Crime, Police + Courts

The Utah Highway Patrol investigated a road rage incident on southbound I-15 Thursday afternoon tha...
Mark Jones

Road rage incident on I-15 results in three-vehicle crash

A road rage incident on southbound I-15 at 8400 south resulted in a three-vehicle crash early Thursday evening.
4 years ago
The Supreme Court issued an investigative report on Thursday, announcing that it has yet to determi...
Ariane de Vogue, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole

Supreme Court hasn’t identified who leaked draft opinion on Roe

In a statement, the court said that the investigative team "has to date been unable to identify a person responsible by a preponderance of the evidence."
4 years ago
Police arrested a former Park City Mountain Resort employee Wednesday night after they were alerted...
Adam Small

Former ski resort employee arrested after social media threat

Mariano Agustin Sanchez, 25, was booked into the Summit County Jail on one misdemeanor count of threatening a school.
4 years ago
Santos, the embattled freshman Republican, faces growing pressure to resign after he lied and misre...
Celina Tebor, CNN

George Santos took $3,000 from dying dog’s GoFundMe, veterans say

Santos, the embattled freshman Republican, faces growing pressure to resign after he lied and misrepresented his educational, work and family history.
4 years ago
domestic violence...
Curt Gresseth

Could state senator’s bill prevent next domestic-violence tragedy?

A state senator is proposing a bill that would mandate that all police departments in Utah perform a lethality assessment when responding to domestic violence calls to help prevent a future tragedy.
4 years ago
Zander Jones is pictured. (Stuart Johnson/KSL TV)...
Alex Cabrero, KSL TV

Family mourns the loss of teenage son hit by truck in Summit County

Family members are mourning the loss of 14-year-old Zander Jones after he was hit by a truck last week in Summit County.
4 years ago
covid vaccine card fraud scheme indictment...
Becky Bruce

Plastic surgeon, clinic, associates named in COVID vaccine card scheme

Court documents show the scheme unraveled with the aid of undercover agents. They made appointments to get a vaccine card without the COVID shot.
4 years ago
A federal appeals court is considering whether officers violated Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal's const...
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com

Court considers whether police were justified in Palacios shooting

In May 2020, Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal reportedly ran from Salt Lake police investigating calls of a man threatening others with a gun.
4 years ago
(Cache County jail is pictured...
Sam Herrera

Cache County inmate ‘walks away’ from work release program, police say

An inmate at the Cache County Jail allegedly made his escape from a work-released program on Monday.
4 years ago
girls play tackle football...
Randall Jeppesen

Girls’ tackle football lawsuit reinstated

Several girls filed a lawsuit in 2017 to get three Utah school districts to create tackle football teams for girls.
4 years ago
police siren...
Mark Jones

Two Utahns hurt in Idaho rollover

A single car rollover in Idaho sent two Utahns to the hospital Monday morning, the Idaho State Police reports.
4 years ago
Bike squad team is pictured...
Elizabeth Weiler

SLCPD Bike Squad wins annual NCAAP award

Today, the Salt Lake branch of the NAACP awarded the First Responder Award to the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Liberty Bike Squad.
4 years ago
a car crashed into a building in tooele is pictured...
Sam Herrera

One dead, two injured in Tooele after car crashes into business

Tooele Police said that the person who died was an employee of the business that the car ran into.
4 years ago
Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez speaks at a news conference about a shooting that happened outsid...
Michelle Watson and Alaa Elassar, CNN

1 person killed and 4 others injured in overnight shooting in Texas after more than 50 shots were fired

Police responded to the shooting around 2 a.m. and learned that five people had been shot, said Gonzalez.
4 years ago
Photo of a SLCPD cruiser...
Devin Oldroyd

SLCPD investigating two unrelated hit-and-runs, one man dead

The Salt Lake City Police Department is investigating two unrelated hit-and-runs. Police say both hit-and-runs took place early Sunday morning.
4 years ago
An Afghan refugee speaks about the Taliban's actions against women in Afghanistan during a demonstr...
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com

“We must stand”: Utah community raise their voices for women in Afghanistan

Utahns and Afghan refugees gathered at Washington Square Park Saturday afternoon to show solidarity and support for women in Afghanistan.
4 years ago
Police respond to a shooting at Richneck Elementary School, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 in Newport News, V...
Emma Tucker, CNN

A 6-year-old shot a Virginia teacher with his mother’s gun. The tragedy highlights the lack of strong secure storage laws across the nation

Ever since a 6-year-old took a gun from his home, brought it to school and shot his teacher, community members are grappling with an unsettling question.
4 years ago
An officer with SLCPD crashed his truck into another vehicle while driving under the influence on D...
Waverly Golden

Off-duty officer with Salt Lake City Police arrested

An officer with Salt lake City Police crashed his truck into another vehicle while driving under the influence on December 30, 2022.
4 years ago
President Joe Biden, pictured here at the White House on Oct. 11, 2022. This week it was revealed t...
Paula Reid, Evan Perez and Phil Mattingly, CNN

Fewer than 10 documents found at Biden’s Delaware home were marked classified

Fewer than 10 documents marked classified were found at President Joe Biden's residence in Wilmington, Delaware, according to multiple sources familiar with the investigation.
4 years ago
President Joe biden is pictured. The US COVID testing requirement is lifting for international trav...
Zachary B. Wolf, CNN

Two words no president wants to hear

There's something ringing in Joe Biden's ears that no president ever, ever wants to hear: special counsel. These are the independent lawyers appointed to look into actions involving the president or his administration.
4 years ago
South Ogden Police Department responded to the discovery of a body Friday night. The department bel...
Devin Oldroyd

Body discovered in Ogden, police say its been there since September

South Ogden Police Department responded to the discovery of a body Friday night. The department believes it had been there since September.
4 years ago
Sextortion of children online is rising in Utah, Idaho and Montana, and the FBI is warning parents ...
Curt Gresseth

FBI warns parents sextortion of children online is rising in Utah

Sextortion of children online is rising in Utah, Idaho and Montana, and the FBI is warning parents and caregivers to be vigilant about their children's activities online.
4 years ago
Francisco Daniel Aguilar, 17, is charged with aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and fe...
Curt Gresseth

Teen charged as adult in fatal shooting of girlfriend in Piute County

The 17-year-old boyfriend has been charged as an adult in the fatal shooting Sunday of Jacqueline Nunez-Millan in Piute County, Utah.
4 years ago
SLCPD said the driver is fully cooperating with the investigation and the children received non-lif...
Waverly Golden

Salt Lake City Police urge caution after driver hits two kids in a crosswalk

Salt Lake City Police said the driver is fully cooperating with the investigation and the children received non-life-threatening injuries.
4 years ago