Criminal case filed against embattled mortuary owner, employees

SOUTH SALT LAKE — Criminal charges were filed Wednesday against the owner of an embattled mortuary accused of allowing unlicensed employees to embalm and cremate remains.Tanner Jay Carver, 34, of Spanish Fork, and Shane Adam Westmoreland, 41, of Mapleton, are each charged in 3rd District Court with seven counts of unlawful and unprofessional conduct and 10 counts of unlawful preparing of a dead body for disposition without a license. All are class A misdemeanors.Carver is the principal own