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W. Valley officer involved in fatal shooting tied to dismissed drug cases

Last updated Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 6:14am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A West Valley City police officer involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed woman last year is also linked to all but one of the 19 drug cases recently dropped due to a lack of credible evidence, court records show.

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Daniel Wesley Runyon and Tina Cornell (Mesquite Police photo)

Police ID Utah man, woman involved in Mesquite shooting

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 22, 2013 - 4:44pm

LAS VEGAS -- A Utah man wounded in a shootout that also left a veteran police officer injured during a traffic stop in the Nevada resort city of Mesquite is identified as 40-year-old Daniel Wesley Runyon.

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Emergency personnel are on the scene of a crash and shootout with police involving the driver of a black Cadillac with Colorado plates in Decatur, Texas, Thursday, March 21, 2013. The driver led police on a gunfire-filled chase through rural Montague County, crashed his car into a truck in Decatur, opened fire on authorities and was shot, officials said. Texas authorities are checking whether the Cadillac is the same car spotted near the home of Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements, who was shot and killed when he answered the door Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Wise County Messenger, Joe Duty)

Man wounded in dramatic chase, shootout linked to prison chief murder

Angela K. Brown, P. Solomon Banda The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 22, 2013 - 10:21am

DECATUR, Texas -- Investigators from three Colorado police agencies rushed to Texas to determine if a man identified as a parolee, who was critically wounded by Texas police after a harrowing 100-mph car chase, is linked to the slaying of Colorado's state prisons chief.

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Officers investigate after a veteran policeman and a man were wounded in an exchange of gunfire on a main boulevard in Mesquite, Nev., on Thursday. The officer was wounded in the leg by a man who stepped from a Geo Metro with Utah plates and fired at least once during a traffic stop, says Mesquite Officer Jeffrey Smith. The gunman was hit twice, Smith says, and was accompanied
by a Richfield, Utah, woman, who was cooperating with police. (KENT HARBER/The Associated Press)

Officer, gunman wounded in shootout in Mesquite

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 11:15pm

LAS VEGAS — A veteran police officer and a gunman were wounded in a brief exchange of gunfire Thursday on a main road in the Nevada resort city of Mesquite, authorities say.

A 48-year-old Richfield, Utah, woman in the vehicle wasn’t injured, and her name wasn’t released, said Mesquite Police Officer Jeffrey Smith, department spokesman.

The woman was detained for police questioning. Smith described her as cooperative and said she wasn’t immediately charged with a crime.

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Law enforcement officers take a suspect into custody near the scene of a shooting on South Foulger Street in Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday March 19, 2013. The shooting occurred as members of the Joint Criminal Apprehension Team surrounded the home. A man was fatally shot by officers who had surrounded the Salt Lake City home in an attempt to arrest a fugitive. The man was not the fugitive being sought. (AP Photo/The Salt Lake Tribune, Chris Detrick )

Another fatal police shooting in SLC

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A man was fatally shot by officers who had surrounded a Salt Lake City home in an attempt to arrest a fugitive.

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Man arrested after officer-involved shooting in Midvale

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 18, 2013 - 11:02am

MIDVALE — Police have arrested a 20-year-old man accused of pulling a gun on an officer and prompting a shooting during a traffic stop in Midvale.

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Matthew David Stewart is seen in court in late 2012. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Stewart backers pushing Ogden council, police for information

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 16, 2013 - 10:41pm

OGDEN — Supporters of Matthew David Stewart are remaining active on several fronts separate from the courthouse, where the Ogden man faces the death penalty over a shootout at his home that left him and six police officers injured, one fatally.

The Ogden public safety building has since been renamed for Jared Francom, who died in the Jan. 4, 2012, forced-entry serving of a marijuana search warrant at Stewart’s home by the Weber-Morgan Narcotics Strike Force. Stewart is charged with capital homicide in Francom’s death, his trial set for spring 2014.

In the meantime, Stewart’s family and friends are lobbying the Ogden City Council on issues from the case and are gathering records of the reviews by the Weber County Attorney’s Office of all officer-involved shootings dating back to 1991.

