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Public defender of suspect in Ogden standoff needs county funds for expert witnesses

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 5:44am

OGDEN -- Jason Valdez's public defender will be hiring an expert, possibly more than one, as part of the defense for charges of kidnapping and attempted murder -- which revisits the potential conflict of interest in Weber County of having prosecutors influence the funding of defense attorneys.

Valdez is charged in the 16-hour SWAT standoff that began June 18 in an Ogden motel, an event Valdez posted about on his Facebook page throughout.

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Standoff hostage's prosecution complicates Valdez's case

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 11:17pm

OGDEN -- Proceedings against an Ogden man who posted Facebook updates about his standoff with SWAT officers ground to a halt after his alleged hostage pleaded guilty to drug charges.

In the 16-hour standoff that began June 18, Veronica Jensen appeared on Facebook with her would-be captor, Jason Valdez.

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Injuries may bring video hearings to standoff case

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 22, 2011 - 1:16pm

OGDEN -- Injuries are complicating the prosecution of Jason Valdez, who police say shot himself as SWAT members stormed his motel room after a 16-hour standoff in June.

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Warrant issued for woman involved in hostage crisis

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 11:19pm

OGDEN -- An arrest warrant has been issued for the woman listed as Jason Valdez's hostage in a SWAT confrontation that left Valdez hospitalized.

In the 16-hour standoff that began June 18, Veronica Jensen appeared on Facebook with her would-be captor, Valdez. He shot himself in the chest after firing at officers who stormed his motel room in the Western Colony Inn to end the ordeal.

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Man in standoff out of hospital, in jail

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:30am

OGDEN -- Three and a half weeks after his standoff with Ogden police, Jason Valdez, 36, has been booked into Weber County Jail.

Valdez had been recovering in McKay-Dee Hospital since June 19, when the standoff ended with him shooting himself in the chest as police barged into the Western Colony Inn motel room. He had barricaded himself in there with a hostage for 16 hours after officers tried to serve him a drug-related warrant.

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Cousin: 'Ugly' Facebook responses to standoff suspect add to tragedy

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, June 24, 2011 - 11:28pm

OGDEN -- When Jason Valdez posted seven status updates on his Facebook page about his involvement in a standoff with the Ogden Police Department last weekend, he intended to inform just his 165 friends. But because of his liberal privacy settings, anyone could view his page and leave comments -- which resulted in tens of thousands of comments, mostly condemning the man who ended the standoff by shooting himself in the chest.

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Ogden's Assistant Police Chief Steven Watt speaks with members of the media during a press conference Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the Ogden Police Department to discuss the case against Jason Valdez for whom police were engaged in a 16 hour long SWAT standoff with this past week in Ogden, Utah.
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Valdez may be charged with attempted murder

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 9:16pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden Police Department has recommended charging Jason Valdez, 36, with holding a woman hostage and trying to kill two SWAT team officers.

Valdez barricaded himself and Veronica Jensen, 27, in his motel room at the Western Colony Inn after police tried to serve him with a felony drug-related warrant on Friday night. His 16-hour standoff with police culminated with SWAT team members making an explosive entry into the room and removing Jensen after negotiations broke down.

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