"‘Mountain man’ captured in Utah" by Paul Foy | Associated Press, April 03, 2013
MANTI, Utah — Authorities captured an elusive survivalist on Tuesday who is suspected of burglarizing Utah cabins and leaving some covered with threats and bullet holes, ending a saga that began six years ago and drew in police and residents around the state.
Troy James Knapp, 45, dubbed the ‘‘Mountain Man’’ by cabin owners, was taken into custody in the snowy mountains outside of Ferron in central Utah after firing several shots at officers in a helicopter, authorities said.
No one was hit before Knapp was captured while trying to flee on foot from dozens of officers who converged on snowmobiles, Sanpete County Sheriff Brian Nielson said.
Knapp was armed with at least one rifle and one handgun, authorities said.
Authorities have said Knapp was armed and dangerous when he broke into dozens of mountain cabins across remote southern Utah. They said he has been photographed by motion-triggered camera on snowshoes with a stolen rifle slung over his shoulder.
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Maybe he needs help with that beard:
"Hair braider wins lawsuit challenging Utah rules" by Ivan Moreno | Associated Press, August 11, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah woman who braids hair to supplement her family’s income has won a federal lawsuit against the state over its licensing process for her craft, arguing state regulations violated her right to earn a living.
A judge ruled this week that the state’s requirement that Jestina Clayton get a cosmetology license to braid hair was unconstitutional because regulations are irrelevant to Clayton’s profession.
Clayton, 30, sued last year after she found it would be illegal to run a hair braiding business without a license, in part because of public health and safety concerns. Clayton said she learned how to braid hair as a 5-year-old in her West African home country of Sierra Leone, and she was doing it at her suburban Salt Lake City home to support her three children — ages 7, 5, and 1 — while her husband finishes school.
‘‘I’m excited. I can’t believe it,’’ Clayton said of the ruling. ‘‘You go in with the hope, but sometimes things don’t go your way.’’
US District Judge David Sam in Salt Lake City said Utah’s cosmetology licensing requirements are so disconnected from hair-braiding ‘‘that to premise Jestina’s right to earn a living by braiding hair on that scheme is wholly irrational and a violation of her constitutionally protected rights.’’
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