An Aurora firefighter has been arrested in an online child exploitation sting. Gary Joseph Hawkins, age 44, was booked into the Sevier County Jail on Jan. 29 , accused of possessing child sex abuse material and trying to arrange a meeting with an underage girl and her mother so they […]
(Provo, UT) — A Provo man who was killed by FBI agents earlier this month confronted police with an assault-style rifle five years ago. Records made public on Tuesday show that Craig Robertson allegedly pointed what’s described as an AR-15 at two Google Fiber workers in 2018. The workers needed […]
(Provo, UT) — The FBI has released further information on an incident in which a Provo man was shot and killed by agents. Last week, FBI agents arrived at the home of 75-year-old Craig Robertson to take him into custody for making online threats against President Joe Biden. Robertson allegedly […]
(Provo, UT) — Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social media platform tipped off the FBI in March about a Provo man who made online threats to President Biden and who was shot by FBI agents this week. Agents shot and killed Craig Robertson outside his Provo home on Wednesday when […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says hoax phone calls threatening violence at several schools all came from the same IP address. The agency says 13 schools were involved in yesterday’s series of active shooter calls. Each call used the same script and all of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Newly released data from the FBI is revealing that Utah saw a surge in violent crimes last year. The data shows that the state’s homicide rate in 2020 was 24-percent above the ten-year average. Experts with Weber State University say the pandemic may be a […]
MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities are continuing to look for a Florida man following the apparent discovery of his girlfriend’s body in Wyoming after she went missing on a cross country trip. An FBI agent says the body discovered Sunday is believed to be Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito. The cause of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a Utah activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a Trump supporter during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week has been arrested. John Sullivan, a self-described journalist and liberal activist, released footage to the FBI that showed him entering the Capitol […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who briefly took a hostage at an FBI office eight years ago is facing new charges after prosecutors say he rammed his car into the main security gate of the agency’s building to drawn agents’ attention. Robert Joseph Hibbard of Midvale was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the former Utah attorney general’s $80 million civil rights lawsuit finding those who investigated and charged him with public corruption six years ago cannot be sued for doing their jobs. The 62-year-old former legal advisor says he has not decided […]
