LAYTON — Four people were arrested in Layton in connection with an armed robbery that took place Sunday.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Court of Appeals has affirmed an order for a Utah businessman convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to pay more than $10 million in restitution.
SALT LAKE CITY — An Ogden man was awarded a new trial after the state appeals court determined he received ineffective counsel during a 2014 jury trial.
SALT LAKE CITY — A former Ogden man had his conviction upheld by a state appeals court earlier this month.
FARMINGTON — A Centerville man was sentenced to a jail term after agreeing to a plea deal in a sexual abuse case.
FARMINGTON — A Clinton man is being held in jail without bail after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and caused serious injuries.
OGDEN — A South Ogden man was given a prison term Wednesday morning after being sentenced on assault and burglary charges.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tech worker was charged Wednesday with murder and kidnapping in the death of a Utah college student whose body was found in a wooded area with her arms bound behind her.
FARMINGTON — A Layton man is in jail after police accused him of sexually abusing children in Davis County.
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WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday on a sexual abuse charge for the second time in as many weeks.
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Owner of Ogden, Perry restaurants pleads not guilty to charges alleging he sexually abused employees
BRIGHAM CITY — A local restaurant owner and Roy resident pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he allegedly sexually assaulted several of his employees.
FARMINGTON — A Salt Lake City man was handed a longer stay in a state prison after being sentenced for his role in a Layton shooting that took place in 2017.
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OGDEN — A former prison bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints told an Ogden courtroom Friday that it was allegedly recommended to him by those above him in the church that it would be better if he did not testify in the 2015 retrial of a death row inmate.
OGDEN — A 52-year-old Logan man is in jail for allegedly robbing the same Ogden bank twice in the same month. His arrest comes days after a felony robbery charge was filed against a Harrisville man who was believed to be the culprit behind one of the robberies.
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OGDEN — An 18-year-old is in jail after police accused him of causing a fire in an Ogden church and causing further damage to the building.
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SALT LAKE CITY — Charges have been filed against a Salt Lake City man accused of killing a 23-year-old University of Utah student.
OGDEN — A judge has allowed further argument in the case of a former Ogden man trying to appeal his 2017 murder conviction.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The family of a University of Utah student shot on campus sued the institution on Thursday, saying officials refused to take responsibility for missing chances to prevent her death despite multiple reports to police.
Robbery charge to be dropped against Harrisville man after police find new evidence, another suspect
OGDEN — Authorities say a man charged with robbing an Ogden bank earlier this month is no longer a suspect in the case, and the charge is expected to be dropped against him.
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BRIGHAM CITY — A Tremonton man who claimed self defense in the shooting death of his downstairs tenant is appealing his conviction to the Utah Supreme Court.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the luxury Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City of luring workers from the Philippines to a program that promised training and cultural immersion but instead forced them to work long hours doing menial jobs for low pay.
LAYTON — A Layton man is in jail without bail after he allegedly assaulted another man and fired a gun during a fight with another man. He’s also accused of punching out a vehicle window during a separate incident earlier that day.
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Weber County Jail will no longer house state prison inmates, will continue to hold federal detainees
OGDEN — The Weber County Jail will no longer house state prison inmates from the Utah Department of Corrections, according to jail officials. The expiring contract comes shortly after a state report showing an increase in state prisoners.
SALT LAKE CITY — A recent Utah Supreme Court ruling on the treatment of a Box Elder County DUI arrestee has bolstered a 4-year-old federal suit that targets Weber County’s long-controversial gang injunction.
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OGDEN — “Justice for Jamal,” the group chanted.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Cache County restaurant owner pleaded guilty to a charge alleging he failed to pay proper wages to employees and forged checks.
OGDEN — An Ogden district judge will decide whether or not a former Ogden man can appeal his case after he was found guilty of murder in 2017 and sentenced to prison.
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OGDEN — An Ogden man is in jail after police say he attacked a woman and caused multiple injuries before she could get away.
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FARMINGTON — A Bountiful Police officer is on paid administrative leave while facing charges of assault and illegally accessing records.
OGDEN — During a brief hearing Tuesday, a Hooper man pleaded not guilty to charges alleging he tried to bribe others in jail to tell police another man was responsible for a 2018 murder in Ogden.
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OGDEN — An Ogden jury found a North Ogden man guilty of murder in connection with the 2018 death of a 28-year-old man.
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OGDEN — Dalton Aiken told an Ogden courtroom that he did not kill a homeless man in 2018.
OGDEN — An Ogden man convicted of sexually abusing children in both Weber and Davis counties was sentenced to a prison term Monday morning.
FARMINGTON — A former Layton man who fled the country shortly after charges were filed was sent to prison Monday afternoon for admitting to sexually abusing a child.
FARMINGTON — A Layton woman is being held in jail after she allegedly tried to kill her two children.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Diesel Brothers and an environmental group are in settlement talks over penalties the truck makers will pay for selling vehicles with “defeat” devices to circumvent pollution controls.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court sided with a man who spent 17 days in the Box Elder County Jail without being brought before a judge, and has reinstated the man’s civil lawsuit against the county.
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OGDEN — The trial has begun for a North Ogden man charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a man in 2018.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Kaysville man is being held at the Weber County Jail after he was arrested this week for allegedly phoning in threats to kill several members of Congress.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of a former Unified Police officer who was convicted of pulling out his service weapon gun after a hunter in Box Elder County accidentally fired in the direction of him and his family.
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LOGAN — A man in Logan accused of killing his 5-year-old niece is facing more charges; he is now accused of sexually assaulting the child as well.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Charges against Mr. Maw were dropped by the Weber County Attorney's Office on June 27 after police discovered new evidence in the case. It is the Standard-Examiner's policy to not remove stories, however, it is important to note the adjudication of this charge.
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LOGAN — When you’re a child, life is simple.
FARMINGTON — A Layton teen will spend at least the next five years in a Utah prison after being sentenced Thursday morning on armed robbery charges.
LOGAN — Police in Logan officially confirmed that the human remains found in an overgrown area of the city are that of 5-year-old Elizabeth Shelley.
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LOGAN — A Providence man being held on suspicion of abducting and killing 5-year-old Logan girl Elizabeth Shelley was charged Wednesday with aggravated murder.
OGDEN — An Ogden woman is now facing a murder charge after Weber County prosecutors filed new charges against her in connection to a fire at an apartment complex that killed a man in 2018.
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OGDEN — Felony charges were filed Tuesday against a man who was shot by police “several” times at his apartment in Harrisville on March 23, according to charging documents.
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SALT LAKE CITY — A whistleblower lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this month accuses Morgan County officials of government mismanagement and retaliating against two former county employees after reporting an alleged incident with a county councilman to state auditors.
FARMINGTON — A West Valley City man will avoid prison but spend more time in jail after being sentenced for stabbing a man in Layton in January.
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OGDEN — An Ogden man is in jail after he allegedly set fire to his apartment and was walking near the Ogden Marathon with a loaded shotgun.
