SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah dump truck operator accused of killing six people while driving drunk has admitted to some criminal charges as part of a deal with prosecutors. The Deseret News reports Jamie Don McKenzie, of Heber City, entered guilty pleas Wednesday in 4th District Court to three counts […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The new top prosecutor in Utah’s second-largest county is planning a program to get low-level suspects into drug treatment or community service without ever filing criminal charges against them. The Daily Herald reports Utah County Attorney David Leavitt is looking to create a diversion program that […]
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Charges have been dropped against a Colorado man accused of attempting to kill cattle in Utah. The Durango Herald reports that 63-year-old Mark Franklin entered a plea agreement rather than stand trial and face up to six years in jail on a felony charge of “attempted wanton destruction […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his stepfather in their home in 2017. The Standard-Examiner reports a district court judge on Thursday sentenced David Russell Erekson, of Huntsville, after he had previously entered a plea of […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University football player convicted of sexually assaulting six women has been sentenced to 26 years to life in prison. Most of the sentences imposed Wednesday by District Judge Brian Cannell for Torrey Green will run consecutively, with some to run concurrently. […]
DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — The case of a Colorado man accused of trying to kill a Utah rancher’s cattle is scheduled to go to trial next week. The Durango Herald reports Mark Franklin is scheduled to be tried in Utah’s Carbon County on charges of trespassing and wanton destruction of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied a Utah gun rights advocate’s attempt to block the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks, the gun attachment that allows semi-automatic weapons to fire like machine guns. The Salt Lake Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Jill Parrish declined last Friday to grant […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled that former members of a polygamous sect have provided enough evidence for parts of a lawsuit to proceed against their previous lawyers. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the former members of the Fundamentalist Church […]
A high school football player accused of several violent sexual assaults of twelve of his school mates, is being ordered to complete community service, therapy, and to move out of his town. After striking a deal, the 16-year-old Gunnison student pleaded guilty to eight counts of forcible sexual abuse of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of attacking three Latinos at a tire shop in Salt Lake City after shouting that he wanted to “kill Mexicans” pleaded not guilty Monday to hate crime charges. Alan Dale Covington, 50, entered his pleas during his first federal court appearance […]
