ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING UPDATE -- A 23-year-old Eagle Mountain woman who was accidentally shot with her own .22-caliber rifle while hunting rabbits south of Cedar Fort is recovering well, a Utah County Sheriff's Office spokesman said.

Crystal Peake and her husband were hunting rabbits Sunday afternoon in the Cedar Valley when she was accidentally shot.

Sgt. Spencer Cannon, a sheriff's office spokesman, said Peake was doing well Monday at American Fork Hospital.

Cannon said the accident happened when Peake jumped out of the truck bed of the couple's pickup and the rifle somehow discharged.

ACCIDENT UPDATE -- An 8-year-old boy seriously wounded when he was ejected from a pickup truck during a traffic accident Saturday in Provo is improving.

Capt. Rick Healey, spokesman for the Provo police, said the boy was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City in serious condition, yet "was doing better than expected" after surgeries Monday.

A 2-year-old also was partially ejected, but sustained only minor injuries when Alberto Maldonado's pickup veered west off the road near 1950 N. State St. just before 5 p.m. Saturday, Healey said. The truck hopped a sidewalk, crashed through a fence and fell approximately 12-feet when in landed upside down. While Maldonado was wearing a seat belt, neither child was in safety restraints, Healey said.

CHARGES FILED -- A dozen felony sexual exploitation of a minor counts and an unlawful sex activity with a minor count were filed Thursday against a 40-year-old Pleasant Grove man.

Police say Palmer Allen Sobczak engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with a 16-year-old girl and the girl's 17-year-old boyfriend in February 2004.

Sobczak was arrested March 9 on the charges and posted $25,000 bail on March 16.

On Monday a waiver hearing in the case was set for March 29 at 8:30 a.m.

DRUG ARREST -- A 50-year-old man was booked into the Utah County Jail after Orem police officers found methamphetamine in his vehicle early Friday.

Jose Carlos was in possession of about 6.25 ounces of meth. The suspect's vehicle was stopped at 3 a.m. at 675 N. 1130 West in Orem.

Carlos was charged with possession of meth with an intent to distribute, as well as possession of drug paraphernalia.

The drug confiscated has street value of about $18,000, said Lt. Mike Forshee, Utah County Major Crimes Task Force.

DRUG ARREST -- Two Lehi men were arrested and charged March 15 after police found psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana in their apartment.

Jeffery Long, 18, and Zachary Stevens, 19, were booked into the Utah County Jail after Lehi police and Utah County Major Crimes officers served a warrant and found about 55 grams of mushrooms, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in their apartment at 4125 N. 3250 West, said Lt. Mike Forshee, Utah County Major Crimes Task Force.

Long and Stevens were both charged with possession of psilocybin mushrooms with the intent to distribute, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of weapon by a restricted person.

The mushrooms in this warrant were not connected with the case involving caramel-like candies being distributed from California, Forshee said.

This story appeared in The Daily Herald on page D3.