Crime, Police + Courts

Oluwatobi Oludaisi Shokunbi, who is suspected of stalking women on the University of Utah campus. (...
Kyle Remund

University of Utah warns about active stalker

A man has been stalking women at the University of Utah. University Police are asking the public to immediately report any sighting.
2 years ago
Lieutenant Governor’s office in the Capitol...
Eric Cabrera

Utah lawmakers meet to refine legislation tackling ritualistic abuse

Ritualistic abuse is defined as groups or individuals engaging in systematic manipulation under the guise of spiritual beliefs. 
2 years ago
The Canyons School District is pictured. Its starting the year with a teacher shortage...
Britt Johnson

School officials say report, don’t repost threats after hoax causes alarm

Threats to schools that were found to be a hoax spread like wildfire on social media.
2 years ago
Law enforcement snipers provide security from the roof of a hangar during former President Donald T...
Gitanjali Poonia, Deseret News

Congress seeks more funding for Secret Service after Trump’s assassination scare

Lawmakers and political leaders called for more funding to be diverted to the Secret Service to supplement the former president’s security.
2 years ago
Piper is the newest member of the K-9 unit in the Ogden School District. (Ogden City Police Departm...
Diana Jones and Michele Rowe

Ogden School District gets a new four-legged friend, Piper

Ogden School District gets a new best friend, Piper, a German Shorthaired Pointer trained to detect weapons in the schools.
2 years ago
Police tape at a scene where police are investigating a child abuse incident that led to the death ...
Eric Cabrera

Annual report from Utah DCFS illustrates problem of child abuse, neglect

In its annual report, the Utah Division of Child and Family Services revealed they've investigated 48,000 reports of child abuse or neglect in the past year.
2 years ago
Image of Odin Jeffrey Ratliff and Hunter Charlie Jackson, three-year-old boys who were playing in a...
Simone Seikaly

Trial postponed for man accused of killing two toddlers in Eagle Mountain

The Utah Supreme Court agreed with the lawyer for the accused, Kent Cody Barlow, and removed him from the case. There is no new trial date set for Barlow.
2 years ago
Adam Small

Retired FBI supervisor outlines factors in apparent Trump assassination attempt, possible solutions

According to a retired FBI supervisor, there were several factors that enabled a gunman from getting close enough to former President Trump.
2 years ago
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Collin Leonard, KSL.com

Clearfield man who murdered grandparents sentenced to at least 30 years in prison

Jeremy Dwayne Belt will serve two consecutive terms of 15 years to life after pleading guilty to killing his grandparents, Thomas Walker, 87, and Janice Walker, 85.
2 years ago
Seven people were hospitalized, including a toddler who was critically injured, during a four-vehic...
Sicily Stanton, KSL.COM

7 hospitalized, including critically injured toddler, in four-vehicle crash on I-15

Seven people were hospitalized, including a toddler who was critically injured, during a four-vehicle crash Sunday night.
2 years ago
A vehicle accident involving a rollover on S.R. 9 at MM 6....
LARRY D. CURTIS

One critically injured in rollover crash in southern Utah Saturday night

Crews responded to a rollover accident around 10:38 p.m. last night in Hurricane.
2 years ago
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Kyle Remund

Breaking: Woman stabbed in Draper

Just after midnight, police responded as a woman was stabbed in Draper at an apartment complex. She is in the hospital in serious condition.
2 years ago
A crew loads part of the stolen copper onto a truck after it was retrieved by the Salt Lake County ...
Collin Leonard, KSL.com

5 arrested, $147K in stolen copper from Kennecott recovered

Police retrieved over 10,000 pounds of stolen copper -- worth about $147,000 -- that had been taken from the Kennecott mine.
2 years ago
File photo. A Provo Police car on patrol. (John Wilson, KSL TV)...
Mark Jones, KSL TV

Provo police investigating online threat aimed at school

Provo police are investigating a threat of violence aimed at Provo High School that started circulating on social media.
2 years ago
Officers found 90 pounds of marijuana in a vehicle on state Route 6 in Emery Co. (Credit Helper Pol...
JACOB FREEMAN, KSLTV.com

Police seize 90 pounds of marijuana in Emery County traffic stop

EMERY COUNTY — Police in Emery County seized about 90 pounds of marijuana, $10,000 in cash and drug paraphernalia during a traffic stop on state Route 6 between Price and Green River on Friday. Local police were helping Utah Highway Patrol operate a checkpoint on the highway when they stopped Taylor Tarazon and Annette Bonner from […]
2 years ago
A group of six people suspected of a robbery at a Mountain America Credit Union ATM in Taylorsville...
Don Brinkerhoff

Group of six arrested, suspected of ATM robbery in Taylorsville

Police said the group in Taylorsville took thousands of dollars by confronting a technician who was repairing an ATM machine.
2 years ago
Utah State University filed a lengthy response to last month's notice of noncompliance from the U.S...
Sean Walker, ksl.com

USU responds to Department of Justice’s ‘notice of noncompliance’

Utah State University filed a lengthy response to last month's notice of noncompliance from the U.S. Department of Justice stemming.
2 years ago
A still image from a confrontation between a Brighton homeowner and a snowboarder who wandered onto...
Shelby Lofton and Michael Houck, KSL TV

Brighton homeowner wants resort to help resolve trespassing problems, attorney says

After going to court over an incident with a snowboarder, a Brighton homeowner is asking the resort to help with trespassers.
2 years ago
unknown phone call...
Heather Peterson

Provo Power warns scammers are targeting specific customers

A Provo Power executive said scammers are also haranguing customers, demanding they pay their bills.
2 years ago
The Utah Senate convenes in a special session to discuss Amendment D, a proposed change to ballot i...
Kyle Remund

Amendment D lawsuit hearing date set for Wednesday, September 11

The 3rd District judge has set a hearing date for a lawsuit seeking to block Amendment D from Utah ballots.
2 years ago
Close relatives and neighbors of a family who died in a tragic murder-suicide mourned together and ...
Shelby Lofton, KSL TV

‘We didn’t know she was suffering;’ community mourns family killed in murder-suicide

Relatives and neighbors of a family who died in a tragic murder-suicide mourned together and remembered their lives at a vigil Sunday night.
2 years ago
Seven children were held against their will on Saturday in a St. George hotel....
Kennedy Camarena

Police say seven children were held hostage in a St. George hotel room

The St. George Police Department responded to a domestic violence incident on Saturday where seven children were held against their will.
2 years ago
A file photo of a South Jordan Police cruiser....
Mark Jones, KSL TV

South Jordan police searching for alleged purse thief

South Jordan police are looking for an individual who they say allegedly stole a purse.
2 years ago
Marbella Martinez, a Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy believed to have been murdered by her father...
Pat Reavy, KSL.com

Tooele man killed daughter, then admitted ‘unforgivable sin,’ charges say

Marbella Martinez, a Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy, was found dead in the home she shared with her father on Aug. 1.
2 years ago