PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Utah man accused of killing two teenagers and dumping their bodies in an abandoned mine shaft has pleaded not guilty. Jerrod Baum entered the not guilty plea Monday to charges of aggravated murder and other counts in the deaths of 17-year-old Brelynne “Breezy” Otteson and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have filed new sexual assault charges against a Utah man accused in the death of his 5-year-old niece. Authorities say additional evidence from the state crime lab led to the counts of child rape and sodomy filed Wednesday against 21-year-old Alex Whipple. Police say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who authorities say stabbed his girlfriend multiple times and left her to die in front of her 5-year-old son has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison for murder. The Deseret News reports a judge sentenced 50-year-old Darren Byrd […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A dump truck driver was handed three consecutive prison terms of up to 15 years each for the Utah crash that killed six people last year. The Salt Lake Tribune reports 42-year-old Jamie McKenzie was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to three felony counts of DUI […]
DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City area man who contended that tax laws didn’t apply to him has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on multiple convictions for felony tax evasion and related crimes. Judge Paul B. Barker sentenced 62-year-old Dennis Kay Iverson on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of a man convicted of gunning down a University of Utah student from China has pleaded guilty to two counts of theft. The Deseret News reports prosecutors dropped other counts in exchange for the Monday plea from 25-year-old Kathleen Boutain, including criminal solicitation. She and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a West Valley City man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for robbing banks in Ogden and North Salt Lake. They say 42-year-old Sean Thomas Moore pleaded guilty in February to one count of bank robbery by force […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman charged with killing her children will face trial after years under state mental health care. The Standard-Examiner reported Monday that 53-year-old Sun Cha Warhola was deemed competent Monday to stand trial in the 2010 strangulation deaths of her two children. A judge granted matching prosecution […]
A Utah man who pleaded guilty to killing a city code enforcement officer and setting her body on fire last year has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The 65-year-old Kevin Wayne Billings didn’t speak during a hearing Monday in Salt Lake City, but his attorney Nick Falcone […]
