| Grain elevator ownership in dispute Fiduciary of United Effort Plan Trust asks sheriff to investigate | |
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By Patrice St. Germain patrices@thespectrum.com | |
COLORADO CITY - The ownership of a grain elevator that was taken down over the holiday weekend is in dispute and is being investigated by Mohave County investigator Gary Engels. Bruce Wisan, the special fiduciary appointed by the courts to oversee the United Effort Plan Trust, the financial arm of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, said he received a telephone call Saturday that the grain elevator at Four Square Farm Store was being dismantled. Wisan said he was in Mesquite when he received the call and started to drive up to Colorado City. He then received a call that the workers had left the site, so the issue was postponed. "We were not absolutely sure if anything was taken and had reason to believe that it was interrupted on Saturday. We were in discussion with the police to resolve this (after the holiday) and some time Monday, between 4 and 6 a.m., somebody finished the job and took the rest of the grain elevator. Wisan said he asked the Mohave County Sheriff's office to look into the incident because he wasn't happy with the response of the Colorado City Marshall's Office. "We were not satisfied with the response of the local police so we went to the county and they are looking into it," Wisan said. "If there are any problems or issues (over ownership), we will pursue it." Engels, an investigator with the Mohave County Attorney's Office, said the case was turned over to him and he is gathering information to give to the county attorney. "Right now we are not sure if it is theft or if the equipment was removed by the rightful owner," Engels said. | |
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TheSpectrum.com Originally published January 5, 2006 | |
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