Wednesday, August 07, 2013 2:26:33 AM
Former deputy sentenced for assault after catching wife, father having sex
Grand County Sheriff's Office deputy Timothy 'TJ' Brewer
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Courts » T.J. Brewer assaulted his father after allegedly finding his father and wife having sex.
By Jessica Miller and Lisa Church
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 06 2013 10:27 am • Updated 2 hours ago
Moab • A former Grand County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation Tuesday for beating up his father and assaulting a police officer — attacks that occurred after the deputy allegedly caught his wife and father in bed together last month.
Timothy "T.J." Brewer, 33, was charged in Moab’s 7th District Court with class A misdemeanor counts of assault and assault against a police officer. According to court records, he entered guilty pleas to the two charges on Tuesday during his initial appearance at the courthouse.
Seventh District Judge Lyle Anderson suspended a potential two-year jail term, sentencing Brewer instead to 24 months probation and over $800 in fines. A no-contact order between Brewer and his wife and father was lifted, according to court documents.
"I understand why you would have been very angry on the night of your criminal conduct," Anderson said during Brewer’s sentencing. "You understand that you can’t accomplish anything with violence."
Brewer claimed he was not a violent person.
"I do apologize for my actions that night," he told the judge. "I take full responsibility for them. I’m not a violent person ... I wasn’t before and I’m not now."
Brewer’s attorney, Tara Isaacson, told the court that her client is trying to piece his life back together.
"These assaults and these issues took place in the context of a very painful experience for my client," she said, adding that she has received "dozens and dozens" of letters from people who said their lives have been touched by Brewer.
"This incident has just turned his life upside down," Isaacson said in court.
Brewer resigned from his position after the assault, according to sheriff’s officials.
According to a Moab police report, Brewer assaulted his father, Wesley "Corky" Brewer and his wife, Logan Brewer, after he caught the two having sex in the bedroom of one of the couple’s children on July 11.
Brewer’s wife told police that he beat up his father "really bad." She told investigators that Brewer then left and got a pistol, which he first pointed at her but ultimately used to pistol-whip his father.
Corky Brewer was treated at a local hospital for a stab wound, a broken rib and a collapsed lung. The man’s wife reported to police that her husband stabbed himself at their home after the assault.
According to the police report, Moab police were first called to the emergency room of Moab Regional Hospital, where Corky Brewer, who was at the time the Moab Fire Chief, was being treated. Corky Brewer has since resigned, according to fire officials.
Officers found Timothy Brewer arguing in the parking lot with his uncle, Curt Brewer. Timothy Brewer allegedly told the officers to go away and threatened to beat them up. Eventually, he calmed down enough to tell investigators that he allegedly caught his wife cheating on him with his father. Brewer allegedly admitted that he got angry and beat up his father and said several times that he wanted to get a gun and "finish the job."
The officers accompanied Timothy Brewer from the hospital to his home, because he wanted to check on his children who, as it happened, were no longer there. The report states that Brewer later decided to walk back to the hospital, but when Moab police Officer Steve Wiseman tried to stop him, Brewer allegedly charged the officer and hit him with his shoulder, resulting in Brewer’s arrest.
Wiseman wrote in his report that Brewer also struck him with both hands, resulting in a broken molar.
Brewer was booked July 12 into the San Juan County Jail and released two days later on a court order without posting bail.
Because of a conflict of interest, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case, and the Utah Attorney General’s Office prosecuted the criminal case.
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune
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Lawsuit says UTA employee was required to have sex with boss
Federal case » Management did not stop the harassment, the employee claims.
By Erin Alberty
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 06 2013 01:01 am • Last Updated Aug 06 2013 07:38 am
A maintenance worker is suing the Utah Transit Authority in federal court, claiming her supervisor required her to perform sexual favors in exchange for better working conditions and that management ignored her complaints of harassment, saying "boys will be boys."
