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Forum at Episcopal Church to look at domestic violence

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 4:49pm

CENTERVILLE -- The Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 1131 S. Main St., in Centerville, will hold a forum at 7 p.m. May 2 on how to support victims of domestic violence.

Speakers from the Utah Domestic Violence Council and the law enforcement community will address the audience about common concerns encountered by victims and tell of community resources available to help victims and families, a news release from the church states.

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4 dead after police respond to domestic incident

Tyra M. Vaughn Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 2:05pm

HAMPTON, Va. -- Four people are dead after a domestic complaint that led to an early-Wednesday confrontation between Hampton police and an armed man atop a burning home. A fatally injured woman had been found outside the home, and two bodies were discovered inside.

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FILE - This Monday, April 9, 2012, file photo shows Murray police work the scene where a woman was found dead in Salt Lake City. Police have arrested a 31-year-old Murray man suspected of shooting his girlfriend two hours after police responded to a domestic violence call at the suburban home where the couple lived. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Lennie Mahler, File)

Murray man arrested in shooting death of woman

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 5:03pm

MURRAY — Police have arrested a 31-year-old Murray man suspected of shooting his girlfriend two hours after police responded to a domestic violence call at the home where the couple lived.

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SLC man accused of forcing ex to sign stalking papers

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - 10:09am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Charges have been filed against a 42-year-old Salt Lake City man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend so she would revoke an anti-stalking order against him.

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Jail-bound nunchakus thrower from Centerville slams court-ordered anger course

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:38am

FARMINGTON — A 31-year-old man accused of hitting his wife with nunchakus told a judge the eight-week anger-management course he took was a waste of money.

Second District Judge John R. Morris then sentenced Andrew James Lukenbach on Monday to serve 90 days in Davis County Jail, allowing him work release and time out to go to therapy.

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Mother with protection order 'executed' by husband

Kathleen Brady Shea The Philadelphia Inquirer

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 1:46pm

UPPER UWCHLAN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Despite a protection-from-abuse order, a Chester County, Pa., mother of four agreed to meet her estranged husband at her workplace Sunday night so she could give him two letters.

But, authorities said Monday, the exchange was a setup for homicide.

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Layton police officers guard the scene of an officer-involved shooting Thursday in Layton. A man living in a mobile home in the Quail Ridge Mobile Home Park is suspected of shooting a woman and defied police orders to stay out of the mobile home and away from two children who were inside. He was hit with a Taser once, then shot multiple times, police say. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Police investigate Layton shooting, wonder why man defied orders

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:48pm

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LAYTON — Police are investigating why a 22-year-old man failed to comply with police orders, which led to his being shot and admitted to a local hospital in critical condition.

The shooting occurred at Quail Ridge Mobile Home Park, 935 E. Highway 193, Layton, just east of Hill Air Force Base.

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Crime scene at Layton shooting. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Man shot by officer in Layton

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 5:53am

LAYTON -- Around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, a resident at the trailer park at 935 E. Hwy. 193 in Layton called police dispatch because they heard a woman screaming in a nearby trailer, Layton Police Lt. Garret Atkin says.

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Jazz player's girlfriend resolves assault case

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 7:32am

HOLLADAY -- The girlfriend of Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson entered a plea in court Wednesday to resolve charges that stemmed from her hitting and biting Jefferson during a dispute at their home.

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Actress Reese Witherspoon waves to the crowd before helping to present the Avon Communications Awards, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Md. during the 2nd World Conference of Women's Shelters. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Reese Witherspoon warns kids of domestic violence

Michael Weinfeld The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 11:06am

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Actress Reese Witherspoon has had the talk with her two young children. Not the sex talk. The domestic violence talk.

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Two people, a suspected gunman and a victim, were found dead inside a burned home in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Hollywood shooting, fire leaves 2 dead, 3 injured

Dalina Castellanos, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 11:00am

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- A shooting and fire Thursday afternoon at a house in East Hollywood left two people dead, including the suspected gunman, and three others seriously wounded.

Authorities said the incident was the result of domestic violence. The wounded, two women and a man, all in their 30s, were all shot in the upper torso. They were hospitalized in serious condition, but officials said all three are expected to survive. All were conscious and able to talk, police said.

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Charles Davis has been charged with felony aggravated assault and faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

Man on trial for beating brother in Provo street

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 11:54am

PROVO -- Trial is under way for a man accused of beating his brother nearly to death with a stick in the middle of a Provo street.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 file photo, an Afghan woman, center, peeks inside a hospital while she and others wait for an employee to let them enter, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. An Afghan woman has been strangled to death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he wanted, police said Monday. It was the latest in a series of grisly examples of subjugation of women that have made headlines in Afghanistan in the past few months including a 15-year-old tortured and forced into prostitution by in-laws and a female rape victim who was imprisoned for adultery. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Afghan woman strangled for bearing girl

Amir Shah The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 - 11:08am

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An Afghan woman has been strangled death, apparently by her husband, who was upset that she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he had hoped for, police said Monday.

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Doctors call for domestic violence screening

Shari Roan Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 3:18pm

The confirmed high rates of domestic abuse -- or interpersonal violence -- led two major physicians' groups this week to call for routine screening of patients for signs of abuse.

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