Ogden Police

OGDEN — Damian Lira and Shane Blanch were spotted running from the police Saturday afternoon, but it was for a good cause.

The two were taking part in a fundraiser to help the families of six police officers involved in a Jan. 4 shooting in Ogden. Jared Francom was killed, and five other officers were wounded.

OGDEN — An Ogden police officer is on paid administrative leave after firing at a robbery suspect.

Police believe Noe Gonzalez, 20, was robbing someone who had been walking down the sidewalk on the 2200 block of Monroe Boulevard about 12:35 a.m. Thursday.

Officers arrived on the scene to see the suspect get into the passenger seat of a vehicle that took off, said Ogden Police Lt. Tony Fox.

OGDEN — A 3-year-old remains in critical condition at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City after he was hit by a car at a residence in the 900 East block of 1225 North around 1 p.m. Thursday, says Ogden Police Lt. Shawn Hamblin.

The Pocatello boy, who was not identified, was visiting relatives. He was playing with a child in the neighborhood when a woman in her 30s backed out of a driveway and ran over him, Hamblin said.

The name of the driver was not released. No charges have been filed.

OGDEN — With a large contingent of Matthew David Stewart’s supporters looking on, a judge scheduled the first public airing of the evidence against Stewart in a fatal shootout with police.

Second District Judge Noel Hyde set Stewart’s preliminary hearing for July 18-20 on charges from the Jan. 4 gunfight that left one officer dead and five wounded.

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OGDEN — Three suspects are in custody and another remains at large following a Thursday morning burglary and an ensuing police manhunt.

At 7:40 a.m., a witness observed four males removing items from a home in the area of 200 Ogden Canyon Road and placing them into a green Jeep Cherokee, said Weber County Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Lowther.

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OGDEN — As far as the law knows, there’s only one difference between the family of Matthew David Stewart asking for money to pay their son’s legal bills in the shooting death of a policeman and the family of a sick child asking for money to pay hospital bills: Someone complained about the Stewart family.

Other than that, all things being equal, both situations are private charities seeking public donations. Both have to follow the law.