(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Public Safety says the number of hate crimes reported in the state is on the rise. The agency says nearly 100 hate crimes were verified last year. Around a third of those reports were crimes targeting the LGBTQ community. Thirteen of […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — An attack against a gay couple in suburban Salt Lake City is being investigated as a hate crime. Sandy Police said on Wednesday that they had arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of assault, alleging that he had physically attacked and used derogatory slurs against the couple […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah Police Department is investigating a possible hate crime. The university says a contractor was the target of a racial slur at a campus residence hall in September. Two students reportedly shouted at the contractor and then threw sunflower seeds and coffee […]
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah are searching for a man accused of harassing an Asian business owner in an incident that is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Police say a man went into an alteration business in Cottonwood Heights, Utah on Wednesday and asked for […]
In a post to their Facebook Page on July 14, the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office shared a press release regarding a situation where a 19 year old individual was charged with a hate crime for crumpling up and stomping on a back the blue sign in Panguitch. According to the […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Police are seeking information about an Asian food truck in Utah that was damaged with racist graffiti over the weekend. Layton police Sgt. Tracy Hokum said Monday it’s too early to know if it will be investigated as a hate crime. KTVS reports the World Famous […]
KAYSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah are investigating a possible hate crime after a rainbow pride flag was burned and a note targeting the LGBTQ community was left behind. KSL News Radio reports a homeowner in Kaysville told police early Thursday morning that a flag was cut from a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police are investigating after a swastika was found scratched into the door of a Jewish community center in Salt Lake City. Chabad Jewish Community Center Synagogue Rabbi Avremi Zippel tells KSL-TV that the symbol isn’t something one expects to see 2021 and conveys a violent, […]
In a post shared on the Garfield County Sheriff’s Facebook page, it was shared that an individual has been convicted for a Hate Crime in Garfield County. Joseph Taft Dawson from Sandy Utah was convicted in Garfield County Sixth District Court on Dec. 4 on a Class A Misdemeanor on […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested three more people who are thought to have been involved in an attack on a black missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Daily Herald in Provo reported Tuesday that 19-year-old Nathan Thomas, of Nephi, and two juveniles were […]
