South Salt Lake City Council member Paul Sanchez tried to attend a meeting he was banned from joining in person. He's now facing a trespassing charge.
A censured Paul Sanchez’s attempt to attend a trio of council meetings Wednesday ended with him facing a trespassing charge.for trying to enter City Hall after his fellow council members had ordered him to join meetings virtually for at least the next three months.him over three social media posts in which he allegedly released personal details of a fellow council member and told another to “f - - - off.
According to police records, officers met Sanchez at the door of City Hall before a 6 p.m. Redevelopment Agency meeting and advised him that he was trespassing. After receiving a written notice of trespassing, he told officers that they would have to arrest him because he wasn’t going to leave. South Salt Lake Justice Court Judge Ryan J. Richards later ordered Sanchez released under the condition that he refrain from committing criminal acts and promise to appear for future court hearings.In a text message and an email, Sanchez said South Salt Lake police “violently arrested” him and unlawfully searched and seized his belongings, which included his iPad and notes. Police records indicate he was taken into custody without incident.
In a Thursday email, a South Salt Lake representative provided a timeline of events leading up to and following Sanchez’s censure. The council voted to discipline the first-term officeholder a week after adopting a code of conduct for council members, according to the statement.
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