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Judge releases trespass suspect
Feds wanted Iraqi jailed until after Olympics
By Linda Thomson and Anne Jacobs
Deseret News staff writers
A judge today released an Iraqi man who federal prosecutors wanted detained until after the Olympics.
Hani Salem al-Bazoni was indicted Wednesday on a charge of making a false statement to an FBI agent after he was arrested in July on a charge of trespassing at Mountain Dell Reservoir. The reservoir provides drinking water for Salt Lake City. Prosecutors asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Samuel Alba to jail al-Bazoni until the 2002 Winter Games were over or until the FBI was certain he did not pose a terrorism threat.
But in a detention hearing this morning, Alba said al-Bazoni did not appear to be a flight risk or a danger to the community. Alba ordered al-Bazoni to report to authorities several times a week while awaiting trial and to obtain permission before leaving the state. Al-Bazoni is married, has two children and owns a car-repair business in Salt Lake City.
At today's detention hearing, Salt County sheriff's deputy Andy Arnn testified that he issued three men citations for trespassing near the reservoir. Upon giving al-Bazoni his citation, Arnn testified that al-Bazoni became very upset. He insisted that he be taken to jail and that he wasn't going to sign anything, the deputy said.
In the police car, Arnn said al-Bazoni told him he was "Saddam Hussein's soldier and that my jail did not scare him. I was further advised that I was an American pig and I would die," Arnn said.
Al-Bazoni's defense attorney, Rebecca Hyde, argued that al-Bazoni was speaking facetiously.
Utah Olympic Public Safety Commander Robert Flowers said he considered the incident a "minor deal" before it was turned over to federal investigators.
"We knew about it awhile back," Flowers said. "We didn't pay a lot of attention to it."
E-MAIL: lindat@desnews.com ; ajacobs@desnews.com
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February 8, 2002
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