OGDEN — A defense attorney claims two ex-girlfriends of murder suspect Jordan Koji Ramirez-Sasaki lied about his alleged confession because the women were in a scheme to collect a $10,000 reward for his arrest and conviction. Ramirez-Sasaki, 27, is charged with aggravated murder in the Oct. ...
OGDEN — Prosecutors have filed six criminal charges against a 43-year-old man after a State Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged illegal gambling at an Ogden smoke shop. Biplob Khanal, of Salt Lake City, was named in charges filed Thursday by the Weber County Attorney’s Office ...
OGDEN — A self-appointed neighborhood water cop has been sentenced to probation and counseling for popping the tires of several people he thought were watering their lawns too much during severe drought conditions last year. An Ogden police arrest affidavit said Aaron Eng dropped caltrop ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Seven Utah children and young adults have filed suit against the state of Utah, alleging officials have systematically encouraged and supported fossil fuels development that has worsened air quality and contributed to climate change. “Utah’s fossil fuel development ...
BRIGHAM CITY — The Box Elder School District on Tuesday sued e-cigarette market leader Juul Labs and other manufacturers, alleging fraud and racketeering in the flooding of schools with vaping devices, nicotine-addicted students and associated problems. The Davis School District filed a ...
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether prosecutors can tell jurors about a criminal suspect’s refusal to divulge his cellphone’s unlock code to police, which happened to Alfonso Valdez of Ogden. A year ago, the Utah Court of Appeals ruled such a ...
KAYSVILLE — A man facing child sexual abuse charges fatally shot himself while a Davis County sheriff's deputy was making a traffic stop Wednesday, Kaysville police and the county attorney’s office said. The deputy pulled over the 39-year-old Fruit Heights man at about 5:30 p.m. and was ...
A 62-year-old Layton man is headed to federal prison for a massive Ponzi scheme based on phantom silver riches that fooled 568 investors out of $153 million. Gaylen Dean Rust, owner of Rust Rare Coin, based in Salt Lake City, was sentenced Wednesday to 19 years behind bars on charges of wire ...
OGDEN — A Roy man who tried to abduct and rape a 10-year-old girl has been sentenced to prison for at least 15 years. Second District Judge Cristina Ortega on Tuesday ordered Richard Rodney Palmer, 44, to spend 15 years to life in prison on a charge of attempted child kidnapping and three ...
FARMINGTON — Police arrested a man Monday night after he allegedly fought with and ran over his brother-in-law and then crashed into a fire truck, a building and another car while trying to elude officers. Sorano Otup, 23, was booked into the Davis County Jail on suspicion of 13 charges, ...
