SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah teen says he did not know a gun was loaded when he shot and killed his stepbrother, a report said. The teenager pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter Wednesday, The Deseret News reportedWednesday. Jerrad Jacobsen, 16, died at a home in the Salt Lake City […]
Authorities are filing murder and kidnapping charges in the death of a Utah college student who disappeared 11 days ago. Salt Lake City police chief Mike Brown said 31-year-old Ayoola A. Ajayi will be charged with aggravated murder, kidnaping and desecration of a body in the death of 23-year-old Mackenzie […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper will be stepping down from the position after the 2020 festival. The Deseret News reports the Sundance Institute announced Thursday Cooper will instead fill a new role of Emeritus Director where he will oversee special projects including the institute’s 40th anniversary […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A man is dead after an industrial incident at an Orem greenhouse. The Daily Herald reports Efren Perez-Sanchez of Lindon was using an air tank to spray down the greenhouse Thursday morning when it exploded. Orem police officers and investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are […]
CORINNE, Utah (AP) — Police are calling the death of a teenager found in a northern Utah park suspicious. The Standard-Examiner reports the body of 16-year-old Marcus Elkins of Corinne was found in a park in his hometown Thursday morning. The Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office says investigators suspect Elkins did not […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One person was taken into custody Friday in the case of a Utah college student who disappeared 11 days ago, police said. Officials did not immediately provide further details ahead of a planned news conference scheduled in the disappearance of 23-year-old Mackenzie Lueck. The news […]
A Richfield man is facing child sexual abuse charges and is now in jail. According to Richfield City Police Chief Trent Lloyd, 29-year-old Timothy Snow is charged with rape of a child, unlawful sexual activity with a minor, forcible sodomy and sexual exploitation of a minor. Lloyd says the victim […]
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are seeking a court order that would force U.S. officials to consider if grizzly bears should be restored to more Western states following the animals’ resurgence in the Northern Rockies. Grizzly bears are protected as a threatened species outside Alaska. An estimated 1,900 bears […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother and daughter are suing a Davis County hospital in connection with a doctor convicted of child pornography. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports the victim and her mother said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that obstetrician-gynecologist Nathan Ward had taken drugs from Lakeview Hospital […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — An assisted living center employee in Utah County is facing charges after authorities say he took his patients’ medications and walked off duty in the middle of the night. The Deseret News reports Utah Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday charged 42-year-old Daniel Keith Maloy with unlawful possession of […]
