Crime

WASHINGTON — Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border — and professed ignorance about the $277,556 officers found hidden inside. The bags were handed to her at a bus station, gifts to be given to a child upon her return to Mexico, she told investigators.

SOUTH OGDEN -- The South Ogden Police Department is holding an informational session about sex offenders on March 1.

OGDEN -- Prosecutors have requested a gag order be issued in the case of Matthew David Stewart, who faces the death penalty over a Jan. 4 shootout with police.

FARMINGTON -- An uncle and his nephew each entered not guilty pleas to felony charges related to child pornography.

SEATTLE -- The dispatcher who took a much-criticized 911 call from a social worker trying to alert authorities to danger at Josh Powell's house before he killed himself and his children says the case has been "a nightmare."

ROY — The woman who owns the house where a body was found Thursday has been booked in Weber County Jail.

Sarah Nichole Munn, 31, of Roy, faces one count of second-degree felony obstructing justice and is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.

Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said his office is reviewing the case before filing formal charges in 2nd District Court in Ogden.