Crime, Police + Courts

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Devin Oldroyd

SLCPD arrests three suspects in Sunday morning shooting investigation

A Salt Lake City Police Department investigation resulted in the arrest of three individuals involved in a shooting early Sunday morning.
4 hours ago
SALT LAKE CITY — An infant’s body has been located after the mother was charged with planning ...
Mary Culbertson

Infant body found after mother arrested, charged with planning his death

An infants body was located after the mother was arrested and charged with aggravated murder and took police to the location she said she left the body, off I-80 near Parleys Canyon.
8 hours ago
SAINT GEORGE, Utah -- A high-speed pursuit started in St. George Saturday and ended in Mesquite, Ar...
Derrick Jones

Shots fired in southern Utah pursuit

St. George police pursued a man through southern Utah, Nevada, and Arizona after he attempted to break into a home.
11 hours ago
the South Salt Lake Police Department announced they are searching for fourteen-year-old Easther Ra...
Derrick Jones

South Salt Lake Police Department searching for fourteen year old

SALT LAKE CITY — In a Facebook post, the South Salt Lake Police Department announced they are searching for fourteen-year-old Easther Rai. According to the post, Easther left home Saturday morning after 6:00 a.m.  According to the police, her safety is of great concern as she has no history of running away. Easther is 4’10” […]
1 day ago
auto-pedestrian MURRAY, Utah -- Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle that hit and killed ...
Clayre Scott

One person killed in auto-pedestrian crash in Murray

Police are looking for information on the driver in an auto-pedestrian crash who fled the scene in Murray Friday night. 
1 day ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York City day care center and a tenant living in the building ...
Mark Jones

Bicyclist killed after being struck by touring bus in Wasatch County

A bicyclist was killed Friday after being struck by a touring bus on Pine Canyon Road in Wasatch County.
2 days ago
This item, a fake skull, putty, nine-volt battery and a sensor, caused baggage screening operations...
Mark Jones

Suspicious item paused baggage screening at SLCIA earlier this month

A suspicious item in checked luggage caused a two-hour delay in baggage screening operations on Sept. 18 at Salt Lake City International Airport.
2 days ago
Image of the U.S. Supreme Court, June 8, 2020, in Washington.The Supreme Court agreed Friday to dec...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

The Supreme Court will decide if state laws limiting social media platforms violate the Constitution

The court's announcement Friday comes as the justices grapple with how laws written at the dawn of the digital age, or earlier, apply online.
2 days ago
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Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Sean Reyes ‘deeply saddened’ by Tim Ballard allegations, won’t endorse in Senate race

Reyes is a longtime friend of Ballard and accompanied the anti-sex trafficking activist on a rescue mission in Colombia in 2014.
2 days ago
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Kate Davis

Suspect in Eagle Mountain road-rage crash that killed two due in court

Peterson Drew Matheson, the suspect in an Eagle Mountain road-rage accident will be court Friday morning. Two were killed in the accident.
2 days ago
SALT LAKE CITY — An attorney representing a group of former employees and contractors of Operatio...
Lindsay Aerts, Larry D. Curtis

‘These allegations are true,’ say former OUR employees about Tim Ballard

An attorney representing a group wanting to make a public statement about Operation Underground Railroad read a statement Thursday morning.
3 days ago
A Salt Lake City Police patrol car blocks the entrance to a credit union located at 769 East South ...
Mark Jones

Suspect in alleged credit union robbery arrested by SLCPD

Salt Lake City police announced Wednesday the arrest of a 41-year-old man in connection to a robbery of a credit union on Monday.
4 days ago
West Valley City police say a suspect in connection to a fatal shooting on Sept. 15 is in custody. ...
Mark Jones

Suspect in West Valley City fatal shooting in custody

A suspect wanted in connection to a Sept. 15 fatal shooting in West Valley City has been arrested, according to West Valley City police.
4 days ago
The Salt Lake City Police Department (SLCPD) requested help identifying a suspect who appears to ha...
Derrick Jones

SLCPD seeks help identifying person who left suspicious package downtown

Police said the package was left near 20 West 200 South on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.
4 days ago
Image of a box trailer, the site of a fire in Millcreek that killed a man on Tuesday night....
Mark Jones

Man dies in Millcreek fire, box trailer used as housing destroyed

A man in his 60s died in a fire in Millcreek Tuesday night. Unified fire said the structure that burned was being used as temporary housing.
4 days ago
A solar panel at the entrance to the Shepherd Union Building at Weber State University is pictured....
Simone Seikaly

Swastika scratched into table at Weber State, found on Yom Kippur

A student reported seeing the swastika at the Shepherd Union on the Weber State campus.
4 days ago
Image of the Davis County Jail communication area. Officials have an inmate back in custody at the ...
Adam Small

Inmate inadvertently released from Davis County jail

An inmate was inadvertently released from the Davis County Jail on Tuesday, but he is now back in custody.
4 days ago
Lights of police car in night time. Night patrolling the city, lights flashing. Abstract blurry ima...
Allessandra Harris

SLC crime rates drop as theft increases nationwide

Stores in certain areas of the country are closing their doors due to a jump in organized crime and theft. In Salt Lake City, however, robbery and theft rates are decreasing.
4 days ago
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Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle

New York judge finds Donald Trump liable for fraud

A New York judge has found Donald Trump and his adult sons liable for fraud and canceled the Trump Organization’s business certification.
4 days ago
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Amanda Dickson

How parents in prison keep parenting, and how Utah helps

Nearly three-quarters of the women in Utah's prisons are parents to children under the age of 18. The number is smaller for fathers in prison, the number of parents in prison still affects one out of every 14 children.
4 days ago
A man is being held without bail after police say he forcibly kissed a Brigham Young University stu...
Mark Jones

Wasatch County authorities bust chop shop operation

The Wasatch County Sheriff's Office says three people were arrested in connection to a chop shop operation near Wallsburg,
5 days ago
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HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer

Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers

The complaint is the result of a years long investigation into Amazon's businesses and one of the most significant legal challenges brought against the company in its nearly 30-year history.
5 days ago
SALT LAKE CITY — An infant’s body has been located after the mother was charged with planning ...
Simone Seikaly

Mother charged with aggravated murder after disappearance of infant

Police said the mother 18-year-old Estrella Meza Ojeda, withheld supplemental oxygen that her infant son needed to survive.
5 days ago
A 19-year-old Arizona man has been arrested and accused of trying to record women taking showers at...
Mark Jones

Hitchhiking woman allegedly stabbed man at Spanish Fork rest stop

A woman hitchhiking from Colorado allegedly stabbed a man in the back of the neck Monday at a rest stop in Spanish Fork.
6 days ago