SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say several Utah hospitals were placed on lockdown or otherwise heightened their security following alleged threats of a shooting and that a man was arrested in the case. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said Wednesday three hospitals in the Salt Lake City area and […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Police in Utah are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead at a motel in Midvale. Unified Police Sgt. Melody Gray said a housekeeper discovered the body of 66-year-old Lynette Fay Pearse in a room at a Motel 6 Tuesday afternoon. Gray called […]
KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Police have arrested a Utah man who they say kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and held her hostage for several days in his basement. Records show 42-year-old Oscar Martinez-Perez was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail early Saturday on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping. Unified Police say they […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Taylorsville say a man is hospitalized in serious condition after being shot during a confrontation with neighbors. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the man was kicked out of a child’s birthday party Saturday night for being intoxicated and allegedly carrying a gun. Unified Police […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say an officer injured in a shootout at a Salt Lake City apartment complex that left one man dead was wounded by friendly fire. The Deseret News reports Salt Lake City police clarified during a press conference Monday evening that the officer was wounded by another […]
KEARNS, Utah (AP) — Authorities say three people have been arrested in connection with a Kearns shooting that left one man dead and another seriously wounded. Unified Police say a 38-year-old man from Kearns and a 37-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man from Salt Lake City were taken into custody […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — One of Utah’s largest police departments is facing a backlash as they consider whether to discontinue body cameras due to cost concerns. Dozens of people have asked Unified Police of Salt Lake County to keep them, including some whose loved ones have been shot by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old Utah teenager died after accidentally shooting himself with a shotgun he was playing with. Unified Police spokeswoman Melody Gray says the teenager was playing around with the shotgun with his 17-year-old brother early Monday morning at a house in the Salt […]
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Utah Highway Patrol officials said Monday they didn’t make any arrests under a lowered DUI threshold in the first 24 hours after the law took effect. Eight DUI arrests were made, but all were over the old threshold of 0.08 percent blood-alcohol limit, Highway Patrol Col. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Police say a Starbucks customer shot a man and wounded who attacked a clerk outside Salt Lake City. Authorities said the man was shot once in the chest Thursday morning after he jumped over the counter and started hitting the female employee’s head with a […]
