SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The parents of a 13-year-old Utah boy with autism filed a federal lawsuit against the Salt Lake City Police Department alleging an officer shot the teenager 11 times. The lawsuit filed in Utah District Court Monday claims the boy was severely injured when police responded to a call […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man has released a list of proposed deadly force policy reforms that he says would better allow officers to be held accountable. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill released 22 recommendations on […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor who cleared two officers in the shooting death of an armed man denounced subsequent protests that turned violent and resulted in another officer being injured. Protesters rallied Thursday evening following Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill’s announcement that police officers had […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Protesters arrested for not leaving when police tried to forcibly end a massive rally in Utah’s capital will not face criminal charges. The Salt Lake County district attorney’s office announced the decision applies to more than 40 people who were jailed May 30, The Salt […]
RIVERTON, Utah (AP) — A Utah prosecutor says a police officer who fatally shot a Riverton man holding a butter knife to his mother’s throat won’t face charges. Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said Friday that Unified Police Department Officer Darrell Broadhead was justified in using deadly force […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Thousands of people in Utah will be able to clear their old criminal records after a mass reduction of criminal charges by the top prosecutor in its largest county, a step that’s among the first of its kind in the country. Salt Lake County District […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County’s district attorney says a South Salt Lake police officer who shot at two burglary suspects inside a car that fatally ran over another officer last December won’t be prosecuted. District Attorney Sim Gill said Officer Carson Aprato’s gunfire was legally justified because […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who authorities say killed a Utah college student this summer was charged Tuesday with sexual abuse and kidnapping of another woman in 2018. Ayoola Ajayi, 31, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman he met on a dating app in March 2018 at […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah county intends to launch a program prioritizing rehabilitation over prison for low-level offenders, officials said. The Salt Lake County criminal justice diversion program is expected to reduce the county prison population, The Deseret News reported Tuesday. The program intended to prevent individuals from entering the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on protests by companies denied medical marijuana grower licenses in Utah (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Utah has dismissed appeals from six companies that were denied licenses to grow medical marijuana for the state and argued the state chose unqualified companies. Utah’s Division […]
