Sgt. Stephen Anderson murder 6/25/2007 Salt Lake City, UT *Correctional Officer killed by inmate once named Public Enemy Number One*

Utah State inmate, Curtis Allgier, shot and killed State Corrections Officer Stephen Anderson while at a medical appointment at the University of Utah Medical Center. Allgier was putting his clothes back on after a MRI for a back problem. He got the officer’s gun from him and shot him with his own weapon. He then fled the clinic on foot until he carjacked a Ford Explorer and went on a car chase with police, with speeds going over 100 mph. After going on this car chase, he crashed into an Arby’s Restaurant. He went inside Arby’s, waving the gun around and told the other customers to lie down on the ground. Two people tried to tackle him and take away the gun. He pointed it at them, fired, but the gun malfunctioned (thank goodness!). However, then another customer got the gun from him after a small struggle, and then held him until police got there and arrested him.

The victim, 60 year old Stephen Anderson, was a 22 year veteran of the Corrections Department, a man who loved his job and could have retired 2 years ago.

Stephen Anderson leaves behind a wife of 36 years, five married children, and 16 grandchildren.A spokesman for Stephen Anderson’s family made a statement for reporters. Mark Anderson, Stephen Anderson’s cousin, said, “I don’t know any better way to describe Steve than just being a caring, gentle man. He loved what he did at the prison. He was very good. Warden Turley told us about the work that he did at the prison and the lives that he touched while he was there

Funerals arrangements have been made: Sgt. Stephen Anderson

After shooting Sgt. Anderson, Allgier called a friend, Trisha Tower, and made a confession.

Trisha Tower says, “He’s the sweetest person. Every time I’ve seen him, he’s the sweetest person. He will be there to protect somebody and help somebody.”

A normal person would think that she was not aware of his background or criminal history. But she is. He lived with her while he was on parole, until he took off his ankle monitor and ran. (this was in 2006) He was then named “Public Enemy Number One”, and finally caught and sent back to prison.

Back in prison, Allgier and Tower wrote letters. This morning Tower got an unexpected phone call from him along with a confession. “Curtis had called me and told me he had killed a cop, that he had escaped. I asked him what had happened. He told me that he was sorry, that he loved me and he just kept saying, ‘Sorry, I love you,'” Tower said.But Allgier has a history of burglary, forgery and carrying weapons. Authorities also say he’s a member of the Aryan Brotherhood. Tower says, Allgier calls himself “Aryan God,” but he isn’t in a gang.“He does believe in whites being with whites, and he might take it to the extreme sometimes, but he’s nice, not affiliated with any groups or cliques or anything like that. He’s his own,” Tower told us.Tower says her heart goes out to the family of the corrections officer who was killed, but she wants people to keep an open mind. “Nobody knows what happened in that room to turn it the way he did,” she said.

It appears to me that she is trying to blame the victim for getting killed, which is something I detest. However, other reports say that the killing was revenge for his friend, William Maw, who was shot and killed by Ogden police after he threatned them with a gun.

In October, an acquaintance who didn’t want to be identified says she met Curtis Allgier through a friend. At the time, Allgier was on parole. Something he said that day still haunts her. “Part of his parole was that he could not go up north into Davis County or in Ogden, because while he was incarcerated, he had said that he was going to kill a cop,” she says.

This article gives some details on those threats and this article gives details on other threats made by Allgier to Tooele County Officers. It is obvious that he hates law enforcement and was a cop killer just waiting to bloom.

Curtis Allgier is being held on several felonies in the Salt Lake County jail:

Salt Lake County Prisoner Information Center
DEFENDANT
Booking Number Prisoner ID Name of Prisoner Sex Race Date Of Birth Booked
Date — Time Cell Location
Visiting Schedule
716502 305157 ALLGIER, CURTIS M W 08/25/1979 06/25/2007 16:15:00 04B

CHARGES
Seq Counts Degree Type Description Court Case# Judge Bail
Pay Bail Disposition
1 1 F1 CG AGG MURDER SL DIST NO BAIL
2 1 F1 CG REC/TRANSFER STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE/TR/SEMI-TRAILER (CAR JACKING) SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
3 1 F2 CG ESCAPE SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
4 1 F2 CG ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
5 1 F2 CG AGGRAVATED ASSAULT BY A PRISONER SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
6 1 F2 CG THEFT ( FIRE ARM ) SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
7 1 F3 CG FLEEING-CAUSING PROP DAMGE/BODY INJ SUSP DL/FORFEIT OF VEH SL DIST SEE SEQ 1
8 1 F3 CG WEAPONS VIOLATION-RESTRICTED PERSON SL DIST SEE SEQ 1

ARRESTING AGENCY
(Contact arresting agency for vehicle impound)
Case # Arresting Agency Arresting Officer
07113810 SALT LAKE CITY PD KNIGHTON, M

I know that the investigation is “ongoing”, and he should be appearing in court soon. My bet: death penalty! The last time we had an incident like this here in Salt Lake City, it was Ronnie Lee Gardner, who currently sits on death row, playing with the criminal justice system, trying to delay his sentence every chance he gets.

**UPDATE** Curtis Allgier pled guilty: Update: Sgt. Stephen Anderson murder *Curtis Allgier pleds guilty, will be sentenced to LWOP when he is sentenced on 12/05/2012*
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