Utah Crime

Alleged Teen Burglar Arrested After Homework Left At Crime Scene

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

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OREM, Utah -- An 18-year-old Utah man was arrested on suspicion of burglary after police say he left his homework at the crime scene. Police in Orem ...

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Mom Allegedly Helps 13-Year-Old Daughter Sext By Snapping Nude Photos

David Lohr | Posted 05.07.2012

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Authorities in Utah have arrested a woman for allegedly helping her 13-year-old daughter text nude photos to a 30-year-old man. The young girl's mo...

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Deadly Booby Traps Found On Hiking Trail

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 04.23.2012

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Two Utah men were arrested after they allegedly set potentially deadly booby traps on a popular hiking trail. Benjamin Rutkowski, 19, and Kai Chris...

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Judge Allows Sex Offender To Remain Free

AP | PAUL FOY and BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 04.19.2012

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PROVO, Utah -- Lonnie Johnson is a sex offender, a felon with one rape conviction in Washington state and nearly two dozen charges of rape and sex ass...

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Wife Testifies In Alleged Drug-Fueled Babysitter Murder

Posted 04.10.2012

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An accused murderer's wife took the stand on Monday to describe how her husband injected their babysitter with a mix of illegal drugs before witnessin...

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Cops Find Girl's Body Washed Up In Jordan River

Posted 03.13.2012

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Police are searching for answers after discovering a 15-year-old girl's body floating in a river. Annie Kasprzak, a freshman at Summit Academy in D...

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Cabin Burglar Armed And Dangerous: Cops

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 04.23.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — Troy James Knapp is a wanted man, a mountain recluse authorities say is responsible for more than two dozen cabin burglaries in...

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Police Shooting Suspect Says He Feared For His Life

AP | Posted 02.05.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY—A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for h...

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Mom Allegedly Kills Babysitter And Desecrates Her Body

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 04.01.2012

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OGDEN, Utah — Prosecutors charged a Utah man Tuesday with child abuse homicide in the overdose death of his teenage baby sitter whose body was f...

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Police Say They Catch Hospital Worker Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Patient

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 01.30.2012

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Utah police say they caught a hospital worker in the act of sexually assaulting an unconscious patient. Cops in Logan say they brought an extremely...

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Bomb Joke No Fun For FedEx Employee Charged With Threat Of Terrorism

AP | Posted 03.27.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — Prosecutors in Utah charged a FedEx driver with a threat of terrorism count over allegations he joked that a package he was del...

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Suspect Who Shot 6 Utah Cops Held In Legal Limbo

AP | By PAUL FOY | Posted 03.08.2012

SALT LAKE CITY -- The suspect in the shooting of six Utah police officers remains under guard at an Ogden hospital awaiting likely charges, a jail off...

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Eagle-eyed rancher helps capture fugitives on crime spree

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 03.05.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — A bodybuilder who was shot in the head during a carjacking outside a Nevada casino – then drove herself to get help &ndas...

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Interstate Murder Suspects Escape Into U.S. Desert

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 03.04.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY — Federal authorities joined a manhunt Monday for two fugitives described as "very dangerous" who are suspected of killing an eld...

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Polygamous Family With Reality TV Show Fights Utah's Bigamy Law

AP | By JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 02.18.2012

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SALT LAKE CITY -- Reality TV stars Kody Brown and his four wives say they just want one thing: to be left alone. As authorities investigate them for ...

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Bad Karma: Alleged Shoplifters Become Crime Victims

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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OGDEN, Utah -- Police in Utah say a vehicle was burglarized outside an Ogden store while its owners were being accused of shoplifting from the busines...

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Elizabeth Smart Speaks About Being Kidnapped And Raped

Posted 12.16.2011

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Elizabeth Smart, who was raped repeatedly while held captive for nine months when she was 14, made a rare public appearance to tell her story of survi...

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Missing Mom's Husband Says In-Laws Have 'Irrational Vendetta' Against Him

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 12.08.2011

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The husband of missing Utah mom Susan Cox Powell is accusing his wife's parents of turning the couple's children against him. Two years ago this we...

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Man Shoots Neighbor For 'Telepathically Threatening' Him: Police

Posted 01.01.2012

A Utah man shot and severely wounded a neighbor who he believed had been "telepathically threatening" him and his wife, according to police. Michae...

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Mom Pleads Guilty To Trying To Sell 13-Year-Old Daughter's Virginity

Posted 12.25.2011

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A Utah mom pleaded guilty to sending sexually explicit messages about her 13-year-old daughter to a man who she hoped would pay $10,000 for sex with t...

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(GRAPHIC VIDEO) Rat Eater Goes Free

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man who is no longer facing charges for eating a live baby rat says the act was grotesque, but shouldn't be considered as ani...

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Grandfather's Alleged Child Porn Prompts Court To Move Children

Posted 11.28.2011

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By GENE JOHNSON, The Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. — The children of a Utah woman who's been missing since late 2009 have been placed in the car...

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Father-In-Law Of Missing Utah Mom Pleads Not Guilty To Child Porn

AP | By GENE JOHNSON | Posted 11.24.2011

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TACOMA, Wash. -- For now, the two young sons of a missing Utah woman are living with strangers. They are in state custody as the paternal grandfather...

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No Remains Found In Search For Missing Mom: Police

Posted 11.17.2011

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DELTA, Utah (AP) — Authorities planned to resume searching the rugged Utah desert Sunday as part of a nearly two-year investigation into a missing m...

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Getaway Stalls As Suspect Can't Drive Stick Shift

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 10.15.2011

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The last time Roy Fritts had a run-in with the law, he was firing an old-fashioned Colt .45 out the sunroof of a compact car at a county sheriff while...

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