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Three arrested on suspicion of beating, robbing Springville homeowner
SALT LAKE CITY — Three Utah locals have been arrested, following an investigation into an aggravated robbery in Springville. Christian Olsen, 38, Pohiva Fatafehi, 36, and Ronald Niel Noel, 51, were all arrested in late June following a Utah County Sheriff’s Office investigation into a robbery that left a victim beaten and injured, according to a booking affidavit.
Deputies searching for Orem man believed to be missing near Hardware Ranch
LOGAN — Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help locating an Orem man believed to be in the mountains east of Cache Valley. David Allan Roe is suspected to have been near the Hardware Ranch area of Blacksmith Fork Canyon earlier this week. According to a missing...
Former SUU running back pleads guilty to killing 2nd man 1 day after killing another
ST. GEORGE — A Lake Shore, Utah County, man pleaded guilty Tuesday to the second of two unrelated killings he committed over two days — one in Ogden and one in Spanish Fork — on July 8-9, 2022. Christian Taele — a 30-year-old former Southern Utah University...
Mother, son dead after Pleasant Grove house fire
PLEASANT GROVE — Two people were killed in a house fire in Utah County early Wednesday morning. Chief Andrew Engemann with the Pleasant Grove Fire Department said crews responded to the home, located near 600 E. 100 North, before 2 a.m. and found the back porch and an attached room on fire.
Orem man arrested, accused of entering random Draper home, getting in bed with woman
DRAPER — An Orem man once convicted of holding his girlfriend hostage while making DoorDash deliveries is now accused of entering a Draper house at random in the middle of the night and getting into bed with a woman. Drew Robert Hartung, 41, was arrested Wednesday and booked into...
Provo fire crews tackle multiple blazes, urge caution as Pioneer Day nears
PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — Fire crews in Provo stayed on their toes as calls for fire consistently came through dispatch Thursday. Starting at the dry mountain just below the ‘Y’, a brush fire. Then, as firefighters worked one looked down the hill near the city center. “He...
Former SUU Football Player Pleads Guilty To Murder
(Cedar City, UT) — A man who played college football in Cedar City is awaiting sentencing in two different murder cases. Christian Taele pleaded guilty to the second of two killings on Tuesday that he committed over two days earlier this month. The two killings also took place in two different cities, one being in Spanish Fork and the other in Ogden. He will be sentenced for the first murder in August and sentencing in the second case will take place in September. Taele was a running back at Southern Utah University.
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