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New Trial date set in Ephraim kidnapping case

New Trial date set in Ephraim kidnapping case

The man accused of kidnapping and raping a Snow College student in December 2021 appeared before Judge Marvin Bagley on Wednesday, June 7 as his attorney asked to vacate his trial date in August.  Brent Brown has been in jail since he was arrested on the charges, and according to […]

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Red Flag Warning

Weather Alert Red Flag Warning issued June 7 at 1:25PM MDT until June 10 at 12:00AM MDT by National Weather Service …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 479… The National Weather Service in […]

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Sanpete traffic stop leads to arrest in teens murders

Sanpete traffic stop leads to arrest in teens murders

A traffic stop in Manti proved to be the break police needed to solve the missing persons case of two teens whose bodies were discovered in an abandoned mine in Utah County.  Jerrod Baum, 41, has been arrested and charged with the grisly murder of Riley Powell, 18, and Breezy […]

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Samuel Shaffer makes appearance in Manti courtroom

Samuel Shaffer makes appearance in Manti courtroom

Samuel Shaffer, the professed prophet of the Knights of the Crystal Blade doomsday cult, made an appearance in Sixth District Court in Manti on Wednesday.  Shaffer was there for a waiver hearing on first and second degree felony sodomy on a child, child bigamy and obstruction of justice charges stemming […]

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Central Utah Correctional Facility inmate sentenced for murder of cellmate

Central Utah Correctional Facility inmate sentenced for murder of cellmate

A capital murder case was finally settled in Manti on Wednesday when 36-year old Steven Crutcher was sentenced for the murder of his cellmate at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison in 2013. The case had been schedule to go to trial in a few weeks, but Crutcher instead […]

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Trial date set for John Coltharp

Trial date set for John Coltharp

It appears the cases against a Spring City man accused of kidnapping his own children and marrying the young daughter of a cult leader are headed for trial.  Because of the number of witnesses and the volume of evidence collected in the case against John Coltharp, Sanpete County Attorney Kevin […]

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