Crime

OGDEN — Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force officers serving a “knock and announce” search warrant on Matthew David Stewart’s Ogden home Jan. 4, 2012, were clearly identifiable and, in spite of it, were fired on multiple times by Stewart, resulting in one officer’s death and a half-dozen officers being wounded, says Weber County Attorney Dee Smith.

Smith said he is now free to talk about the incident as a result of Stewart having been found dead in his jail cell early Friday morning and there no longer being need for a trial.

Stewart was discovered by a jailer at 12:50 a.m. hanging from a bedsheet in his cell in the Weber County Jail, Smith said at a Friday news conference. About one hour prior, Stewart was observed alive by officers who make routine checks on the inmates, Dee said.

FARMINGTON — The former Syracuse fire chief entered two guilty pleas to charges relating to prescription fraud.

OGDEN - Accused police killer Matthew David Stewart hanged himself with a bedsheet in his Weber County Jail cell early Friday, County Attorney Dee Smith said today.

Jailers checked on Stewart one hour earlier, Smith said. He termed the watch on Stewart as "vigilant."

"Suicides in correctional facilities are a microcosm of our society," Sheriff Terry Thompson said.

Smith and Thompson took no questions after announcing Stewart's death.

Earlier today, defense attorney Bernie Allen said Stewart's family told him the death was by hanging.

PHOENIX — The jury foreman in Jodi Arias’ murder trial says the 18 days she spent on the witness stand didn’t do her any good.

WEST POINT — Neighbors are reeling from the shock of learning two young boys were stabbed to death Wednesday night.

Aza Vidinhar, a 15-year-old brother of the boys, was booked on two counts of homicide into Farmington Bay Youth Detention Center, as of Thursday, said Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson.

The names of the young boys, ages 4 and 10, have not been officially released.

SYRACUSE — A man told police 50 people confirmed through the online advertising site Craigslist they would be attending a live sex show early Thursday at the Syracuse 6 movie theater.