Provo's Turley faces civil fight on top of criminal charges

Provo's Turley faces civil fight on top of criminal charges

By Donald W. Meyers
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jul 31, 2011 12:36PM MDT

Provo • Councilman Steve Turley faces not only felony charges and a call for his resignation but also a renewed civil fight from a woman prosecutors say he defrauded.
Trudy Childs has wrangled with the councilman in court for two years over a property deal gone bad in Spanish Fork Canyon.
On one side, Turley claims Childs reneged on a purchase agreement. On the other, Childs says Turley misled her into selling all her property — not just a portion of it — then altered documents to bolster his ...

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