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Millerberg files for divorce, faces new charge

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 6:27am

OGDEN -- Dea Millerberg has filed for divorce from Eric Millerberg, charged with homicide in the death of the couple's baby sitter.

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Gag order sought in Stewart case

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 6:28am

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.

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Competency test ordered for suspect in Centerville shooting

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 6:31am

FARMINGTON -- A judge has ordered a mental competency evaluation to be done for a woman who police say had a role in the shooting of her neighbor.

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Related Davis County child-porn suspects plead not guilty

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 11, 2012 - 6:35am

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

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Prosecutors protest MacKay's freedom

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 11:24pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal prosecutors have filed their objections to Dewey MacKay's bid before the 10th Circuit of Appeals in Denver to stay out of prison while he appeals his drug-dealing conviction.

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Clifford Gorman Oshel

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 10, 2012 - 8:18pm

Clifford Gorman Oshel, 92, died at his Clearfield home Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, at Lindquist’s Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, 1718 Combe Road, South Ogden. Friends may visit family from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Lindquist’s Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Foundation for fallen Utah officers recognized

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

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

SALT LAKE CITY -- A nonprofit organization that has been set up to assist families of fallen officers was recognized by the Legislature in a concurrent resolution.

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(TED S. WARREN/The Associated Press) A makeshift memorial continues to grow behind the house where Braden and Charles Powell were killed.

Susan Powell investigation treated as murder case for some time

Brian Sokoloff, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 5:58am

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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Utah authorities have for at least six months investigated the disappearance of Susan Powell as a murder case. But without a body, they publicly held out hope that she would be found alive.

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Two men found safe in separate searches

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, February 6, 2012 - 10:59pm

Two missing outdoor enthusiasts were found safe following two unrelated searches over the weekend.

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Layton firefighters investigate a blaze that was started in a bathroom at Northridge High School on Monday. Students, faculty and staff were evacuated and remained outside for almost an hour during the investigation.

Suspected arsonist arrested at Northridge High

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 5:34am

LAYTON -- Police have arrested an 18-year-old man they said started a fire Monday at Northridge High School.

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Layton, state swap leasing, owning of city/justice center

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, February 5, 2012 - 10:47pm

LAYTON -- After 20 years of owning the building that is home to the city center and justice center, Layton has transferred ownership to the state.

The state had been leasing building space from Layton, and now the city will lease building space from the state.

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Stewart says he feared for his life

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 10:15pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man accused of fatally shooting a police officer and wounding five others during an Ogden drug raid last month says he feared for his life because he thought people were breaking into his home to rob and kill him.

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Suspects in Fruit Heights vandalism sought

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 4, 2012 - 9:49pm

FRUIT HEIGHTS -- Davis County Sheriff deputies are looking for whoever went on a vandalism spree in Fruit Heights.

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Millerberg hears charges in court in baby sitter's death

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 11:11pm

OGDEN -- Eric Millerberg appeared in court Friday for the first time on charges against him in the drug overdose death of his baby sitter, Alexis Rasmussen.

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Standard-Examiner ran juvenile's name on magnitude of case

Andy Howell Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 10:44pm

The Standard-Examiner decided to publish the name of the juvenile suspect last week in the alleged Roy High School bomb plot because his identity had been released by an official source.

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