Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported Jessica Lilley's first name and did not clearly describe the nature of the charge against her. SALT LAKE CITY — A Roy couple has been sentenced to five years of supervised release each after pleading guilty to illegally ...
OGDEN — An Ogden man pleaded guilty on Thursday to reduced charges arising from an assault spree that included the shooting of a Plain City man. The Weber County Sheriff’s Office arrested Colton Shepard on Feb. 10, 2021. Probable cause statements said Shepard allegedly strangled a woman, ...
SOUTH OGDEN — A South Ogden police officer said he shot a driver at the end of a low-speed chase because he thought the man was “trying to kill” a fellow officer who was throwing down tire-popping strips to stop the car. Officer Christopher Freestone’s account of his actions when ...
OGDEN — A former Weber County Jail medical director has successfully defended himself against a civil suit that accuses various personnel of fault in the death of an inmate who was on suicide watch. Matthew Hall died in a local hospital after jumping head first to the floor in his jail cell ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release pending trial of a Woods Cross man undergoing mental health treatment after being charged with torturing and killing guinea pigs and posting videos of the acts online. U.S. Magistrate Daphne Oberg granted a defense attorney’s ...
FARMINGTON — A Woods Cross man charged with torturing and killing guinea pigs and posting videos of the acts online is undergoing a court-ordered mental competency exam. Judge Rita Cornish has scheduled a June 23 hearing to review mental health experts’ evaluations of Samuel J. Webster’s ...
