OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified a teenager killed by an avalanche while snowmobiling north of Salt Lake City. Chase Adams, 18, was killed Saturday afternoon while snowmobiling with his father in Farmington Canyon north of Salt Lake City, The Davis County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. It took search […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A memorial service for a police dog killed after running into traffic will take place in Farmington. The K-9 known as Chopper, with the Davis County Sheriff’s Office for more than five years, got out of a kennel on Nov. 20 and was killed instantly after […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The Weber County jail will stop charging inmates $10 a day to help pay the cost of incarcerating them. The Standard-Examiner reports the practice will end Aug. 1. Officials say none of the current debts will be forgiven. Corrections spokesman Lt. Joshua Marigoni says the jail wants to […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah sheriff’s office has formed a committee tasked with recommending changes to improve safety at a jail where 13 people have died over the last decade. The Standard-Examiner reports the Davis County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that the new panel will conduct a life safety study at […]
FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A Davis County Jail inmate is recovering after falling while standing in an observation cell. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office says the inmate, who was not identified, remained hospitalized Monday in Murray. His current condition was not immediately available. The male inmate was brought to the jail around […]
SYRACUSE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three stranded duck hunters stuck were rescued by a heavy-duty all-terrain vehicle plowing through invasive reeds on Christmas Eve. The Davis County Sheriff’s Office tells KSL-TV they used the vehicle donated by the locally filmed Discovery Channel show “Diesel Brothers” to plow through 13-foot-high […]