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Traci Endow claimed that her supervisor, Brett DeMille, had been making sexual gestures, contact and comment toward her since they were coworkers in 2009. Endow rebuffed his advances until 2011, when DeMille was promoted to become her supervisor, the lawsuit states. DeMille allegedly told Endow her work assignments and chances for promotion would improve if she would have sex with him.
"Once [Endow] began having sexual relations with ... DeMille, [Endow’s] work assignments did improve," the lawsuit states. Endow was reassigned from trash clean-up, pulling and trimming weeds, and TRAX station cleaning — "jobs she and her coworkers severely disliked" — to operating heavy machinery, according to the lawsuit.
UTA spokeswoman Erika Shubin declined to comment on Monday night. The lawsuit says Endow will "likely require more than $500,000 to be fully compensated" by UTA.
DeMille sought training opportunities for Endow, which previously she had been denied, according to the lawsuit. Endow claimed that in 2011, before DeMille was her supervisor, a manager scheduled mandatory one-on-one equipment training for all of the male employees on the crew but then took the trainer to lunch before Endow, the only woman, could be trained, the suit alleges. The manager, Richard Castleberry, allegedly told Endow, "Life’s not fair." Endow did not receive the training until DeMille arranged it, after Endow began performing sexual favors for him, the suit claims.
Endow describes 27 occasions where DeMille engaged in sexual activities with her while at work; in some cases, she alleges, he required sex before he would let her return to work. Endow claimed these sex acts occurred from November 2011 until July 2012 at UTA maintenance shops in Salt Lake and Davis counties, the UTA facilities offices, in the cab of a sweeper truck and in a signal shack near the University of Utah.
"Because of the threat of losing her training and assignment benefits, [Endow] never formally expressed a lack of consent. ... At most, she expressed a reluctant acquiescence," the suit states. However, the lawsuit claims that Endow routinely told DeMille "she was engaging in the sexual activities solely and exclusively because of the benefits she was receiving."
Endow further claims that DeMille implied that she would lose those benefits if she stopped having sex with him.
Endow said she complained repeatedly to DeMille’s supervisors, Frank Cosens and Castleberry; no action was taken, the suit claims. Instead, Cosens allegedly told her, "You should have told him yours is bigger. It may require batteries, but it’s bigger." Castleberry allegedly advised her to "stop wearing white T-shirts." When Endow pressed the matter, Castleberry covered his ears and said, "I don’t want to hear this," the lawsuit states.
When UTA issued new uniforms in May 2012, DeMille told the man who measures the uniforms that Endow would have sex with him and gave her phone number to him, the lawsuit claims. The man allegedly measured only Endow’s bust; although Endow is 5 feet 2 inches tall, she received a uniform made for a man more than 300 pounds, according to the lawsuit. When Endow complained, the man allegedly asked whether she "tastes like Mountain Dew." Endow claims she complained to DeMille and Cosens, who did not follow up but began referring to him as Endow’s "boyfriend," and told other employees to "go see [Endow’s] boyfriend" whenever they needed uniforms or equipment.
Endow said her treatment at work contributed to severe depression and alcoholism. In July 2012, she told her husband, who confronted Cosens, the lawsuit claims. Endow was given two weeks paid leave, during which she filed a formal complaint with human resources officers. UTA performed a "cursory" investigation, which was closed with a finding of no cause, the lawsuit states. Endow claims that Toby Diaz, human resources director, told her that "boys will be boys," and the alleged behavior was to be expected on an overwhelmingly male crew.
Endow returned to work, where she has returned to "exclusively" weeding and station clean-up — the jobs she was relieved from during her relationship with DeMille. She "has been denied all requests for training and is not allowed to operate any of the machinery for which she received training," the lawsuit states. Because she cannot receive further certification and licenser, she cannot be promoted, the suit claims.
Endow is suing UTA and her supervisors, claiming quid pro quo sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, retaliation, violation of state law; negligence, sexual battery; and negligent hiring, supervision and employment.
Endow did not report the case to law enforcement, said her attorney W. Earl Webster.
"She didn’t feel like she wanted to go that route," Webster said.
