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Tax preparation schemes net Kaysville woman six prison sentences

FARMINGTON — A judge has sentenced a Kaysville woman to six suspended prison terms related to tax preparation scams and ordered her to pay thousands of dollars in restitution to the victims. Trina Semon, 39, agreed to a plea bargain combining three cases in which Davis County prosecutors ...

Airman suspected in insider attack in eastern Syria faces court-martial

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Tech. Sgt. David Dezwaan will go before the military’s highest level of trial court to answer for the charges brought against him following a series of explosions on the internationally shared Green Village base in eastern Syria. Dezwaan, an explosive ordnance ...

Man receives 4-years-to-life sentence for Ogden attempted murder

OGDEN — A judge has ordered a 26-year-old Ogden man to serve four years to life in prison for attempted murder, the defendant having told police he intended to empty his handgun into the victim but it jammed after the first shot. Brian Tasker confronted a man in the resident’s garage on ...

Morgan ski resort referendum backers want punitive damages from developer

MORGAN — Developers of the 11,000-acre Wasatch Peaks Ranch ski and golf resort have pursued a multipoint strategy of intimidation to thwart a voter referendum on the project, sponsors of the ballot initiative allege. The residents made the allegations this week as their attorneys asked a ...

Former Weber CSI agent sent to prison on child sex abuse, voyeurism charges

FARMINGTON — A former Weber County crime scene investigator has been sentenced to prison for sexually abusing a preteen girl and surreptitiously shooting video of the child undressing. Judge Michael DiReda on Wednesday sentenced Marc Swain, 49, of Ogden, to a pair of one-to-15-year terms in ...

US Supreme Court review sought in Weber County Jail excessive force suit

OGDEN — The U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to hear the case of a man who alleged that Weber County Jail deputies used excessive force against him after his arrest on suspicion of DUI. Attorney Gregory Stevens, who represents Hyrum James Geddes, said Thursday he plans to seek a writ of ...