Crime, Police + Courts

One person is dead and two others are in custody after police responded to a shooting in Uinta Coun...
Emerson Oligschlaeger

Teen in critical condition after Taylorsville Shooting

An eighteen-year-old male is in critical condition after being shot at an apartment complex Saturday afternoon, police say.
7 years ago
File - In this Nov. 15, 2019, file photo, Paul Petersen, an Arizona elected official accused of run...
JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press

Arizona politician’s alleged adoption aide pleads guilty

A woman accused of aiding a Phoenix politician in what authorities say was an illegal adoption scheme has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft charges.
7 years ago
A man hijacked a lobster truck, making off with $10,000 worth of the shellfish -- prompting employe...
Anna Sturla, CNN

A man is accused of stealing $10,000 worth of lobsters, leading to a bizarre lobster truck chase

A man hijacked a lobster truck, making off with $10,000 worth of the shellfish
7 years ago
JERSEY CITY, NJ - DECEMBER 11: Police officers look at bullet holes in the windows of a school acro...
Holly Yan and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN

A man linked to a gunman in the Jersey City mass shooting has been arrested, officials say

A handwritten note in a killer's back pocket helped lead to the arrest of a man connected to a gunman in last week's Jersey City mass shooting.
7 years ago
Police in Cottonwood Heights say this vehicle is suspected of being involved in a hit and run rollo...
Simone Seikaly

Cottonwood Heights police looking for erratic driver

SALT LAKE CITY — Five people received minor injuries Saturday afternoon because of the actions of an erratic driver. Cottonwood Heights police tweeted that they needed help finding a black pickup truck which they said was involved in a two-car rollover hit and run accident on Wasatch Boulevard just past Fort Union. Help Identify: 2 […]
7 years ago
Suspect Makayla Lopshire was taken into custody Thursday night.  Photo courtesy of Salt Lake Co. Sh...
Mark Jackson

Weather, police chase, mall shopper traffic not a good mix

It was already a wet, rainy rush hour coming to an end on Thursday night, when a big crash caused major delays around one of the area's biggest shopping malls
7 years ago
Orthodox Jewish men carry Moshe Deutsch's casket outside a Brooklyn synagogue following his funeral...
DAVID PORTER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press

Fears of anti-Semitisim hang over New Jersey attack probe

Investigators are looking to pinpoint what prompted a deadly attack on a Jewish market in Jersey City. There are fears that it was motivated by anti-Semitism.
7 years ago
In this Nov. 15, 2019 file photo Paul Petersen appears at court in the Matheson courthouse in Salt ...
Colby Walker

Arizona official in human smuggling case seeks to keep seat

An Arizona elected official accused of paying women from a poor Pacific island nation to give their babies up for adoption in the United States made an appeal Wednesday to keep his job.
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

Layton mom shares story of dog attack

The mother of a little boy that lost his arm in March after it was chewed off by two dogs is speaking out for the first time.
7 years ago
Detectives from the SLCPD Homicide Squad solved a 37-year-old cold case which led to the arrest of ...
The Associated Press

Nebraska man held in 1982 killing of Salt Lake City woman

A man has been arrested in Nebraska in the cold-case killing of a Salt Lake City woman, Wilhelmina Reid, in 1982.
7 years ago
josh powell computer custody...
Dave Cawley

COLD: Computer at heart of Josh Powell custody dispute did not belong to him

The computer on which investigators found cartoon pornography that was later used in a custody dispute involving Josh Powell did not belong to him. 
7 years ago
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks with media near the scene following reports of gunfire, Tuesday,...
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Jersey City’s mayor says gunmen targeted kosher market

The mayor of a New Jersey city says gunmen targeted a kosher market during a shooting that killed six people Tuesday.
7 years ago
EPA grants three Utah organizations funding for environmental cleanup...
Nick Wyatt

Ongoing community cleanup strives to reduce environmental hazards

The Salt Lake County Health Department isn't trying to kick people homeless people out of the areas where they congregate. Their daily cleanups are more about removing potentially hazardous material from those areas.
7 years ago
porch pirates...
Mary Richards

Suspected porch pirates arrested in Cedar City with hundreds of IDs, credit cards

Police say they caught two porch pirates in Cedar City who had hundreds of IDs and credit cards with them under a number of different names.
7 years ago
The principal of an elementary school in Zion is now charged with sexually assaulting a student mor...
Colby Walker

An ‘active shooting situation’ is under way in Jersey City, NJ, sheriff’s office says

Law enforcement agencies are responding to an "active shooting situation" in Jersey City, New Jersey, according to Jean Jadezaia, a spokeswoman for the Hudson County Sheriff's Office.
7 years ago
In this July 16, 2019, photo, a King County Sheriff's deputy holds a training weapon as he practice...
MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press

Experts cite training gaps in accidental shootings by police

An Associated Press review which includes Utah finds accidental shootings occurred in recent years at law enforcement agencies small and large across the U.S. Countless law enforcement officers safely perform their duties every day, but some experts say even a small number of accidental shootings is unacceptable because they're preventable.
7 years ago
Heber City Police warn of new scam in Wasatch County, Consumer advocates are warning about stimulus...
John Wojcik

Salt Lake City woman warns others about employment scam

The employment scam that robbed Ivy Nelson Baker of about $5,000 started with a job offer -- and ended up taking her for a ride.
7 years ago
PENSACOLA, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 06: A general view of the atmosphere at the Pensacola Naval Air Stati...
Jay Croft, Nicole Chavez, Steve Almasy and Barbara Starr, CNN

FBI presumes Pensacola base attack was an act of terror; no motive identified

The FBI is presuming a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida that left three sailors dead "was an act of terrorism."
7 years ago
Susan Cox Powell audio journals ten years...
Becky Bruce

Remembering Susan Cox Powell, ten years after she disappeared

Chuck and Judy Cox, the parents of Susan Cox Powell, say in the last ten years, they've become advocates for victims of domestic violence.
7 years ago
Law enforcement stand near a vehicle that appears to be part of the crime scene where four people w...
BRYNN ANDERSON and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press

Chase with stolen UPS truck ends with shootout, 4 dead

The FBI says four people, including a UPS driver, were killed after robbers stole the driver’s truck and led police on a chase that ended in gunfire at a busy South Florida intersection during rush hour.
7 years ago
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

Shooter dead, fifteen hospitalized after shooting at FL Naval Air Station

Authorities say an active shooter is dead after opening fire on multiple people Friday at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola.
7 years ago
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Robb Chadwick speaks to the media at the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-H...
AUDREY McAVOY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CALEB JONES Associated Press

Pearl Harbor commemoration to go on after fresh tragedy

The ceremony to remember those lost in the attack on Pearl Harbor 78 years ago, with service members and dignitaries confronting a fresh tragedy after a U.S. sailor killed two civilians, wounded another on a military base.
7 years ago
FILE - This Wednesday, June 21, 2017, file photo shows the building that houses the headquarters of...
Associated Press

Uber reports more than 3,000 sexual assaults on 2018 rides

More than 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during U.S. Uber rides in 2018, the company said in a long-awaited safety report.
7 years ago
Man playing the trumpet behind the wheel of a vehicle. Screen shot of the viral video....
Kelli Pierce

Video of a man playing a trumpet while driving on I-15 goes viral

A viral video of man playing the trumpet while driving down I-15 in Lehi is something UDOT has never seen before.
7 years ago