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    Murder trial date set in shooting of Sgt. Cory Wride

    By Kurt Hanson Daily Herald

    PROVO -- It was a full courtroom as a pretrial conference took place Monday for the woman linked to the shooting death of Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cory Wride in January.

    Meagan Grunwald stood before Judge Darold McDade as her attorney Rhome Zabriskie tried to define the case with the judge. It’s complicated because, as Zabriskie said, “it’s a multi-count issue.”

    The two eventually settled on a trial date for Grunwald. It will begin Feb. 10 and last nine days total, finishing Feb. 24.

    Grunwald will be tried on more than a dozen charges, including murder and attempted murder, in the Jan. 30 death of Wride that sparked a cross-county chase that also left another deputy seriously injured.

    Her boyfriend, Angel Garcia-Juaregui, shot Wride. Garcia-Juaregui later died from his injuries sustained during a shootout with police. Grunwald, then 17, will be tried as an adult, as the prosecution believes she was an active participant in the criminal acts.

    Grunwald will face a second pretrial conference Nov. 3.

    http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...24991a935.html
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    Teen charged with deputy killing says she was forced by boyfriend

    By Kurt Hanson Daily Herald

    PROVO — Meagan Grunwald stood Monday in Fourth District Court as she and her attorney updated the court on their planned defense in her role in the fatal shooting of a Utah County Sheriff's Office sergeant.

    Grunwald, 18, is being charged with several counts related to the January shooting death of Sgt. Cory Wride and a subsequent police chase and shooting of Dep. Greg Sherwood. She is considered an accomplice, as she was reportedly driving the vehicle when her boyfriend, Jose Angel Garcia-Jauregui, reportedly shot and killed Wride.

    Juaregui later died from gunshot wounds from a shootout with police.

    Grunwald's attorney, Rhome Zabriskie, said his client was an unwilling accomplice, as Juaregui reportedly held a gun to Grunwald’s head during the chase. She was essentially being held against her will while Juaregui engaged police in a shootout, according to Zabriskie. Because of that, Zabriskie said her actions were compulsory, which he said will be the primary defense.

    “Whatever she did, and whatever they think her participation was, it was the end result of her being threatened by him, more particularly by having a gun pointed at her almost the entire episode,” Zabriskie said.

    He also said nobody really knows what happened inside the truck except for Grunwald and Juaregui, who’s dead.

    “The rest is speculation,” Zabriskie said.

    Prosecutor Sam Pead, however, said Grunwald's actions were out of loyalty and love to her boyfriend. He also said witnesses have provided information that leads to such a conclusion.

    “Actions speak louder than words, and we haven’t seen any evidence in this case in any of our investigation that would indicate she was compelled,” Pead said.

    Judge Darold McDade said attorneys will have about three weeks to try to resolve the case before it goes to trial. Grunwald's next court appearance Nov. 24 will be the deadline for a resolution in the case. Otherwise, it will proceed to trial.

    A trial date was already set during her last pretrial conference for Feb. 10-24, 2015.

    http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...c05569bf8.html
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    Stupid, stupid girl, could have got a kiss with 15 years...I hope they give her 25 years to life...LOL

    Teen rejects plea deal in Cory Wride shooting


    PROVO — Meagan Grunwald will stand trial in February for the killing of a Utah County deputy after she rejected a plea deal Monday.

    Attorneys for the 18-year-old said Monday that she was never close to accepting prosecutors' offer of 15 years in prison for murder and aggravated assault.

    Grunwald will stand trial as an adult in February for a dozen charges, including murder and attempted murder.

    Grunwald was 17 at the time of the Jan. 30 crime spree that left Sgt. Cory Wride dead and another deputy injured.

    Prosecutors say Grunwald was the driver in a pickup carrying Jose Angel Garcia-Juaregui, 27, who fired the weapon that killed Wride. After the shooting, Grunwald and Garcia-Juarequi led officers on a chase through Utah County.

    http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...19c47438c.html
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    Trial delayed for teen accused in deputy's shooting death

    PROVO — More time for discovery means more delays for the woman accused in the shooting death of Utah County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Cory Wride.

    Meagan Grunwald’s attorneys and the prosecution met in chambers with Judge Darold McDade on Friday morning and discussed their arguments for moving the court date back.

    “It was a good discussion,” McDade said. “It was a very fruitful discussion.”

    A bulk of new evidence and witnesses has been filed, including evidence of Grunwald’s affection toward Jose Angel Garcia-Juaregui, the man who shot Wride. But according to the prosecution, more investigation and discovery needs to be conducted on Grunwald’s residence, where they say they believe there is evidence of methamphetamine.

    The trial, originally scheduled for February, has been rescheduled for April 28-May 8.

    McDade was resolute in his determination to ensure the new trial date will be kept.

    “I have mentioned to counsel that that date at the end of April and beginning of May is when it’s going to happen,” he said.

    Grunwald will have a final pretrial conference March 30 -- an opportunity for attorneys to discuss their final findings before the beginning of the trial.

    Grunwald, 18, is charged with several counts related to the Jan. 30 shooting death of Wride and a subsequent police chase and shooting of Dep. Greg Sherwood. She is considered an accomplice, as she was driving the vehicle when her boyfriend, Garcia-Jauregui, shot and killed Wride.

