Crime, Police + Courts
Pat Reavy, KSL.com
Vernal man charged with attempted murder in brutal attack on estranged wife
A Vernal man was charged Friday with attempted aggravated murder in the brutal stabbing of his estranged wife.1 year ago
Alton Barnhart
Convicted felon shoots himself and crashes car while driving intoxicated, police say
A convicted felon crashed his car Friday after shooting himself while driving intoxicated, according to the Provo Police Department.1 year ago
MARTHA BELLISLE AND REBECCA BOONE
Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support
A nonverbal, intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police while wielding a knife last week has died after being removed from life support.1 year ago
Devin Oldroyd
SLCPD introduces interactive crime map free for public use
The Salt Lake City Police Department has launched an interactive crime map that gives community members access to crime data across the city and from a few other locations.1 year ago
DANIELLA RIVERA
BLM warns against illegal parties on public lands after breaking up unpermitted rave
Illegal activities on public lands lead to consequences – one group is finding that out after unsuccessfully trying to hide an unpermitted rave.1 year ago
Pat Reavy, KSL.com
Trooper won’t face charges after using Taser on man who fell from freeway to his death
A Utah Highway Patrol trooper who used his Taser to stop a fleeing man, resulting in the man falling 21 feet off the freeway to his death, will not be criminally charged.1 year ago
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com
Siblings testify they knew Lori Daybell was involved with her husband’s death
Lori Daybell's surviving brother, Adam Cox, said when he found out Charles Vallow was killed there was no doubt in his mind that she and their brother, Alex Cox, had killed him.1 year ago
Michelle Lee
Dump truck driver arrested after hit-and-run causes power outages in Draper
A dump truck driver is under arrest after police said they were involved in a hit-and-run accident that caused power outages in Draper.1 year ago
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com
Woman says Charles Vallow mentioned changing insurance beneficiary the day before his death
Daybell's trial in Arizona for conspiring to murder her then-husband, Charles Vallow, began this week.1 year ago
Mary Culbertson
Deserae Turner, young Utah girl who beat odds of death after shooting, now on hospice
In 2017, Deserae Turner was lured by a group of teen boys to a secluded spot in Smithfield where then-16-year-old Colter Peterson shot her in the back of the head.1 year ago
Mary Culbertson
Armed group in ski masks threatened security guard before fleeing in Millcreek, police say
Unified police report an armed group of people wearing ski masks threatened a security guard in Millcreek,1 year ago
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com
‘A family tragedy is not a crime’: Lori Daybell speaks to jurors as her Arizona trial begins
In her first jury trial two years ago in Idaho, Daybell was convicted of killing her two youngest children, Tylee and JJ, and conspiring to murder her new husband's wife, Tammy Daybell.1 year ago
Simone Seikaly
Three-car crash in Salt Lake City kills one, hospitalizes another, police say
One person was killed in a three-car crash Saturday night at 900 West 200 South in Salt Lake City.1 year ago
Heather Peterson
SLCC denies claims they knew about fire captain’s alleged sexual abuse of EMT students
Salt Lake Community College is denying claims made in court that it knew a fire captain teaching EMT and CPR had been accused of touching students inappropriately and it did nothing about it.1 year ago
Mary Culbertson
2 teens charged in stabbing death of California woman who was found in southern Utah vacation home
Nearly two weeks after a woman was found dead inside a southern Utah vacation home, two teenagers are now being charged with her murder.1 year ago
Jacob Freeman
Suspected robber fatally shot, officer injured in Ogden police shooting
A foot pursuit with an aggravated robbery suspect on Friday ended with an officer sent to the hospital and a known gang member dead.1 year ago
COURTNEY JOHNS
Utah’s new law targets fentanyl traffickers with severe penalties
This bill addresses the alarming rise in fentanyl-related deaths by making trafficking the drug a first-degree felony.1 year ago
Simone Seikaly
After release of 2024 child abuse statistics in Utah, DA says any number is too high
This week the Utah Division of Child and Family Services said nearly 8,800 children were victims of child abuse and neglect in fiscal year 2024.1 year ago
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com
‘Utahns are going to feel it’ Gov. Cox says of Trump’s ‘liberation day’ tariffs
President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs will be felt by Utahns through price increases, Gov. Spencer Cox said, but the governor said he's "curious and hopeful" about how the trade measures play out.1 year ago
Heather Peterson
Brigham City Police ask for public’s help identifying human remains found in trash bag
Brigham City Police confirm that an autopsy is complete, but it did not help them determine the age, gender, race, or ethnicity of the person.1 year ago
DIANA JONES, MICHELLE LEE, MARY CULBERTSON, AND BRIAN CARLSON, KSL TV
Shots fired at Taylorsville residence after troopers tried to stop speeding vehicle
At approximately 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, Taylorsville Police reported a police incident in the area of 6200 South and 2200 West.1 year ago
Diana Jones
West Jordan Police identify suspect in fatal hit-and-run case
WEST JORDAN — Police have now released the identity of the suspect in the fatal hit-and-run accident on March 25, 2025. The suspect is 42-year-old, Erasmo Onofre-Rodriguez. Police are still investigating and on the look-out for Erasmo. He is a Hispanic male with multiple tattoos. One tattoo is known to say “Alejandro.” Erasmo also goes […]1 year ago
Adam Small
ICE detaining immigrants on probation during court-ordered check-ins
Utah immigration attorneys say ICE agents are now detaining immigrants living in the country illegally on their way to meet with their probation officers.1 year ago
