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Mental exam ordered for man charged in Utah-Nev. crime spree

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 11:54am

ELKO, Nev. -- A 24-year-old man facing charges in a Nevada-Utah crime spree will undergo a mental evaluation before entering pleas to seven felonies related to the kidnapping of a West Wendover woman.

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BB-gun shooting spree totals $200,000 in damage to 78 victims

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 7:06am

OGDEN -- The recent BB-gun shooting spree has reached a total of 78 individual victims, police say, with multiple car and home windows shot out.

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Attempted murder trial in Elko set for Utah woman

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 5:17pm

ELKO, Nev. -- A 26-year-old Utah woman has been ordered to stand trial for attempted murder and nearly a dozen other felony charges in connection with a multi-state crime spree that included the attempted kidnapping and shooting of a Nevada woman.

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New charges filed against woman in Utah-Nev. crime spree

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 5:11pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Authorities on Wednesday filed new charges against a Utah woman suspected in a crime spree involving burglary, shootings and car theft across Utah and Nevada.

The new allegations underscore a case complicated by incomplete charges and dueling arrest warrants from authorities in Utah and Nevada against a pair of suspects that at times acted together and apart, and sometimes with a circle of friends in weeklong alleged crime spree. Authorities say they aren't finished filing charges or adding defendants.

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Suspect in Utah-Nev. crime spree waives extradition

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 8:26am

ELKO, Nev. -- A Utah woman arrested in Nevada in connection with a two-state crime spree has waived extradition to Utah where she's a suspect in the killing of an elderly couple.

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Criminal charges filed in Utah-Nev crime spree

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 5:29pm

ELKO, Nev — A Utah man and a woman have been charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery and stealing vehicles in a crime spree that investigators believe started in central Utah before ending in Nevada’s cold desert.

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(The Associated Press) In this photo of a video screen, murder suspect Angela Atwood cries after hearing the multiple charges against her during a hearing at Elko County Justice Court on Wednesday in Elko, Nev.

Woman’s survival in Utah-Nev. crime spree ’miraculous’

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 1:28am

WEST WENDOVER, Nev. — A bodybuilder who was shot in the head during a carjacking outside a Nevada casino — then drove herself to get help — was released from a Salt Lake City hospital just days after the shooting, which authorities said figured in a two-state crime spree.

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This image provided by Elko County, Nev., Sheriff's Dept. shows Angela Atwood, 24, who was arrested Jan. 3, 2012 in Nevada on suspicion of killing an elderly Utah couple, driving to Nevada in a stolen car, then shooting a woman during a botched carjacking. (AP Photo/Elko County Sheriff's Dept.)

Suspects in Utah-Nevada crime spree held in jail

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 2:54pm

ELKO, Nev. — The suspects in the killing of an elderly Utah couple and the shooting of a Nevada woman who fought off a carjacking are being held in a Nevada jail on suspicion of kidnapping, robbery and an attempted murder charge.

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