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Divers search the Weber River in Ogden for 4-year-old Corbin Anderson on Monday. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner)

Minus divers, search will continue for missing 4-year-old on Tuesday

JaNae Francis, Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 9:35pm

OGDEN — The second full day of searching along a turbulent seven-block stretch of the Weber River failed to find 4-year-old Corbin Anderson, who is presumed drowned after he accidentally fell into the murky water during a family photo session.

Personnel will resume the search for Corbin today at 7 a.m.

About 60 people — including members of the Davis and Weber county sheriffs’ offices; the Utah Department of Public Safety; the Ogden Police Department; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; and the FBI — participated in Monday’s effort. Members of the American Red Cross were also on hand. There were 100 searchers Sunday, said Ogden Police Lt. Danielle Croyle.

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Mallorie Miller climbs over a hurdle during the Cops and Robbers Challenge in Ogden on Saturday. The event was held to raise money for the families of the officer who was killed and the five officers who were wounded in a Jan. 4 shooting in Ogden. (JAMIE LAMPROS/Standard-Examiner correspondent)

Cops and Robbers Challenge a fun way to support families of officers in shooting

Jamie Lampros Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 7:04am

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.

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Ex-Ogden chief denies knowing about officer's termination from UHP

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 28, 2012 - 6:05am

OGDEN — Former Police Chief Jon Greiner says he was never informed Andrew L. Davenport had been fired from the Utah Highway Patrol for punching a 59-year-old female motorist before he was given a job in June 2011 as an Ogden patrolman.

“I had a recommendation that he should be hired,” Greiner said Friday, adding the recommendation would have come from the Ogden Police Department’s lieutenants and assistant chiefs. “I didn’t know of information that said he had been fired.”

Greiner also said if he had known of Davenport’s firing, he may have asked about the reason for the termination.

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(Courtesy photo) A frame grab from UHP video of the traffic stop involving Andrew Davenport and an elderly woman against whom he used excessive force.

Ogden police hired ex-UHP sergeant who was fired for punching 59-year-old woman

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 27, 2012 - 6:26pm

OGDEN — The Ogden Police Department hired a former Utah Highway Patrol sergeant six months after he was fired for repeatedly punching a woman after a vehicle pursuit.

Andrew L. Davenport was hired by the police department in June 2011, according to the city’s Human Resources Department records.

Davenport’s employment status with the city has surfaced in connection with the release of a Utah Career Service Review Office report from an October 2011 hearing in which Davenport appealed his firing from the UHP.

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This is a non-SWAT entry or raid armor vest that is worn over a uniform and used by an Ogden Police Department detective or officer. (KERA WILLIAMS/Standard-Examiner)

Policies on wearing body armor vary across Top of Utah

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 6:54am

OGDEN — Ogden patrol officers were not required to wear protective body armor vests when they responded to a fierce Jan. 4 gun battle that left one lawman dead and five others wounded.

At the time of the shootout, police department policy only required officers to purchase vests through a federal grant reimbursement program but did not state anything about wearing them, said Ogden Police Chief Mike Ashment.

The policy was changed in January after the shooting to require all uniform, crime reduction, community policing and traffic officers to wear body armor, Ashment said.

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A screen grab of video released Monday of the Jan. 4 police shootout at the home of Matthew David Stewart at 3268 Jackson Ave.

Video shows officers scrambling for vests as shots ring out

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 5:48am

OGDEN -- The Ogden Police Department released a new dash-cam video Monday of a deadly Jan. 4 shootout that provides a closer look at patrol officers scrambling to retrieve bulletproof vests from their vehicles while gunfire rings out around them.

The Standard-Examiner obtained the latest two hour and 20 minute video through a state public records request.

Last week the newspaper received seven dash-cam videos that show the tense and chaotic scene after a raid by the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force at the home of Matthew David Stewart at 3268 Jackson Ave.

