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Murray police arrest driver after female passenger is run over while jumping from vehicle; injuries ‘do not appear to be survivable’
MURRAY, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Murray police have arrested a man who allegedly fled officers early Tuesday morning, and ran over his passenger who exited the vehicle. The female passenger who was hit suffered injuries “that do not appear to be survivable,” says an affidavit filed...
3 brothers in jail after assault in St. George bar spills into parking lot
ST. GEORGE — A bar fight involving a South Jordan man escorted out of the building for reportedly punching two men in the face triggered an altercation in the parking lot after the suspect’s brothers became involved. The incident ended with the arrest of all three, police say.
78-year-old man ordered to stand trial for 2021 murder
SALT LAKE CITY — A 78-year-old man has been ordered to stand trial for the 2021 murder of a Sandy woman after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. William Richard O'Reilly, of South Jordan, is accused of shooting and stabbing Masako Yamada Kenley, an acquaintance and former co-worker, multiple times, and then dumping her body near the Jordan River in Sandy. He is charged with murder and discharge of a firearm causing serious injury, both first-degree felonies; and obstructing justice, a second-degree felony.
Man sentenced to prison in 'unconscionable' shooting, robbery at West Valley salon
SALT LAKE CITY — A man who went on a crime spree across several states has pleaded guilty to shooting a woman and attacking a child during what prosecutors called an "unconscionable" robbery at a West Valley hair salon in 2021. Derrick Lamone Scott, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to...
Judge sends 2 killers to prison; 1 gets harsher sentence for laughing, mocking after murder
SALT LAKE CITY — Jessica Romero McDonald told one of the two men who murdered her sister that she now has a mission to help others going through what her family did, and is training to be a police officer. She said the two men still have the freedom...
Man accused of grabbing girl charged with attempted kidnapping
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man was charged Thursday with grabbing a 12-year-old girl as she was walking home. Mason Musser, 29, is charged in 3rd District Court with attempted child kidnapping, a first-degree felony. On July 19, a 12-year-old girl and her 14-year-old friend had just gotten...
Utah drug trafficking ringleader sentenced to 20 years in prison
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Joe Robert Rael, of Salt Lake City was sentenced to 20 years in prison and a term of 60 months of supervised release for engaging in a conspiracy to traffic narcotics and launder money. The sentence, imposed by U.S....
Deadly fentanyl is 'most serious drug threat' in US history and on the rise in Utah, DEA warns
SALT LAKE CITY — A record number of fentanyl pills were seized in Utah in 2023. And through the first six months of 2024, that record has already been broken. "Fentanyl is the deadliest drug threat this country has ever faced. And unfortunately we're seeing an increase in that threat," U.S. Attorney for Utah Trina Higgins said Thursday. "We're seeing an increase in the amount of pills that are being trafficked into and through the state of Utah."
Utah soldier killed in Alaska 'did so much with the little he was given'
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Army infantryman Arturo Gomez is being remembered for a heroic life, two days after he was struck and killed by a car in Alaska, driven by an accused drunk driver. "He did so much with the little he was given," said Scott Vranes, of...
Grocery store employee accused of using lost IDs to issue refunds to himself
SALT LAKE CITY — An employee of a bulk grocery store warehouse has been arrested for allegedly using lost IDs to defraud the store out of more than $40,000. The 27-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for investigation of unlawful use of technology to defraud and four counts of unlawfully possessing someone else's identification card.
‘An eye for an eye’: Victim’s family makes their case for executing Taberon Honie
For 26 years, Benita Yracheta has been waiting for Taberon Honie to die. Honie murdered and sexually assaulted Yracheta’s mother, Claudia Benn, in 1998 while her three grandchildren were inside the home. During court proceedings, Honie also admitted to sexually assaulting one of the children. On Aug. 8, he’s scheduled to be executed by lethal […] The post ‘An eye for an eye’: Victim’s family makes their case for executing Taberon Honie appeared first on Utah News Dispatch.
2 escape with injuries from burning home in Salt Lake City's Ballpark neighborhood
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A late-night blaze consumed a home in Salt Lake City and left two residents displaced, authorities said. The fire erupted shortly after midnight on Van Buren Avenue in the Ballpark Neighborhood. Salt Lake Fire Capt. Shane Moser said responding firefighters were met with intense...
Sandy woman gets year in prison after assaulting US Marshals with car in West Valley
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (ABC4) — A Sandy woman who was arrested in February after using her car to assault multiple United States Marshals outside of a CVS in West Valley City was sentenced to more than a year in prison this week. Melissa Lynn Trotter, 25, admitted to...
Farmington man arrested for alleged lewdness involving children; detectives seek other potential victims
FARMINGTON, Utah, July 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — The Davis County Sheriff‘s Office has arrested a Farmington man after he allegedly exposed himself to two children while at a waterpark. Camron Cafferty, 55, is being investigated in connection with two reported incidents of lewdness involving a child, alleged...
U Police Respond to Break-In at Shoreline Ridge
Early Tuesday morning, University of Utah Police responded to a break-in that occurred in Shoreline Ridge. The intruder, a white male with shoulder-length blond hair and a beard, reportedly entered the residence hall through a window. He then allegedly entered a resident’s room and flashed a female student before leaving the scene. According to an alert issued by campus safety around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, the man then fled toward Red Butte Canyon Road.
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