Authorities say a teenage girl in Utah was kidnapped, drugged and raped when a man on parole for attempted murder forced her into his car while she was walking home. A probable cause statement says the suspect dropped the 15-year-old off at a bus stop near her school Monday after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah elementary school teacher charged with child kidnapping has said it was a misunderstanding after she tried to help a 5-year-old girl get home. Teacher Amy Martz says she walked with the girl off Fox Hollow Elementary property but did not kidnap her. Authorities […]
ODGEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who pleaded guilty to attempting to kidnap a woman has been sentenced. The Standard-Examiner reports Jorge Pedro Soria Nieto, of Ogden, was sentenced Wednesday to serve six years to life in a state prison. Nieto pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated kidnapping, a first-degree […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Utah have charged a man with human trafficking for allegedly taking a St. George girl to his Arizona home to keep her as his “pet.” Court records show 38-year-old Raymond Burk also faces an aggravated kidnaping charge. Authorities say Burk recruited […]
