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Utah politicians want recognition for Ogden police

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 8:14am

OGDEN -- Utah politicians from here to Washington D.C., are using legislation to recognize the sacrifice of the officers involved in the Jan. 4 Jackson Avenue shooting.

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A worker shovels dirt in the street at the scene of an investigation at 3812 W. 4550 South in Roy on Thursday.

Body found in Roy backyard

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 12:09am

ROY -- Under a gloomy, slate-colored sky, police made the grim discovery Thursday of a body buried in the backyard of a Roy residence.

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Man wanted for abuse of woman

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:23pm

SYRACUSE — Jay Wilson, 66, has a warrant out for his arrest for sexually abusing and groping a woman.

He was charged with forcible sodomy, forcible sexual abuse and sexual battery in 2nd District Court on Thursday. A warrant for Wilson’s arrest was filed the same day.

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Alleged child sex abuser now faces kidnapping charge

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:12pm

OGDEN — A man already charged with sexually abusing a child now faces a child kidnapping charge as well.

Christopher Doutre, 26, was charged with attempted child kidnapping, a first-degree felony, in 2nd District Court on Thursday.

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Man charged with abusing young girl

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:10pm

OGDEN — Matthew Gustafson, 19, was charged Thursday with sexually abusing a young girl.

Two charges of the forcible sexual abuse of a child were filed in 2nd District Court against the Ogden man.

Gustafson was at the home of a 9-year-old girl last Christmas when he touched her private area over the top of her clothing, according to a probable cause affidavit. The girl told her parents what happened after he left.

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Prison terms beckon for man convicted of raping girl

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 11:23pm

OGDEN -- A former Ogden man has been sentenced to consecutive 15 years-to-life terms in Utah State Prison for extended sexual abuse of a young girl.

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Mogul, facing trial, adopts girlfriend

Matt Sedensky The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 5:17pm

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The story already had people's attention: A multimillionaire polo magnate was accused of causing a drunken-driving wreck that killed a young man. But now, with his criminal trial approaching, a strange twist has raised even more eyebrows: He has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend.

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Layton and Roy police investigate a scene at 3612 W. 4550 South in Roy Thursday, February 9, 2012. The Weber Metro Crime Scene Investigation mobile comand unit is parked in the street in front of the scene. (KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner)

Police search finds body at Roy home

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 5:36am

ROY — Layton police confirmed this afternoon a body has been found at a Roy home.

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In this pool photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., an investigator walks through the garage area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in the rubble of the home in Graham, Wash., where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. Powell's wife Susan went mysteriously missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Pierce County Sheriff's Dept., Ed Troyer, Pool)

Social worker says Josh Powell told son he had 'surprise'

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 5:42am

SEATTLE — The Washington state social worker who was supposed to supervise a visit between Josh Powell and his young sons says Powell told his oldest boy he had a "surprise" for him moments before attacking and killing the children.

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Parent Maria Guadalupe Garcia holds a sign reading in Spanish: " We don't want new teachers," as some parents protest replacing the staff outside the Miramonte Elementary school in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. Allegations of teacher lewd behavior comes as school district administrators move to replace the entire staff at Miramonte Elementary School while the Los Angeles Unified School District investigates two teachers arrested last week. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LA school in sex abuse case gets entire new staff

Christina Hoag, Greg Risling The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 10:18am

LOS ANGELES -- An entirely new staff of teachers will greet students Thursday at an elementary school rocked last week by the arrests of two longtime teachers on lewdness charges.

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Judge closes Hoggan hearing

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 9:49am

OGDEN — A preliminary hearing was set Wednesday in 2nd District Juvenile Court for May 10-11 in the case of 16-year-old Joshua Kyler Hoggan, charged in what authorities say was a plot to detonate a bomb at Roy High School.

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Trece lawyer seeking Supreme hearing

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:39pm

OGDEN -- A Trece gang member is taking Ogden's gang injunction to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Isaac Rader is challenging his prosecution under, and the constitutionality of, the injunction against members of the Trece gang.

Enacted in September 2010, the injunction bans Trece members from associating together in public, being in the vicinity of drugs, alcohol or firearms and sets an 11 p.m.

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Man charged with child sex abuse in Ogden

Mike McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:18pm

OGDEN — Christopher Doutre, 26, is accused of sexually abusing a child.

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Vigil set today for Powell boys

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:16pm

OGDEN — The community is invited to attend a pinwheel vigil for Charles Powell, 7, and Braden Powell, 5, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. today at the southwest corner of the Ogden City Municipal Garden, 343 25th St.

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Froerer's bill adds to 'spice' banned list

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 11:22pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The day following a raid at a Midvale business for allegedly selling synthetic marijuana often called "spice," a legislative committee approved a bill that could make more chemicals illegal.

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