(Syracuse, UT) — A 16-year-old is facing charges after a fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse in Davis County. Firefighters were called to the meetinghouse in Syracuse early Saturday morning. Investigators said the interior of the building suffered extensive damage due to the fire and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Another Utah petroglyph has been defaced in the latest recent vandalism case of its kind in the Moab area. The Spectrum newspaper reports the damage appears to word scratched into the rock, including several names and a date. The Utah Bureau of Land Management said […]
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Federal public lands officials are investigating after climbing bolts damaged an ancient petroglyph site near Moab, Utah. The Colorado Springs Gazette reports the line of bolts was inserted into the middle of a large rock-art image left by Indigenous people more than 1,000 years ago. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Friday he is “disgusted” after someone shot at a state health department office. The agency says someone shot at its office in the Salt Lake City suburb of Millcreek with what appeared to be a pellet gun. The vandalism occurred […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police are investigating after a mural of George Floyd was reportedly vandalized over the weekend. Sgt. Keith Horrocks said Monday that a tar-like black substance was poured over the painting sometime Sunday morning. He said the mural was repainted before officers could […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Brigham Young University police are searching for the people who vandalized an on-campus statue of Brigham Young. The Daily Herald reported campus Police Lt. Rich Christianson says surveillance video indicated there were two suspects involved but police are still investigating. Police say the vandals poured red, […]
LOGAN, Utah (The Herald Journal) — A Utah man has pleaded guilty to burglary and criminal mischief after authorities said he vandalized a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple and caused over $5,000 in damage. The Herald Journal reported that 34-year-old Peter Abraham Ambrose entered his plea Tuesday […]
A teen boy in Richfield is facing multiple felony charges in connection to vehicle vandalism at the Sevier Valley Center earlier this month. According to Richfield City Police Detective Jason Waywood, the juvenile is suspected of jumping from car to car in the SVC parking lot on September 16. The […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Police say vandals spray-painted racist graffiti on several school buildings in a Utah city. Herriman police are investigating after graffiti that included racial slurs and swastikas was found Thursday. The vandals targeted Herriman High School and Copper Mountain Middle School as well two buildings serving as […]
CEDAR HILLS, Utah (AP) — Police had launched an investigation after a Cedar Hills meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was vandalized. The Deseret News reports American Fork Police Lt. Josh Christensen says the vandalism occurred Friday after someone got into the building and overturned or broke all […]
