(Sanpete County, UT) — Sheriff’s deputies are asking for a raise from the Sanpete County Commission. Yesterday, deputies threatened to leave their jobs if they weren’t paid more. Speaking to Fox 13, one deputy said they make six-dollars an hour less than neighboring agencies. Sheriff Jared Buchanan said they have […]
The Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the publics help in locating a missing person. In a press release sent out the morning of Feb. 3, it was shared that 86 year old Shirlene Peterson wandered from her residence at 55 South 200 East in Ephraim sometime between 2:30 and […]
A married couple is facing serious charges with drug-distribution after being pulled over on main street in Manti. The husband, Alan Duwayne Lemon, 48, was charged with two counts of distribution or arranging distribution of a controlled substance, which are both second-degree felonies. He is also charged with possession of […]
On Monday, June 1 at approximately 5:22 p.m. Sanpete County Dispatch received a call from a male identifying himself as 32 year old Michael Hartnell. Hartnell stated he had killed someone and wanted to turn himself in. Law Enforcement Officers responded to the Hideaway Valley area and located Hartnell at […]
An Ephraim man riding a motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Monday evening died after hitting a vehicle coming the other direction head-on. According to a report from the Utah Highway Patrol 46-year-old Jody Brown was riding his Suzuki motorcycle up Ephraim Canyon Road just past 5:30 pm. He was going at […]
A Sanpete County man is now recovering in the hospital after a standoff with police ended in an exchange of gunfire in Spring City Monday night. According to officials, 53-year-old Paul Harward had fired a gun in the direction of a female friend around 5:30 p.m. after she went to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Idaho is reviewing its program for temporarily releasing prison inmates to help fight wildfires after an inmate was charged with raping a woman working at a remote Utah firefighting base camp. Idaho prison officials are working with the state’s lands department as they scrutinize which […]
MT. PLEASANT, Per an official report from the Facebook account of the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office, a 66-year old male was pronounced dead in the Mt. Pleasant area as he had an ATV accident Friday. The sheriff’s office states the incident occurred in the Aspen Hills subdivision above the city […]
