Utah man gets probation for attack on Black Latter-day Saint missionary
Utah County Jail PROVO — A Payson man has been ordered to serve at least three years of probation and inpatient substance abuse treatment for a hate crime attack on a Black Latter-day Saint missionary nearly a year ago. Calling Sebastian West, 20, a “known, assaultive felon,” 4th District Judge James Brady said Tuesday that he won’t hesitate to send West to the Utah State Prison should he step out of line. “If he does not comply with every requirement of probation, he will be serving time in prison,” Brady said. Prosecutors have called West “the main aggressor” in the Jan. 2...