POSTED // Oct 23,2007 - Jim Fox gave the finger to workers’ comp some 45 years ago, and they paid for his first car. No joke. Working in a restaurant as a teen, Fox chopped off his right middle finger and put the workers’ comp benefits toward some new wheels. Ever...

POSTED // Sep 6,2007 - Exoro Group political consultant and sucker for all that’s news LaVarr Webb once believed the business he toiled in for 20 years was about disseminating information, not censoring it. That was until a couple months ago, when Webb approached Newspaper...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - 2/7/06, 1000 hours, Rolling Stolen, 1000 W. North Temple St. “An officer was leaving the 7-11 [sic] at this location and observed a car pull into the parking lot,” Salt Lake City police reported. “The car drew his attention and he ran...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - City Weekly asked New York Subs (14 W. Broadway) proprietor Chris Petrogeorge what he’d do as mayor for a day.nn“These buildings that’ve been sitting empty in downtown Salt Lake City for a long time'with the property owners just sitting...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - 02/11/06, 2330 hours, Aggravated Robbery, near 400 South Denver St. Salt Lake City police reported that the victim was standing outside of his residence, when he was approached by the suspect: male; unknown race; approximately 25 years old; black hair;...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Frank Richards'well-traveled former cook, bartender, jailer and current manager of downtown’s humble Regis Hotel'tells City Weekly the way it is.nnCW: You’re a smoker; what do you think about politicians’ attempts to relegate your kind...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - 02/17/06, 1600 hours, Accidental Shooting, near 1600 S. Jefferson As reported by the Salt Lake City Police Department: “The complainant had asked the victim to unload her gun for her. The complainant was seated next to the victim when he pulled...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - As reported by Salt Lake City Police. 02/24/06, 01:42, Aggravated Assault, 5 E. 400 South “The victim was leaving the Manhattan Club with friends when he was set upon by [a 25-year-old male suspect]. The [suspect] was holding a gun and began pistol-whipping...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - 03/06/06, 16:09, Aggravated Assault/DV, near 1200 S. Montgomery Ave. Police reported that an 18-year-old male suspect became upset with his 20-year-old sister, when she “moved his shoes.” A shoving match ensued, and the siblings scuffled...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Pugilist-turned-pacifist Muhammad Ali once noted, “There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.” As reported by Salt Lake City Police, Ali’s axiom is borne out in the decidedly unpleasant things people choose to do instead....