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4 Roy police officers placed on leave amid investigation of alleged sexual assault
Layton police: Impairment suspected in single-vehicle crash that cut power for hours
Car flips in Layton after reportedly crashing into telephone poles
Police seek public assistance after attempted robbery at Layton credit union

Six displaced following Friday morning fire at Ogden home

Suspect in custody after fatal stabbing incident at Riverdale apartments

Blaze at Harrisville mechanical shop draws multiple Weber County fire crews

Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces
Utah Highway Patrol arrests 2 after interstate chase ends in Weber County
Utah Supreme Court orders new trial for man on death row after police misconduct surfaces
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday that “numerous constitutional violations” during the trial and sentencing of a man who spent decades on death row merit a new trial. Justices affirmed the ruling of a lower court judge who had ordered a new trial for Douglas Stewart ...
Weber County Commission approves contract for indigent defense
OGDEN — During an abridged meeting at Weber Center on Tuesday, the Weber County Commission approved a contract between the county and John Rogers for the representation of indigent people in Ogden's 2nd District Court. According to his bio on the website for the Law Offices of John Rogers, ...
West Haven woman sentenced in child abuse death of Gavin Peterson
OGDEN — Nichole Lea Scott, the stepmother of Gavin Peterson, was sentenced Monday in the July 2024 child abuse death of the 12-year-old boy in West Haven. Scott, 51, who pleaded guilty to a litany of charges last month, was sentenced in Ogden's 2nd District Court by Judge Camille Neider. For ...
Ogden men facing nearly 1,000 combined charges after 156 dogs removed from home
OGDEN — Two men are facing hundreds of misdemeanor charges after authorities removed 156 dogs and 11 cats reportedly living in poor conditions from an Ogden home last month. In a 91-page filing made with the Ogden Justice Court on Wednesday, the Ogden City Prosecutor’s Office accused ...
Utah judge to decide if convicted killer with dementia can be executed
SALT LAKE CITY — Attorneys for a Utah man who has been on death row for 37 years are due before a state judge Wednesday as they seek to spare the convicted murderer from execution because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies was sentenced to die in 1988 for the killing of Maurine Hunsaker, a ...
Weber County Commission contracts representation for Douglas Lovell, funds design of Pineview Loop Trail improvement
OGDEN — The Weber County Board of Commissioners held a brief meeting Tuesday morning at the Weber Center, approving a contract with attorneys Colleen Coebergh and Julie George for indigent legal representation of Douglas Lovell in the convicted murderer's ongoing case. Last month, the ...