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Search for Romani dialect interpreter stalls in Ogden child murder case

OGDEN — Finding an interpreter of the Romani dialect spoken by murder suspect Brenda Emile has hit an apparent dead end, but a judge reminded the Ogden woman Monday that the onus is on her to demonstrate that she was threatened to plead guilty to killing her daughter. Emile, 28, pleaded ...

Titanic Crips Society gang members lose fight against Ogden wiretaps

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Court of Appeals has upheld the convictions of four members of the Titanic Crips Society gang in Weber County who claimed that Ogden police wiretaps used to gather evidence against them were illegal. In three opinions issued Thursday, the court ruled that the Ogden ...

Judge won’t release mentally ill man in Utah ‘replicant’ killing

FARMINGTON — A Davis County judge has decided that it is too risky for the Utah State Hospital to conditionally release a man who in 2006 fatally shot and slashed his mother after an “alien intelligence” told him she was a “replicant” who had to die. During a September hearing for ...

Nominees picked to replace retiring Judge David Connors

SALT LAKE CITY – The 2nd District Judicial Nominating Commission has selected nominees for a vacancy to be created by the retirement of Judge David Connors next March. The nominees are Cara Baldwin, general counsel, R-Zero Systems Inc.; Catherine Conklin, commissioner, 2nd District Court; ...

US Supreme Court dockets case on alleged Weber County Jail excessive force

OGDEN — The case of a man who alleged that Weber County Jail deputies used excessive force against him after a DUI arrest has reached the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court. The attorney for Hyrum James Geddes filed a petition with the high court in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30 asking ...

Ogden hangar owner’s security badge restored, but legal spat continues

OGDEN — The chief litigant in a series of civil suits against the Ogden airport has had his security badge access restored, but he’s still pressing a case over the matter to guarantee protection from further “targeted and vindictive” measures against him. Douglas Durbano filed suit in ...