Crime, Police + Courts

Police officers cross a wall at a crime scene in Halle, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019 after a sh...
Associated Press

German synagogue is attacked on holy day; 2 dead nearby

A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, then shot two people to death outside the building,
7 years ago
Police car sirens....
John Wojcik

SWAT officer shoots dog after serving search warrant

Police say the dog charged at a SWAT officer serving a search warrant at a condemned home. It survived and is being treated.
7 years ago
Layton Hills Mall shooting...
Colby Walker

Man involved in Layton Hills Mall shooting has died

A wanted fugitive who was shot by US marshals yesterday at the Layton Hills Mall has died, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
7 years ago
human smuggling arrest...
John Wojcik and Paul Nelson

Utah’s AG charges Arizona county assessor with human smuggling

Utah's Attorney General's office has filed charges accusing an elected county assessor in Arizona, Paul Petersen, of human smuggling. He now faces federal charges also.
7 years ago
FILE - In this March 4, 2013, file photo, Samuel Little appears at Superior Court in Los Angeles. L...
TAMARA LUSH and TAMI ABDOLLAH Associated Press

Killer’s lifetime of evil backed up by a prodigious memory

Samuel Little's depravity is matched only by his prodigious memory. Little, a California inmate considered by the FBI to be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history, has confessed to 93 slayings committed across the country between 1970 and 2005
7 years ago
Layton Hills Mall shooting...
Kelli Pierce

US Marshalls shoot, wound suspect at the Layton Hills Mall

UPDATE: Man involved in Layton Hills Mall shooting has died     LAYTON, Utah – US Marshalls have shot and wounded a suspect in the parking lot of the Layton Hills Mall. The marshalls had been tracking the 28-year-old man Tuesday afternoon, who was wanted on several felony warrants in multiple cities in Utah, including for […]
7 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Police catch teen suspected of firing weapon near Granger High School

WEST VALLEY CITY – Officials from the Granite School District are breathing easier after a teen suspected of opening fire during Granger High School’s homecoming game has been caught.  They say the boy was captured after causing problems on Trax trains. During the festivities last month, investigators say two groups of teens met in the […]
7 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Shipment of “zombie drug” seized in Utah

It’s a dangerous drug that police were hoping would never make it to Utah.  However, officers say they intercepted a package of it
7 years ago
USU aviation utah state university football player faces charges...
Paul Nelson

Two Torrey Green victims sue Utah State University over sexual assaults

Two of the victims of convicted rapist Torrey Green are turning their focus to Utah State University and they’re suing the school
7 years ago
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Colby Walker

West Kearns Elem. placed in shelter in place protocol Tuesday for around an hour, no threat to students

Due to police activity near West Kearns Elementary, law enforcement has placed the school on a shelter in place protocol. 
7 years ago
Kelli Pierce

Orem man accused of abusing three kids, putting alcohol in sippy cups

Charging documents say 34-year-old Adam Moore put alcohol in three kids sippy cups or drugs in some of their pancakes and sexually abusing them
7 years ago
State District Judge Tammy Kemp gives former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger a hug before Guyger...
Associated Press

Judge says she couldn’t refuse convicted ex-cop a hug

The judge says she following her own convictions when she hugged an ex-cop who was convicted of killing a man, Botham Jean, in his own apartment.
7 years ago
FILE - In this June 17, 2019 file photo, The Supreme Court is seen in Washington. Abortion rights, ...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Supreme Court begins election year term full of big cases

The justices are returning to the Supreme Court bench for the start of an election year term that includes high-profile cases.
7 years ago
New York Police Department officers investigate the scene of an attack in Manhattan's Chinatown nei...
Associated Press

4 homeless men beaten to death with pipe in New York City

A homeless man wielding a long metal pipe rampaged through New York City early Saturday attacking other homeless people who were sleeping, killing four.
7 years ago
Prescription bottles and pills on a counter. Photo courtesy of Getty Images....
Kelli Pierce

Utah lawmakers get updated on drug price lawsuits

Utah is one of several states suing pharmaceutical companies in federal court for alleged price fixing of generic drugs, and it seems those lawsuits will be allowed to go forward for now.
7 years ago
Police respond to a shooting at an apartment building, top rear, in Vancouver, Wash., Thursday, Oct...
GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press

1 killed in shooting at Washington state apartment building

A man opened fire in the lobby of an apartment building for senior citizens, killing one and wounding two and then barricaded himself inside his apartment before surrendering, police said.
7 years ago
Associated Press

Ex-AG Mark Shurtleff accepts $600K settlement from Utah

Former Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has accepted a $600,000 settlement from the state to pay for legal fees accrued when he defended himself against bribery charges that were dropped before trial.
7 years ago
People visit a memorial garden for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019,...
KEN RITTER Associated Press

MGM Resorts settles Vegas shooting lawsuits for up to $800M

Two years after a shooter rained gunfire on country music fans from a high-rise Las Vegas hotel, MGM Resorts International reached a settlement that could pay up to $800 million to families of the 58 people who died and hundreds of others who were injured
7 years ago
Botham Jean's younger brother Brandt Jean hugs convicted murderer and former Dallas Police Officer ...
JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced to a decade in prison in a stunning courtroom scene that included the dead man’s brother and the black judge embracing the sobbing officer.
7 years ago
Fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger listens as friends, family and coworkers speak in her defe...
JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press

Dallas cop gets 10 years in prison for killing her neighbor

A Dallas, TX, police officer who was convicted of killing a man she mistakenly believed was in her apartment was sentenced to ten years in prison.
7 years ago
dogs euthanized...
Colby Walker

Dogs that attacked girl will not be euthanized

Two dogs are back with their owner and will not be euthanized after at least one of them attacked a 9-year-old girl in Eagle Mountain.
7 years ago
Jill Hale stands at a makeshift memorial for shooting victims, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, in Las Vegas,...
KEN RITTER Associated Press

Loved ones honor 58 who died in 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting

A reading of victims' names at the time bullets flew two years ago marked the end on Tuesday of the second anniversary of a shooting that killed 58 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip.
7 years ago
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Paul Nelson

UTA employee accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of coins from buses

A former technician with UTA is charged with money laundering and misuse of public money after reportedly taking nearly $300,000 worth of coins over several years.
7 years ago
Zoi Walker

Utah Highway Patrol arrests three people in Iron County for carrying 2,000 THC vape cartridges

Utah police have confiscated almost 40,000 illegal THC vape cartridges in 2019.
7 years ago