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Ohio man arrested at Cedar City truck stop for allegedly kidnapping 15-year-old San Diego girl
CEDAR CITY — A 27-year-old Ohio man who allegedly kidnapped a 15-year-old girl in California and was reportedly on his way back home was arrested at a truck stop in Cedar City on Wednesday night. Ryan Gary Patch was booked into Iron County Jail on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping,...
Police: Pickup driver runs red light, collides with minivan on SR-56 in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — A pickup truck driver ran a red light and crashed into the side of a minivan in Cedar City on Thursday afternoon, police said. The incident reportedly occurred shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of state Route 56 and Cross Hollow Road. It involved a white Chevrolet pickup truck and a silver Toyota Sienna.
Cedar City Man Accepts Plea Deal in Mother's Murder Case
Cedar City Man Accepts Plea Deal in Mother’s Murder Case. A Cedar City man, accused of murdering his mother, accepted a plea deal Friday just as jury selection was nearing its conclusion. In exchange for his guilty plea to the murder charge, all other charges against him were dismissed.
Utah officials deny clemency for man set to be executed for 1998 killing of his girlfriend’s mother
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials denied clemency Friday to a man who is set to be executed for the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s mother in 1998. The decision regarding the fate of Taberon Dave Honie, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Aug. 8, was announced in a one-paragraph notice from Scott Stephenson, chair of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.
Iron County Sheriff IDs victim of fatal shooting
KANARRAVILLE, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Authorities have released the name of the man fatally shot July 17, while the suspect remains in jail on other charges. “The deceased has been identified as Jonathan L. Brooks, a resident of Cedar City, Utah,” The Iron County Sheriff‘s Office said in a Tuesday news release. “At this time, no further information will be provided.”
Death row inmate Taberon Honie loses last appeal to avoid execution
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Taberon Honie, convicted of the 1998 Iron County sexual assault and murder of Claudia Benn, his ex-girlfriend’s mother, has lost his final bid to avoid death by lethal injection next month. The execution of Honie, 48, is scheduled...
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