BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON – Formal charges have been filed against a man accused of driving drunk in Big Cottonwood Canyon and reportedly causing a crash that killed a mother and her daughter. Manases Vicente Castillo is facing two counts of automobile homicide, as well as two counts of DUI. Even though the crash happened on […]
A Dallas jury on Tuesday found former police officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder for fatally shooting her unarmed neighbor, Botham Jean, in his own apartment, which she said she mistook as hers.
The University of Utah has launched a new safety campaign that aims to reduce dating violence, and it comes just weeks before the one year anniversary of Lauren McCluskey's murder on campus.
A former Dallas police officer stands on trial in the killing of a man who was in his own apartment. The officer entered the apartment wrongly believing it was her home and the man was a burglar.
HOUSTON, TEXAS — Sandeep Dhaliwal carried a badge and a gun while devoting his life to a faith that teaches love and peace. Dhaliwal, who was fatally shot from behind during a traffic stop Friday, was the first Sikh sheriff’s deputy on a force that covers an area including the nation’s fourth largest city of Houston. Four […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Attorney General’s Office is defending its decision to ask a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the parents of murdered University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey. The McCluskeys are suing the University of Utah for $56 million, saying the school has not taken responsibility for Lauren’s death last year. […]
The man who admitted to shooting and killing his girlfriend and her son in their Orem home in 2015 learns his sentence. Some of the victim’s family members say even a possible life sentence isn’t enough.
CLEARFIELD – Police say they’re thrilled a suspected serial rapist is behind bars, but, they say they still have a mountain of work left to do. Geneticists solved these cases, according to police. Clearfield Police Chief Kelly Bennett says a geneticist took a sample from a rape in 2001 and created a genetic family tree. […]
A former U.S. intelligence officer convicted of trying to pass defense information to China was solemn as he was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison and said he "would give anything" to change his actions.
LOGAN, Utah — “You will never breathe fresh air again” That is what Judge Kevin K. Allen told 22-year-old Alex Whipple when handing down his sentence in a Logan courtroom: life in prison without the possibility of parole, along with three consecutive sentences of 25-years-to-life in prison. Whipple had pleaded guilty earlier to aggravated murder, […]
A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing and sexually assaulting his 5-year-old niece was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole Tuesday.
The arrest of an airline mechanic suspected of being sympathetic with terrorists and charged with sabotaging a jetliner has renewed fear about the "insider threat" to aviation security.
PROVO – Vandals have hit Provo Pioneer Village for the second time in a week, and volunteers do not know how they will be able to pay for the restoration. Earlier in the week, someone threw fluorescent pink paint on the oxen statues and other areas. It was able to be easily washed off. But […]
Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown is one of 50 police chiefs and Sheriffs from across the country who have signed a letter reassuring immigrants that their departments do not participate in federal immigration raids.
Dozens of bikers who showed up to the Utah State Capitol Wednesday night were asked if they knew someone who was killed or hurt in a distracted driving accident. Almost every hand went up.