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On March 4, Dan Marocchi stands with his wife, Roxanne, near where their dog, Max, was shot by an Ogden police officer earlier this month. An investigation has cleared the officer in the shooting. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Owner not surprised Ogden officer cleared in shooting of dog

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 7:31pm

OGDEN — An Ogden police officer is not at fault for shooting and killing a German shepherd at a local residence earlier this month, according to an internal review by the police department.

“After careful consideration and review of the incident, the Shooting Review Board has determined that the actions taken by Officer Brandon Rammell were justified and within the guidelines of the Ogden City Police Department Use of Force Policy … and did not violate Utah state law governing use of deadly force,” the police department said in the report regarding the March 3 incident.

The shooting of the German shepherd, named Max, owned by Dan and Roxanne Marocchi was investigated by Ogden police lieutenants Danielle Croyle and Chad Ledford and Sgt. Tim Scott.

Roxanne Marocchi disputes the police department’s claim that the shooting was justified, but isn’t surprised by the result of the investigation.

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Ogden police officers shoot and kill dog in second such incident since March began

Standard-Examiner staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, March 10, 2013 - 12:43am

OGDEN — Police shot and killed a dog that threatened officers responding to a burglary-in-progress call, Friday night, officials say.

The incident occurred in the 500 block of 7th Street around 11:30 p.m., Lt. Scott Conley said. As officers walked up to the residence, the complainant was standing outside the home with the dog, which began barking, then charged at the two officers, Conley said.

One officer fired two shots at the approaching canine from about 10 feet away, killing it, Conley said. “The officer felt threatened and took steps to eliminate the threat.”

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Dan Marocchi stands with his wife, Roxanne, near where their German shepherd, Max (inset, right), was shot by an Ogden officer Sunday. The Australian shepherd mix at left has been missing since the incident. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Man refutes Ogden police claims in fatal shooting of German shepherd

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 7:20am

OGDEN — A pet owner and Ogden police are at odds over details in Sunday’s fatal shooting of a dog by a law officer.

Dan Marocchi said his 2-year-old German shepherd, named Max, never attacked the officer and didn’t deserve to die.

“The Ogden Police Department is trying to cover up a bad shooting,” he said Monday.

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Ivan, a 3-year-old German Shepard police dog, sits under the control of his handler, Police Lt. John Pickles, outside the Essex County Correctional Facility in Middleton, Mass. Monday, March 4, 2013. Police say Ivan was searching for a gun in a snowbank and accidentally pulled the trigger with his paw, firing the weapon. No humans —or dogs — were hurt. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Now police dogs are shooting guns

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 4, 2013 - 6:04pm

LAWRENCE, Mass. -- Police say a dog searching for a gun in a snowbank accidentally pulled the trigger with its paw, firing the weapon.

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S. Salt Lake officer cleared in fatal shooting of woman

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, March 4, 2013 - 7:50am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Prosecutors have concluded a South Salt Lake police officer was legally justified in fatally shooting an armed-robbery suspect in January.

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W. Valley police kill Rottweiler while trying to catch owner

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:47pm

WEST VALLEY CITY— Police say a Rottweiler was shot to death while police were trying to arrest its owner for an assault in Taylorsville.

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Multiple agencies work together to end chase of robbery suspect

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 2:16pm

KAYSVILLE — A Davis County sheriff’s deputy is on paid administrative leave following the fatal shooting of Brett Max Knight, 33, who led police from multiple agencies on a high-speed chase Monday along Interstate 15.

Three Utah County sheriff’s deputies also were involved in the shooting and are on paid administrative leave, said Dwayne Baird, spokesman for the state’s Department of Public Safety.

Baird does not know which officer actually shot Knight, who had a handgun and was believed to be involved in a bank robbery in Draper. It is protocol for officers directly involved in a shooting to be put on paid administrative leave.

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Police ID robbery suspect shot, killed after chase on I-15

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 27, 2013 - 6:48am

KAYSVILLE -- Police have identified the 33-year-old bank robbery suspect who led them on a high-speed chase on Interstate 15 through three Utah counties.

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