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I-84 murder suspect’s mental competency under scrutiny once more

BRIGHAM CITY — Defense attorneys again are questioning whether Jonathan Mendoza Llana is mentally competent to face charges in the rifle slaying of a driver on Interstate 84 three years ago. Llana, 48, has been at the Utah State Hospital in Provo most of the time since his arrest the day ...

Judge rejects local Jan. 6 protester’s bid for early end to probation

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has rejected a Sunset man's request that he be granted early release from probation on his conviction for being in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Michael Lee Hardin, a former Salt Lake City police officer, pleaded guilty to class B ...

Emile says she was threatened to plead guilty to daughter’s murder

OGDEN — A woman charged in the death of her 3-year-old daughter says she pleaded guilty because the lives of her other children were threatened. Attorneys representing Brenda Emile, 27, of Ogden, filed a motion in 2nd District Court on Monday asking that she be allowed to withdraw her guilty ...

Jail ordered for father who assaulted son over church mission refusal

OGDEN — A man has been sentenced to 240 days in jail for assault in a dispute over his son’s refusal to go on a church mission. Second District Judge Cristina Ortega on Friday imposed two state prison sentences of up to five years each against Scott Keith Warner, 51, suspended the ...

Layton man, 52, gets 10 years in prison for child pornography

SALT LAKE CITY — A 52-year-old Layton man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for recruiting children to supply sexually explicit images for his use in the production and distribution of child pornography. Charging documents alleged that Danial Richard Larsen distributed on ...

Kaysville man pleads guilty to gun charge in Singh murder case

SALT LAKE CITY — A Kaysville man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge that alleged he supplied the handgun a teenager used to kill Ogden grocer Satnam Singh last year. In a plea bargain made public on Tuesday in U.S. District Court, Taydon Law, 22, pleaded guilty to being a felon in ...