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56695191-90/endow-lawsuit-demille-uta.html.csp [with comments]
Grand County Sheriff's Office deputy Timothy 'TJ' Brewer
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Courts » T.J. Brewer assaulted his father after allegedly finding his father and wife having sex.
By Jessica Miller and Lisa Church
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 06 2013 10:27 am • Updated 2 hours ago
Moab • A former Grand County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation Tuesday for beating up his father and assaulting a police officer — attacks that occurred after the deputy allegedly caught his wife and father in bed together last month.
Timothy "T.J." Brewer, 33, was charged in Moab’s 7th District Court with class A misdemeanor counts of assault and assault against a police officer. According to court records, he entered guilty pleas to the two charges on Tuesday during his initial appearance at the courthouse.
Seventh District Judge Lyle Anderson suspended a potential two-year jail term, sentencing Brewer instead to 24 months probation and over $800 in fines. A no-contact order between Brewer and his wife and father was lifted, according to court documents.
"I understand why you would have been very angry on the night of your criminal conduct," Anderson said during Brewer’s sentencing. "You understand that you can’t accomplish anything with violence."
Brewer claimed he was not a violent person.
"I do apologize for my actions that night," he told the judge. "I take full responsibility for them. I’m not a violent person ... I wasn’t before and I’m not now."
Brewer’s attorney, Tara Isaacson, told the court that her client is trying to piece his life back together.
"These assaults and these issues took place in the context of a very painful experience for my client," she said, adding that she has received "dozens and dozens" of letters from people who said their lives have been touched by Brewer.
"This incident has just turned his life upside down," Isaacson said in court.
Brewer resigned from his position after the assault, according to sheriff’s officials.
According to a Moab police report, Brewer assaulted his father, Wesley "Corky" Brewer and his wife, Logan Brewer, after he caught the two having sex in the bedroom of one of the couple’s children on July 11.
Brewer’s wife told police that he beat up his father "really bad." She told investigators that Brewer then left and got a pistol, which he first pointed at her but ultimately used to pistol-whip his father.
Corky Brewer was treated at a local hospital for a stab wound, a broken rib and a collapsed lung. The man’s wife reported to police that her husband stabbed himself at their home after the assault.
According to the police report, Moab police were first called to the emergency room of Moab Regional Hospital, where Corky Brewer, who was at the time the Moab Fire Chief, was being treated. Corky Brewer has since resigned, according to fire officials.
Officers found Timothy Brewer arguing in the parking lot with his uncle, Curt Brewer. Timothy Brewer allegedly told the officers to go away and threatened to beat them up. Eventually, he calmed down enough to tell investigators that he allegedly caught his wife cheating on him with his father. Brewer allegedly admitted that he got angry and beat up his father and said several times that he wanted to get a gun and "finish the job."
The officers accompanied Timothy Brewer from the hospital to his home, because he wanted to check on his children who, as it happened, were no longer there. The report states that Brewer later decided to walk back to the hospital, but when Moab police Officer Steve Wiseman tried to stop him, Brewer allegedly charged the officer and hit him with his shoulder, resulting in Brewer’s arrest.
Wiseman wrote in his report that Brewer also struck him with both hands, resulting in a broken molar.
Brewer was booked July 12 into the San Juan County Jail and released two days later on a court order without posting bail.
Because of a conflict of interest, the Utah County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case, and the Utah Attorney General’s Office prosecuted the criminal case.
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56697492-78/brewer-police-moab-wife.html.csp [with comments]
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Lawsuit says UTA employee was required to have sex with boss
Federal case » Management did not stop the harassment, the employee claims.
By Erin Alberty
The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Aug 06 2013 01:01 am • Last Updated Aug 06 2013 07:38 am
A maintenance worker is suing the Utah Transit Authority in federal court, claiming her supervisor required her to perform sexual favors in exchange for better working conditions and that management ignored her complaints of harassment, saying "boys will be boys."
In a lawsuit filed Monday, Traci Endow claimed that her supervisor, Brett DeMille, had been making sexual gestures, contact and comment toward her since they were coworkers in 2009. Endow rebuffed his advances until 2011, when DeMille was promoted to become her supervisor, the lawsuit states. DeMille allegedly told Endow her work assignments and chances for promotion would improve if she would have sex with him.
