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Man sentenced in fatal Ogden shooting, cover-up

OGDEN — No one was charged with homicide in the shooting death of Jonathan Brewer in Ogden. But a man who admitted bringing a gun to the apartment where Brewer died on Oct. 2, 2021, has been sentenced to prison on a pair of felony counts. Dustin Wayne Smith, 34, of Midvale, was sentenced on ...

Morgan County woman gets 5 to life for Ogden shooting

OGDEN — Judge Reuben Renstrom said he was impressed that jailers had written character letters in support of Mauren Wall, who came before him Tuesday for sentencing in the nearly fatal shooting of an Ogden man. “You come from a very strong home,” the judge told Wall. “Most of the ...

Trials scheduled for 3 in fatal Christmas 2020 home invasion

OGDEN — The murder case against three people in a Christmas Day 2020 Riverdale home invasion will stretch into 2023 as attorneys debate the admissibility of incriminating statements the defendants made about each other. Liam Gale, Rayburn Bennett Jr. and Brittany Ann Rogers are charged in ...

Ogden man sent to prison for 2021 crime spree

OGDEN — A judge on Friday handed a string of prison sentences to an Ogden man who had pleaded guilty to strangling a woman, mugging another and shooting at two men, hitting and critically injuring one of them. Second District Judge Cristina Ortega imposed sentences against Colton Shepard, ...

Roy man charged in 2020 stabbing after text argument

ROY — A Roy man has been charged in 2nd District Court in a stabbing that seriously injured a man more that two years ago. Guadalupe Telley Trujillo, 21, has been issued a summons to make an initial court appearance Aug. 31. The Weber County Attorney’s Office has charged him with ...

Knife threats, vehicle damage alleged in Ogden road rage incident

OGDEN — A 24-year-old man allegedly pulled a knife on another driver during a road rage incident Tuesday, according to charging documents. Just before 5 p.m., Christopher Torres allegedly cut off another driver, stopped in the road in front of him and got out of his vehicle. Torres allegedly ...

Ex-chiropractor pleads guilty to sexually abusing female patients

FARMINGTON — A former Kaysville chiropractor has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing eight female patients during massage appointments. The case broke open against Kenneth Walter Pierce after a woman reported to Kaysville police that Pierce — on Sept. 17, 2021 — massaged her genitals, ...

3-to-life in prison for Ogden man in attempted child kidnapping

OGDEN — An Ogden man has been sentenced to three years to life in prison for trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl from an elementary school, an abduction thwarted by two school employees. Second District Judge Camille Neider ordered the sentence Monday after attorneys argued whether Ira ...

Capitol riot participant from Clinton seeks early probation termination

CLINTON — A former police officer convicted of illegally entering the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot has asked to be freed from his sentence of probation, contending the 18 months of supervision should continue only for “political reasons.” “I just don't think it to be fair ...

Plea bargain reached for Layton man in assault against his mother

FARMINGTON — A 36-year-old man originally charged with attempted murder has pleaded guilty to lesser charges stemming from an alleged suffocation and strangulation attack against his mother in 2020. Jason Raoul Solis was eating breakfast at his mother's home in Layton on Sept. 19, 2020, when ...