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Ogden School District teacher sex cases: New suit alleges lax oversight

OGDEN — A woman who as a teenager was sexually abused by a teacher has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Ogden School District had a pattern of policy and supervisory deficiencies that repeatedly allowed teachers to prey upon students. The woman was a student of Drew Tutt in 2015-16 when ...

Costello pleads guilty in daughter’s starvation, beating death

OGDEN — Miller Costello has pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated murder in the 2017 death of his 3-year-old daughter, thereby avoiding potential capital punishment. The plea deal acknowledges the starvation, beatings and other injuries that the child endured over more than a ...

Suspect in random murders clears psychiatric review

OGDEN — A Utah County man has been declared mentally competent to face charges in the random slayings of men in Spanish Fork and Ogden in July. In a 2nd District Court hearing on Thursday, attorneys discussed the findings by a state psychiatrist and Judge Joseph Bean ruled the case can ...

Chiropractor who sexually abused at least 8 patients gets prison terms

FARMINGTON — A Kaysville man who sexually abused at least eight female patients in his chiropractic practice has been sentenced to multiple terms in prison. Judge Ronald Russell on Friday imposed the penalties on Kenneth Walter Pierce, 56, ordering that he serve three years to life for ...

Release possible for mentally ill man who killed mother in 2006

LAYTON — A judge is weighing a request to grant the conditional release of Jeremy Hauck, who has been receiving treatment at Utah State Hospital in Orem since he was committed after killing his mother and stuffing her body into a freezer 16 years ago. At a 2nd District Court hearing before ...

Perry man sent to prison on multiple rape, sexual assault cases

BRIGHAM CITY — A Perry man sexually assaulted a dozen women over a five-year period after arranging meetings with the victims via social media, according to charging documents. First District Judge Brandon Maynard on Wednesday sentenced Braydon Brailsford, 21, to four consecutive terms of ...