LAYTON, Utah -- Utah's U.S. senators say they want Congress to investigate the actions of federal agents who arrested two dozen people in an investigation of the theft of ancient artifacts in the Four Corners region Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett, both Republicans, say the raid was overkill. Federal indictments accuse the people of stealing, receiving or trying to sell American Indian artifacts. Some 300 federal agents _ about half from the Bureau of Land Management _ were involved in the arrests. Bennett called the raid outrageous, saying agents shouldn't have searched one person's home for 10 hours for a single item, then handcuff the suspect. One of the men indicted in the raid was found dead on Thursday in an apparent suicide. ___ Information from: Deseret News,
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