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Gabriel Stewart speaks about his brother, Matthew David Stewart, at the Weber County Main Library in Ogden Thursday, April 12, 2012. Family, friends and supporters of Matthew David Stewart, who was involved in a Jan. 4 shootout with the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force that left one officer dead and several wounded, gathered to “organize a political resistance to the war on drugs” and “fight for a sensible and nonviolent drug policy.”

In wake of police-Stewart shootout, group forms to end war on drugs

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 10:08pm

OGDEN -- A new grass-roots organization plans to support Matthew Stewart and advocate for an end to the violent system they say he and the police are victims of.

The first meeting of the group, called "Keep the Peace," was held inside a room of the Weber County Main Library at Jefferson Avenue and 24th Street on Thursday evening.

According to the group, the criminal justice system created a violent war on drugs that has to stop in favor of a more peaceful alternative, such as addressing drugs as a medical and social problem instead.

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(Courtesy photo) Police stand around accused police shooter Matthew David Stewart laying on the street after carrying him out of his house in the frame grab from a Riverdale Police car dashboard camera.

Video shows police removing Stewart from crime scene

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - 9:13am

OGDEN — Policemen dragging wounded shooting suspect Matthew Stewart into the street is among the stark images on dash-cam video released Tuesday of a fatal Jan. 4 drug raid.

The Standard-Examiner obtained videos from the Riverdale and South Ogden police departments through a public records request.

In addition, the newspaper received seven Ogden police dash-cam videos Monday that record the chaotic scene following a raid by the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force at Stewart’s home at 3268 Jackson Ave.

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Video shows police transporting Michael Rounkles to the hospital

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 13, 2012 - 7:13pm

The video at left shows police transporting injured Ogden police officer Michael Rounkles to the hospital after he sustained a gunshot wound during a Jan. 4 drug raid at the home of alleged shooter Matthew David Stewart in Ogden.

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The doors to Judge Noel Hyde’s courtroom have been locked for the past two hearings for a man accused of killing one officer and attempting to kill seven others.(Standard-Examiner file photo)

Judge on Matthew David Stewart case: Locked court a rarity

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 9:03pm

OGDEN — It remains to be seen if the courtroom doors will be locked at the May 14 hearing for accused cop-killer Matthew David Stewart.

The doors to 2nd District Judge Noel Hyde’s courtroom have been locked from the outside during the past two hearings for Stewart.

In each case, a Salt Lake City reporter was locked out of the hearing after arriving a bit late.

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Ogden officer shoots at robbery suspect, is on paid leave

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 11:04pm

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.

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Three Ogden Trece members arrested for violating gang injunction

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, April 2, 2012 - 7:07pm

OGDEN — After being stopped for a traffic offense, three Ogden Trece members have been arrested for violating a gang injunction.

The stop occurred at 12:05 a.m. Friday in the 1500 block of Washington Boulevard, said Police Lt. Scott Conley.

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3-year-old run over by car in Ogden still in critical condition

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10:28pm

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.

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Ashley Bills poses for a portrait in Ogden on March 19. She says she shared her story with the Standard-Examiner to let people know a deviant criminal is on the loose in Ogden and people need to take precautions in their home. (KERA WILLIAMS/ Standard-Examiner)

Ogden police seek security video from neighborhood where man invaded home

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 6:33pm

OGDEN — Police are seeking security camera video from residents in a neighborhood where a woman reportedly confronted a masked gunman in her home earlier this month.

A suspect hasn’t been identified in the March 16 home invasion in the 2800 block of Harrison Boulevard, Police Lt. Scott Conley said Monday, and no other incidents involving the intruder have been reported.

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Greiner's case may prompt change in Hatch Act

Larry Margasak The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 7:39pm

WASHINGTON -- Jon Greiner's election to the Utah Senate caused his firing as Ogden police chief. Philadelphia transit cop Matthew Arlen was barred from a local school board race in Pennsylvania. And New York state port official Terrence Hurley was knocked out of a county race.

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