Opinion ID: 167423
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Heading: 44 West 2700 South record search

Text: 7 On January 30, 2003, Agent Pollock telephoned Joe Gomez, a Criminal Information Specialist for the Utah Bureau of Investigations, and requested that Mr. Gomez run a search on the property and the residents of the home. Aplts' App. vol. IV, at 1308 (Dist. Ct. Order, dated Nov. 9, 2004) (internal quotation marks omitted). Agent Pollock explained to Mr. Gomez that there was a detached structure on the property. Id. vol. II, at 543. Mr. Gomez's search revealed that James Byron Tucker owned the property, and that Mr. Tucker leased the property to tenants. Mr. Gomez's review of the Questar Gas records indicated that the gas account for 44 West 2700 South was listed under the name of Melissa Harman. After obtaining Ms. Harman's social security number, he learned that she had a New Mexico driver's license and credit activity in New Mexico. 8 The Salt Lake County Recorder's Office listed 44 West 2700 South as a single family dwelling that included a detached structure. The records indicated that the detached structure was built in 1954 and contained a finished main floor, built in 1963. Id. vol. IV, at 1309 (internal quotation marks omitted). Agent Pollock recalls discussing the property description with Mr. Gomez, who informed him that the property was two plots of land divided roughly in the middle. Id. vol. II, at 539. The property description from the county assessor also indicated that the property encompassed LOTS 44 & 45. Id. at 516-17. 9 Agent Pollock does not recall reviewing the 1987 deed of trust for the property. The deed described the property as follows: 10 LOTS 44 AND 45, BLOCK 1, SOUTH GATE PARK PLAT A, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, AS RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORD OF SAID COUNTY. 11 Id. at 508. 12 Agent Pollock recalls discussing with Mr. Gomez the gas bill and the bill payor, Melissa Harman. Mr. Gomez told him that she's the one that applied with Questar to get the gas hookup to the home. Id. at 540. Agent Pollock recalls that either he or Mr. Gomez mentioned seeing a white vehicle with New Mexico license plates in the driveway of 44 West 2700 South. Agent Pollock stated that he did not think Melissa Harman was the woman he had been investigating, but, after seeing the New Mexico plates, he just assumed that it was [Ms. Harman's] vehicle. Id. at 542. Despite these apparent inconsistencies, Agent Pollock did not run a check on these plates, nor did he instruct anyone to run a search on these plates. Id. at 527, 542. 13 Mr. Gomez also reported that two other individuals indicated they resided at 44 West 2700 South, Benjamin Paul and Williams Fawcett. Subsequent investigation revealed that Mr. Paul and Mr. Fawcett each had criminal felony records.