Cache Valley entertainment icon Michael Ballam showed up Friday in arrest logs on a traffic-related matter just a week before he’s scheduled to open in a starring role at the Utah Festival opera.
The arrest appears to involve Ballam neglecting to deal with a traffic ticket issued last month by a North Park police officer.
Ballam, the founder and general director of Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre, was pulled over June 1 and issued a class-B misdemeanor for not having proof of insurance, according to court records.
A North Park spokesman said Friday that Ballam had been pulled over on suspicion of speeding, but the officer chose to cite him only on the insurance detail.
The records show Ballam’s case was assigned to Justice Court Judge David Marx, and an arraignment was scheduled for June 24.
Ballam did not show up for the arraignment and had not provided the court with current proof of insurance at that time, court records indicate.
No proof of insurance requires a mandatory court appearance unless proper proof of insurance is provided to the court within 14 days of the citation. If proper proof is provided, then the charge can be dismissed and the hearing canceled.
A failure to appear warrant was issued Wednesday.
Ballam, 61, is a Logan resident.
According to Cache County Jail records, Ballam was booked at the jail at 4 p.m. Friday, although no official charge was immediately issued on the county’s website. A mugshot showed him with a smile and a full beard, as he is preparing to play the role of Tevye on “Fiddler on the Roof,” which starts July 13 and runs through Aug. 10.
It is not apparent whether he visited the jail on his own volition to take care of the charges or was taken there by police. It is also unknown whether he was incarcerated for any period of time.
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Utterly stupid law.... An "arrest warrent" issued for a simple lacking proof of insurance card??? One would think something simple like that could be "non-administratively" dealt with rather than arresting people.
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ldsfaqs wrote:Utterly stupid law.... An "arrest warrent" issued for a simple lacking proof of insurance card??? One would think something simple like that could be "non-administratively" dealt with rather than arresting people.
"No proof of insurance requires a mandatory court appearance unless proper proof of insurance is provided to the court within 14 days of the citation. If proper proof is provided, then the charge can be dismissed and the hearing canceled."
I like Michael Ballam as a person. He used to work out at the same gym as I did around '96-'97 and was always very personable. I had been trying to find a Christmas program he did, I think titled "Searching for the Star of Bethlehem" or similar and when I asked him about it's availability he helped get me a copy of it.
It's too bad.
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For what it's worth, most people who get an arrest warrant issued for a failure to appear like this honestly forgot to show up in court or provide proof of insurance within the 14 days.
ldsfaqs wrote:Utterly stupid law.... An "arrest warrent" issued for a simple lacking proof of insurance card??? One would think something simple like that could be "non-administratively" dealt with rather than arresting people.
"No proof of insurance requires a mandatory court appearance unless proper proof of insurance is provided to the court within 14 days of the citation. If proper proof is provided, then the charge can be dismissed and the hearing canceled."
And you are stupid as usual.....
I never said anything about not knowing the LAW, I was stating the stupidity of the law, that something like this should be handled administratively, not requiring Police Authority.
Can you PLEASE interpret things correctly for a change, instead of only seeing half the truth and making a bigoted false judgment as if "I'm" the ignorant one???
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That Lucifer, so clever and sneaky. But I'm onto his game. He just wanted to set up a faithful Mormon to look the fool...
ldsfaqs, clearly blind to the common meaning of the word administrative, wrote:I never said anything about not knowing the LAW, I was stating the stupidity of the law, that something like this should be handled administratively, not requiring Police Authority.
Darth J, showing how an administrative means of handling the issue was actually provided, wrote:If proper proof is provided, then the charge can be dismissed and the hearing canceled.
Flaxen cords and whatnots...
The world is always full of the sound of waves..but who knows the heart of the sea, a hundred feet down? Who knows it's depth? ~ Eiji Yoshikawa
