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Ogden man pleads guilty to fatally shooting girlfriend’s ex-husband

OGDEN — Close to the eve of his trial, 26-year-old Everardo Guadarrama-Garcia has agreed to a plea bargain in the fatal ambush shooting of his girlfriend’s ex-husband. Charging documents and preliminary hearing testimony said Guadarrama-Garcia walked up to a convenience store in the 500 ...

Weber County man faces 5-plus years in prison for child pornography case

SALT LAKE CITY — One of two Weber County men accused of producing and distributing child pornography has pleaded guilty to a charge that could draw a sentence of five to 20 years in federal prison. In documents filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Dyllan Gabbard, 30, agreed to plead ...

Self-defense argued for man accused of attacking son over church mission

OGDEN — An Ogden man accused of assaulting his son for refusing to go on a church mission is now arguing that he acted in self-defense and feared for his life. Defense attorney Randall Richards said in a court document that his client, Scott Keith Warner, “believes that he was in fear for ...

Year of home confinement for elderly driver in bicyclist’s death

OGDEN — A 78-year-old Clinton woman is serving one year of home confinement for her negligent homicide conviction in the death of a Roy bicyclist. Gloria Parker Palmer was charged in January by the Weber County Attorney’s Office in the Sept. 20, 2021, incident. Charging documents said ...

Ogden man with previous animal cruelty case gets prison for child abuse

OGDEN — An Ogden man convicted seven years ago of fatally torturing a dog is now headed to prison for burning and beating a boy. Judge Jennifer Valencia on April 28 sentenced Sir-Romeo Rojelio Javier Lucero, 30, to up to 15 years in the Utah State Prison after he pleaded no contest to ...

Gambling addict who robbed two credit unions goes to federal prison

FARMINGTON — Kevin Dean Rasband was an internal auditor for the Davis County Clerk-Auditor's Office in 2017 before quitting under a cloud and robbing two banks, desperate to cover huge gambling losses. Now he's going to federal prison for seven years. U.S. District Judge Ted Stewart ...

Another suspect charged in 2021 Ogden credit union robbery

OGDEN — A second suspect has been arrested in the Jan. 15, 2021, robbery of an Ogden credit union branch. Allison Bennett, 22, of Ogden, appeared in U.S. District Court on April 28 on a bank robbery charge for her alleged part in the robbery of America First Credit Union, 1979 Washington ...

Judge allows murder suspect to fire his court-appointed attorneys

FARMINGTON — The remaining defendant in a 2018 Layton drug robbery and fatal shooting has won a battle to fire his court-appointed attorneys and now awaits the selection of a new public defender. Angel Christopher Abreu, 26, of Ogden, is described in charging documents as the man who pulled ...

Mentally ill defendant receives prison sentence for attempted murder

OGDEN — A man who critically injured another man in a downtown Ogden shooting has been sentenced to three years to life in the Utah State Prison. Cedric Broadnax, 38, who earlier pleaded guilty but mentally ill to first-degree felony attempted murder, was sentenced Thursday in 2nd District ...

UPDATE: Jury convicts man accused in Layton fatal shooting

FARMINGTON — Jurors on Friday night found Michael Jameel Hines guilty of first-degree felony murder in the March 12, 2020, shooting of an 18-year-old man in his Layton home. The jury deliberated for about seven hours before returning its verdict at 9:45 p.m. in the court of Judge David J. ...