NEW ETHICAL QUESTIONS - Deputies with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office say Utah County Attorney David Leavitt asked them to ignore a state law during a traffic stop in 2018 involving his handyman Dale Bowles.
The accusation, this time from law enforcement, is just the latest in a series of ethical questions involving Leavitt.
“He’s an addict,” said Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. “He’s got a real problem, and he needs to get ahold of it, but he’s having a hard time doing that.” “It’s a potential case, and certainly has an interest in this potential case,” Smith said. “He shouldn’t be representing the defendant when he’s the Utah County Attorney.”
“Have I done anything wrong? Not at all,” Leavitt said. “Dale Bowles is a nonviolent guy who was just trying to get to work.”“Dale Bowles became the target for people because Dale Bowles was associated with me,” Leavitt said. The Utah County Attorney’s Office charged Bowles with multiple misdemeanors for an arrest that took place on January 26, 2022.Deputies said, when Leavitt’s office screened the case, they were shocked prosecutors only charged Bowles with misdemeanors and not a felony.
In a phone call with FOX 13 News, Utah County Sheriff Mike Smith said he felt a large number of criminals have been treated too leniently since Leavitt took office.
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