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MORGAN — Six people fighting for a referendum vote on the Wasatch Peaks Ranch ski resort now face a $5 million suit filed against them by the developer.
One of two defendants has been dropped from a lawsuit in which three Utah Republican Party officials from Weber County alleged a committee meeting was wiretapped.
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The Diesel Brothers of reality TV fame are appealing a federal court judgment that penalized them for $848,000 in Clean Air Act violations.
OGDEN — A landlord has filed a federal court lawsuit to stop the demolition of a Grant Avenue duplex declared dangerous by Ogden City.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court case centered on Kerry Gibson’s bid to block release of a police probe into his tenure as Weber County commissioner has taken a step forward.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Kaysville man who pleaded guilty to threatening members of the U.S. Congress was sentenced to time served and a probation term last week.
FARMINGTON — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera footage of a February arrest in West Point where gunshots were fired by one Davis deputy.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Diesel Brothers reality TV stars must pay $848,000 for modifying, marketing and selling pickup trucks with emission control defeat devices installed, a judge has ruled.
OGDEN — The Weber County Attorney’s Office has ruled that the actions of four Ogden Police officers who shot and killed an Ogden man last August were justified.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s top federal prosecutor offered a bit of criticism for the state’s lawmakers, as he said a federal program in Ogden is targeting criminals that have slipped through the cracks of the state system.
OGDEN — In the latest motion filed by attorneys for one of two Ogden residents accused of killing their daughter in 2017, defense counsel argues the death penalty is unconstitutional and qualifies as “cruel and unusual punishment.”
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OGDEN — Despite a last-ditch effort to get his murder conviction dismissed, an Ogden teen was sentenced to a prison term Wednesday morning.
SALT LAKE CITY — A California man who escaped the Weber County Jail last week is now facing a federal charge in connection with the escape.
OGDEN — An Ogden man accused of possessing child pornography was also an alleged suspect in two prior sex offenses in Weber County.
OGDEN — An Ogden man who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a shooting on 25th Street was sentenced to prison last Monday.
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OGDEN — Federal officials say nearly 90 cases have been filed in federal court under Ogden’s Project Safe Neighborhoods since local efforts began in 2018.
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MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho — A man who escaped the Weber County Jail earlier this week was arrested by state police in Idaho, according to the U.S. Marshal Service.
FARMINGTON — A Layton man has been accused of kidnapping a woman and child and holding them against their will in his home for at least two weeks.
OGDEN — Prosecutors allege that a Pleasant View man in the Weber County Jail actively helped another inmate escape the jail earlier this week.
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HARRISVILLE — The driver convicted last year in connection with a deadly crash stemming from the presence of THC in her system has dropped her appeal in the matter.
OGDEN — An Ogden man is facing an attempted murder charge after allegedly attacking two people on Saturday in Ogden.
FARMINGTON — Trial dates have been set for a former Layton woman accused of killing her two children in 2010.
OGDEN — A jury found a former Ogden man guilty this month of abducting a man at gunpoint and keeping him in his home overnight.
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FARMINGTON — An Ogden man dubbed the “Clearfield Rapist” stood in a Farmington courtroom Thursday and pleaded guilty to all 17 felonies levied against him.
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FARMINGTON — A newly public investigation report into a police shooting in Layton last year gives greater details of the events leading to the fatal event.
FARMINGTON — An Ogden teen facing a murder charge after a botched drug robbery that left a Layton man dead has again pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A suspect in a recent murder in North Ogden was shot and killed by members of the U.S. Marshal’s Service in Salt Lake City on Thursday night.
OGDEN — A Harrisville man was arrested weeks after he was charged with allegedly raping a woman in Salt Lake County.
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OGDEN — Attorneys for an Ogden man facing the potential of capital punishment want to instruct potential jurors on the financial costs associated with sentencing someone to death.
OGDEN — An Ogden man accused of murder is potentially facing a lengthy prison term or the death penalty after he was charged Tuesday.
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OGDEN — Two men were booked in jail on suspicion of murder after a man was killed in North Ogden over the weekend. Officials say one of the men was released from prison less than a month prior to the fatal shooting.
FARMINGTON — A North Salt Lake woman pleaded not guilty to charges alleging she stabbed a man in December.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Diesel Brothers have lost a bid for a court-mediated settlement conference they hoped could soften the blow of impending Clean Air Act monetary penalties.
SALT LAKE CITY — A state appeals court recently affirmed the conviction of a former Tremonton man convicted in 2018 of kidnapping and beating an Ogden man the year prior.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A proposed change to the state Constitution would completely alter the way that Utah selects judges.
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FARMINGTON — The Davis County Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against a federal agent who shot and killed a man outside the Layton Hills Mall in October.
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OGDEN — Prosecutors charged three people with multiple felonies Friday after narcotics agents raided an Ogden home, finding what police described as large amounts of drugs, a firearm, body armor and stacks of cash in $1,000 bundles.
RANDOLPH — A former county commissioner for a rural Northern Utah county has been accused of sexually abusing a child.
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EVANSTON, Wyo. — Police in Wyoming have named an Ogden man facing several sexual assault charges as a possible suspect in a homicide that took place in 2001.
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Sentencing delayed for Ogden teen found guilty of murder as attorney tries to have conviction tossed
OGDEN — The case of an Ogden teen found guilty of stabbing a man to death is on hold for the time being.
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OGDEN — An Ogden judge has struck down a man’s attempt to appeal his murder conviction from 2017, even after the man took to the witness stand Friday.
OGDEN — A South Ogden man accused of stabbing his mother was charged Wednesday morning in connection with the attack.
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SALT LAKE CITY — First the Diesel Brothers. Now 4 Wheel Parts.
OGDEN — Weber County prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against two men charged with aggravated murder last year.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A lawyer defending the Diesel Brothers in a Clean Air Act enforcement action says attorneys’ fees desired by an environmental group make a farce of the central dispute over illegally modified pickup trucks.
SALT LAKE CITY — The owner of a Logan restaurant was ordered to probation after federal officials alleged he failed to pay proper wages to employees and forged checks.
FARMINGTON — A former Nevada man has been sentenced to prison after admitting to killing a man in Bountiful in 2018.
OGDEN — An Ogden man accused of firing a gun outside of a bar on Historic 25th Street in 2018 pleaded guilty to lesser charges Tuesday instead of facing a jury trial.
OGDEN — The operator of the South Ogden garage convicted in connection with processing fraudulent auto emission certificates for cars brought to the locale has been sentenced.
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OGDEN — A Pleasant View man was officially charged Monday for allegedly shooting a North Ogden resident to death and shooting another man.