"Once [Endow] began having sexual relations with ... DeMille, [Endow’s] work assignments did improve," the lawsuit states. Endow was reassigned from trash clean-up, pulling and trimming weeds, and TRAX station cleaning — "jobs she and her coworkers severely disliked" — to operating heavy machinery, according to the lawsuit.
UTA spokeswoman Erika Shubin declined to comment on Monday night. The lawsuit says Endow will "likely require more than $500,000 to be fully compensated" by UTA.
DeMille sought training opportunities for Endow, which previously she had been denied, according to the lawsuit. Endow claimed that in 2011, before DeMille was her supervisor, a manager scheduled mandatory one-on-one equipment training for all of the male employees on the crew but then took the trainer to lunch before Endow, the only woman, could be trained, the suit alleges. The manager, Richard Castleberry, allegedly told Endow, "Life’s not fair." Endow did not receive the training until DeMille arranged it, after Endow began performing sexual favors for him, the suit claims.
Endow describes 27 occasions where DeMille engaged in sexual activities with her while at work; in some cases, she alleges, he required sex before he would let her return to work. Endow claimed these sex acts occurred from November 2011 until July 2012 at UTA maintenance shops in Salt Lake and Davis counties, the UTA facilities offices, in the cab of a sweeper truck and in a signal shack near the University of Utah.
"Because of the threat of losing her training and assignment benefits, [Endow] never formally expressed a lack of consent. ... At most, she expressed a reluctant acquiescence," the suit states. However, the lawsuit claims that Endow routinely told DeMille "she was engaging in the sexual activities solely and exclusively because of the benefits she was receiving."
Endow further claims that DeMille implied that she would lose those benefits if she stopped having sex with him.
Endow said she complained repeatedly to DeMille’s supervisors, Frank Cosens and Castleberry; no action was taken, the suit claims. Instead, Cosens allegedly told her, "You should have told him yours is bigger. It may require batteries, but it’s bigger." Castleberry allegedly advised her to "stop wearing white T-shirts." When Endow pressed the matter, Castleberry covered his ears and said, "I don’t want to hear this," the lawsuit states.
When UTA issued new uniforms in May 2012, DeMille told the man who measures the uniforms that Endow would have sex with him and gave her phone number to him, the lawsuit claims. The man allegedly measured only Endow’s bust; although Endow is 5 feet 2 inches tall, she received a uniform made for a man more than 300 pounds, according to the lawsuit. When Endow complained, the man allegedly asked whether she "tastes like Mountain Dew." Endow claims she complained to DeMille and Cosens, who did not follow up but began referring to him as Endow’s "boyfriend," and told other employees to "go see [Endow’s] boyfriend" whenever they needed uniforms or equipment.
Endow said her treatment at work contributed to severe depression and alcoholism. In July 2012, she told her husband, who confronted Cosens, the lawsuit claims. Endow was given two weeks paid leave, during which she filed a formal complaint with human resources officers. UTA performed a "cursory" investigation, which was closed with a finding of no cause, the lawsuit states. Endow claims that Toby Diaz, human resources director, told her that "boys will be boys," and the alleged behavior was to be expected on an overwhelmingly male crew.
Endow returned to work, where she has returned to "exclusively" weeding and station clean-up — the jobs she was relieved from during her relationship with DeMille. She "has been denied all requests for training and is not allowed to operate any of the machinery for which she received training," the lawsuit states. Because she cannot receive further certification and licenser, she cannot be promoted, the suit claims.
Endow is suing UTA and her supervisors, claiming quid pro quo sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, retaliation, violation of state law; negligence, sexual battery; and negligent hiring, supervision and employment.
Endow did not report the case to law enforcement, said her attorney W. Earl Webster.
"She didn’t feel like she wanted to go that route," Webster said.
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/56695191-90/endow-lawsuit-demille-uta.html.csp [with comments]
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