PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo police arrested a 37-year-old homeless man after residents reported returning home to find their house had been burglarized and that a man was camping in the backyard. Police said Harley Hess was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglary of a dwelling and other crimes. Hess […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo police say witness accounts indicate a man was fatally shot while advancing toward a passer-by and a woman who allegedly had been hit, bitten and stomped. Police on Friday released additional information about the circumstances surrounding the shooting Monday night of 26-year-old Jeremy Sorensen by […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A puppy is recovering after getting trapped in a moving garbage truck with her owner. Provo Police Sgt. Nisha King said Tuesday officers rescued the puppy and her 43-year-old owner earlier that morning after they got caught by the truck’s compactor mechanism. The unidentified man and […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Provo police say a passer-by shot and fatally wounded a man who was fighting with a woman in a driveway. Police say 26-year-old Jeremy Sorensen was shot twice Monday night after the passer-by stopped his car and ordered Sorensen to leave the 18-year-old woman alone. According […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of fatally shooting a Provo police officer has been charged with aggravated murder by prosecutors who say he had told friends he was willing to get in a shootout with police to avoid returning to prison. Prosecutors say in charges filed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a Provo police officer killed (all times local): 4:58 p.m. A funeral for a Provo police officer killed over the weekend has been scheduled for Saturday. Provo police tweeted Monday that the memorial for officer Joseph Shinners will be held at 11 […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A three-year veteran of the Provo police force was shot and killed during a shootout while trying to apprehend a fugitive in neighboring Orem south of Salt Lake City, the police chief said Sunday. Officer Joseph Shinners managed to return fire after he was shot and […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — A Provo police officer was shot and killed while trying to apprehend a fugitive south of Salt Lake City. Provo police Det. Nick Dupaix says the officer died at Utah Valley Regional Medical Center from injuries he suffered in the shooting about 10 p.m. Saturday in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Chicago native who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades for the death of a Provo woman is seeking a new trial. The Deseret News reports 63-year-old Douglas Stewart Carter is asking the state Supreme Court to order a new hearing […]
