Debate gets heated, but district attorney gets extra bodies to prosecute Rio Grande cases

SALT LAKE CITY — After a sometimes heated discussion, Salt Lake County leaders Tuesday unanimously approved more than $313,000 in additional funding to help the county district attorney's office handle its skyrocketing caseload due to Operation Rio Grande.The decision came after a back-and-forth exchange between District Attorney Sim Gill and County Council Chairman Steve DeBry, at times raising their voices and interrupting each other.By the end of the meeting, after the County Council un