation. Anderson said he will rely, in part, on that report when deciding Arbelo's sentence.
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