(Salt Lake City, UT) — At least 17 people are under arrest following a pro-Palestinian demonstration late Monday at the University of Utah. School officials say the protest was unlawful based on campus restrictions regarding overnight camping. The Salt Lake City police and other law enforcement agencies were called to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City Council said it is considering an ordinance that would limit its police department’s access to decommissioned military equipment. A provision in the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act makes it easy for police departments nationwide to ask for surplus military equipment from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man was shot and killed by a Salt Lake City police officer who responded to a report of a group of people being threatened by two people with a gun, a spokesperson said. Officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. Saturday, said Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake police officer can’t explain his habit of arriving at the right time, but there are now two crash victims who benefited from him being in the right place when they needed him. In 2011, Officer Kevin Peck crawled under a crashed bus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police say a 5-year-old boy died Saturday after he and his mother were struck by a car at an intersection. Police said the woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of a leg injury. Sgt. Brett Olsen said police were investigating […]
HIGHLAND, Utah (AP) — A report of suspicious behavior at a Salt Lake City high school was misdirected and police also went to a school in another community over 30 miles away to look for a gunman. No problem was found at either school. Salt Lake City police checked out […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City police officer is accused of having a sexual relationship with a parolee. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that 42-year-old Robert Tilton Hinds is facing a felony charge of custodial sexual relations. According to charging documents, he was charged last week. The Unified […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah airport security authorities have intercepted seven guns in seven days at the Salt Lake City International Airport. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the state Transportation Security Administration discovered the weapons during routine screening of carry-on bags from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9. Authorities say all […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A homeless man has been charged in last month’s shooting death of a woman on a bustling Salt Lake City street. Charges were filed in court Friday against 27-year-old Timothy Vaughn for murder, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of a firearm by a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother has spoken out days after the 24th anniversary of her child’s death with hopes authorities will catch the unknown killer. KUTV-TV reported Thursday that 6-year-old Rosie Tapia was murdered and raped after being abducted from her family’s Salt Lake City apartment in August 1995. […]
