Northern Utah is no stranger to odd crimes. Here are some that gained national attention.
OGDEN — A man was arrested in Weber County over the weekend after he was accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
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FARMINGTON — A convicted child killer and former Layton resident was sentenced Wednesday afternoon to spend the rest of his life in a Utah prison.
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DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A former high school English teacher incarcerated in Utah for sexually abusing three students is seeking parole.
FARMINGTON — A Syracuse man is accused of sexually abusing a young boy and producing child pornography images.
A former Ogden deputy fire chief will serve at least seven years in prison for sexually assaulting two young girls at his home in Provo more than three years ago.
OGDEN — An Ogden man accused of murder attempted to fire his lawyer before pleading not guilty to multiple felony charges.
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OGDEN — Angie Petersen had driven by the cemetery headstones shop on 12th Street many times.
OGDEN — Police have seized hundreds of DVDs and video cassettes from the home of a Plain City man accused of sexually abusing a child roughly 15 years ago and allegedly filming the sexual abuse.
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FARMINGTON — A Sunset man was arrested by police after he was accused of trafficking a 16-year-old girl to Colorado and sexually abusing her multiple times.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to a felony terroristic threat charge after authorities said he threating to target women in a mass shooting because he couldn't get a girlfriend.
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PROVIDENCE — Two Cache County men have been charged after a homemade blasting cap went off in a Providence garage and injured them both on Tuesday.
OGDEN — An Ogden man is being charged with 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after police discovered thousands of child pornography files in his Dropbox account.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has been charged with sexual abuse of a young girl.
OGDEN — An Ogden man has been indicted in district court for allegedly shooting at another man on 25th Street last August.
'I'm going to kill you:' Testimony heard in 2016 stabbing case at Roy home; not guilty pleas entered
OGDEN — A Pleasant View man pleaded not guilty to an attempted murder charge after allegedly stabbing a friend during a fight at a Roy home in 2016.
SALT LAKE CITY — State charges filed against an Ogden man, which included an attempted murder charge, were dropped Tuesday after a federal grand jury indicted the man in March on drug and gun charges, according to court documents.
OGDEN — A Harrisville woman was indicted Tuesday after she allegedly gave lap dances to minors at a birthday party while minors drank alcohol and smoked marijuana.
FARMINGTON — A Murray man was indicted Monday on charges alleging he hit and killed a man with his car while driving impaired in Layton in December.
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SALT LAKE CITY — For the sixth time, a former Northern Utah nurse blamed for a 2015 hepatitis C outbreak had her federal jury trial pushed back to a later date.
FARMINGTON — An Idaho man is being held in the Davis County Jail after he was indicted for allegedly abusing two girls at a daycare between 2010 and 2012.
FARMINGTON — A couple in Davis County are facing sex abuse charges after a juvenile disclosed the abuse to investigators.
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OGDEN — A Huntsville man will spend over a decade in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year to killing his stepfather in their home in 2017.
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BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A former Utah State University football player convicted of sexually assaulting six women was sentenced Wednesday to 26 years to life in prison during a hearing in which the judge called his actions "horrendous" and told his victims he believed them.
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LAYTON — Two dogs blamed for biting off a 4-year-old’s hand in Layton earlier this month have been turned over to the Davis County Animal Care and Control, according to a press release sent Wednesday afternoon.
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OGDEN — Months after his arrest in an abandoned apartment building, an Ogden man accused of killing his 10-month-old son had a lengthy day in court.
PHOENIX — A beloved sandwich shop based in Utah has filed for bankruptcy.
OGDEN — An Ogden man was sentenced Friday on four separate sexual assault and kidnapping cases, and will be sent to prison.
OGDEN — Two Weber County men who accused each other of murder in a December court hearing will have separate trials, a judge ruled Tuesday.
OGDEN — A retired Weber County dentist sentenced to house arrest for possessing child porn has died.
2 Missouri residents arrested in Morgan County for allegedly possessing over 100 pounds of marijuana
MORGAN COUNTY — A pair of Missouri residents were arrested Friday morning for allegedly possessing over 100 pounds of marijuana.
OGDEN — A Plain City man is accused of sexually abusing a child nearly 15 years ago while the two were matched together as part of a youth mentorship program.
OGDEN — An Ogden man with a lengthy criminal record was once again sentenced to prison.
OGDEN — An attack in an Ogden park bathroom nearly killed a man in 2017, and Wednesday the second of two alleged attackers in the case was sentenced to prison.
OGDEN — An Orem man will spend at least the next five years in prison after being sentenced Wednesday for shooting a man outside an Ogden bar in September.
OGDEN — A Riverdale teen was given probation after pleading guilty in January to shooting another teen in what police believe to be a gang-related conflict.
OGDEN — A Wyoming man who maintains his innocence was sentenced to prison Wednesday morning on human trafficking charges.
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FARMINGTON — A disgraced Bountiful doctor could spend the remainder of his life behind bars, a district judge ruled Tuesday afternoon.
BRIGHAM CITY — A Roy man and restaurant owner is facing several felonies and more misdemeanor charges after being accused of sexually abusing employees in Box Elder County.
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BRIGHAM CITY — A Box Elder County man is now in jail after he allegedly stabbed a woman to death in their home then tried to cut his own neck.
PROVO — A former Ogden deputy fire chief pleaded guilty Tuesday to sexually abusing children in Utah County.
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FARMINGTON — A man is in jail after an alleged fight at a Woods Cross hotel turned fatal.
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OGDEN — A Roy man was given his prison sentence Tuesday morning after pleading guilty in January to killing an infant in 2017.
SALT LAKE CITY — Three men are facing federal charges after narcotics agents in Weber County foiled a drug deal involving over six pounds of methamphetamine.
OGDEN — A former Ogden man had a federal case against him dismissed after a witness central to the prosecution reportedly died.
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FARMINGTON — A Syracuse police sergeant has been cleared of any criminal charges in connection with a fatal Clinton police shooting that took place in November.
OGDEN — An Ogden man pleaded not guilty Thursday to shooting a man following a fight at a 25th Street bar last September.
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FARMINGTON — A West Point man was sent to prison Wednesday on a reduced manslaughter charge.
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OGDEN — A Roy man accused of punching and killing an infant in 2017 has pleaded guilty to avoid a potential death sentence.
OGDEN — An Ogden resident and Mexican national arrested last year and charged in connection with a 2007 sexual assault was sent to prison Tuesday morning.
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OGDEN — The second of two men in an Ogden murder case has been charged with aggravated murder in a state court.
