OGDEN — A man charged with setting fire to his house, firing shots and fighting police has entered into a plea bargain with prosecutors. Adam Partridge, 43, of Ogden, was arrested on May 26, 2021, at his home in the 600 North block of Harrison Boulevard. Charging documents said Ogden ...
SALT LAKE CITY — An Ogden man found guilty of fatally stabbing a good Samaritan who intervened in a fight has lost his appeal to the Utah Court of Appeals. In a decision released Thursday, the court ruled that Xavier Soto’s defense was not constitutionally deficient and that his conviction ...
OGDEN — Brain Tasker, a shooting suspect who told police he intended to empty his handgun into the victim, has pleaded guilty to first-degree felony attempted murder. The gun jammed after one shot in the April 16 shooting, according to charging documents. The man who was shot drove himself ...
WILLARD — A tow truck driver who was severely shocked under a high-voltage Rocky Mountain Power transmission line at Willard Bay State Park has lost a personal injury lawsuit against the utility. Cooper Bacon is disabled, his lawsuit said, because of electric shock injuries he suffered ...
FARMINGTON — A judge has sentenced a Layton man to prison on reduced charges for a sudden suffocation and strangulation attack on his mother. In a plea bargain, Jacob Raoul Solis, 36, pleaded guilty in July to second-degree felony aggravated assault and second-degree felony aggravated ...
LAYTON — Prosecutors on Monday filed a first-degree felony aggravated arson charge against an apartment resident after a fire last week that started in his couch forced the displacement of occupants of 14 units in the building. Firefighters found Shaun Aaron Gale’s apartment engulfed in ...
OGDEN — In a deal with prosecutors that lets her avoid capital punishment, Brenda Emile pleaded guilty on Friday to first-degree felony aggravated murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter. Emile, 27, will face sentencing Oct. 17-28 in 2nd District Court before Judge Michael DiReda. The ...
OGDEN — When 3-year-old Angelina Costello died, she was emaciated and had cigarette burns around her body, one dabbed with makeup to conceal it. Five years later, her mother, Brenda Emile, who has spent most of her 20s in the Weber County Jail, has agreed to plead guilty to murder to avoid ...
FARMINGTON — Prosecutors have filed an automobile homicide case against a man who they allege drove while high on methamphetamine and ran down two bicyclists, killing one, in West Bountiful on July 21. Sean D. Mikesell, 29, was charged Monday by the Davis County Attorney’s Office with the ...
SOUTH OGDEN — Attorneys have entered mediation talks to potentially reach an out-of-court settlement in a civil suit against South Ogden City over the fatal police shooting of a driver at the end of a low-speed chase. Family members of Fredrick Jeremy Atkin sued the city, South Ogden Police ...
