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Aug. 25, 1979 • Born in Custer, S.D. (according to Allgier).
1998 • Convicted in Rapid City, S.D., of theft and reckless driving.
2000 • Comes to Logan to live with aunt, Yvonne Phillips, and an uncle who was a pastor.
October 2000 • Burglarizes his relatives' next-door neighbor's apartment, where he steals a check, then forges his name and cashes it for $300. Later sentenced to a year and probation. Charged in Weber County with carrying a concealed 9 mm handgun, for which he gets probation and 45 days in jail.
August 2001 • Absconds to Seattle for 11 days to try to find his oldest daughter and "rescue" her from her supposed "dope-fiend mom."
October 2001 • Sentenced to prison for zero to five years after pleading guilty to an escape charge. Probation revoked in the earlier case, resulting in sentences of one to 15 years for burglary and zero to five years for forgery.
May 2003 • Paroled.
July 2004 • Arrested and returned to prison for fleeing to California for three weeks, and possessing two knives.
September 2004 • Parole violation hearing, where Allgier gets another nine months and a new parole date of April 2005, which is later rescinded because of his getting tattoos in prison.
April 2005 • Rescission hearing, at which Allgier admits, "I probably should have waited till I got out" to get his face tattooed. Allgier denies the tattoos are gang-related and says A.E.W. does not stand for "Aryan Empire Warriors," but "Allgiers Eternally White."
April 2006 • Rehearing before the parole board, at which Allgier says tattooing his face was "not the brightest decision of my life." Asked why he did it, he said: "I thought it would be cool. I had my whole body covered, I thought I'd do my face, too." But he says he will not get dinged with any more disciplinary write-ups for tattooing. "I don't have any more room on my body to get a tattoo if I wanted to."
October 2006 • Paroled a second time.
Nov. 3, 2007 • Arrested at a Midvale hotel in possession of a 9mm handgun; taken back to prison; U.S. Attorney's Office charges him federally.
June 7, 2007 • Sentenced to 104 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
June 25, 2007 • Allegedly kills Corrections Officer Stephen Anderson at the University of Utah Orthopaedic Center with Anderson's gun. According to police, Allgier then stole an SUV from a U. physician outside the clinic and was captured at an Arby's restaurant near 1700 S. and Redwood Road, where he tried to kill two patrons.
June 28, 2007 • Charged with capital murder, facing possible death penalty.
March 22, 2010 • Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office grants Allgier permission to marry on April 20, Adolf Hitler's birthday. The bride is not named.
March 22, 2010 • On the same day, the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office gives notice that it will seek the death penalty if Allgier is convicted of capital murder.
April 2, 2010 • Judge Robin Reese orders Allgier to stand trial for capital murder after his preliminary hearing in 3rd District Court.
April 20, 2010 • The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office announces Allgier won't marry after all.
June 3, 2010 • Allgier's attorneys ask that his head-to-toe tattoos — including swastikas and the words "Skin Head" written across his forehead — be covered so they don't negatively influence the jury.
September 15, 2010 • After repeated delays, 3rd District Judge Paul Maughan orders that Allgier's trial will begin May 9, denying Allgier's attorneys' requests for more time and saying, "Unless I'm dead or in the hospital, we're going to try this case."
November 3, 2010 • Allgier's attorneys claim he is being mistreated by guards at the Salt Lake County Jail, saying that they read his mail and harass him. Corrections Bureau Chief Deputy Rollin Cook calls the accusations "absolutely false." A story in The Salt Lake Tribune quoted a jail officer saying that Allgier's attorneys requested extra security during visits because they feared for their lives.
February 9, 2011 • Based on the Tribune story, Allgier asks Maughan to appoint him a new team of attorneys and denies that he is attempting to derail his May 9 trial. Early in the case, one of Allgier's Salt Lake Legal Defenders revealed having a close personal relationship with slain Corrections Officer Stephen Anderson and had to be replaced.
February 24, 2011 • Maughan denies Allgier's request for a new defense team, saying he found no evidence that, as Allgier had alleged, the attorney-client relationship was damaged.
March 7, 2011 • Allgier's attorneys request that his trial be delayed.
March 21, 2011 • Maughan says he will consider granting Allgier a new defense team if it will bypass further delays in the case. He also rules that Allgier will not be allowed to wear make-up covering his tattoos during the trial. Jury selection is set to begin April 15.
Sources: Utah State Board of Pardons and Parole, state court records, friends and family of Curtis Michael Allgier.