By AMY LONG
Sunday may be a day of rest, but for Orem, the work never ends.
A transient traveling on the No. 13 South bus began hitting a fellow passenger, Lt. Bob Conner said. The bus driver stopped the bus on the side of the road near the Orem Wal-Mart.
The suspect, Daniel Kelley, fled when the bus stopped, Conner said. He was later located at the McDonald's restaurant on 1225 S. University Ave. and taken into custody.
The transient apparently began the conflict because he did not want to sit next to anyone on the full bus. According to Conner, he did not like Mormons and was not in complete command of his faculties.
Meanwhile, many passing drivers were more interested in the stopped bus than then they were on the road. Drivers engrossed in the roadside spectacle were factors in five different accidents, Conner said. Only one accident victim needed immediate hospital attention.
A domestic dispute ended with one woman as a patient in a mental hospital. Rachelle Howlett, a 21-year-old Orem woman, allegedly fired two shots inside her house, Conner said.
Howlett wanted to fight, Conner said. When her husband refused to argue with her she took the gun from where the couple kept it in the house and began shooting.
The husband removed their two children from the house, Conner said. He then called the police.
Howlett was taken into custody and later placed in a mental facility, Conner said. No injuries occurred during this incident.
Auto burglaries were on the rise this weekend.
Thirty cars were broken into and valuables were removed. Twenty of the incidents occurred in the East Bench area. The other 10 happened in various locations. All types of cars were targeted, Conner said.
More cars are usually broken into as the holiday season progresses, Conner said. Thieves generally approach cars containing easily visible loot, such as car stereos, gloveboxes.
In order to decrease the chances of becoming an auto theft victim this Christmas, Conner recommends keeping all goods out of sight.