    Garcia-Jauregui died from injuries sustained in a shootout with police.

    http://www.heraldextra.com/news/loca...de6b4a210.html
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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    ITs not her fault.

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    She is charged as an accomplice. If the state can proof that she was a main part in this crime she is responsible for anything. Accordingly she can be convicted of murder although she didn't fire the shots.

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    Jury finds Meagan Grunwald guilty of aggravated murder, other charges


    PROVO — After deliberating for a little more than 11 hours, a jury found 18-year-old Meagan Grunwald guilty of aggravated murder, aggravated attempted murder and nine other charges in connection with the death of Utah County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cory Wride and the shooting of Deputy Greg Sherwood.

    Grunwald appeared stunned and cried as the jury’s verdict was read. Behind Grunwald, her mother, Tori, sobbed. Members of the six woman, two man jury also appeared very emotional. The Wride family sat quietly, hugging each other afterward.

    “She’s innocent!” Tori Grunwald screamed at reporters as she left the Provo courthouse.


    Meagan Grunwald's mother Tori in tears as she's helped from the courtroom


    Grunwald was found guilty of 11 of the 12 charges she faced. The only charge the jury acquitted her on was attempted aggravated murder involving a Utah Highway Patrol trooper whom prosecutors said was shot at during a high-speed chase on I-15 on Jan. 30, 2014.

    The full list of charges Grunwald faced is pictured below:



    The family of Sgt. Cory Wride said they were satisfied with the verdict.

    “We feel gratified about it, but we also realize that a young lady has really made some mistakes that she has to account for and that’s difficult to see,” said Sgt. Wride’s father, Blake Wride. “Nobody comes out a winner on this one, but justice has to be satisfied and I think it has been.”

    Greg Sherwood told FOX 13 he was glad the ordeal was over. He was shot in the head and survived.

    “It’s not a good ending for anyone but we’re glad to have it behind us so we can move forward,” he said.

    Grunwald was “very disappointed with the verdict,” her lawyer, Dean Zabriskie, said outside of court. He said they planned an appeal.

    Police and prosecutors said that on Jan. 30, 2014, Grunwald — then 17 — and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Jose Angel Garcia Jauregui, were stopped alongside a road in Eagle Mountain when they were approached by Sgt. Wride, who was trying to see if they were OK.

    Defense lawyers said Grunwald had just learned that Garcia had a parole warrant out for his arrest, and that he killed Sgt. Wride and forced her to drive on a high-speed chase through two counties that resulted in the shooting of Deputy Sherwood, a carjacking near Nephi and a shootout with police that ended with Garcia being shot in the head (he later died).

    But prosecutors insisted that Grunwald was a willing accomplice, and acted out of love and a desire to keep her relationship with Garcia going. They said she had told friends she was pregnant and was going to move to Mexico to be with him. Even though she did not pull the trigger, Grunwald faced aggravated murder because Utah law does not allow for aiding and abetting.

    http://fox13now.com/2015/05/09/jury-...avated-murder/
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    Very happy for the Officers family.
    Proverbs 21:15 "When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evil doers."

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    Utah teen convicted in deputy's death going to prison

    PROVO, Utah - A Utah teenager convicted in a 50-mile crime spree that left one sheriff's deputy dead and another wounded was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years to life with the possibility of parole.

    State Judge Darold McDade handed down the sentence for 18-year-old Meagan Grunwald in the January 2014 chase, which also included a carjacking.

    Prosecutors said Grunwald was a willing accomplice ready to do anything to stay with her 27-year-old boyfriend, including driving a speeding getaway car in the three-county chase.

    During her trial, the teenager tearfully told a jury she was afraid to stop driving when the man she loved turned the gun on her and threatened to kill her family.

    The boyfriend, Jose Angel Garcia-Jauregui, was killed in a shootout with police.

    Grunwald was convicted in May of 11 counts, including aggravated murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery and use of a controlled substance. She was found not guilty on one count of attempted aggravated murder.

    The maximum penalty Grunwald could have faced was life in prison. She was ineligible for the death penalty because she was 17 when it happened.

    She was charged and convicted under Utah laws that allow an accomplice to be considered equally responsible for a crime.

    Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Cory Wride was killed during the crime spree. Another deputy who was shot in the head testified during the trial.

    Wride's widow, Nannette, said she was satisfied with Grunwald's conviction.

    The shootout and chase were sparked when Wride happened upon the couple's pickup pulled over on the side of the road on a snowy day. Garcia-Jauregui had a warrant out for his arrest and gave the deputy a fake name. When Wride grew suspicious, Garcia-Jauregui stuck a gun out the truck's rear window and shot the deputy as he sat in his police cruiser.

    With Grunwald behind the wheel, the couple drove away. Prosecutors said that when another deputy caught up with them, she hit the brakes to close the distance between their vehicles so Garcia-Jauregui had a better shot when he fired again. Deputy

    Greg Sherwood was hit in the head and survived.

    But Grunwald's lawyer said she was a scared girl who had trusted an older, manipulative man. Attorney Dean Zabriskie said as the couple fled from police through three central Utah counties, Grunwald was driving with a gun to her head.

    Zabriskie has said Grunwald plans to appeal her conviction.

    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-tee...years-to-life/
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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