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2003 Press Releases

 

January - February - March - April - May - June 

July - August - September - October - November - December

December

12-23-2003 Utah Recovers Money From Drug Fraud
12-19-2003 Attorney General's Office Honors Child Advocate & Personnel Pro
12-17-2003 Shurtleff Goes Hollywood To Stop Smoking In Movies
12-16-2003 How To Put A Stop To Computer "Pop Ups"
12-12-2003 Utah Cancer Patients Get More Time To Claim Settlement Money

November

11-20-2003 Medicaid Fraud Settlement Nets $97,000 For Utah
11-12-2003 Gingerbread Jubilee Brings Hope To Utah's Children
11-12-2003 Shurtleff Announces Smoke Free Magazines
11-10-2003 A.G.'s Office Tells All About New Health Privacy Law
11-05-2003 A. G.'s Office Asks Court To Uphold Stomping Death Conviction

October

10-30-2003 AG's Office Defends Utah's Peyote Law
10-24-2003 Parker Jensen Court Documents Released
10-24-2003 Utah's Cybercrime Fighters Get Kudos From State Department
10-08-2003 It Takes An ID Thief - Shurtleff Holds Utah's 1st Identity Theft Summit

September

09-30-2003 Walmart Agrees To Keep Teens From Tobacco
09-24-2003 Can Life Imitate Art? Shurtleff Honors Young Artists With Drug Free Message
09-19-2003 Putting The AMBER Alert To The Test
09-09-2003 TOBACCO, TEENS, & TAXES - Shurtleff Asks Congress To Stop Illegal Tobacco Sales
09-05-2003 Fundraiser Faces Prison For Stealing Widow's Money
09-04-2003 Utah Man To Be Sentenced For Defrauding Fellow Church Members

August

08-27-2003 Shurtleff Wants Movies To Clear Smoke
08-19-2003 Predatory Mortgage Victims Receive Notices For $4.4 Million Dollar Settlement
08-18-2003 AG Opinion: Green Light For Gubernatorial Succession

July

07-30-2003 Between A Rock And A Good Cause - Hard Rock Pin Raises Money For AMBER Alert Training
07-25-2003 Shurtleff Hosts Western A.G. Meeting - Interior Secretary & Ed Smart Will Address 18 Top Lawyers
07-24-2003 Cancer Patients Can Get Settlement Money
07-18-2003 Instant AMBER Alert - Utahns Can Get Immediate Warning About Abducted Kids
07-17-2003 Internet Task Force Breaks National Arrest Record...Again
07-14-2003 A. G.'s Office Issues Response To Statements In Iron County Case
07-10-2003 The Jury Got It Right - DNA Tests Confirm Rapist's Conviction
07-02-2003 Attorney General And UPEA Settle Voluntary Contributions Act Lawsuit

June

06-18-2003 Utah Gets $371,000 From New Tobacco Settlement
06-17-2003 Mission Accomplished - Fundraising Brings In $225,000 For Jade Pusey's Surgery
06-09-2003 Utahns Offer Treasures To Save Officer - Auction & Fundraiser Will Help A.G. Office's Jade Pusey
06-09-2003 "Stay Alert" - Two Utahns Receive The 1st Rachael Runyon Awards
06-06-2003 Rachael Runyon Awards To Be Presented

 

May

05-13-2003 Taking Identity Thieves To The Shredder
05-12-2003 Crime Fighter Battles For His Life - Law Enforcement Unites To Save One Of Their Own
05-07-2003 A.G. Office's Statement On Smart Probe
05-01-2003 Changing Lives - 2003 Mentors Of The Year Honored

April

04-30-2003 Attorney General Issues Law Day Proclamation
04-23-2003 Utah Will Share In $55 Million Cancer Drug Settlement
04-15-2003 A.G. Files Brief In Main Street Plaza Dispute
04-14-2003 Shurtleff's Statement On Philip Morris Ruling
04-11-2003 Utah Stops Use Of Unlawful Wilderness Handbook
04-11-2003 Utah's RACHAEL Alert Is Now Called The AMBER Alert
04-08-2003 They Protest Too Much - Tax Attorneys Fight To Keep Tax Protesters Honest
04-07-2003 Utah Files Brief To Protect Tobacco Settlement
04-07-2003 A.G.'s Office Defends Double Murder Charges For Slaying Of Mother & Unborn Child
04-02-2003 Confession Ruling Is A Victory For Victims - A.G.'s Office Win Will Also Help Prosecutors

March

03-27-2003 Urgent! Shurtleff To Discuss U. of U. Gun Ruling
03-26-2003 Flight Time Change !!! - Shurtleff To Skydive For Food
03-18-2003 Claim That Tune - Utahns Will Get $362,300 From CD Settlement
03-14-2003 Miracle Ending To Utah's First Rachael Alert - Child Abduction Alert Will Now Go Out On Business Signs
03-12-2003 Shurtleff: Don't Push God Out Of Pledge
03-07-2003 Shurtleff Announces Major Drug Settlement
03-07-2003 We Have The Technology - Utah Schools Get Tool To Help Keep Kids Safe On The Internet

February

02-28-2003 Identity Theft Ring Busted
02-20-2003 Child Bigamy Bill Adds Up - Married Man + Child Bride = 15 Years Prison
02-19-2003 Crime Shouldn't Pay - Victims & Law Enforcement Support Forfeiture Bill
02-14-2003 Don't Call Us! - Bill Would Create Statewide "Do Not Call" Registry
02-10-2003 Everybody's Child - Police- Broadcasters & Citizens Unite To Find Missing Baby

January

01-29-2003 The Truth About Club Drugs - Officers & Parents Get New Tool To Fight Club Drugs
01-27-2003 A.G. Announces $80 Million Heart Drug Settlement
01-24-2003 Shurtleff Says Utah Must Determine Own Marriage Laws
01-23-2003 Four Accused Of Running Investment Scam - Investigators Looking For Alleged Victims
01-17-2003 Attorney General Defends New Internet Predator Law
01-14-2003 Gotcha- Gotcha- Gotcha! - Internet Task Force Arrests 3 People In One Night
01-13-2003 A.G. Obtains Consent Decree To Enhance Competition In Medical Waste Industry
01-10-2003 Help Wanted - Web Site Created To Find Mentors For Utah Kids
01-09-2003 Cybercrime Task Force Looking For Alleged Internet Ticket Con Man
01-08-2003 Shurtleff Announces Breakthrough In Suit Against Maker Of Anti-Cancer & Anti-Anxiety Drugs